Greater Claws
- Greater Claws
- Item Level: 45
- Speed Modifier: -20
- Range: +1
- Damage: 18 to 37
- Durablity: 52 of 52
- Required Strength: 76
- Required Dexterity: 76
- Required Level: 33
- Socketed (0 to 3)
Greater Claws can spawn with up to 3 individual Assassin skill bonuses with +1 to +3 each. These bonuses will keep the item normal, and still allow runewords to be created with it.
A superior Greater Claws can also spawn with 2 of the following bonuses:
- +5% to +15% Enhanced Damage
- Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%
- +1 to +3 to Attack Rating
Magic Greater Claws worth keeping
Most magic Greater Claws are sold or dropped, but these are worth keeping. The stats shown are the rolls that make them valuable.
Cunning Greater Claws of Quickness: +3 Traps and 40% increased attack speed; best with +3 
Lightning Sentry or 
Death Sentry on top.
How to upgrade Greater Claws
Transmute a Low Quality Greater Claws, an 
Eld Rune, and any 
Chipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Greater Claws.
How to add sockets to Greater Claws
You can add sockets to Greater Claws by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 3 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.
Transmute Greater Claws, a 
Ral Rune, an 
Amn Rune, and a 
Perfect Amethyst to create a socketed Greater Claws.
This recipes will add between 1 and 3 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 3, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.
| Roll | Sockets | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 socket | 1 in 6 (16.67%) |
| 2 | 2 socket | 1 in 6 (16.67%) |
| 3 | 3 socket (max) | 4 in 6 (66.67%) |
| 4 | 3 socket (max) | 4 in 6 (66.67%) |
| 5 | 3 socket (max) | 4 in 6 (66.67%) |
| 6 | 3 socket (max) | 4 in 6 (66.67%) |
The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.
| iLvl 0-25 | iLvl 26-40 | iLvl 41 and up |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 3 |
Vendors that sell Greater Claws
What each vendor sells of Greater Claws per difficulty, and from which character level (cLvl). A vendor can also sell it in place of another item in Nightmare and Hell (from level 26), or on a small chance as the exceptional or elite version of one. The last column says from which level it can roll as Cunning Greater Claws of Quickness.
No vendor sells it in Normal.
Runewords you can make in Greater Claws
Runeword | Sockets | Bases | Runes | Level | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malice (original) | 3 Sockets | Melee Weapon | 15 | ||
| Pattern (2.4) | 3 Sockets | Hand to Hand | 23 | ||
| Strength (original) | 2 Sockets | Melee Weapon | 25 | ||
| Mania (2.6) | 3 Sockets | Weapon | 39 | ||
| Venom (original) | 3 Sockets | Weapon | 49 | ||
| Mosaic (2.6) | 3 Sockets | Hand to Hand | 53 | +50% chance for finishing moves to not consume charges+2 to Martial Arts Skills (Assassin Only)+20% Increased Attack Speed20% Bonus to Attack Rating (  )7% Life stolen per hit ()+8 to 15% to Fire Skill Damage+8 to 15% to Lightning Skill Damage+8 to 15% to Cold Skill DamagePrevent Monster Heal ( )+200 to 250% Enhanced Damage | |
| Chaos (1.10) | 3 Sockets | Hand to Hand | 57 | ||
| Wind (1.10) | 2 Sockets | Melee Weapon | 61 | ||
| Fury (original) | 3 Sockets | Melee Weapon | 65 | ||
| Plague (2.4) | 3 Sockets | Sword, Knife, Hand to Hand | 67 | 25% Chance to cast level 15 Poison Nova on striking20% Chance to cast level 12 Lower Resist when struckLevel 13 to 17 Cleansing Aura When Equipped+1 to 2 to All Skills+20% Increased Attack Speed (  )-23% to Enemy Poison Resistance0.375% Deadly Strike (Based on Character Level)25% Chance of Open Wounds ( )Freezes Target +3 ( )+220 to 320% Enhanced Damage | |
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Compared to other Hand to Hand 2s
| Name | Mindam | Maxdam | Speed | Reqstr | Reqdex | Durability | Level | Levelreq | Max Sockets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand Scythe | 16 | 37 | -10 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 41 | 30 | 2 |
| Greater Claws | 18 | 37 | -20 | 76 | 76 | 52 | 45 | 33 | 3 |
| Greater Talons | 21 | 35 | -30 | 79 | 79 | 69 | 50 | 37 | 3 |
| Scissors Quhab | 19 | 40 | 82 | 82 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 3 |
Prefixes that can spawn on Hand to Hand 2s
Suffixes that can spawn on Hand to Hand 2s
| Name | Property | Affix Level | Level Req | Item Types | Rarity | Group | Color |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| of Piercing | Ignore Target's Defense | 25 | 18 | Staves And Rods, Knife, Hand to Hand | Magic and Rare | 4 | |
| of Puncturing | -10 to -20 to Monster Defense Per Hit | 6 | 4 | Melee Weapon | Magic and Rare | 4 | |
| of Bashing | -25 to -40 to Monster Defense Per Hit | 16 | 12 | Melee Weapon | Magic and Rare | 4 |