Your odds are miserable.
Good claws are found once in a while by armies of bots farming restlessly.
That said…
Yes, imbue is much better than identifying a rare claw dropped by a mob.
Because the imbue quest has a hidden mechanic that improve your odds of
- number of staffmods selected
- amount of +skill per staffmod
This hidden bonus is based on your clvl.
Getting a 3/3/3 staffmodable item is litterally 36.4x more probable if you imbue on a clvl 94+ compared to dropping it from a mob.
I can give you more details about those formulas if you want, but for now I’ll keep it short.
Your odds for affixes generation are not improved by the imbue quest.
Depending on what you want, those odds are bad.
Ok ty!!!very helpfull!important rule is char should be at last lvl 94 right?