Claw requirements question

[Hector]

Hello sins

I'm building my first serious attempt at a trapper (PvM, solo single player) and I plan to use 2 claws with +Trap skills on them for the extra damage.

What is the lowest requirement claw that can have +3 to Trap skills? I'd need to know this so I know how many points to place into Dex and Strength.

Thankyou.

[mephiztophelez]

any magic claw can have +3 traps, but not all claws can also have a +3 staffmod. only exceptional and elite claws can get +6 lit sentry.

[stephan]

You'd also like to have a reasonable fast claw for faster trap laying (trap laying is considered attacking, not casting), so I guess blade talons is really the minimum you could go for (e.g. with a treachery armor this gives you 10 fpa trap laying). You don't absolutely need 9 fpa trap laying for PvM IMO. +3 trap/+3 LS claws are quite hard to come by, especially for single player (don't plan on shopping them from anya, unless you have nothing better to do the coming weeks).

With a little luck and patience you can shop some +3 trap blade talons with IAS mod (you only need one on your glove side), which means you wouldn't even have to rely on a treachery that much.

The only trouble with +3 trap claws could be that you have to spend some hard points in weapon block (points you don't really have), or you could quickly switch to trap claws for laying and switch back to 2 +3 shadow claws while watching your traps... hmm... just use your weapon switch as a skill switch I guess.