Skills/spells between 2 attacks.

[snowcatcher]

Well i dont have the beta, but from what I've seen so far from some barbarian playthroughs on youtube it seems to me that you cannot use spells between the pause time of 2 attacks.

Lets say you equip some heavy two handed weapon and you hit once per second. From what i've notices when you perform cleave attack you cannot use rend the moment right after the initial attack but have to w8 1 sec to use rend ability instead of the 2nd cleave attack. I am not sure if i am 100% correct here, could be the guy i was watching being clumsy and not reacting in time but my understanding is that abilities like rend, overpower and many others cannot be used right after attack animation but have to w8 a bit.
So if i equip 2 one handed weapons with enough attack speed of 2 hits per second, i have to w8 0.5 sec after my cleave attack to use spell ?

I would really appreciate any feedback from some beta users just to clarify things...

[Inarius]

Blizz tried your idea, didnt work out. I think they called it "skill canceling" or something like that. So yes, you have to wait.

[HardRock]

So yes, you have to wait.

Not for every skill though. I think shouts and possibly Sprint can be used instantly even during attack animations. I'll check this out later today.

[reflexii]

Don't know about that, but you can shout before you actually land from leap attack at least :)

[HardRock]

Alright, I did some testing with Threatening Shout on my barb. You can definitely use it while moving or during attack animations, which does include the animation of Leap Attack. Shouting while leaping is my favorite thing at the moment. :)

[snowcatcher]

Pff... that is next to nothing, we need rend, overpower and hammer of ancients to be castable between attack pause time.

[HardRock]

That would make them ridiculously overpowered for burst damage.