Dire Wolf Claws (Kenji)

"I bet this is going to be one of those infuriatingly low drop-rate things."

- Asuka on the drop-rate.

A set of «Dire Wolf Claws» are clawed weapons obtained as a rare drop from rare on the  of  in  (SAO). Up to five enhancement attempts could be made to the «Dire Wolf Claws». These claws where Airi's initial set of claws on the lower floors of Aincrad and contributed to her crowd control role.

Attributes
The «Dire Wolf Claws» grant a flat +3 bonus to Agility and also possess a special on-hit affect. This affect is a percentage chance to deal a damage-over-time (DoT) affect that continues to damage the afflicted target which can be further incresed with a special, albeit expensive, food item available on the 2nd Floor.

Known users

 * Airi Natsume.

Known beta test users

 * Kenji Hiroshi.

Behind the scenes

 * When creating the «Dire Wolf Claws» its stats where intended to be comparable to the «» and «», with its special attributes making it slightly more powerful.

Trivia

 * Kenji claims that the «Dire Wolf Claws» where likely designed specifically to take advantage of a food buff available on the 2nd Floor that increased the percentile chance of its DoT affect.
 * Kenji admits that he experimented with this clawed weapon during the beta test and claimed that it was an effective PK and dueling weapon.
 * According to Kenji this was the only weapon with a DoT affect he encountered before the 4th Floor.