diff --git a/Content.Shared/Weapons/Melee/SharedMeleeWeaponSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Weapons/Melee/SharedMeleeWeaponSystem.cs
index 6289b9ed21..dacf2910cb 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Weapons/Melee/SharedMeleeWeaponSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Weapons/Melee/SharedMeleeWeaponSystem.cs
@@ -428,8 +428,14 @@ public abstract class SharedMeleeWeaponSystem : EntitySystem
             switch (attack)
             {
                 case LightAttackEvent light:
-                    DoLightAttack(user, light, weaponUid, weapon, session, out var anim); // WD EDIT
-                    animation = anim ?? weapon.Animation; // WD EDIT
+                    DoLightAttack(user, light, weaponUid, weapon, session, out var miss); // WD EDIT
+                    // WD EDIT START
+                    animation = miss && weapon.Animation == "WeaponArcThrust"
+                        ? weapon.MissAnimation
+                        : weapon.Animation;
+                    if (miss)
+                        weapon.NextAttack -= fireRate / 2f;
+                    // WD EDIT END
                     break;
                 case DisarmAttackEvent disarm:
                     if (!DoDisarm(user, disarm, weaponUid, weapon, session))
@@ -459,9 +465,9 @@ public abstract class SharedMeleeWeaponSystem : EntitySystem
 
     protected abstract bool InRange(EntityUid user, EntityUid target, float range, ICommonSession? session);
 
-    protected virtual void DoLightAttack(EntityUid user, LightAttackEvent ev, EntityUid meleeUid, MeleeWeaponComponent component, ICommonSession? session, out string? animation) // WD EDIT
+    protected virtual void DoLightAttack(EntityUid user, LightAttackEvent ev, EntityUid meleeUid, MeleeWeaponComponent component, ICommonSession? session, out bool miss) // WD EDIT
     {
-        animation = null; // WD EDIT
+        miss = false; // WD EDIT
         // If I do not come back later to fix Light Attacks being Heavy Attacks you can throw me in the spider pit -Errant
         var damage = GetDamage(meleeUid, user, component) * GetHeavyDamageModifier(meleeUid, user, component);
         var target = GetEntity(ev.Target);
@@ -490,8 +496,7 @@ public abstract class SharedMeleeWeaponSystem : EntitySystem
             var missEvent = new MeleeHitEvent(new List<EntityUid>(), user, meleeUid, damage, null);
             RaiseLocalEvent(meleeUid, missEvent);
             Audio.PlayPredicted(component.SwingSound, meleeUid, user);
-            if (component.Animation == "WeaponArcThrust") // WD EDIT
-                animation = component.MissAnimation;
+            miss = true; // WD EDIT
             return;
         }