Claws/Elec is a good combo. You get a wicked fast attack chain, awesome AoE damage, infinite endurance, and with the right pool choices and Energize you'll be damn tough to boot. I have a 36 claws/elec brute and she's a real butt kicker.
Over the course of DXP weekend I took a brand spanking new Claws/Ela Scrapper to 37th level, doing mainly TFs [Positron, Sister Psyche, Citadel and Manticore] and a few mission teams.
Over its a very good combination as long as you slot your attacks to reduce the end use and maintain working Enhancements you'll be fine. I grabbed most powers as soon as they were availiable and do not have a travel power relying mostly on Raptor Packs and team tps... which were far less then I would have liked.
Follow most of the rules of other sets, make sure you slot up you resists well. I've had a blast so far and now that DXP is over will be better able to assess the combination, but overall, its great for team play, energize is awesome, I've used Power Sink once and it puts Dark Consumption to shame. It was very easy to tell when my enhancements were out... lots of whiffing and my blue bar was almost non-existant.
Over fun, and I think you'll enjoy it too.
50's: Heroes: Ozmeth DB/WP; Black Decker DM/Regen; Shado-Strike DM/SR Scrapper (13 AV soloed); Desert-Shock Claws/Elec Scrapper; Shado-Shriek Dark/Son Def
Villains: Bokken Nin/Nin
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Yeah Clawl/Elec is a fun build.
Getting spin at 6 is awesome, and follow up at 8 makes for fast levelling. Get some decent recharge, and slot energize for full heal/rech and this set is pretty survivable.
I also used tough/weave to get around 60% S/L resist 75% energy, 40%ish to fire/cold/psi, leaving a hole only in Neg (26%) and Tox (0%) plus around 23% def melee from sets.
Unlimited endurance, complete end drain resistance, and pretty decent regen/heal work great with the mid-level resists /Elec offers, plus you get Lightning reflexes...which is awesome.
I only have about 75% +rech on my build(inc LRs 20%), but I used a ton of +hp buffs to help my regen, and claws has a lot of mitigation when needed as well. Its quite durable, and fast playstyle-wise.
Might not be FOTM, but its got a lot to offer in the fun department.
I'm trying to think of a new toon to play. I'm more concerned with making one that is interesting and not necessarily one that is uber 1337. Claws and electric armor have been 2 sets I have always ignore without ever really trying. And now that elec armor has that self heal and scrappers can get physical perfection it seems like I should give it a try.
I'm just wondering if this combo is good or not.