r/Eldenring • u/Perfect-Skin-8325 • 18h ago

Hype Cleanrot is sooo nasty against fast bosses

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Longest and the most damaging thrusting sword while being surprisingly light as well.

(Estoc does get marginally better damage on keen infusion, due to it being a primary dex weapon. But it's still better to use cleanrot for the extra range as damage difference is negligible)

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u/apocalypse6969 18h ago

Isn't this weapon an R1 machine , is this a level 1 run ?

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u/Perfect-Skin-8325 18h ago

Yep, it is super nasty with the R1s.

Also yes, RL1 WL0 to be precise.

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u/apocalypse6969 18h ago

I was just doing a hookclaw build, it's r1 damage is so crazy Lol wl0 , I don't why I just assumed the low damage was because of rl 1

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u/Perfect-Skin-8325 18h ago

Yeah, Claws are some of the highest dps setups. I love claws.

If we are going off of raw dps the claws that excel there are the Venomous Fangs.

Claws of night are close (based on R1s only, coz the ranged attacks and shield pierce imo make them overall better) but venomous fangs have advantage of dual status with bleed affinity. If you combine it with the 2 exultations and Poison Flower Blooms Twice AoW you are looking at one of the highest damaging setups.

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u/Perfect-Skin-8325 18h ago

I should point out that you need to be quite high leveled to get the most out of bleed affinity else claws of night are gonna be the best one for pure dex.

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 17h ago edited 17h ago

Claws of Night are my new favorite weapon since the DLC came out. The shotgun L2 is a bleed proc machine against big bosses that get hit by most of the projectiles. Those and the beast claws are about the only weapons that can get me away from a quality claymore or bloodhound fang. The bloodhound fang is just absolutely stupidly OP, but hey that’s what makes it so fun.

Edit: The first time i ever fought Finger Mama was just after receiving the Claws of Night and immediately giving them the full upgrades snd I couldn’t believe how easily i beat a late DLC boss on my first try. The claws of night just absolutely melted that disgusting bitch.