Devil's Claw

Devil's ClawHardmode exclusive

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	325 (Magic)
Knockback	7 (Strong)
Mana	5
Critical chance	10%
Use time	10 (Very Fast)
Velocity	12
Tooltip	'Blinding molten fury eviscerates the weak...' Unleashes slashes of infinite heat at your cursor's position
Inflicts Debuff	Hellfire
Debuff duration	3 seconds
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Rarity
Sell	200000*20
Research	1 required

Devil's Claw swinging animation.

The Devil's Claw is a craftable post-Moon Lord magic weapon that rapidly unleashes magma slashes randomly upon the cursor's location, severely damaging all enemies within and inflicting the Hellfire debuff.

Its best modifier is either Masterful for mana conservation, or Godly for crit and knockback. It cannot get the Mythical modifier due to its low mana cost.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Ancient Manipulator
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Inferno Essence	3
Result
	Devil's Claw	1

Notes

• As the slashes are centered around the cursor, they can damage enemies obscured by blocks, or even those traveling through solid blocks.
• Unlike most magical weapons and tomes, the weapon sprite is "swung" every time an explosion is created vs. being held out stationary in front of the player.
• Unfortunately, the invincibility frames caused by the piercing damage tend to limit this weapon's true damage output. It can easily be out-damaged by other endgame spells, such as the Almanac of Agony, Lunar Flare, and the Last Prism.
  • This being said, the utility of its block-ignoring, instant, and area damage still make it a very formidable weapon against all but the most powerful bosses.

History

• 1.7.0.0: Nerfed damage from 375 to 325, mana cost from 3 to 5, and use time from 8 to 10.
• 1.6.5.0: Sprite updated.
• 1.6.1.0: Buffed to apply Melting instead of On Fire! and Singed.
• 1.4.3.4:
  • Damage increased from 180 to 375.
  • Mana cost decreased from 5 to 3.
  • Use time decreased from 5 to 8.
  • Effect reworked.
• 1.2.6.4: Introduced.