Furysin weapon question

[Diablofly]

Okay, making my first furysin and first assassin of any kind in years. I've read a few guides, and I think I have the basics down, but one question remains unanswered. I know that going with a claw weapon is not the preferred choice because most claws weapons max out on damage very low compared to other weapons, even with maxed claw mastery. And I understand the penalty associated with a two-handed weapon. But what I have NOT been able to find is if equipping TWO claw weapons will give you 3/4 the damage of just one of them, or both combined.

Also, does off-weapon damage modification affect fury, like, the +damage% mods from Fortitude in armor? I know it's unconventional, but I'm thinking that decent ethereal socketed claws, each with Malice, fortitude armor, and maxed claw mastery might be pretty decent if it all works out like I'm thinking it might.

For the record, I am playing on ladder, and I usually play alone. I am starting fresh from scratch with not a single piece of gear on a brand spanking new account, so consider that before you start suggesting REALLY nuts-level gear. (Ignore that I asked about fortitude lol)

And if anybody wants to toss in low-level gear suggestions, I'm all ears....err...eyes.

[Von Lazuli]

It is based upon the damage of your primary claw in the case of wielding two claws, so only one claw is counted, and the 3/4 penalty is applied to that. Also, only the modifiers on the primary claw are counted, so having a Malice secondary does nothing except add -5 life drain to you.

I beleive off weapon ed affects fury, but I am not sure.

I will throw some gear selections your way at some stage, but Cresent Moon is great off the top of my head. It does take an Um rune though.

Laz

[illestkhmai]

CM is great with many goodies such as ITD and CtC Static Field for the price of an UM rune.

[PlagueBearer]

Okay, making my first furysin and first assassin of any kind in years. I've read a few guides, and I think I have the basics down, but one question remains unanswered. I know that going with a claw weapon is not the preferred choice because most claws weapons max out on damage very low compared to other weapons, even with maxed claw mastery. And I understand the penalty associated with a two-handed weapon. But what I have NOT been able to find is if equipping TWO claw weapons will give you 3/4 the damage of just one of them, or both combined.

Also, does off-weapon damage modification affect fury, like, the +damage% mods from Fortitude in armor? I know it's unconventional, but I'm thinking that decent ethereal socketed claws, each with Malice, fortitude armor, and maxed claw mastery might be pretty decent if it all works out like I'm thinking it might.

For the record, I am playing on ladder, and I usually play alone. I am starting fresh from scratch with not a single piece of gear on a brand spanking new account, so consider that before you start suggesting REALLY nuts-level gear. (Ignore that I asked about fortitude lol)

And if anybody wants to toss in low-level gear suggestions, I'm all ears....err...eyes.

I started a furysin as my first character in years, so I'm a blank slate too. She's on her third incarnation, having re-made her a couple times.

My advice: Go with a claw. There's a few good reasons to do this.

1. You don't actually even get Blade Fury will level 18. Points into Claw Mastery help make this much less painful, and help make your 1-point into Blade Sentinel a useful tool.

2. Unless you have alot of good gear with ITD or massive AR bonuses around (and you don't, I gather) then you NEED Claw Mastery's AR.

3. Claws can carry skill bonuses, and can get +Assassin Skills mods. This means even more AR and Damage from claw mastery, more damage from Blade Fury itself, and most importantly more poison damage from Venom. I started out doing claw-shield (I found a Sigon's early on) but I'm claw/claw now.

My build was maxed Claw Mastery, Maxed Blade Fury and Maxed Venom from to start. Now I'm working on maxing out my Shadow Master so she can tank better.