Below, is a explanation that was quoted from me about chaos claws are what you are looking for.

Quote (Ukon @ Oct 25 2019 07:39am)
Not really.

You really need 3 useful staff mods for it to be good.

And fade isn’t a good useful staff mod, as you get +3 fade from
BO side.

Good claws have a combination of;
LS
Mind blast
Weapon block
Blade shield
Wake of Fire - would need wake of fire, blade shield, and 3 weapon block

Best hybrid sin combo will be:
3LS
3MB
3BS

Best ghost sin combo is;
3ls
3mb
3wb
(Ghost is more dependent on your fools/cruels and what skills it has on it. For example, if your fools/cruels has +LS on it, you don’t need + LS from chaos)

You might be able to sel these on ladder, but it will be a near impossible sell on NL, unless you find some person who is a durp durp when it comes to sins. Luckily for you, there are a lot of said durp durps.
Quote (Ukon @ Oct 25 2019 07:48am)
No worries.

If you find the “best” combos above, depending on how close to 9 total skills they have (3+3+3=9), they are worth 750-2500, also, base is very important.

For hybrids, you primarily want runic or suwayyah and rarely greater talon and even more rarely feral. Suwayyah is best because you want a feral or runic fools claw as your main hand.

For ghosts, you primarily want suwayyah, and sometimes Feral, and rarely runic. Suwayyah is best as it is highest damage claw with 3 sockets. Scissors suwayyah has same damage as suwayyah l, however, it has a 118str/dex requirement, where suwayyah only has 99dex/Str. But most ghosts will have over 118dex, so it’s not a deal breaker if it is scissors suwayyah. Scissors suwayyah also has a cooler weapon graphic in game, but from my experience, is a rarer in game drop.


Oh one more thing, for assassin, having the correct + skills is vastly more important than Ed/ar from superior. Find the correct skills, and if you are lucky for it to roll superior, it will add some value. But don’t seek out Ed/ar at the cost of good + skills.
Quote (Borr @ Oct 25 2019 08:09am)
Sweet. When does venom come into play and which sin wants that and why?

Sorry I'm totally ignorant on assassins. Sad considering how long I've been at this game.

I could google it but meh.
Quote (Ukon @ Oct 25 2019 08:16am)
Because you get +3 venom from BO side (1 cta +2spirit). Venom also is a pretty bad skill, given +1 venom only equates to about 4pvp damage.

While both ghost and hybrid use venom and both “max” it (depending on lvl, you might only have enough for 17-20 points into it), having other + skills, either to save points, (for hybrid, having +blade shield on your chaos claw, saves you from spending 4 hard skill points. 4 hard skill points is more than 3 staff mod skills, beeczise 4>3). Also, you want to use your staff mod skills to buff your active skills, not your buff skills, as you get more benefit from that, because of the BO switch.

Having more weapon block for instance, gives you more block chance. And weapon block can block hammers, bone spears, WW, blizzard, etc. etc.

Having more mind blast gives you more damage and longer swirly duration. The swirly duration will force any skill that does any damage, even 1 damage, to FHR lock your opponent.

More LS is obvious for more LS damage on hybrid

Having + blade shield for hybrid, again, will save you 4 skill points you have to click into. Given that staff mods max at +3, it is obvious to see that 4>3.
Quote (Ukon @ Oct 25 2019 08:24am)
If you are a hybrid, and if your fools claw has + blade shield on it, then you would no longer want + blade shield on your chaos. You would go with a 3ls,3mb,1-3wb chaos. I say 1-3wb, because +1 WB is enough to get 60% block and you will not get higher than 60% block if your chaos has +2 wb or +3wb.Explained below.

For hybrid, given your skill level and geared properly, you only need 2 hard points (2 clicked in points + gear + inventory) into weapon block, to get 60% block from weapon block. You would need an additional +3 points to get to 61%.

So, you would only need a +1 weapon block claw to achieve, 60%, and 61% being out of reach, unless you had a fools claw with +2sin/3ls/1-3blade shield/1-3 weapon block/fools/ias (none exist) and a chaos with 3ls/1-3wb (totaling +4 WB from chaos and fools, excluding the +2sin skill).

Skills and assassin and staff mods and claw combos are extremely
Complex.

/edited to explain better

Fixed