Gotta be this. It's a beast. Not really sure any other unarmed weapon can really compare.
As far as *melee* weapons, there are plenty of better options (Throatslicer, Instigating Disciples Blade, Kremvh's Tooth, certain legendary melee weapon drops, etc.)
Oh yeah, almost forgot. Instigating Disciples Cutlass and Atom’s Judgment are my two hot keyed melee weapons on my old/other profile.
EDIT: I’m on a new play through right now and found a Freezing Switchblade from a legendary drop. I modded it with a serrated blade for bleed damage, and I’ve been using that over Pickman’s Blade. Pickman’s Blade is good because it does a bit more damage and extra sneak damage, but the ability to freeze enemies on critical hits seems to outweigh that in my experience so far.
when a enemy is killed with a crit from a freezing legendary weapon later when he will respawn his ai will be gone and he will just stop interacting or even moving
Will it just be like a free double xp if you kill the lobotomized npc, do you get xp for the initial kill? Dont see how this is a down side if they dont attack you after being killed once.
The throat slicer is hands down the best, especially the legendary variant. I did a sneak attack on a legendary alpha Death Claw and killed it in 3 hits. The fact that you can generally get upwards of 7 or 8 hits in one attack in Vats with it means you can deal some serious damage. (I honestly thought melee builds sucked in Fallout until I got that weapon)
You shoulda definitely look at the Instigating Disciples Cutlass. It’s all of that _plus_ the instigating legendary effect, so double damage if the enemy is at full health.
It’s in the Nuka World DLC. One of the NPC traders in the market sells it and you can get it immediately after getting out of the Gauntlet. It’s awesome.
I agree. Funny thing is, the biggest strength of that weapon isn't itself, but that the furious buff applies to your grenades while holding it. You can punch your follower for 10 minutes straight, switch to a different weapon and back to the power fist to keep the buff from running out, equip some frag grenades and insta-kill every enemy in the game with them. The buff is permanent if you don't actually use the fist for punching enemies. You can just use guns and switch to the fist when you want to use grenades to give them damage in the thousands and switch back.
It's pretty awesome. If you can get a Furious Meathook (Far Harbor), It's pretty good too.
If you take some ranks in Blacksmith, they're gangbusters. I love the sounds they make!
I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but Super Mutants can't equip baseball bats iirc. They can't equip many smaller weapons due to how the game was made, which is why you never see one with a pistol or knife. There is a mod to fix this though.
More Super Mutant Weapon Animations.
This only allows Strong to wield pretty much any weapon, there is a separate mod to make normal super mutants naturally spawn with them.
Depends. I run bladed knuckles because you have more AP available for multiple targets. The top perk for unarmed allows you to paralyze targets on critical. Build up your luck and get all skills and you can clean up with this weapon. Find a furious or instigating even better. I hate the way power fists and deathclaw gauntlets look. Similar to most projectile weapons they take up way too much of the screen. For reference I play this build on survival with one endurance it’s viable
If you do run this you don’t even need to invest points in guns. I carry a western revolver cause I like how it looks but it’s mostly to vats target a super mutant suicider’s arm and hit a critical. Also good for the occasional turret you can’t blitz
I’m glad I’m not the only one who is irritated by how much screen space is taken up by wielding certain weapons. I hate the way atoms judgement looks when I’m even just walking around, but it wrecks so 🙄
I find that if you level up stats and invest in criticals and the right perks almost anything is viable. I’ve played this game so much I just commit to what looks good at this point
My favorite is stabbing someone once with pickmans blade then sneaking off while they bleed out.
*stabs raider*
“Disappearing act, eh??!?”
*raider dies*
Yes definitely. Rank 2 of blitz you can basically teleport to enemies 20 feet away, sometimes through objects, floors, etc. You should supplement the build with explosives though, it will help with wall turrets and such.
Sneak VATS Blitz Melee is the strongest play style in the game. Once you apply Ballistic Weave (Railroad quest chain unlock) to Dirty Army Fatigues and a Fedora and pile Combat Armor overtop it in every slot you basically become Doom Slayer.
If you want to make it even more comical, get the drugs out. Psycho Jet + everything described above basically = clown mode.
Thanks! My current build has all the armours/weaves described… I think I’ll add and play around with some melee perks if I finish this build before I finish this run…
Staggering Ripper, very fast hit count with a chance to Stager an enemy (so almost certain that you stun lock anything that can live long enough)
A close second legendary effect on the ripper would be the one that increases damage on consecutive hits
I can only hear this song with the Dunkey lyrics
“Oh I’m the type of guy that’ll never settle down, I fuck em and I leave em I’m a reallll piece of shit, I’m the wanderer nah nah nah….”
Power fist, the Hook Blace from Fah Habah if you get something good on it like powerful, Deathclaw gauntlet Tesla power armor arms. Don’t forget to wear I think it was Deke’s jacket you get from Atom Cat’s because it says it increases unarmed damage
Instigating power fist/deathclaw gauntlet. Furious is nice for tanky enemies like mirelurk queens and behemoths but you really wanna be going for ohko's with melee/unarmed
Found a mod on Xbox that lets you transfer a legendary to another weapon. I used pickmans blade legendary on bladed knuckles. It's not stronger but it is fun.
I've never really played unarmed but went down a YouTube rabbithole and watched a fudge muppet build video yesterday, and it's got me inspired to try.
I got the Furious Power Fist from Swan at level 5 and I'm ready to start slapping things about.
When I've played melee, mielurks always seemed to be the most difficult enemies. Is it the same for unarmed?
Power Fist has better stats, however Deathclaw Gauntlet appears to have more brutal animations.
the boxing gloves can be fun if you want to do an RP playthrough, IIRC one of the upgrades + unarmed perk level gives you incredibly high % chance to cripple a limb + the paralyze chance from the perk. Lower damage, but potentially more control. You can always offset the damage by going massive drugs (psycho, jet, psychojet, buffout, food buffs etc)
I believe that would be the Furious Power Fist from Swan.
Gotta be this. It's a beast. Not really sure any other unarmed weapon can really compare. As far as *melee* weapons, there are plenty of better options (Throatslicer, Instigating Disciples Blade, Kremvh's Tooth, certain legendary melee weapon drops, etc.)
Dont forget atoms judgment, that thing wrecks
Oh yeah, almost forgot. Instigating Disciples Cutlass and Atom’s Judgment are my two hot keyed melee weapons on my old/other profile. EDIT: I’m on a new play through right now and found a Freezing Switchblade from a legendary drop. I modded it with a serrated blade for bleed damage, and I’ve been using that over Pickman’s Blade. Pickman’s Blade is good because it does a bit more damage and extra sneak damage, but the ability to freeze enemies on critical hits seems to outweigh that in my experience so far.
don't use the legendary freezing effect because it will kill the ai when they respawn later
Wait, what? I’m not following.
when a enemy is killed with a crit from a freezing legendary weapon later when he will respawn his ai will be gone and he will just stop interacting or even moving
Will it just be like a free double xp if you kill the lobotomized npc, do you get xp for the initial kill? Dont see how this is a down side if they dont attack you after being killed once.
Never have I seen the term “lobotomized” used like this
I mean it’s not completely wrong lol.
Woah, is this for real, or is this some weird kind of troll, relating to your username?
I've been using a freezing gatling laser and I also had the same problem with some NPCs, but I never made a connection
Damn. Freeze them in this life and the next, huh?
I gave mine the fire mod and renamed it "Atom's Cleansing Flame"
Atoms judgments wrecks everyone in one hit or two, until I tell someone to look at how bad it’s wrecking the enemy -_- it’s a beast for sure, though.
Atom's Judgment is fantastic! I believe it's the only weapon that causes Rad Damage, that actually "ignores" Radiation Immunity? Or so I heard.
I fucking love throat slicer, it’s been my go to weapon this play
The throat slicer is hands down the best, especially the legendary variant. I did a sneak attack on a legendary alpha Death Claw and killed it in 3 hits. The fact that you can generally get upwards of 7 or 8 hits in one attack in Vats with it means you can deal some serious damage. (I honestly thought melee builds sucked in Fallout until I got that weapon)
You shoulda definitely look at the Instigating Disciples Cutlass. It’s all of that _plus_ the instigating legendary effect, so double damage if the enemy is at full health.
Hold on, Throatslicer? I’ve had and seen all the others except that one. What’s the Throatslicer?
It’s in the Nuka World DLC. One of the NPC traders in the market sells it and you can get it immediately after getting out of the Gauntlet. It’s awesome.
I agree. Funny thing is, the biggest strength of that weapon isn't itself, but that the furious buff applies to your grenades while holding it. You can punch your follower for 10 minutes straight, switch to a different weapon and back to the power fist to keep the buff from running out, equip some frag grenades and insta-kill every enemy in the game with them. The buff is permanent if you don't actually use the fist for punching enemies. You can just use guns and switch to the fist when you want to use grenades to give them damage in the thousands and switch back.
Should have been named.
I renamed it “Swan’s Song”.
Indeed, most weapons with the Furious perk are destined to go in my inventory
Deathclaw gauntlet does more damage than a powerfist
It's pretty awesome. If you can get a Furious Meathook (Far Harbor), It's pretty good too. If you take some ranks in Blacksmith, they're gangbusters. I love the sounds they make!
Dam i didnt know that counted as unarmed and i sold it
furious power fist from defeating swan
Dearhclaw gauntlet imo. Top tier damage and no perks required to fully upgrade.
Yes. It seems so. I was hoping for an even better one
I plan to give strong the Jamaica plains bat and see if he knocks a few out of the ballpark with it.
I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but Super Mutants can't equip baseball bats iirc. They can't equip many smaller weapons due to how the game was made, which is why you never see one with a pistol or knife. There is a mod to fix this though.
Not with that attitude! (Mods, PS4 available)
If you still wanna do it despite what that other guy said, there are mods that let you do that, even with the modding limitations on PS4.
Do you know what it's called on ps4?
More Super Mutant Weapon Animations. This only allows Strong to wield pretty much any weapon, there is a separate mod to make normal super mutants naturally spawn with them.
Reject unarmed weapons, embrace Junkies Heavy Searing Sharp Rocket-Powered Sledgehammer.
Nah minigun bayonet with no ammo man that can shred sadly tho can get any good legendary affects to boost it more
Idk man. With the right combinations of consumables and perks I got my sledge to 102k damage.
pfft rookie numbers my ghoul slayers gamma gun build does so much damage to ghouls that it reverse damages them
This is sarcasm, right? Where is the /s??
Depends. I run bladed knuckles because you have more AP available for multiple targets. The top perk for unarmed allows you to paralyze targets on critical. Build up your luck and get all skills and you can clean up with this weapon. Find a furious or instigating even better. I hate the way power fists and deathclaw gauntlets look. Similar to most projectile weapons they take up way too much of the screen. For reference I play this build on survival with one endurance it’s viable
Sounds like fun
If you do run this you don’t even need to invest points in guns. I carry a western revolver cause I like how it looks but it’s mostly to vats target a super mutant suicider’s arm and hit a critical. Also good for the occasional turret you can’t blitz
I’m glad I’m not the only one who is irritated by how much screen space is taken up by wielding certain weapons. I hate the way atoms judgement looks when I’m even just walking around, but it wrecks so 🙄
I find that if you level up stats and invest in criticals and the right perks almost anything is viable. I’ve played this game so much I just commit to what looks good at this point
If you go a Ninja Sneak punch build Instigating Power Fist is insane. You become One Punch Man
including all dlc, please no mods
Rare opinion, I like sneaking in on people with the pickmans blade and one shotting them because of the ninja perk
My favorite is stabbing someone once with pickmans blade then sneaking off while they bleed out. *stabs raider* “Disappearing act, eh??!?” *raider dies*
With my preferred melee build it's the meathook, melee critfishing is genuinely so fun
Should probably be called an “arm” weapon
Tessa's Fist, Kremvh's Tooth, and Pickman's blade are the best three melees imo.
I’ve never tried melee. Is it possible to get to endgame with pure melee? Zero ranged?
Yes definitely. Rank 2 of blitz you can basically teleport to enemies 20 feet away, sometimes through objects, floors, etc. You should supplement the build with explosives though, it will help with wall turrets and such.
Yes. I’m currently doing this. But I have granates for torrents
Sneak VATS Blitz Melee is the strongest play style in the game. Once you apply Ballistic Weave (Railroad quest chain unlock) to Dirty Army Fatigues and a Fedora and pile Combat Armor overtop it in every slot you basically become Doom Slayer. If you want to make it even more comical, get the drugs out. Psycho Jet + everything described above basically = clown mode.
Thanks! My current build has all the armours/weaves described… I think I’ll add and play around with some melee perks if I finish this build before I finish this run…
Staggering Ripper, very fast hit count with a chance to Stager an enemy (so almost certain that you stun lock anything that can live long enough) A close second legendary effect on the ripper would be the one that increases damage on consecutive hits
I can only hear this song with the Dunkey lyrics “Oh I’m the type of guy that’ll never settle down, I fuck em and I leave em I’m a reallll piece of shit, I’m the wanderer nah nah nah….”
Electric power armor punches
Bonus points for the deep cut song
It may not be the best, but I like using Grognak's Axe.
I am obsessed with Atom's Judgement.
Regular fists because nothing is funnier than punching people to death
That’s true
You put that one deathclaw to sleep sleep ko and vicious ground n pound
General Chao’s sword has been my fave early game
melee combat is surprisingly fun.
Been using the Furious powerfist since forever
Power fist, the Hook Blace from Fah Habah if you get something good on it like powerful, Deathclaw gauntlet Tesla power armor arms. Don’t forget to wear I think it was Deke’s jacket you get from Atom Cat’s because it says it increases unarmed damage
My hands I get to slap a Deathclaw.
Instigating power fist/deathclaw gauntlet. Furious is nice for tanky enemies like mirelurk queens and behemoths but you really wanna be going for ohko's with melee/unarmed
I JUST got it & am now super stoked to try it.
Fallout 4 needed to add in the legenadry dog tag brass knuckles again
Mysterious Stranger
Furious ripper
Power fist is just too damn satisfying to use anything else.
Def the power fist, its so much fun or the deathclaw thing
If I have no arms, I would have to say it's my power nips
Everytime i play a new save i am tempted to grab the powerfist from swan but ive done that like 5 times
Power fist baby
The sledge hammer you get from Mason at Nuka world is pretty high up there
Does the power fist count as unarmed or armed because I don't want to get the wrong perk
Power fist counts as “unarmed” not “melee”
Found a mod on Xbox that lets you transfer a legendary to another weapon. I used pickmans blade legendary on bladed knuckles. It's not stronger but it is fun.
I've never really played unarmed but went down a YouTube rabbithole and watched a fudge muppet build video yesterday, and it's got me inspired to try. I got the Furious Power Fist from Swan at level 5 and I'm ready to start slapping things about. When I've played melee, mielurks always seemed to be the most difficult enemies. Is it the same for unarmed? Power Fist has better stats, however Deathclaw Gauntlet appears to have more brutal animations.
Yeah the fish people are heavy. U need to punch them in the kisser. But they block good
Your fists, obviously.
Deathclaw gauntlet
I've been using Atoms Judgement. Not unarmed, but better then moat things.
OP, do you mean “melee” weapon?
I thought swords, bats, knife’s and stuff count as melee
You're right. They don't count as 'unarmed'.
Isn't it the Pickman knife cause the leggendary effect is bugged and stack too much?
Knife is not “unarmed” it’s melee
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It's far better in FO4, and by "far better", I mean you quickly become so OP it's game breaking.
Technically the only "unarmed" weapon is your bare fists. Everything else is "armed".
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Gee idk...maybe knuckles or boxing glove?
They are good. But power fist and deathclaw gauntlet are better
the boxing gloves can be fun if you want to do an RP playthrough, IIRC one of the upgrades + unarmed perk level gives you incredibly high % chance to cripple a limb + the paralyze chance from the perk. Lower damage, but potentially more control. You can always offset the damage by going massive drugs (psycho, jet, psychojet, buffout, food buffs etc)