3.25 Torstein's GodSlayer - Molten Strike - 100 mil DPS tanky destroyer

1. Learn to use https://www.craftofexile.com/
This is the most important part unless you want to waste currency. I have not looked but there has to be a couple tutorials on youtube. Learn how to use the calculator and try to replicate your craft in the emulator beforehand.

2. Unlock the following bench craft
- Can have up to 3 crafted modifiers (Putrid cloister)
- Prefixes cannot be changed (The Coward's Trial)
- Suffixes cannot be changed (Oba's Cursed Trove)
- Cannot roll attack mods (Caer Blaidd, Wolfpack's Den)
- Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate % Elemental Resistances (veiled 1hand weapon)
- % chance to deal Double Damage (veiled dagger/wand/weapon)

3. Learn how to use the horticrafting station
Again, on youtube.

4. Make sure you can afford the craft before you start
Don't start until you really know what you are doing and what the implications are. Be responsible.

This is a very good entry level to the end game claw. The damage is very decent for the cost and it is easy to make.

Expected material cost
Imperial claw base: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Affliction/278wYljuk
Gemini claw base: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Affliction/papm0bdU0

Overall: under 10 div, can be as low as 3 with some luck.

General steps
1. Buy the base
2. Get 30% quality with perfect fossils or hillock
3. Spam essences of hatred until you get fire or lightning T3
4. You need one empty prefix and no suffixes except the fractured attack speed here. Figure out how to get it done, there are several examples in the emulator pastebins below. Or gamble annul. I won't detail everything because it will be confusing.
5. Bench craft can have up to 3 modifiers
6. Bench craft attacks have % elemental penetration
7. Bench craft global crit multiplier
8. Add harvest attack speed enchant

On average this will take you less than 25 essences to get either lightning or fire T3. If you have more currency to throw at it to get T1 then more power to you! Its not that big of a damage increase however. Check in POB before you throw all your currency at it. A T3 mod gives only 1% less damage than the utility claw on my current setup.

Emulator examples (import the string in craftofexile)
https://pastebin.com/dWeXxAqs
https://pastebin.com/4J4WewG7
https://pastebin.com/H7J26qs0

I made 4 or 5 of these for under 30 divs each. They are not very hard to make. I like this version because it will fix the build nicely until you can craft really good gear, get all your levels and iron out every holes like resists, attributes, etc. It is entirely up to you to decide if you want to use this or go pure damage but keep in mind that they both cost a lot more to make than the multi modded version.

Expected material cost
Imperial claw base: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Affliction/278wYljuk
Gemini claw base: https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Affliction/papm0bdU0

Overall: under 40 div, but you could get unlucky.

General steps
1. Buy the base
2. Get 24% quality with perfect fossils
3. Spam essences of hatred until you get fire or lightning T3 (you need one on both claws, they can't be the same, remember)
4. You need one empty prefix and no suffixes except the fractured attack speed here. Figure out how to get it done, there are several examples in the emulator pastebins below. Or gamble annul. I won't detail everything because it will be confusing.
5. Bench craft prefixes cannot be changed
6. Veiled chaos orb. If you hit a suffix, you will need to retry from step 5. If your suffixes are full or (very unlucky) it added a prefix, annul gamble. If you don't like this, use Aisling for more determinism. If you hit prefix, try to unveil ele pen. If you don't hit ele pen, pick any NON ATTACK mod and use the cannot roll attack mod + annul trick then go again.
7. This is where the magic happens. You want to slam with cannot roll attack modifiers on for any of 6 mods. See craftofexile it is a one in 16 to hit tier 1, or a one in 8 to hit tier 2. Up to you to decide when to stop.
8. Bench craft global crit multiplier
9. Add harvest attack speed enchant

Emulator examples (import the string in craftofexile)
https://pastebin.com/teY76WTC
https://pastebin.com/R5GNeB6L unluckiest craft ever!
https://pastebin.com/f56tLzGC

Note that using this method you can accidentally hit T1 crit multi which is a very good outcome.

I printed like 3 of these while trying to write the guide. They are expensive to make, but not THAT hard.

1. Buy the base
2. Get 30% quality with perfect fossils
3. Spam essences of hatred until you get fire or lightning T3 (you need one on both claws, they can't be the same, remember)
4. You need one empty prefix and no suffixes except the fractured attack speed here. Figure out how to get it done, there are several examples in the emulator pastebins below. Or gamble annul. I won't detail everything because it will be confusing.
5. Bench craft prefixes cannot be changed
6. Veiled chaos orb. If you hit a suffix, you will need to retry from step 5. If your suffixes are full or (very unlucky) it added a prefix, annul gamble. If you don't like this, use Aisling for more determinism. If you hit prefix, try to unveil ele pen. If you don't hit ele pen, pick any NON ATTACK mod and use the cannot roll attack mod + annul trick then go again.
7. From there you need to hit T1 multi, or whatever tier you are ok with. There are two main ways. Either you reforge crit, or you augment crit. Obviously, one is more expensive than the other, and reforges can fill your suffixes. Your call here. I went with reforges and never bricked one so far.
8. Add harvest attack speed enchant
9. Bench craft double damage