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Flaming strike + claws = claws with fire.If that's not metal I don't know what is.

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With some ice and dual handed this time of weapons are tier S of ops with low requirements :)

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Certainly an underrated weapon type, but unused by many for good enough reason imo. I don’t think the buffs were accurate on claws (they didn’t need damage imo), but I do think they need a buff…

Any powerstanced weapon type other than axes/hammers/flails are just better in both damage and reach, and I would argue speed as well, indirectly. The only real thing claws have going for them is damage relative to weight, which is phenomenal… but the actual dps isn’t as high as most weapons powerstanced, and the move set isn’t reliable either imo.

The major issue with claws and fists is that you can miss certain enemies even while your model is colliding with the enemy. This is very common against erdtree avatars in front, but it happens occasionally on other monsters too… similarly, it’s possible for claws to clash with the ground, interrupting the attack (happens on daggers as well, when 2-handed). Flighting on slopes or areas with clutter can be horrible.

These are the main reasons I stopped using claws, they are frustrating to use when in tight quarters because they clash with a variety of surfaces in a seemingly inconsistent way that doesn’t effect other weapons, and sometimes the claws don’t hit at point blank.

Imo claws need a buff to their forward motion while attacking, so that they close distance while fighting, mostly for the first R1 attack, but somewhat for others as well. R2 attacks could use the same treatment, across the board, but to a far lesser extent on uncharged R2’s. A tad bit more vertical hit box for those weird moments that just don’t register the hit, and some protection from clashing with surfaces.

This emphasizes the speed aspect of claws, and fixes my personal gripes. With these, I wouldn’t mind a slight reduction in damage, but I don’t think it is necessary.

Not that any of this will ever happen, but I think it’s neat to consider changes to the feel of a weapon, rather than just straight nerfs and buffs to damage and/or attack speed.

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I really wish there was a way to farm two of the same claw in one playthrough... why must I wait until NG+ to live my Wolverine fantasy!?

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ah yes, my choice of weapon. elegant.

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Since these deal Pierce damage, Glintblade Phalanx and Glintstone Pebble should be available.

I'm only partially joking.

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Dual-wielded greatspears get 180 degrees tracking on their roll attack, but claws, some of the fastest and lightest weapons in the game, get like 90 degrees tracking on theirs. Not a major issue, but still wierd.

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I just realized there isn’t a single somber claw weapon in the game. I’m pretty sure this is the only weapon class that lacks somber weapons. A lightning claw weapon kind of like plasudisax’s lightning claw attack would be cool

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Oh my god what is wrong with these developers. Did claws really need a buff? Did they really need to win trades on rolling attacks?

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Contrary to what March 27 Anon said, Bloodhound Claws are second best for Keen/Lightning infusion in spite of having lower scaling than Hookclaws. Technically for Keen, Hookclaws do pull 1 AR ahead at 95 Dex, but Bloodhound Claws are ahead prior to that, and for lightning infusion (which was recently buffed along with other elemental infusions and is pretty solid now) Bloodhound Claws are clearly better (like 8 AR ahead in both damage types) than Hookclaws. Hookclaws does have the reach advantage tho.

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Venomous claws has the highest damage with keen and lightning infusion. hookclaws is second, bloodhound third, and raptor claws fourth.

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The range graphic says Vemonous instead of venomous.

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Hopefully FS will add more armaments that have few in game like claws. And have fun moveset/AoW

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so, if you infuse one claw with, say, blackflame blade and then two-hand them (dual wield) does the infuse transfer to the other hand?

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Bro has three arms in the picture lol.

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apply blood blade intcant to make it bleed more, but i prefer cold affinity and It becomes lightest weapon that could do blood loss and frost bite at the same time, let you put on more heavy armors

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Lel vemonous

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Did the game get updated or have you always been able to put impaling thrust on claws?

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Were claws bleed buildup effected by 1.07 or are they technically a two handed and not dual wielded?

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I'd have liked to see an implementation of the deflect mechanic from sekiro, especially when considering how wonky enemy hitboxes can be and the inevitable issues that arise from it. Imo when 2h weapons, blocking at the correct time should do poise damage. You can even keep parry AoW viable by making the deflect do much less posture damage than a parry.
In doing so, using block when 2h or running say a claw/fist build has a purpose and truly allows a different way of playing the game in an organic manner. Idk seems like a big missed opportunity to progress the combat system and hurts many styles of running the game.

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Please add crab claws. A certain old man would appreciate it.

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Just completed a claw run, and all I can say is the final boss can go die in a fire. I went out of my way to get the frenzy flame ending out of pure spite.

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Holy **** this bug on the 2h claws stopping you from running attacking after jumping makes going up divine tower in caelid cancer. You jump onto the platform with the torchpole guy and stare at him intently while he shoves you to your death

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Claws are such a fun weapon... on paper. In execution they made it nearly impossible to actually hit most enemies with their wacky hit boxes. In particular large enemies are horrible, you can be standing so close to them that it won't let you get any closer and attacks will still not connect with the edge of their hit box. Would LOVE for them to be worth using, but sadly unless you're willing to power through consistently whiffing attacks you should 100% be landing, you're better off using a different weapon type like power stancing curved swords

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Vemonous...

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You can powerstance two different claws. That means a cold hookclaws in the left hand (bleed, frost) and a venomous fang buffed with rot grease in the right (poison, rot) lets you build up 4 status effects with a single attack if you want to make a "flashbang" build that makes people panic.

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I don't wanna use any quickstep aow, but the options look so limited :/

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i wish we got some kind of dragon claws or something

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Does royal knight resolve work the same on this running attack as on katar? Like does it do double damage? Also looks like the two handed R1 could do double the dmg as well

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I want the ds3 crow talons weapon art in this game so badly

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There are more torches than both scythes and claws…wtf.

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i miss the manikin claw

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sim

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Not a single unique claw?

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im doing mobrius build

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v gud

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Nice invisible wall in front of me whenever I try to ****ing jump attack, especially at the front of big enemies.

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So even if you get 1450 ar fighting mohg with claws, the dps is just lacking so much.

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There seems to be a bug when "2-handing" fist or claw weapons, to where you can't sprint attack for some time after jumping/landing. It really hampers using jumping as a feint in pvp. If you power stance 2 different fist or claws the sprinting L1 will work even though its the exact same attack as the 2-handed sprinting R1. I hope this gets fixed like the rolling rapier bug, but with how rare fist/claw weapons seem to be used my hopes aren't high. Posting this in both pages for visibility

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Claws for the most part don't do anything special. They have innate bleed which is..
Okay. But they don't have poise damage, damage, ashes of war, or hell, any unique aspects that another class of weapon doesnt.

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No leaping slash AoW? C'mon From

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Guys, fist weapons AREN`T claws. So please smack yourself on the head if you try to say something like: "errr actually there are more claws like the ceastus etc"

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Dual daggers are far faster than claws in terms of attack speed. In a claw vs dagger duel with no poise on either side, claw player must outspace the dagger player to get an attack off.

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Kinda dissapointed that there is no Beast-Claw type weapon like the one in Bloodborne , considering how much beasts play a role in the game and its lore it would only be fitting...

Oh well still made a working beast build with the Incantations, the Clawmark Seal, the Cinquedea and the Beastclaw Greathammer

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Big pity we dont have any claw that have a more offensive oriented weapon art like the one in DS3

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Bloodhound Claws has the best scaling and best max base damage for claws, the base scaling throws you off.

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Why is hookclaws better than bloodhound claws, if last one does many damage than first one + have more cool ability?

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you're missing the clinging bone and another one it looks like lighting bolt

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I love these weapons, have 3 of them with different affinities equip so I can change on the fly if something is weak to one of them <3 <3 <3

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Can you powerstance these? Like can I equip two claws instead of 2 handing? I find the lack of L1 attacks quite weird considering it can block

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Several weapons are missing from this list - Spiked Caestus, the Skeleton Arm thing that has the lifesteal Skill, the incantation fists you can find in the roundtable behind the stonesword key doors, and the Katar.

I can't remember where I've found all of these things off the top of my head, but that's literally double the options presented so far.

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bloodhound step costs 5 fp

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I am suprised at the lack of claw weapons. They are a pretty cool item, but only 4 that i have found? Not even special versions, not one of the claw weapons use Somber meaning none of them are rare or legendary weapons. Rather sad.

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Need to remove the Cipher Pata from this page, they're fist weapons, not claws.

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Your missing the prosthetic and the claw weapon you get in the roundtable. There's also a Caestus somewhere too

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It appears that casting Scholar's Armament on the claw then switching to two-handed (putting a claw on each hand) doubles the damage bonus from the spell. Can someone else confirm this?

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this is missing venomous fang. poison claw weapon from caelid region in the abandoned cave.

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Anybody else pick these up and they only equip to one hand?

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Haven't seen the Iron Ball first weapon on here yet
You get it at boilprawn shack, there's a quest tied to it
Check it out

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How do you get the bloodhound claws?

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I sold these, can I get them back??

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Venomous Fang, the poison claws can be found in the Abandoned Cave in Caelid. The cave is above the swamp area and you have to walk along a branch to get to it. It's also completely filled with rot. Not a fun place

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Bloodhound Claws you get from an enemy in the Volcanic Manor

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Bloodhound claws can be found in the basement of the Volcano Manor, on a bloodhound knight.

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Bloodhound Claws is another claw weapon if you kill the Bloodhound in the secret basement of the Volcano Manor, It has the ability Bloodhound's Step which lets you dash teleport, which is epic.

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Raptor Talons in the sage’s cave which is accessible after defeating Makar. The place is full of illusory walls and behind one of them-specifically a wall that a skeleton is facing-you’ll find two chests with one containing the talons.

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theres a claw called cipher pata you can get from the roundtable. Jump off the railing down the middle where the guy invades you and head left. Its a faith based claw with a strong WA and only deals holy and scales off only faith. It also requires 30 faith. it pretty cool weapon.

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I generally love claws especially with Bloodborne beast claw build. I really hope this isn’t the only claw in the whole game.

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