“"Severus or Blade, choose as you will. Only take care not to swing at the wrong target." —Premier Lume to Bracus Isk'oth”
Built from 191 curated wishlist rolls for this Sword. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.
Recommended rolls
Community wishlist roll
100 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Utility PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for movement tech in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. 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.|tags:PvE PvE-Utility PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Eager Edge
Strong alternatives
Balanced Guard
Destabilizing Rounds
Jagged Edge
Whirlwind Blade
Sword Logic
Assassin's Blade
Burst Guard
Enduring Guard
Swordmaster's Guard
Heavy Guard
Honed Edge
Tempered Edge
Hungry Edge
Enduring Blade
SpaceMonkey
pve
33 wishlist rolls
SpaceMonkey (PvE): "Very cool sword, especially this season with all the support for swords in the artifact. 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.
Strong alternatives
Swordmaster's Guard
Eager Edge
Bait and Switch
Jagged Edge
Relentless Strikes
Destabilizing Rounds
Balanced Guard
Vorpal Weapon
Whirlwind Blade
Enduring Guard
Honed Edge
Community wishlist roll
25 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for controlling groups of Minor adds in general at-level or better content, particularly with void builds. 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.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-God M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Repulsor Brace
Destabilizing Rounds
Strong alternatives
Balanced Guard
Jagged Edge
Burst Guard
Enduring Guard
Swordmaster's Guard
Heavy Guard
Honed Edge
Tempered Edge
Hungry Edge
Enduring Blade
Community wishlist roll
20 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Utility PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE utility roll for Stronghold Titans in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with void builds. 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.|tags:PvE PvE-Utility PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Destabilizing Rounds
Flash Counter
Strong alternatives
Heavy Guard
Jagged Edge
Enduring Guard
Balanced Guard
Burst Guard
Honed Edge
Tempered Edge
Hungry Edge
Enduring Blade
Community wishlist roll
12 wishlist rolls
Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained Boss DPS in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. 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.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller
Essential perks
Swordmaster's Guard
Strong alternatives
Relentless Strikes
Bait and Switch
Jagged Edge
Whirlwind Blade
Vorpal Weapon
Honed Edge
Tempered Edge
SpaceMonkey
pve
god-pve
1 wishlist roll
SpaceMonkey (PvE / God-PvE): "Very cool sword, especially this season with all the support for swords in the artifact. 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.
Essential perks
Swordmaster's Guard
Vorpal Weapon
Destabilizing Rounds
Jagged Edge
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.