Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-188.120.148.130-20160421151950/@comment-4511886-20160421165605

Attack speed varies greatly depending on the weapon used.

For movesets on the wiki, you're looking at two major things: starting and ending lag. Starting lag determines how long it takes between the attack's animation starting and the attack frames activating. Ending lag dictates how long the delay between the attack frames stopping and you being able to perform another action is.

All specifications for starting and ending lag length are in relation to the speed of the 'average' weapon. For example, the Longsword is the balance point for straight swords, and the Claymore is for greatswords.

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask! -Matsczon