In PoE 2, Stonefist turns attack speed into chance to gain Onslaught on hit rather than keeping it as raw speed. That means the stat stops making your attacks faster directly and instead becomes a different kind of offensive proc.

What that means in practice

  • You lose the usual attack-speed benefit.
  • You gain a chance to trigger Onslaught when you hit an enemy.
  • Onslaught then gives you a separate speed boost through the buff itself, so it’s an indirect swap.

Why people care

This kind of conversion changes how you value gear. A glove roll that would normally be prized for attack speed may become much better if your build can reliably hit and maintain Onslaught uptime.

Quick example

If a glove had attack speed before the transformation, Stonefist doesn’t just preserve that stat in a hidden way. It reinterprets it into a proc-based offensive bonus, which is why build guides and mod-conversion charts are treating the item as a different type of scaling entirely.

TL;DR: Stonefist changes attack speed into chance to gain Onslaught on hit, not into more attack speed directly.