Sullen Claw

Impact

62

Swing Speed

80

Charge Rate

50

Guard Resistance

40

Guard Endurance

40

Ammo Capacity

84

+4

• First choicePvELoad roll

  Movement tech in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Utility · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Eager Edge

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Destabilizing RoundsWhirlwind BladeAssassin's BladeSword Logic

  Blade

  Any

  Guard

  Any

  Sullen Claw is a Lightweight frame sword, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic for having mediocre damage, but high reserves. The stats are decent by comparison with other lightweight swords - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1085743380 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. The heavy dash attacks with lightweights cost 3 ammo. To be honest, you can probably use any blade and guard perk for an Eager Edge sword - using a Backup Mag mod means there's not a huge difference in ammo reserves, and you'll not really be blocking that much in normal use. To pair with Eager Edge which provides a ×1.8 increased grounded lunge and ×1.6 airborne lunge (×2 and ×1.8 when enhanced) for 3s after readying, you might as well look for something that helps with damage. In the second column, there's Destabilizing Rounds, Whirlwind Blade or Sword Logic, or Assassin's Blade for a bit of extra movement speed and damage after a kill. The Origin Trait, Imperial Allegiance grants a stack for each ally in 15m, up to ×3, to boost both the charge rate and damage when guard energy is low by up to a max of ×1.105, so is ideal for working in a fireteam. If you're interested, this is modelled on the vibroswords commonly utilized by CIS BX-series droid commandos. Recommended MW: Impact with a Backup Mag mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By CourtProjects, Saint_Kabr and and ImpetusAlways · PvE Podcast 164 Equilibrium weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Controlling groups of Minor adds in general at-level or better content, particularly with void builds.

  Add clear
  Trait 1

  Repulsor Brace

  Trait 2

  Destabilizing Rounds

  Blade

  Any

  Guard

  Any

  Sullen Claw is a Lightweight frame sword, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic for having mediocre damage, but high reserves. The stats are decent by comparison with other lightweight swords - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1085743380 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. The heavy dash attacks with lightweights cost 3 ammo. To be honest, you can probably use any blade perk - using a Backup Mag mod means there's not a huge difference in ammo reserves, and you can choose the guard perk depending on how much you use the block. For void builds, you have the trait perk pairing of Repulsor Brace which provides a ×0.5 damage resisting Void overshield for 8s (10s when enhanced) after killing a void-debuffed enemy - duration boosted by ×1.5 with Echo of Persistence - with Destabilizing Rounds to spreads Volatility on a kill in a 6.5m radius and provide Volatile Rounds for 4.5s (5.25s when enhanced). Together, these are great for CQC add group clearing. The Origin Trait, Imperial Allegiance grants a stack for each ally in 15m, up to ×3, to boost both the charge rate and damage when guard energy is low by up to a max of ×1.105, so is ideal for working in a fireteam. If you're interested, this is modelled on the vibroswords commonly utilized by CIS BX-series droid commandos. Recommended MW: Impact with a Backup Mag mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By CourtProjects, Saint_Kabr and and ImpetusAlways · PvE Podcast 164 Equilibrium weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Stronghold Titans in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with void builds.

  Utility · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Flash Counter

  Trait 2

  Destabilizing Rounds

  Blade

  Any

  Guard

  Any of

  Balanced GuardBurst GuardEnduring GuardHeavy Guard

  Sullen Claw is a Lightweight frame sword, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic for having mediocre damage, but high reserves. The stats are decent by comparison with other lightweight swords - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1085743380 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. The heavy dash attacks with lightweights cost 3 ammo. To be honest, you can probably use any blade perk - using a Backup Mag mod means there's not a huge difference in ammo reserves, and you can choose the guard perk to help with your block. To take advantage of the Flash Counter trait perk in the first column which, when you take damage while blocking, deals a Frontal Blast in a wide cone up to 9.5m that damages and disorients enemies for 5s (6s when enhanced) - this counts as weapon damage so any enemies killed will proc Destabilizing Rounds in the second column to spread Volatility in a 6.5m radius on a kill and provide Volatile Rounds for 4.5s (5.25s enhanced). The Origin Trait, Imperial Allegiance grants a stack for each ally in 15m, up to ×3, to boost both the charge rate and damage when guard energy is low by up to a max of ×1.105, so is ideal for working in a fireteam. If you're interested, this is modelled on the vibroswords commonly utilized by CIS BX-series droid commandos. Recommended MW: Impact with a Backup Mag mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By CourtProjects, Saint_Kabr and and ImpetusAlways · PvE Podcast 164 Equilibrium weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Sustained Boss DPS in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Bosses · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Relentless StrikesVorpal Weapon

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Whirlwind BladeBait and Switch

  Blade

  Any of

  Honed EdgeJagged EdgeTempered Edge

  Guard

  Swordmaster's Guard

  Sullen Claw is a Lightweight frame sword, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic for having mediocre damage, but high reserves. The stats are decent by comparison with other lightweight swords - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1085743380 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. The heavy dash attacks with lightweights cost 3 ammo. For the blade perk, look for something that boosts damage, while Swordmaster's Guard as the guard perk improves the charge rate of the heavy attack. While this isn't optimal for boss damage, if you wanted to keep a roll just in case, in the first column look for Relentless Strikes to generate 1 ammo from thin air if you get 3 powered (that is with ammo) hits within ~2s of each other (~2.5s when enhanced), or Vorpal Weapon for a flat, always-on ×1.1 damage boost against orange and yellow bar enemies. In the second column, pair that with Bait and Switch which boosts damage by ×1.3 for 10s (11s when enhanced) for doing damage with your other two weapons or Whirlwind Blade to apply a stacking damage buff on hits within 3.5s of each other up to ×10 for ×1.3 damage. The Origin Trait, Imperial Allegiance grants a stack for each ally in 15m, up to ×3, to boost both the charge rate and damage when guard energy is low by up to a max of ×1.105, so is ideal for working in a fireteam. If you're interested, this is modelled on the vibroswords commonly utilized by CIS BX-series droid commandos. Recommended MW: Impact with a Backup Mag mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By CourtProjects, Saint_Kabr and and ImpetusAlways · PvE Podcast 164 Equilibrium weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  "Very cool sword, especially this season with all the support for swords in the artifact.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  Eager EdgeVorpal Weapon

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Destabilizing RoundsWhirlwind Blade

  Blade

  Jagged Edge

  Guard

  Swordmaster's Guard

  The double damage perks here are great, and make this a good "no setup required" heavy sword DPS option. Eager Edge is probably the actual draw here though as the sword gets way more ammo at base than other frames and the light attack is both a faster animaton and more aggressive forward momentum." Recommended MW: Impact.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Equilibrium
• PvELoad roll

  "Very cool sword, especially this season with all the support for swords in the artifact.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  Relentless StrikesEager EdgeVorpal Weapon

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Destabilizing RoundsWhirlwind BladeBait and Switch

  Blade

  Any of

  Honed EdgeJagged Edge

  Guard

  Any of

  Balanced GuardEnduring Guard

  The double damage perks here are great, and make this a good "no setup required" heavy sword DPS option. Eager Edge is probably the actual draw here though as the sword gets way more ammo at base than other frames and the light attack is both a faster animaton and more aggressive forward momentum." Recommended MW: Impact.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Equilibrium
• PvELoad roll

  "Very cool sword, especially this season with all the support for swords in the artifact.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  Relentless StrikesEager EdgeVorpal Weapon

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Destabilizing RoundsWhirlwind BladeBait and Switch

  Blade

  Honed Edge

  Guard

  Swordmaster's Guard

  The double damage perks here are great, and make this a good "no setup required" heavy sword DPS option. Eager Edge is probably the actual draw here though as the sword gets way more ammo at base than other frames and the light attack is both a faster animaton and more aggressive forward momentum." Recommended MW: Impact.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Equilibrium
• PvELoad roll

  "Very cool sword, especially this season with all the support for swords in the artifact.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  Relentless StrikesEager EdgeVorpal Weapon

  Trait 2

  Bait and Switch

  Blade

  Jagged Edge

  Guard

  Swordmaster's Guard

  The double damage perks here are great, and make this a good "no setup required" heavy sword DPS option. Eager Edge is probably the actual draw here though as the sword gets way more ammo at base than other frames and the light attack is both a faster animaton and more aggressive forward momentum." Recommended MW: Impact.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Equilibrium
• PvELoad roll

  "Very cool sword, especially this season with all the support for swords in the artifact.

  Trait 1

  Relentless Strikes

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Destabilizing RoundsWhirlwind Blade

  Blade

  Jagged Edge

  Guard

  Swordmaster's Guard

  The double damage perks here are great, and make this a good "no setup required" heavy sword DPS option. Eager Edge is probably the actual draw here though as the sword gets way more ammo at base than other frames and the light attack is both a faster animaton and more aggressive forward momentum." Recommended MW: Impact.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Equilibrium

From the DIM community wish lists (voltron), picks made since Edge of Fate.