Poison Claw

SAS: Zombie Assault 4 Weapon
- Poison Claw -
Normal [RED] [BLACK]
Normal [RED]
Manufacturer [?]	Rancor
Ammo Cost [?]	60 for 200 600 for 200 720 for 200 240 for 200 2,400 for 200 2,880 for 200 (Premium Ammo)
Damage/Pellet	60 120 180
Total DoT/Pellet [?]	400 900 1350 over 3 sec
Pierce	3
Rate of Fire	8 rps
Capacity	22 26 &
Reload Time	2.2 sec
Firing Mode	Semi-Auto
Weapon Class	Pistol
Damage Type	Chemical
Approx. Drop Level	7 56 &
Single DPS [?]	3,680 8,160 12,240
Pierce DPS [?]	11,040 24,480 36,720
Augmented DPS [?]	7,360 16,320 24,480
Ammo Used [?]	MAR-3 Rounds
Crafting Cost [?]	200,800 1,627,840 8,139,200 401 20,348 244,176

"On impact, Rancor's MAR-3 Molecular acid round activates and starts to react furiously and relentlessly to the area around it, causing horrific and irreversible damage to most substances."

―Official Description

The Poison Claw is a Chemical pistol made by Rancor.

Like the Stripper, Furie and Vitriol (the only other chemical weapons in the game) and some thermal weapons, the Poison Claw's major destruction comes from its damage over time. It deals 400 damage over three seconds (with the version dealing a hefty 900 damage and the version dealing 1350 damage a second). Couple that with its weak, but still present, contact damage, and this gun will deal 460 damage (1020 , and 1470) per shot, which is the second-most for a pistol.

The Poison Claw's pierce of 3 is good for controlling small crowds of weaker zombies. The Poison Claw is particularly good against bosses as the damage over time stacks with each shot, however it is not a great option and better guns can be found for this.

The poison claw becomes stronger when you get a tier 5 mastery for pistols due to the higher fire rate but even then it is still not a great weapon and shouldn't be used.

Trivia

• This weapon is one of only three out of roughly 100 weapons in SAS4 that deal chemical damage, the other 2 being the Stripper and the CM X1 Furie.
• The Poison Claw bears some resemblance to the Vita-Saw from Team Fortress 2.
• The Poison Claw's DoT, under all circumstances, cannot gib zombies (even frozen zombies).
• This Poison Claw is one of the only weapons with color other than white, black and grey.
• As of the October 5th, the version had been released, along with 3 other pistols.
• This the only Rancor weapon, perhaps the only weapon in the game, that has its logo move from the regular version to the and versions.
  • This is not the case in mobile version.
• Its description in the alpha version was "molecular acid", just like the Stripper.
• The Poison Claws version on mobile uses the same image as the PC version, as with almost all guns on mobile.
• Poison Claw's reload sound is a bit different from most pistols.