I want a sawed off explosive shotgun, that'd be more fun since you can't spam 40 rounds lol.
I found a mod ages ago that let you move legendaries and added different shotgun shell types. One was birdshot so the sawed off did almost no damage but had a huge spread and shot like 100+ pellets. If you shot water the game crashed, it was fun to play with but literally broke the game so often it wasn't worth it.
Well you can multiply every base item type in the game with every possible legendary effect for weapons.
That's the odds of getting it for every legendary mob.
My favorite was my bleeding shotgun. If I really didn’t want to try I would take some jet and put a full mag or two into something and then wait for time to un slow and bam you just watch the health just go to ZERO.
Never-ending Double Barrel Shotgun (got it on my first stealth playthrough)
Explosive Double Barrel Shotgun (this one was the very first legendary item I got in Fallout 4)
I got the never ending double barrel shotgun at the start of my last playthrough but in my opinion is wasn't that good because it does less damage than a combat shotgun. You have infinite ammo but a combat shotgun with a drum magazine contains more than enough ammo, so in my opinion it's not worth it.
The strength of a Never Ending double-barrel is that that specific shotgun essentially has an uncapped fire rate, meaning it shoots as fast as you can click/tap. Normally this isn’t a big deal when the weapon only has two shots before needing to reload, but the Never Ending effect obviously removes that limitation.
Oh for sure. The extra energy damage really helps against Gunners and BoS with combat and power armors, and since the plasma projectile follows an unstable path, the projectiles can split somewhere around the maximum range of the long scope and you have the potential to get two targets at once. Overseer's Guardian is nice because of the ability to be suppressed. If you favor combat then two shot plasma is def where to go but stealth characters should go Old Reliable or Overseer's Guardian for them sweet sweet sneak multipliers
The OG is great for sure- but many legendary weapons I way better. I used to buy it as soon as I could- but not anymore- as a matter of fact- I don’t buy any weapons any more at all- most legendary variants are better- the hardest one to top is The Throatslicer
Most powerful weapon in the game, from everything I've heard. I got it once, and never ended up even trying it out (I found it fairly near the end of a playthrough).
To really make it work you need some investment, specifically the two perks I mentioned. With all four levels in each you do an absurd amount of damage.
I highly, highly recommend making sure that you wear power armour with as much explosives resistance as you can get.
You really only need demolition expert since the main damage comes from the explosions anyway. I got lucky and finally found an explosive minigun on my 7th play through
I found one as I was dicking around just before the end of my first playthrough. I saw what it was and interpreted it as a sign to murder the institute
Wounding Combat Shotgun, I really enjoyed the Wounding Minigun as well, but for cost per round and effect per round the Shotgun is more effective without a doubt
I had a pipe revolver with explosive, used it in the beginning up until mid game, didn't find anything better and the 44. ammo is so scarse at first. I believe I still have it on display in my home, it was a good companion
This is actually good, the 50 points is a lot and can be buffed (I think) with some perks.
On a switchblade makes it even better since it is very light amd leaves a lot of space for weapons that can kill the rad resistant enemies
Probably the instigating disciple blade, on a radiation build with almost full rad powered armor, something like 4k dmg before the stealth multiplier
Any melee weapon was OP at that point tho
Everyone is saying explosive or something, but I got a few. Wounding ten mm pistol is extremely powerful with max fire rate, it basically does 24*24 damage in a second. Then there's the irradiated minigun I call Chernobyl, 50 rad damage per shot? Yes please!
I find that wounding + automatic is just absolutely devastating. The more powerful and faster fire rate the weapon its attached to is, the more devastating. I dont know if it's underrated or not, but my wounding radium rifle was unstoppable. I'd get a volley of direct hits out, and then take cover and watch their HP drain.
I don't usually use miniguns, but when I got an explosive minigun, that became my go-to weapon. The instigating Gauss rifle one-shots most enemies from afar, especially with the right perks.
Do you do any legendary farming? I forget all the spots, but I remember one is a small army base right near a settlement. It has feral ghouls in it, and a legendary is almost always on the second floor (maybe only at higher difficulties?), which you can shoot from below. Guaranteed legendary drop, easy kill, repeatable.
Later on, I just grabbed a mod that lets you swap/add any prefix to any gun.
National Guard Training Yard. 5 ghouls in the first building, any one of which can be legendary. Two in the alley between buildings, one can be. The second building can have 2 or 3 in it. And the sentry that spawns can be legendary. Nice farming spot.
Got one of these (in hunting rifle form) real early on my first playthrough. Didn't realize how spoiled I was with it until my next playthrough. It fully upgraded plus the right perks let me sneak shot heads off of deathclaws. Epic weapon.
Aside from the explosive combat shotgun I got a 10mm with something that made it fire for a very long time. Can't remeber what effect. Either Neverending or auto or something.
It was awesome against ghouls.
Oh that was one of my favorites!
Gave it the name "Pocket Minigun" and modded it as light as possible. Its hilariously good but not OP so the fun stays for longer than with the explosive shotguns and stuff
plasma repeater, love it since im playing cowboy in nukaworld, and with the full rifleman perk i got, iirc its about 260 damage a shot, before the plasma.
edit: also a memorable one, crippling cane, didn’t actually use it, instead i gave it to murphy the mad woman.
Are we counting guaranteed weapons like Atom's Judgment, Kiloton Radium, or The Harvester?
If just random drops, an Instigating Laser Musket is a \*insert deity of choice\*send early on. Anything Wounding that can be made automatic feels a bit like cheating
Similar for me: an explosive 10mm modded with an auto receiver. The trick is that .38 and 10mm ammo is super plentiful, so you can main the weapon and never have to worry about ammo. With the 10mm in late game, I usually finish an expedition with more ammo than I started with, even including combat.
Spray n' Pray was a game-changer for me.
I got a freezing 10mm pistol that carried me through the early game with maxed out pistol perks, then I found Overseer's Guardian, and it was my primary weapon for a large chunk of the game. Then I found Spray n' Pray, and it was like I was playing a different game, especially after I maxed out the associated explosive perks.
Then I got an explosive Handmade, and it was even more ridiculous.
I got some Explosive Combat Shotguns, Explosive .44, Explosive Combat Rifle, Freezing Radium Rifle, Penetrating Radium Rifle, and some other stuff. I mainly keep them in a chest in Sanctuary
It would be a tie between:
[Exploding Minigun](https://i.imgur.com/3X8OzjM.png) that I got (I think) in Medford Memorial Hospital.
Two Shot Gauss Rifle – No picture and I don't recall where I got it.
[Two Shot Handmade Revolver Sniper Rifle](https://i.imgur.com/9dgcrzN.png) – This was also early in my last journey. Carried me through at least 40-50 levels.
**Honorable Mention**:
[Pipe Shotgun of the Assassin](https://i.imgur.com/aOt2cTw.png) – This weapon comes with the Raider Overhaul WIP mod on nexusmods. This baby was a blessing playing on Very Hard!
For those on PC who use mods, [Legendary Modification](https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4042) is one of my favorites because it gives you multiple installs regarding your ability to use Legendary items. I'm currently using the version that only allows you to remove mods from Weapons or Armor and install them on other Weapons and Armor.
Only Weapon mods can be installed on other Weapons and the same with Armor.
You can also chose a version of the mod where you can craft Legendary mods, but I prefer the version that I am using as it's more challenging and I think more lore-friendly in being forced to utilize only what I find.
Explosive shotguns and Furious automatic weapons.
Explosive shotguns are so overpowered that I no longer use them in all play throughs after the one I got them in because they kill almost everything in one hit, even on harder difficulties.
Furious on automatic weapons are super satisfying as you watch an enemies health bar drain faster and faster. It also turns the Minigun from one of the worst weapons in the game into one of the best.
Explosive minigun, instigating gauss rifle and two shot gauss rifle. The 2 shot gauss was on my very first play through, about 120 hours in. Absolutely hooked since.
Ima add an armour here aswell, but when you have the nuka world top hat, the far harbour recon armour piece that gives you movement speed, then you only need 3 more legendary pieces of armour to be able to run as fast as you sprint, which is invaluable
Too OP to ever use: The holy grail in the game... (I got that in my second save ever) The Explosive Minigun. I gave it to Cait, watched her kill everything everywhere at once with it and then just put it in a box and never used it.
Most Fun: Explosive Handmade Rifle (yes I love the explosive weapons generally).
On my current run, I’ve got an explosive combat shotgun. Absolutely kicks anything’s ass. I also got a lucky plasma pistol which is really good.
On one melee run I got an instigating super sledge. That thing was unstoppable.
Another run I had a two-shot assault rifle that worked wonders as well.
Yeah I’ve had a few play throughs as you can all tell.
One of my favorites I ever got was a Bleeding 10mm Pistol because on full auto with the 2nd most common ammo type, you could melt basically anything. Took down the queen at Murkwater with it in about 5 seconds.
I have a trunk next to a bed in Sanctuary which I put all my legendary weapons in it and I never use or get them out again. I was planning on putting them on display but haven't gotten round to it yet, I probably never will as there a loads of them in the trunk.
Probably pretty boring compared to what most of you have, but the best one I actually used regularly was a Wounding Radium Rifle. Heavily upgraded - so massive ballistic damage. Wounding - massive additional damage. Radium - Radiation damage as a final insult to the recipient.
It was quite effective. I get excited any time I get a wounding anything that is or can be modified to be full auto. Just get a few rounds in and hide and you can just watch their health drain.
Furious disciples blade. Damn thing one shot nearly everything anyway, but the few enemies strong enough to still be up after 1 stab fell on the second or third for sure. Combined with blitz and whatnot, i became death incarnate, except with a knife instead of a scythe.
I remember on one run I got explosive gun just as I arrived in concord first time. So basically at the beginning of the game. May not be the best but it made the first 20 levels of that run so good to play.
I was already playing with mods and modded legendaries on this particular playthrough when I found a legendary shovel with the Assassin stat...
For one, this was when i learned that one of the couple dozen mods i have turned on made the shovel into a weapon,
and two, the lore implications of an assassin murdering people with a shovel just made me pause for a good few minutes trying to wrap my head around that thought
Bleeding combat shotgun when I was low 20s On my 1st play through. It was amazing for tough and skull creatures. It didnt kill instantly but the castle mirelurk queen died in like 12s when i was lvl 30.
Also good on fog crawlers.
A close 2nd that was almost always better in the late game was a double shot gauss rifle.
An irradiated flamer I got on my current play through but haven't used yet
Practical for my play-style and system capabilities: instigating hunting rifle. - put it in 50 cal and it’s got the highest damage per pound that I’m aware of.
Most powerful while staying within my play style and system capabilities: instigating Gauss rifle
Most powerful while not breaking my game: explosive handmade rifle
Most powerful: explosive Minigun.
Never ending Automatic Shotgun...it's nice to have explosive but you can just turn the room into confetti without aiming. I chewed threw two deathclaws fifghting in about 2 seconds. I kinda cried.
Explosive combat shotgun. You injure yourself with it pretty frequently, but it's basically a delete key.
I want a sawed off explosive shotgun, that'd be more fun since you can't spam 40 rounds lol. I found a mod ages ago that let you move legendaries and added different shotgun shell types. One was birdshot so the sawed off did almost no damage but had a huge spread and shot like 100+ pellets. If you shot water the game crashed, it was fun to play with but literally broke the game so often it wasn't worth it.
I got a sawed off “infinite clip” legendary. Can spam the shit out of it. Damn near better than the explosive combat shotgun
*Doom music intensifies\*
It’s so fun to use. Probably the most fun weapon to use honestly, more fun than explosive combat shotgun
i got an explosive double barrel and it just a delete with a cooldown timer. really cool while not taking out all of the fun to be had in the combat.
The difference between a Space Marie's Bolter and the super shotgun from doom.
You won't have to spam.
Only weapon I've gotten with the explosive effect was a hunting rifle. Definitely not as good as an explosive shotgun.
I got an explosive handmade rifle once.
Explosive revolver is fun af
Explosive assault rifle *chef’s kiss*
Explosive minigun. Get a Stable source of 5mm, and (almost) nothing can stand in your way.
I got an explosive Gauss- seemed underwhelming. But I had an explosive bolt action ( pistol) I used with gunslinger and high luck- badass
Same. Here. Farmed it at the national training yard. Didn't take long either.
I always thought that expl. compat shotgun is somewhat common. I think i've had it in most of my playthroughs
Well you can multiply every base item type in the game with every possible legendary effect for weapons. That's the odds of getting it for every legendary mob.
Damn only time i have some luck in my life is playing fo4 too much.
Assassin armor will keep you safe
I didn't realize that worked for self-inflicted damage. That's a great tip.
Same i also got a sawn off version of it Crippling ghouls with it its the best thing
Have still never found one- since 2016
I got an explosive western revolver on this playthrough, with my gunslinger/vats build. It's pretty OP, especially with max gun nut.
My favorite was my bleeding shotgun. If I really didn’t want to try I would take some jet and put a full mag or two into something and then wait for time to un slow and bam you just watch the health just go to ZERO.
That was my first legendary on my first playthrough…So lucky!
I've heard every pellet in a single shot does explosive damage, so you get the bonus damage multiple times per shot!
You are correct. That said, if you are in the radius you are fucked but so is anything else.
I’ve got one of these. And a mini gun that adds fire damage I think.
Yup. Best weapon in the game. Suppressed, sneaky and ninja. I was one shotting everything on sneak attacks, most everything else with rapid fire.
I got a rolling pin that kills Mirelurks once.
Ha
I got a ghoul Slayers gamma gun.
Never-ending Double Barrel Shotgun (got it on my first stealth playthrough) Explosive Double Barrel Shotgun (this one was the very first legendary item I got in Fallout 4)
ive ALWAYS wanted a never ending double barrel, but i only get lucky on 76 where it barely matters :(
I actually got lucky on both tbh. I used both for syths and mirelurks. It was a fun time lol
Hella fun, mate
I got a Never Ending Double Barrel Shotgun as one of my first legendary guns before level 20 and it's still great at level 45
I got the never ending double barrel shotgun at the start of my last playthrough but in my opinion is wasn't that good because it does less damage than a combat shotgun. You have infinite ammo but a combat shotgun with a drum magazine contains more than enough ammo, so in my opinion it's not worth it.
The strength of a Never Ending double-barrel is that that specific shotgun essentially has an uncapped fire rate, meaning it shoots as fast as you can click/tap. Normally this isn’t a big deal when the weapon only has two shots before needing to reload, but the Never Ending effect obviously removes that limitation.
Two-Shot plasma rifle, fricken *mint*
Was it better than the Overseer's Guardian?
Oh for sure. The extra energy damage really helps against Gunners and BoS with combat and power armors, and since the plasma projectile follows an unstable path, the projectiles can split somewhere around the maximum range of the long scope and you have the potential to get two targets at once. Overseer's Guardian is nice because of the ability to be suppressed. If you favor combat then two shot plasma is def where to go but stealth characters should go Old Reliable or Overseer's Guardian for them sweet sweet sneak multipliers
Overseer's Guardian with some points in Ninja and you can be a one-shot silent killing machine. LOVE this combo!
.308 receiver go brr
Every time. Got manufacturing set up and running some 5mm because I've got an Exploding Minigun via mods so I'm stocking up for Open Season.
The OG is great for sure- but many legendary weapons I way better. I used to buy it as soon as I could- but not anymore- as a matter of fact- I don’t buy any weapons any more at all- most legendary variants are better- the hardest one to top is The Throatslicer
I got a two shot plasma rifle as well, and turned it into a pistol since I'm doing a gunslinger build this time . So that's one benefit.
I wish the plasma rifle looked less like a Dyson vacuum cleaner.
I got a 2 shot gauss rifle. Maybe not that rifle but I think it was, but either way it was one I used for sniping. Two shot on a sniping gun is great.
I got one, it's extremely inaccurate but the damage is insane.
lol... haven't heard MINT in a long time.. tell me you're in your 40's without telling me you're in your 40s
Nah fam, I'm almost 30 lol
Yes, yes, how do you do fellow kids as well
MINT was big in the mid to late 80's... the current late 40's early 50's crowd Good to hear it's still around
Yeah hell yeah I dig all the slang, no expiration dates on languages. Hell I say "hey" like Benny from NV lol
Still catch hell for saying hella all the time.
Atoms judgement. No combination of dropped or sold legendary weapon can come close to this insanity.
Try using a furious or instigating disciples blade. Stupid amounts of damage and about 5 times faster attack speed than atoms judgement.
But… irradiated ripper noises
Explosive minigun. Way, way too much fun to use with Explosives Expert and Heavy Gunner.
Most powerful weapon in the game, from everything I've heard. I got it once, and never ended up even trying it out (I found it fairly near the end of a playthrough).
To really make it work you need some investment, specifically the two perks I mentioned. With all four levels in each you do an absurd amount of damage. I highly, highly recommend making sure that you wear power armour with as much explosives resistance as you can get.
You really only need demolition expert since the main damage comes from the explosions anyway. I got lucky and finally found an explosive minigun on my 7th play through
It's an *ok* weapon if your goal is to level everything from you to the horizon
I found one as I was dicking around just before the end of my first playthrough. I saw what it was and interpreted it as a sign to murder the institute
I got an irradiated mini gun and rocket launcher give them to strong if i cant kill someone
Wounding Combat Shotgun, I really enjoyed the Wounding Minigun as well, but for cost per round and effect per round the Shotgun is more effective without a doubt
I somehow got 2 of those on my most recent play through. Kept 1 and gave the other one to Cait, didn’t face much opposition after that
Wounding pipe rifle was pretty good too. Just spray'em down with that cheap ass .38 and then go hide while they bleed out.
Explosive combat shotgun. Fucking overpowered delete button. I kitted it out and it was a go-to weapon.
You should've seen me use a Never-Ending Double Barreled Shotgun. It shoots as fast as you click your mouse. Deletes both the enemy and your mouse lol
I'm on ps4 so there's only so fast I can click
Two shot gauss rifle, two shot radium rifle and splatter cannon.
Never ending Gatling Laser
Does this mean I wouldn’t end up with a bazillion half used fusion cores?
Never ending Gatling laser is glitched so you have infinite ammo.
Seems intentional with the dlc one being named Aeternus, meaning everlasting
Aeturnus go brrrrrrrr
A western revolver with 25% more damage to humans, considering I was playing a pistol character it was kinda good
Got an explosive western with my gunslinger build. That, plus demolition expert and max gun nut was insane.
I had a pipe revolver with explosive, used it in the beginning up until mid game, didn't find anything better and the 44. ammo is so scarse at first. I believe I still have it on display in my home, it was a good companion
This is actually good, the 50 points is a lot and can be buffed (I think) with some perks. On a switchblade makes it even better since it is very light amd leaves a lot of space for weapons that can kill the rad resistant enemies
Also a fast attack speed so the rad damage gets applied a lot very quickly
"ah fuck did you just stab me? what the hell man?" *limbs start decaying due to radiation sickness*
Probably the instigating disciple blade, on a radiation build with almost full rad powered armor, something like 4k dmg before the stealth multiplier Any melee weapon was OP at that point tho
Have you tried eating a yao goai steak? It‘s bugged and gives you 10x melee damage… which is fun
Everyone is saying explosive or something, but I got a few. Wounding ten mm pistol is extremely powerful with max fire rate, it basically does 24*24 damage in a second. Then there's the irradiated minigun I call Chernobyl, 50 rad damage per shot? Yes please!
Wounding is an underrated effect. Bleed damage stacks so nicely.
I find that wounding + automatic is just absolutely devastating. The more powerful and faster fire rate the weapon its attached to is, the more devastating. I dont know if it's underrated or not, but my wounding radium rifle was unstoppable. I'd get a volley of direct hits out, and then take cover and watch their HP drain.
My Sole Survivor's legendary bangin' bod. 😏
I don't usually use miniguns, but when I got an explosive minigun, that became my go-to weapon. The instigating Gauss rifle one-shots most enemies from afar, especially with the right perks.
I still have never found either one of these since 2015
Do you do any legendary farming? I forget all the spots, but I remember one is a small army base right near a settlement. It has feral ghouls in it, and a legendary is almost always on the second floor (maybe only at higher difficulties?), which you can shoot from below. Guaranteed legendary drop, easy kill, repeatable. Later on, I just grabbed a mod that lets you swap/add any prefix to any gun.
National Guard Training Yard. 5 ghouls in the first building, any one of which can be legendary. Two in the alley between buildings, one can be. The second building can have 2 or 3 in it. And the sentry that spawns can be legendary. Nice farming spot.
That's the one! I just haven't played FO4 in like 3 years, so I forgot the name.
Instigating Rolling Pin. I named it "Grannies Grudge" You have no idea how fun it was to try and murder a deathclaw with that thing.
Kneecapper pipe pistol, convert it to an automatic pipe rifle. Awesome how it can cripple almost all enemies in the game.
Two Shot .44 Pistol @ 320 DMG (Drop) Throatslicer @ 220 DMG + 25 Bleed DMG a close 2nd (Purchase)
Instigating 50. Cal sniper. Nothing survives a stealth head shot.
Got one of these (in hunting rifle form) real early on my first playthrough. Didn't realize how spoiled I was with it until my next playthrough. It fully upgraded plus the right perks let me sneak shot heads off of deathclaws. Epic weapon.
1.Two Shot Western Revolver on Gunslinger Build 2.Staggering Gatling - Big Gun 3. Two Hot Hunting Rifle - Rifle
Exploding mini gun on my first play through. Haven’t had one since
The Last Minute Gauss Rifle from Ronnie Shaw
Two shot sniper rifle
that must be insane
Aside from the explosive combat shotgun I got a 10mm with something that made it fire for a very long time. Can't remeber what effect. Either Neverending or auto or something. It was awesome against ghouls.
Oh that was one of my favorites! Gave it the name "Pocket Minigun" and modded it as light as possible. Its hilariously good but not OP so the fun stays for longer than with the explosive shotguns and stuff
plasma repeater, love it since im playing cowboy in nukaworld, and with the full rifleman perk i got, iirc its about 260 damage a shot, before the plasma. edit: also a memorable one, crippling cane, didn’t actually use it, instead i gave it to murphy the mad woman.
Are we counting guaranteed weapons like Atom's Judgment, Kiloton Radium, or The Harvester? If just random drops, an Instigating Laser Musket is a \*insert deity of choice\*send early on. Anything Wounding that can be made automatic feels a bit like cheating
Every playthrough I find an explosive pipe weapon, I modify it to auto, and my game is over.
Similar for me: an explosive 10mm modded with an auto receiver. The trick is that .38 and 10mm ammo is super plentiful, so you can main the weapon and never have to worry about ammo. With the 10mm in late game, I usually finish an expedition with more ammo than I started with, even including combat.
Spray n' Pray was a game-changer for me. I got a freezing 10mm pistol that carried me through the early game with maxed out pistol perks, then I found Overseer's Guardian, and it was my primary weapon for a large chunk of the game. Then I found Spray n' Pray, and it was like I was playing a different game, especially after I maxed out the associated explosive perks. Then I got an explosive Handmade, and it was even more ridiculous.
Ghoul Slayer’s Gamma Gun
Two shot laser rifle
Either Explosive Combat Shotgun or the Plasma Infused (I think that's name?) Combat Shotgun. If you're sensing a pattern you are not wrong.
Big boy. Fat man, but double shot.
Double shot fat man then make it MIRV! LOL so much fun.
Wounding combat shotgun- each pellet does bleed damage, a couple shots and basically anything that was alive is now not alive
The Explosive Harpoon gun with the shotgun mod was absolutely devastating to any creature I came across. That mf was a God killer
The Suppressor.... It was a Rolling Pin...
Explosive Minigun can kill mirelurk queens in a couple seconds
Explosive minigun. Boom-boom, baby!
Explosive machine gun
Double shot handmade rifle did 189 dmg as automatic and like 200 dmg with the melee attack
Ghoul Slaying Gamma Gun
So, the Gamma gun?
Whoops forgot what it was called
I got a never ending laser musket
Infinite cranking? Infinite multiplier?
I got some Explosive Combat Shotguns, Explosive .44, Explosive Combat Rifle, Freezing Radium Rifle, Penetrating Radium Rifle, and some other stuff. I mainly keep them in a chest in Sanctuary
2 shot rocket
Wounding combat shotgun and wounding minigun. They melt enemies
Wounding Ripper or Explosive Minigun, though I don't like using either. Prefer using Hub's Alien Blaster pistol
Wounding Assult shotgun (that bleed damage shreads)
Can you install pickmans blade on there too? Also does the damage multipliers effects the other damage types?
That's a sweet blade there. I one of my favorites I have right now - for random ones - is my 10mm that doesn't need reloading.
It would be a tie between: [Exploding Minigun](https://i.imgur.com/3X8OzjM.png) that I got (I think) in Medford Memorial Hospital. Two Shot Gauss Rifle – No picture and I don't recall where I got it. [Two Shot Handmade Revolver Sniper Rifle](https://i.imgur.com/9dgcrzN.png) – This was also early in my last journey. Carried me through at least 40-50 levels. **Honorable Mention**: [Pipe Shotgun of the Assassin](https://i.imgur.com/aOt2cTw.png) – This weapon comes with the Raider Overhaul WIP mod on nexusmods. This baby was a blessing playing on Very Hard! For those on PC who use mods, [Legendary Modification](https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4042) is one of my favorites because it gives you multiple installs regarding your ability to use Legendary items. I'm currently using the version that only allows you to remove mods from Weapons or Armor and install them on other Weapons and Armor. Only Weapon mods can be installed on other Weapons and the same with Armor. You can also chose a version of the mod where you can craft Legendary mods, but I prefer the version that I am using as it's more challenging and I think more lore-friendly in being forced to utilize only what I find.
Ive got a slowtime energy gun. Pretty fucking good it melts bosses.
Double shot radium rifle. From a molerat.
2 shot revolver with gunslinger 325 dmg, or the irradiated radium rifle with nuclear physicist 200 radiation dmg.
The kiloton radium rifle
An explosive Fat Man.
I don't use legendary weapons typically. But I guess the stereotypical explosive ones.
Either the Aternus or an Explosive Minigun. Both on the same heavy guns build
I loved the exploding tommy gun. Felt bad ass
Explosive shotguns and Furious automatic weapons. Explosive shotguns are so overpowered that I no longer use them in all play throughs after the one I got them in because they kill almost everything in one hit, even on harder difficulties. Furious on automatic weapons are super satisfying as you watch an enemies health bar drain faster and faster. It also turns the Minigun from one of the worst weapons in the game into one of the best.
Explosive minigun
I got an exploding ripper, which is interesting because the description makes explicit reference to bullets. 🤷♂️
That exists? Sounds like pain ngl
It's a cool hand to hand weapon. It just doesn't make any sense is all.
You have to be using a mod that allows more legendary combos, since only ballistic weapons can get that effect normally.
Deadeye combat rifle, so fun to use
Instigating gauss rifle on my sniper build. Named it the "S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Delivery"
Two shots laser musket.
Two shot Gauss Rifle
double shot combat rifle was pretty bussin
Probably either never ending db shotgun or the splattercannon
Two shot handmade rifle
The ghoul slayer gamma gun is best gun
Never ending double barrel shotgun
Incendiary mini gun
Explosive minigun, instigating gauss rifle and two shot gauss rifle. The 2 shot gauss was on my very first play through, about 120 hours in. Absolutely hooked since.
Ima add an armour here aswell, but when you have the nuka world top hat, the far harbour recon armour piece that gives you movement speed, then you only need 3 more legendary pieces of armour to be able to run as fast as you sprint, which is invaluable
I think it was my Instigating Western Revolver. A great one-shot weapon that was basically my sniper.
Too OP to ever use: The holy grail in the game... (I got that in my second save ever) The Explosive Minigun. I gave it to Cait, watched her kill everything everywhere at once with it and then just put it in a box and never used it. Most Fun: Explosive Handmade Rifle (yes I love the explosive weapons generally).
On my current run, I’ve got an explosive combat shotgun. Absolutely kicks anything’s ass. I also got a lucky plasma pistol which is really good. On one melee run I got an instigating super sledge. That thing was unstoppable. Another run I had a two-shot assault rifle that worked wonders as well. Yeah I’ve had a few play throughs as you can all tell.
Spray and pray.
For me it has to be the never ending Fatman I later turned into a mirv or the double shot Fatman I also turned into a mirv.
One of my favorites I ever got was a Bleeding 10mm Pistol because on full auto with the 2nd most common ammo type, you could melt basically anything. Took down the queen at Murkwater with it in about 5 seconds.
I have a trunk next to a bed in Sanctuary which I put all my legendary weapons in it and I never use or get them out again. I was planning on putting them on display but haven't gotten round to it yet, I probably never will as there a loads of them in the trunk.
Probably pretty boring compared to what most of you have, but the best one I actually used regularly was a Wounding Radium Rifle. Heavily upgraded - so massive ballistic damage. Wounding - massive additional damage. Radium - Radiation damage as a final insult to the recipient. It was quite effective. I get excited any time I get a wounding anything that is or can be modified to be full auto. Just get a few rounds in and hide and you can just watch their health drain.
Crippling smg. 50% change to cripple limb. Small burst cripples deathclaws and then you can finish it with any weapon.
Seems like this would be a fun one to have. Lots of damage. No ammo needed. Super light.
Instigating combat rifle Explosive combat rifle Two shot combat rifle Two shot gauss rifle Wounding minigun Explosive double barrel shotgun Infinite double barrel shotgun
On my second play through I got an Explosive sub machine gun. Just bought/looted any .45 ammo I could find and soon had a portable blender
Furious disciples blade. Damn thing one shot nearly everything anyway, but the few enemies strong enough to still be up after 1 stab fell on the second or third for sure. Combined with blitz and whatnot, i became death incarnate, except with a knife instead of a scythe.
Wounding double barrel
Two Shot Gauss rifle. Completely unexpected and awesome.
I had a never-ending handmade rifle
Dead eye laser rifle. Six cranker. It was a shame it wasn’t with my minuteman play through
With a Bloody Combat Shotgun you basically win the game
I remember on one run I got explosive gun just as I arrived in concord first time. So basically at the beginning of the game. May not be the best but it made the first 20 levels of that run so good to play.
I was already playing with mods and modded legendaries on this particular playthrough when I found a legendary shovel with the Assassin stat... For one, this was when i learned that one of the couple dozen mods i have turned on made the shovel into a weapon, and two, the lore implications of an assassin murdering people with a shovel just made me pause for a good few minutes trying to wrap my head around that thought
Wounding submachine gun, the wounding damage kept stacking to the point where I could kill a death claw in 10 seconds. It was wild
Bleeding combat shotgun when I was low 20s On my 1st play through. It was amazing for tough and skull creatures. It didnt kill instantly but the castle mirelurk queen died in like 12s when i was lvl 30. Also good on fog crawlers. A close 2nd that was almost always better in the late game was a double shot gauss rifle. An irradiated flamer I got on my current play through but haven't used yet
Practical for my play-style and system capabilities: instigating hunting rifle. - put it in 50 cal and it’s got the highest damage per pound that I’m aware of. Most powerful while staying within my play style and system capabilities: instigating Gauss rifle Most powerful while not breaking my game: explosive handmade rifle Most powerful: explosive Minigun.
2 shot Handmade Rifle. I got before i even started the Nuka world DLC. When i got ammo for it. Damn it is WAY better than The Overseers Guardian.
Randomly generated variants of the Overseer and the Spray and Pray, basically.
Explosive combat shotgun. Incredibly overpowered lmao
That one glitched Gatling laser from Nuka World which I can’t remember the name of
Kneecapper’s boxing glove, cause my tactic during a fight is to coz the cunts ankles, shins & kneecaps….
Combat Shotgun that slows down time when aiming. It's been very useful against Ghouls and other enemies, especially because I found it on Survival.
Never ending Automatic Shotgun...it's nice to have explosive but you can just turn the room into confetti without aiming. I chewed threw two deathclaws fifghting in about 2 seconds. I kinda cried.
I had an automatic explosive combat shotgun, hipfire annihilation
I’m boring and like the “shoots an additional shot” buff. Put it on a hunting rifle and I’m good.