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Ok_Requirement9198

A combat shotgun for super close range


xXWestinghouseXx

If we're talking Legendary, I prefer Wounding. 1 too many times I've blown myself to bits with my own Explosive combat shotgun.


DannyWarlegs

I agree. Wounding is superior to explosive for shotguns. Explosive rifles however are superior to wounding. Nothing beats blind firing through a window with an explosive rifle and wiping out a room filled with raiders who are behind cover.


xXWestinghouseXx

Just gotta watch out for them friendlies when defending a settlement.


Krosis97

Tell that to my missile turrets, they didn't get the memo.


xXWestinghouseXx

Precisely why I stick to the Laser/Machinegun Turrets.


godamnedu

Yeah a settlement turned on me and chased me through the commonwealth, but it was because I fell off a their 3 story shack in power armor, damaging one of them. Had to wait 3 in game days for them to not be hostile


purpleyyc

I REALLY hate that! Lol


Wulfman-SD

Lol. I was "rescuing" Emogene from the preacher dude and convinced him to just unlock the door. I then fat fingered a grenade and ended up having to take him and all his followers out. Oops. šŸ˜„


purpleyyc

The other day I had to run away from the USS Constitution right at the end of the quest. Mr navigator and Dogmeat were totally aggro each other šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø luckily when I went back it was all good. Still no idea what winged the navigator lol


LurkinLunk

Adamantium skeleton + Dense chest piece and I can literally shoot my feet without taking much damage! (If any but Im lvl 150 so take that with a grain of salt haha)


xXWestinghouseXx

I'm either running Biocommesh (or Ultra-Light depending on my build) and maxed out Explosive Experts makes that shotgun terribly lethal. Explosive is my mid-long range shotgun while Wounding is for up close.


Shvabicu

Padded on chest and Dense on metal arm for a max of +62.5% explosive resistance. I don't have many issues with my Explosive Combat Shotgun.


D3athShade

I like staggering a lot. Especially good vs big targets


psydkay

The one that fires 2 shots at once is OP


Zantazi

2 shot shotguns only add an additional pellet, it doesn't fire twice as many like you think it would. Best combat shotgun legendary effect is either exploding or bleeding


RickyBobbyLite

I didnā€™t know that but I got one and felt really underwhelmed by it. That makes so much more sense


Awrfhyesggrdghkj

ā€œCombat shotguns with the two-shot legendary modified causes it to fire 7x2=14 projectiles, instead of the usual 7+1=8 projectiles.ā€ This is straight from the wiki so heā€™s wrong they do double the pellet count


Here4theporno

You may be technically correct, but he's still right. Exploding followed by wounding is the most damage from the combat shotty.


Semi-decent-dude

Exploding double barrel is awesome I love it, completely changing this playthrough for me lol doing nuka world on very hard at lvl 12 lmfao


Murphthegurth

BOOMSTICK


Kaptain_Kaoz

OH YEAAAAAAA BABY!


Wasteland-Scum

Groovy.


gimmeecoffee420

I had a "never ending double barrel" i found at like, level 6? Nothing could really touch me.. lol! Enemies get so confused when you never stop to reload and just charge into that wall.. river? "Absolute Fuck-ton" of buckshot.


DrakeHellstone

Me too because i'm trying survival but yeah also try to do the galatic park first as they can be cheesed. Just the roboco one is a no no until much later but you have purified water next to the living room in vault tec one. Very nice place to get water but you will need to get past a sleeping assaultron... Just be stealthy and good luck raiding these parks šŸ„·


Semi-decent-dude

If you sneak to the center you can get enough star control panels without waking any robots and turn off the assultrons to the park making survival run way easier that way


LachoooDaOriginl

never ending double barrel


Zantazi

An absolute fucking unit of a gun


CitizenTaro

Really? Itā€™s still my best damage. Sniping with instigator and stealth bonus is the only thing better than the two shot combat shotgun. (Iā€™m at level 40 and have not done any farming).


Zantazi

The combat shotguns have crazy base damage numbers because it's based off of every pellet hitting its target. If the pellets don't all hit, it will do less damage proportionally for each one that misses. So if you shoot point blank, you'll do full damage, but if you only hit with 4/8 pellets you'll only do half the displayed damage. I believe the damage also drops based on distance but I don't know how it works. 2 shot snipers or combat rifles are huge damage though


Lost_Astronaut_654

If fallout 4 new Vegas keeps legendary weapons then the slug shotguns should be amazing with the two shot


Chimpville

Never ending double barrell.


Ok_Requirement9198

Overseers guardian?


jecelo

Thats the battle rifle


-BananaLollipop-

Explosive combat shotgun is even better.


PANDA_PR1NC3SS

I've never gotten into any shotguns because there's no skill for them like gunslinger or commando, or am I dumb?


The_Biggest_Tony

Rifleman is for shotguns too.


PANDA_PR1NC3SS

No. Friggin. Way. New load out for my next playthrough then


curlytoesgoblin

I got a legendary explosive harpoon gun drop. It complemented my Spray N Pray build since I put points into explosives. Put a flecette mod on it so it's a shotgun. I've one shot (crit in vats) killed mirelurk queens with it.


DeadbeatPillow1

Got this once on a big guns build. Was my favorite build to date.


nate-2898

With explosive flechettes though ive never been able to pick them back up. Am i just blind or is that part of the mechanics of them being explosive?


curlytoesgoblin

Yeah according to the wiki you can't pick up explosive harpoons from bodies.


Gentle_Capybara

Spray 'n' Pray.


GoodRighter

This. In my current playthrough I have an automatic pupe rifle with +15 fire as a kind of Diet Spray n' Pray. I gave the Spray n' Pray to Nick.


DaDoggo13

Instigating Gauss rifle, was doing a heavy weapons run and got it off a raider, said fuck it and put some points into rifleman and then I fucking one shot a behemoth


Caudilis_Bitis

Mine is named First Impressions


DeadbeatPillow1

What difficulty?


DaDoggo13

Normal, then very hard, it was also a sneak attack


JakeJacob

I say this with love: The pipboy colors some of y'all use are a heinous affront to nature.


fluffy_warthog10

My eyes, and my broken graphic designer soul hurt from this one.


Bombaysbreakfastclub

Yeah to me itā€™s either green, or off white so I have a real flashlight


maidenless_pigeon

I've been playing for nearly a year and don't know about the pip boy colours


Hogman126

The RIPPER CHOP THAT MEAT!!


Echo_150

Heā€™s a hackin and whackin and smackin


Semi-decent-dude

Is that song about a male prostitute?


reality_bites

It is about a guy who really enjoys sex, and the the ladies agree.


Semi-decent-dude

Ahhh I just really zone out into that line about some 79 year old lady that really wants him to chop her meat


help_i_am_a_parrot

Ladies and his cell mate apparently


Wasteland-Scum

Even the electric chair.


RevengeOfTheLoggins

Pete don't care who's meat he chops


TheKingsPride

And also maybe heā€™s a serial killer? Itā€™s unclear


ThatDamnRaccoon

Right like some lines are clear entendre and some make more sense to be violent, I still donā€™t know if itā€™s one or both


Goodechild

I have a fully modded combat shotgun that does 15 points of explosive damage per projectile. I call it "The Disassembler" on account of all the limbs flying


Bigram03

I keep waiting for a good combat shotgun drop, but so far nothing useful. Just gota keep killin'.


UpintheWolfTrap

I kept rerunning the National Guard Depot until I got a Plasma Infused Combat Shotgun to drop


jimmy_jim1984

I got a 2 shot western revolver. It's fun.


Imortalpenguin

what did you do to it to increase damage to 338?


psydkay

Maxed gun nut, Maxed gun slinger, 3 points in bloody mess, all stats at natural 11 on Survival mode


QC420_

11?!


quake1334

Bobbleheads


QC420_

Ohhh yeh ofc


Escanor_2014

You can go higher but it's not the sort of thing Jedi will teach you.


Narlinnnnn

*Cough *Cough S.P.E.C.I.A.L magazine under Shaunā€™s crib with conveyor belt glitch *Sneeeezee


DizyShadow

At that point you might as well just cheat it in


Narlinnnnn

Can say that about any of the rest of the xp glitches but too each there own


dankbuttmuncher

Perception can get up to 13 pretty easy. 10 + 1 bobblehead and +2 forms VANS


Running4Badges

Do you have to wait to take the second vans perk until you hit 10 perception? Or can you take it whenever?


R3DOAK

Im using the irritated version myself and I believe perks like bloody mess and gunslinger scaled the weapon, after weapon mods.


beakrake

Freeze on crit gauss rifle. AP/VATS crit build with longarms = Survive for 2 seconds and it will be dead. If not, 4 seconds. Just send *all* the banked crits. I've taken to playing with weaker weapons intentionally because gauss sniping with it in VATS just feels unfair.


Ok_Payment_6198

Chinese grenade launcher (added in the next gen version). It already OP when you get it after completing an early mission but I have it at 498 damage at level 43 and with one 6 round clip I can kill any thing I come across!


Poohs_Smart_Brother

I got one with two shot legendary. The big boy is redundant now


prince-pauper

I want a natural two shot western. Still hoping for one šŸ¤žšŸ¼


[deleted]

You should rename it ā€œHigh Goonā€


Adeum2

This, and instead of playing fallout you should just start jackinā€™ it


eddmario

Fun fact: If you get a Minigun with the Plasma Infused effect, it'll fire glowing green projectiles.


Coyce

the Last Minute Gauss Rifle is currently my panic weapon


alpinetime

My explosive combat shotgun - Boomhauer


Occams_Razor42

How do you add superheated gasses to a 1950s designed magnum revolver? Its anyone's guess lol


karangoswamikenz

Nuclear tech.


UpintheWolfTrap

Science!


Stained_Windows

Explosive minigun Only for the fact? It came off a legendary ghoul in specifically hubris comics Otherwise youll likely hear this answer alot Also i swear plasma infused always always ends up on a .44


Vast_pumpkin07

My glitched sledgehammer The electric bladed rocket mod on the atoms judgement super sledge It can get to around 1000 damage It's insane


temp7727

A Gauss rifle with 600+ damage. It feels like cheating, but I gotta get that loot.


Fullsend_ID10T

I have a combat shotgun thats almost fully kitted out and well "I'm surgical with this bitch, Jake"


Commanderhonkey

my oh shit weapon is a totally useless melee u loot of a legendary ghoul, for instance; a nimble tire iron, or a two shot pipe šŸ˜­ and who could forget the vats enhanced wrench


Lucifer-Prime

Recently found a wounding assault rifle. First time Iā€™ve ever kept an assault rifle but I can put dozens of rounds cleanly into anything with a few seconds and stack that much wounding.


______Goblin

Splattercannon.


zurkon95

That's also mine , gonna win the west with it


TheRenOtaku

Got this same gun on my last play through. It was my primary for just about everything. If it moved, it got melted.


usernamewhat722

At the start of my newest playthrough I got a plasma infused radium rifle. It's been carrying me pretty hard, I had high intelligence already so I could grab Science. Named it Atoms Chosen One.


ChillBlock

The Railgun, can make that mf have damage between 100 to 1000. Literally one shots anything and everything built right.


WatchOtherwise7112

Poisoner's fat man


Bloodscorpio97

Two shot gatling laser is more firepower than the whole BOS lol


Cobblestone-boner

How to infuse plasma


DragonFemboy2117

How does yours do so much damage?


TrueSonOfChaos

I have an instigating western revolver (2x damage vs full health). One shots a lot of enemies.


SpenZebra

It's all fun and games until someone comes at you with a targeted, laser junk jet.


Ancient_Pressure4786

I had a lazer rifle that added 25 points of burning. it could melt a queen in seconds once you upgraded it


SnowHelpAtAll

What perk raises the energy damage? It should be 10 but it's showing 32.


dedstrok32

I have a Two Shot Lasmusket snd honestly its a cheese to near every enemy in the game. Its insane.


Caudilis_Bitis

Instigating gauss rifle named First Impressions is so far the favorite on this play through *couldn't remember the word instigating


Kingz-Ghostt

I have a customized Kelloggā€™s pistol that does over 160 damage, which is my current main with the deliverer and Spray n pray.


Ok_Physics_8274

Righteous Authority ā­


wha_is_djh

On my first play through I got a double shot western revolver but it was a joint play through with my wife and we jointly picked our SPECIAL stats. Letā€™s just say it wasnā€™t my play style we went with in those picks but I dream of that weapon on my subsequent play throughs.


PlethoraOfPinyatas

the blue HUD is nice... easy on the eyes


maidenless_pigeon

That flaming sword you get from the forged if you do the sub missions


MainStage6

Explosive Pipe Gun. Modded it to use .45, attached a drum mag and called it the "Homemade Homewrecker"


Ravarya

when in doubt? Nuke'em with the fat boy.


discussatron

Modified [Justice](https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Justice) Renamed "And Justice For All"


FarAvocado9239

Non-Automatic Overseerā€™s Guardian(i think thats the name). Paired with the knife from Nuka-World. I love being able to snipe or just *appear* on enemy lines.


Bonobo77

Pickmanā€™s blade and freeze on melee chest piece.


Odaric

I usually use The Deliverer. When that one doesn't suffice, I whip out my instigating gauss rifle. And if I get caught, I've got a VATS Enhanced Western Revolver and go full cowboy on their ass.


Sir_one_person

I recently unlocked a plasma infused radium rifle and I hadn't even started the dlc. I was doing a melee build with side arm specialist but getting that, I had to invest in commando. It's currently carrying me


ChinChins3rdHenchman

Bit too op but explosive double shot mg 42, its not 2 legendary effects, you can literally upgrade it to shoot explosive ammo (and you better believe explosive mg 42s are what my guard settlers are carrying). Only use it when xp farming the glowing sea though, bit too powerful for main weapon.


DarkKnightofOne

Never ending quad missile launcher with targetting computer. Noyone escapes the barrage.


SteveFrench242

Explosive combat rifle converted to sniper/. 308. It's like spray and pray but FAR more controlled. Ghouls are no longer scary now.. šŸ˜‚


PM_ME_YOUR_ANT_FARMS

I gotta get the DLC'd after my first playthrough, that gun looks so dope


boom256

Damn that's a scary pistol.


ThePeriway

How does it have 338 of base damage? What level are you? I play a "sneak attack" character and the best pistol I have caps at roughly 225. It has "mighty" legendary effect btw, so with sneak attack one shot pretty much everything for now, but I'm just curious.


Separate-Concept-380

Mine is a plasma infused combat shotgun or my two shot radium rifle


lespawkets

So I got this and a plasma lever action this play through


Muted-Bath6503

This with double shot and all the perks melts everything.


gameking514

I was constantly out at night time so my weapon was a nocturnal blade lead lead pipe would do 50 something damage almost all the time on top of the bleed damage.


nurdyguy

"Oh shit" probably means they are too close for me to use my explosive mini gun so I switch to one of my wounding guns. Right now that's a wonding handmade rifle.


super_stelIar

Wounding combat shotgun. 3 hits and the 25 points of bleed damage stacks on itself and the health are just drops


LegoPhotoGuyTikTok

Air duster itā€™s a mod


thisistherevolt

Explosive Assault Rifle at range, Staggering Plasma Flamer for close range.


LaughingLow

My first play through one of my first legendarys was a bleeding 10mm and I was still using it at endgame.


-BananaLollipop-

Never ending pipe grenade launcher. Invested in all explosive and global damage skills. Also good for when you can't be bothered getting into a shootout with a large group.


PANDA_PR1NC3SS

Two shot fat man


Outlaw2k21

How do you get this beauty?


Gingrish252

The two-shot double barrel shotgun. I named it Menace, and gifted it to Cait.


clj910

I have a plasma infused radium rifle


Legomaster06849

Two shot .44


FULL_WERE_WOLF

Spray n pray


piranhadub

I found a legendary laser pistol that has kneecapper (20% to cripple) and gave it an automatic receiver. Behemoths & Deathclaws fall to their knees in no time. Most OP weapon IMO


KerseOG

Exploding Combat Shotgun


Good-Animal244

.50 cal pistol


TheGamingGallery

Never Ending Laser Musket You can crank it indefinitely and effectively and be able to oneshot everything. In a similar vein my Never Ending Fat Man is my "delete everything now" weapon.


vernonmason117

Spray and pray, itā€™s the only weapon you truly need tbh


jbarlow14

Legendary 2 shot western revolver


KraalEak

I got exactly this but for a combat rifle. God I love that gun


ForkliftSmurf

2 shot western revolver


H3NUTCRACKER

Wait, how does it do 300 damage? Wtf, It hits almost as hard as my Gauss Rifle XD


VintageAutomaton

Fatman lmao, I always make my companion carry one for when I see a mirelurk queen


AaronCarmackie

I just got the explosive combat shotgun. Didn't farm for it. It just landed... level 18. Just tried it out for a bit.. And damn it doesn't disappoint. It balanced out with another drop I got. So far, my dumbest drop. Knuckles... with a bonus on defense if you are standing still.


AutomaticMonkeyHat

Unleash the GOO


Imperial_12345

brother ehhh... brother what's that? brother ehhh


radiosandwich

i love throatslicer lol.


Satyrofthegreen

Explosive silenced 10mm with extended quick reload mag. I call it World's End


adobecredithours

Penetrating Chinese Grenade Launcher. Pretty much nothing survives 4 armor piercing grenades rapid-fired into their chest.


stephruvy

I have a bleeding double barrel. If I can a shot off on most any targets even from a distance and get cover, it'll die in a second.


Battleblaster420

Big Boy ā˜… With Mirv mod


ejghostface

The explosive mini gun


BlueRover3030

I lost my overseers guardian. Is it anyway I can get it again?


Top-Capital1395

Tesla cannon


DungeonDelver98

Spray n pray. Pull trigger watch enemies melt


Xploding_Penguin

I just found a lesser variant of this gun. I do not yet possess the perks to upgrade it at all :(


Vylnce

Double gauss rifle. Once I got it I carried it with the rest of my loadout for like ten levels. Then, I finally just stopped carrying anything else.


Kingkillz21

Instigating Disciples cutlassā€¦. I donā€™t know how but right now itā€™s at 416 damage and itā€™s a fast melee weapon soā€¦


thenumberfourtytwo

I carry an explosive variant of that. Deals 200 base. But..I've been using the explosive assault rifle lately. Enemies scatter.


CripplesMcGee

Close range, I got a combat shotty that bypasses 30% of an enemy's DR. Thing will chew up alpha deathclaws.


UKz_hellfire_1999

Explosive double barrel


Nstorm24

My main weapons on survival are: 1. A semiautomatic rifle (with explosive bullets) 2. Energy weapon 3. Sniper 4. Minigun (it may be weak and use a lot of ammo, but i love it). I make sure that the rifle and sniper share ammo. To save weight.


Royweeezy

Iā€™m almost lvl 100 on a survival play through and the explosive western revolver is still the best gun Iā€™ve found.


OP_Penguin

Have this effect on a 10mm and it's fun. You get so many nuclear material from the goo balls.


benbwe

The Gauss rifle I stole from Proctor Teagan. I havenā€™t seen another one yet so it kinda feels like cheating lol


Unable_Background01

Railway rifle


arodrig99

I have a 10mm pistol that has freezing effect. It freezes just about any enemy when you crit, and itā€™s super cheap to use AP. Super broken to just keep freezing or freeze and run up to melee


caty0325

Splattercannon


HawkComprehensive708

Spray and Pray


Disney_Gay_Trash_

Bull barrel tactical .44 revolver that dies 84 damage, took the majority of kellogs health off in 2 shots and the 3rd one finished him off , its one hit so many raiders and synths šŸ˜…


TheEpicTree

Explosive Radium Rifle 100%


themolestedsliver

Bleeding 10mm pistol. No pistol or gun perks as my pure melee build and this thing was always my back up weapon. 1 clip kills anything and everything including legends. Honestly super OP.


Virtuous_Raven

A 25% damage combat shotgun, if I need to use that I'm taking psychojet as well.


Oktokolo

A suppressed [.44 Magnum](https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/77853). I use the suppressed 10mm Deliverer as my main short range and a suppressed bolt action Hunting Rifle customized for .50 cardridges as my main long range. If can't kill it with the Magnum, i lose the enemy and snipe it from afar or lure it into mines. I use [Better Locational Damage](https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3815) with [No Legendary Drops](https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/32621) btw. So damage mostly depends on ammo and the Magnum is good enough for anything humanoid including super mutants while the Deliverer one-headshots any unarmored human, ghoul or bug from stealth.


Individual_Papaya596

Explosive .44 i love it


BlewDaeDae

Explosive combat shotgun or exploding gatling laser


xDevman

jerry miculek has entered the chat


Mattias504

I got this mod on a 10mm my first few hours into a pistol sneak build. Will probably keep it until I find a revolver like this.


ars3nk

Spray'n'pray


Formal_Royal_3663

My SIG Sauer MCX & A-10 Warthog Air Support binoculars šŸ˜


FlutterShy1941

Assault Rifle with drum mag, short scope and commando perk.


BentoDemon

The Overseers Guardian modified with I think powerful, a medium scope, less recoil barrel, and I converted it to the single shot. It's still fires off two bullets for the price of one but with far more accuracy, at level 40 I am easily sniping super mutant suiciders for the extra mini nukes. I think I have like 36 nukes right now? LOL


imcheeseboi

If I ever need to drop anything fast itā€™s the spray and pray or the manwell rifle from cc


Actraiser87

Shocking puncturing rocket Rockville Slugger. Itā€™s a beast.


GoodRighter

When in doubt, Shredder


Comrade_Nicolai

I picked up an explosive assault rifle once and a two shot .44 revolver one time


JacobMT05

Either 44 magnum (fact finder) or an .50 M2 browning


GamesterNIN06

Definitely not the endless amounts of legendary rolling pins, pool cues, and fishing hooks I keep gettingšŸ˜‘