FALLOUT 4: Best and Ultimate Melee Robot/Automatron Companion Build

[@Boszziuryayok]

Time to mass produce them and have them defend the settlements.

[@ULT_Hero]

Paladin Danse i like turtles

[@prestongarvey9892]

Another settlement needs your robots' help.

[@ihavenoidea6345]

I think your confused

[@FleshFort]

I have no idea how tho

[@mdredheadguy1979]

Paladin Danse I second that!

[@Kindrick]

Curie doesn't scale with your level. In her first form, she has high health until around level 50. Beyond that, Codsworth is the optimal robot. In fact, it's a good idea to turn her into a bare bones protectron before upgrading her into her second form, so that you have some spare Mr Handy parts. In her second form, her health is high until around level 100, can use weapons meant for humans, and can enter power armor.

[@dealerofic3cream1]

Actually Codsworth gets capped at level 120.

[@SinerAthin]

I've been a fan of Dual-Automatic lasers and Assaultron legs. Dual-Automatic lasers fire immediately, and will regularly annihilate enemies as soon as they appear, and those dainty assaultron legs are really good at moving in any terrain, including indoors!

[@evanwillett1635]

I KNOW THAT BUILD IS MY FAVORITE!!! The only reason I do a melee build is that op laser build kills enemies so fast you literally can't get ANY exp.

[@Bewarethepronounppl]

Gatling laser is better

[@lazertech1241]

Well put a laser head on ur assaultron and it can eat up a legendary mythic death claw on survival

[@permafrost940]

wow he said his own alias 3 times in the first 9 seconds.

[@gematriagrim666]

I've been putting mr handy torsos on assaultron legs just because how badass the outcome looks

[@cooldog8580]

To me it looks hilarious, just this fucking orb on a pair of long legs is the funniest shit ever to me

[@zackOOO-nz9rh]

If your turned codsworth into it he'd say "Too bad I'm not a housekeeping robot anymore, there will be nobody to clean up your corpse!"

[@throwawaylolxd300]

I made my first Automatron with the Bright Beeping Noise for some reason, and it is the cutest thing to ever exist.

[@phoniexcrow6520]

when did wall-E get deadly?

[@averagecat7070]

Phoniex crow XD

[@namename2403]

XD

[@txt7831]

Ye

[@haisebunny5799]

'Cause, why the heck not?

[@waterdrops.5933]

Since he failed to rescue eve on the bombing day.😅

[@mariusfugleberg1795]

Try using a robobrain torso, that way you'll be able to put on Ahab's helm. (I believe that's what it's called) Every attack won't just make them bleed but also burn. I tested it out on a mythic deathclaw on survival difficulty, and the death claw was only able to get 1-4 hits in.

[@croup007]

I disagree with the mr handy torso; If you equip your robot with the assaultron head laser and upgrade the damage it can kill a queen mirelurk in 1 hit of it's laser on hard difficulty

[@atomicwinter31]

Yeah but rhe mr. Handy torso gives a speed boost and isnt as expensive as the assaultron head.

[@NobodyDungeons]

@@atomicwinter31 That speed boost is not equivalent to the assaultron head laser.

[@DWWEnganacious]

Thanks a lot for this build, I tested mine against a Deathskull Scorpion, Mythic Deathclaw, Dusky Yao Guai, Venomous Angler, Enranged Fog Crawler, and Ancient Behemoth. It managed to handle all of them in a row with my help, and not die or require repair. The Behemoth and Yao Guai gave it some trouble from staggering tho.

[@kyleojala9095]

*WTF?!*

[@xephos120]

can you make a pack-mule bot?(A high carry weight bot with good strength weaponry)

[@kiraangle2823]

+xephos120 sentry bot with hydralic armor in all spots. massive weight capacity, 500+

[@xephos120]

+kira angle or you could use actuated frames instead to get more carry weight but less damage res

[@kiraangle2823]

xephos120 i do use those, but i said hydralic because it was talked about in video.

[@rastalion338]

I created a pack bot it is called: *Drum roll* Pack-Bot.TaaDaa! Anyway it's a sentry boy with all hydraulic armor except for the back armor witch is voltaic armor (Giving it all voltaic armor would give it the best carry weight but it just doesn't look right, so I just put It on the back) it has a robobrain head for accuracy and range and for weapon: two stable mini guns

[@mdredheadguy1979]

Supreme Cat Oh, I like that! I shall build one for each settlement and name them the provisioners! And while I'm at it, I shall give them mini nukes and shoulder cannons!

[@Pigness7]

another reason for using mr. handy torso: HE IS ARE SO DARN CUTE!!! and badazz when u use cool armor

[@proveyourcrown]

shut up

[@michaelkers6879]

+IGot99Problems Monthly period?

[@imposterprestongarvey1106]

,

[@walkertoast5735]

pignessman 7 I love him

[@hanifloka130]

I prefer a full Assaultron build. I'm a huge fan of 'em. You don't have to build one from scratch, cuz from the start of the DLC we've already got one: Ada. I gave her Assaultron arms, standard storage plating, a head laser, and dual Shishkebab blades, imo that's the best build I'd say so far.

[@LittleFox37]

Even four years and it still does the same thanks for help

[@Mytorturedsenses]

Head laser sentry bot Also this could be a pretty cool addition for the robo army

[@mm.1462]

Are you sure this is better than an assaultron with head lazer for everyday use?

[@kirkbrown1183]

Joshua Newman it’s not very accurate it does good damage if it somehow connects

[@Random_Guardsman]

@@kirkbrown1183 The sound tho and how the entire area lights up when it starts to charge is worth xD

[@abstract0014]

@@kirkbrown1183 for me the head laser is like a sniper.

[@harambeinc.7404]

Except when an enemy is using it then it legit rapes you

[@Dr.Dumptruck__YT]

Nah its Sentry bot with assaultron head laser

[@bluelense7]

Try the sentry bot head with the carnage helmet and two gatling lasers. The head might not be as accurate as a robobrain, but the helmet gives each shot a chance to insta-kill anything it hits no matter how tough it is, and since the gatling lasers fire so quickly, the effect will always activate on every enemy that doesn't die in the first few hits. My Codsworth has made countless mirelurk queens, deathclaws, and behemoths collapse in a pile of gore before i could aim my gun. Btw, I noticed that shoulder launchers make my robots only use one arm weapon at a time (mainly left arm), so i shy away from shoulder weapons, but still prefer the sentry torso for sheer health.

[@chaintheultima8716]

You made Real Steel in Fallout, Awesome!!!! You are my hero.

[@poorlydrawnwaluigi4262]

If you add actuated frames to assaultron legs it makes it faster.

[@masenhime468]

I made my own personalized Deathtrap from the Gaige's Mechromancer in Borderlands 2. Looks awesome, has high defence and carry weight, and fights like Deathrap with the assaultron head, right hand laser, and a left hand construction mod. I also use the Nuka Cola Pack variant of the handmade rifle that I renamed "The Rigerous Ogre".

[@LilVinny29]

I went with Sentry arms and torso, robobrain head for accuracy, assaultron legs for fast running, giving him some edge for long distance damage and then good health and armour for melee. Armed with high speed rotating gun, saw hammer, quad missile launchers on shoulders

[@TheCeekon]

Honestly I just smack my bots with that one sentry head that has a chance to instantly blow-up heads and then dual equip the cryo-guns on each hand. Pops off heads left and right.

[@davec6501]

Melee robots seemed bugged for me. Stand around and don’t attack most of the time, especially inside. Codsworth melee is completely useless. The ranged config works best for me, even with codsworth

[@natebeans]

Good video, I will definitely try this out. In my playthroughs, I've used full on ranged explosive damage sentry bot with cluster bombs and missle launcher/gatling lazer and everything and it's crazy strong for crowd controlling even high level enemies. Just make sure you get the perk that prevents companions from dealing you damage.

[@18videowatcher41]

Very nice build! I think I’ll make one in my next playthrough, with all hydraulic armor except for the arms. The arms will have serrated warmonger armor or whatever it’s called. The one that increases melee damage.

[@modernsurvivalist5769]

Honestly this doc is great imo. Expecally for me cuz I'm doing a gunner playable and this doc makes it so much better. I camp out on the bridge at grey garden. And of course a few gunner mission mods.

[@knellycornnan5132]

Another thing I noticed while testing legs is that the mr handy legs and assaultron legs cause melee weapons to do multiple hits. Ranging from 3-5. With the sentry legs it was much lower. the advantage of the sentry legs though is that sentries change at enemies.

[@chris5942]

I modded Codsworth into a monster. He can carry stuff and heal my HP when I stand next to him while not in combat. If I want to have fun testing weapon combos now, I have to park him in a safe place or he just takes over combat and mows down everything. He can't take on a pack of burnt ghouls or a lot of gunners by himself but that is part of the fun. I am going to work on the companion perk that ups his damage next. He will be unstoppable.

[@djnorth2020]

Have you noticed that if you put on stealth blades, you get an extra armour mod for the arms?

[@VinylicPumaGaming]

+vastis You do.

[@secondandonly8032]

+VinylicPumaGaming you usually don't get that armor slot when you have rally big weapona

[@RicoTheExMongolianSlave]

VinylicPumaGaming while these robots are badass i cant use them because of the lone wanderer perk

[@blackscreen198]

vastis Same with protection and assultron claws

[@darthalex3]

vastis vice grip and construction claw do too

[@edim108]

In my opinion, the Assaultron is the best build for Melee and Range. Let me Explain: The Assaultron has one of the highest (if not the highest) melee attack speed and it hits like a truck! Even with those standard hands, it absolutely wrecks balls, and don't get me started on Stealth Blades. Assaultron is also a VERY mobile robot and unlike the Sentrybot, it doesn't get stuck in buildings. It can also be a very good stealth companion as it can be upgraded with stealth field and as I said, it can be equipped with stealth blades (which btw enable it to have extra armour on arms). And there is that head laser! OMG, THAT THING CAN DESTROY! With that head laser, the Assaultron can kill MULTIPLE targets of HIGH LEVEL with 100% ACCURACY at ANNY RANGE! This thing is OP as F! I saw Assaultron kill three Super Mutant Warlords with one head laser! Hell, it can fry Behemoths like Pancakes! And that's before armour upgrades and such, which make it not only fast but also tanky! I'm not saying, that you can't do even better than this, but in my opinion, the Assaultron is the Ultimate Base for any Melee Robot.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Makes sense. Meatbags can do ranged, but aren't quite as good with melee. And vice-versa.

[@mylesellis6203]

My build for ada is assaultron torso, sentry head, stealth blades, sentry arms, and mr handy legs ( mr handy legs gives a unique attack that will do multiple hits of damage that kills a mythic deathclaw in seconds)

[@chesterstevens8870]

I don't personally like my automatrons to be too powerful, because if they are then they tend to steal my kills and rob me of that sweet, sweet XP. I outfitted my automatron with a a shiskebab, an assaultron shock claw, and a head laser. I gave her bleed-armor for Her arms but put a rad-dumper on Her back. It's a good, balanced build for general adventuring: She deals a substantial--but not overpowering--amount of damage, can carry a fair bit of gear, and is well suited for both melee and ranged combat.

[@dealerofic3cream1]

Not correct. As long you are in the same cell as the robot you will get the XP.

[@mayonnaiseonanescalator8445]

I like my bots small so they can actually get through doors thank you very much

[@hypertion]

I know the Sentry Torso overheats, but with the assaultron legs and arms and head, having those mini nukes getting tossed around as it charges them with those wonderful hammersaws is just 100% overkill.. Yes they break, but they dont break everything else and do so uncommonly enough that they are more than worth it. the Assaultron head of course is also a wonder damage boost and is lethal on its own usually... picking the speed boost for the assaultron legs is also a good bonus.

[@streamspoart2671]

I prefer sentry torso, big health and the advantage add 2 missile launcher on its back

[@TheRealCorcra]

In my opinion all you need is assaultron arms and legs, the best possible melee options and give it Tesla coils

[@Brett5ive]

I use this companion build for the Nuka World quest "Open Season", works well, thanks for!

[@starbucks2101]

is there a multiplayer robo battle using your made bots? it would be fun to watch

[@Chinchin40274]

I love the mark 1 version

[@hainhatphung1371]

You've just read my mind. Bleeding and reflect / tesla field are dog moves and nothing can stop an Auto from ripping guts at that point. Mods do add up more funny stuff later on, but my "first" built - Ada for cheap - was to modify her into Melee Maiden and save stimpacts for Dog Meat. Chainsaw is the way to go btw.

[@thels5217]

what do you think about Robots in the current Survival mode?

[@harrywilson9581]

It works a treat, thanks!

[@bucket1442]

I personally copy-pasted Assaultron but gave it armor and that's it. Killed mystic deathclaw with only 2 revives.

[@serafinvalencia2618]

I tried putting a Mr.Handy thruster with all the additional thruster arms and bleed armor to further increase its effectiveness only to be disappointed by the fact that the hammer saws never get used only the thruster arms do like wtf

[@deadly_backspace]

The mark 1 version looks like it has a go pro for an eye lol

[@mdredheadguy1979]

Nice video. I only bought my GOTY copy of FO4 a month ago... All these side quests and settlement defense missions are really distracting me from the main quest lines. Anyway: I was wondering, can you make a robot with good stealth?

[@zerometox1135]

Makes me think of making robot at all but what if Fallout has multiplayer for the robots arena

[@finimagigthegeek5966]

Give it ahab's helm to deal fire damage

[@soundwave-superior7372]

For a more ideal Survival Version or Mark 3, I would suggest using Spiked armour with Bags for Better carry weight and Regeneration Coils and if you want it to Filter water Modify Codsworth into these.

[@MrLevion]

With Mr Handy thruster you can have also 3 arms with rippers. Maybe the best choice

[@VinylicPumaGaming]

+MrLevion You can also get miniguns too :)

[@nhatcuong9348]

i love to build the shiskebab, it looks cool with katana on flame but damage is not very high

[@jasonparo2099]

Guess he never SAW that coming hahaha please help me

[@TPiedog]

Does it have to be a new automatron? I used Ada and the stats are completely different

[@s8theninjawarrior916]

Some unique robots have different stats, Codworths for example is really op if you max him out. Maybe Ada is not as powerful in melee and she is more of a tank… I don't know

[@Roachcock_]

I just like ada cause she gives you useful junk in order to upgrade her

[@Keitto191]

I can confirm you can alter Curie, however after her little side quest her robot body becomes obsolete so there isn’t any point in doing it. My advice is to just focus on carry weight with her, if anything at all

[@kD0Gg1000]

I just built a robot like the mark 2 version and was wondering if they changed anything in past updates, my robot has 180 DR, 50 ER, 40 carry weight, 574 health, but what bothers me is only 78 damage with hammer saw blades I see yours has 197, did they nerf them? Is there a list of all parts used to make sure I did mine right.

[@kD0Gg1000]

Ok I rebuilt with new parts and got slightly different results but not by much, I now have 192 DR, 75 ER, 70 Carry weight, 579 health, but still 78 damage.

[@captainhat760]

Codsworth: * heavy breathing (with a British accent) *

[@RiotforPeacePlz]

Think a patch fixed this build lol. I couldn't get his damage with a exact copy.

[@kD0Gg1000]

Yeah I just posted about this today I am only getting 78 damage.

[@slyllamademon2652]

Bro made a MegaNob from Warhammer 40k with that first one.

[@shaggywisethedancinghobo3693]

Question, how do I get my automatron to perform a fatality? Do I need certain peices? Ex: assaultron with full body peices of one or assaultron with arms or legs of that of a sentry. Does that affect me getting a fatality with my robot?

[@ryan.1990]

Stealth blades are your best bet

[@dealerofic3cream1]

Assaultron full set with two stealth blades or else it won't trigger.

[@I_am_always_correct]

Another option is to give him the Mr. Handy thruster. When the body and legs are both Mr. Handy, you can equip two arms to the body and three extra arms to the thruster. These three can be equipped with either saw blades or pincers. With this, you can give your bot extra melee power, and in my experience Handy legs get stuck the least often

[@GabrielGG0]

Thank you. Now my Ada looks like she came from hell

[@noggy3133]

Codsworth is now a God.

[@atomicwinter31]

I found out that, if you want to kill one enemy in particular, get a sentry torso, attach the MIRV or the nukaworld shoulder attachments, and give it miniguns. Then, let it rip.

[@jonathanbohm6489]

Best build is a sentry bot legs arms and body Assaultron head laser mini gun rocket launcher ( would put unstable but breaks a lot) but I would also put unstable gas bombs and fat man launcher it's a great build and I suggest a hacking module( or what u like I can't hack) and any armor but have a good carry weight mine wrecks everything

[@MRVAST-op7sg]

It be sweet if you could customize power armor like this or to have an army of robots at your command

[@SCP--dt2hf]

Codsworth with legs is terrifying

[@drake_stonehold4053]

Hahaha I basically already have this robot

[@damionholtzclaw3686]

Damn that fatality

[@luisrey8634]

I'd rather have an assualtron protecting my settlement than settler i mean it's literally a killing machine

[@bluey12167]

I don’t know if this matters but I used codsworth and he won’t attack

[@rojaws1183]

All Assaultron base robot except for a Ahab head. All electric armor. Tesla coil. Deadly and sexy in close combat.

[@Nesree0]

Electric damage is actually kinda crap.

[@BartekThor]

How did You get 197 damage on one hand ? i get only 93.

[@kingzork1290]

i made a base defended by 6 swarmbots and a tankbot (Robobrain/sentry build)

[@Liesmith424]

Bro: 1) Robobrain head. 2) Securitron torso. 3) Robobrain arms. 4) Mr Handy thruster. 5) Left and right weapons: Hand batons. OP as fuck.

[@Liesmith424]

Goddammit, I mean protectron. I mix them up _every time_.

[@SquidOfOverkill]

there is a mod that adds them

[@20shadoe]

I don't worry about cary weight anymore. I have like 3k weight I think right now and dont realy worry about it because I have the strong back perk maxed out. You can still jog while overcumbered but u do need to use AP to do it. But you can fast travel tho with perk maxed out. So I just blitz pretty much all junk I come across and never need to get shipments of stuff. And and take pretty much everything and then go to like diamond city and sell all the armour and weapons I pick up and don't want. Or if it has a mod on it I want I will take the mod off I want to keep then sell it. I really like that perk. only bad part is u can't Sprint and you have to manuel shoot a lot because you are usually low on AP

[@cd2320]

20shadoe There’s a glitch- might’ve patched on PC but definitely not console- that if you tell your companions to pick something up (drop something and then order them to pick it up) they can carry infinite amounts

[@charls600]

Carry weight doesn’t matter because you can just make them pick it up off the ground lol

[@cityguard4847]

I just mass produce Protectrons and use a buffed out protectron with robobrain legs, sentry arms, and robobrain torso as my companion bot.

[@foxtrot8134]

here is a sub man keep up the good video's man

[@Agent_of_Grim]

So I did this with codsworth and he dosen't fight anything, he just take the beating and doesn't fight back

[@atamalethatwantstotalk5177]

u could put captain Arabs helm to put fire damage also an assuatron with Mr handy thruster with stealth blades are the best enemy's have hard time hitting it and it has a high DPS

[@ultrablueslime8216]

I have one like this but with a lightning gun and construction claw.

[@redstonecasey4713]

What about the Actuated Legs? They speed up the robot, and let it get into melee range quicker.

[@jauhnwilks2114]

I'm gonna make a sentry bot with nuke launchers and name it metal gear

[@jakz51]

My sniping robot is called snipey :3

[@mdredheadguy1979]

Jackson Hughes Cool! Mind telling me your Miss Snipey build?

[@hidethechicken_8023]

For some reason I designed codsworth and now he doesn't attack anymore n each time I rename my robots it'll still say automatron

[@hidethechicken_8023]

And btw thanks for the video dude I'll for sure use this

[@maiqtheliar122]

I made a robobrain named brain and he was my first robot but the game deleted him😢

[@VinylicPumaGaming]

+Hidethechicken_ Haven't tried modding Codsworth yet. I think I heard that you can't add his top hat to him anymore once you start performing mods on him.

[@makapaka1499]

Same, it pisses me off and I hope Bethesda patches it.

[@mm.1462]

Hidethechicken_ did you give him melee weapons? He can't use them.

[@gakr8493]

When I updated codsworth to this he just goes up to an enemy and does absolutely nothing

[@dietlubannuoc]

I think codsworth only use guns 😂

[@chaserr6570]

Another settlement needs your robots help... ill mark it on your map

[@royearle1673]

"best" is rather subjective, don'tcha think? It really come down to what you want of your robots.

[@Billy82605]

Without glitches I've only gotten as high as like 48 or something because I just did main quest with a little bit of side quest and Minutemen

[@jaycobcruz4112]

He didn't mention you need big leagues too

[@liamdarby6631]

I wish they added like a robot you can get in like power amor and get out and it goes back to being A robot again

[@cadenlanam3158]

Bro went from phycotic muderbot! To fembot😂

[@rubenkoet9420]

I need a robot like the asaultdrone dominator... Stealthy with high melee damage and Maybe Some cool stuff ..

[@asbjorn3384]

... love it

[@lagoon8492]

Wall-e in the fallout world

[@jackroutledge2348]

Try a mister handy thruster instead of legs, so much faster and more effective!

[@VinylicPumaGaming]

+Jack Routledge Actually, the Assaultron legs have superior movement speed according to the game.

[@jackroutledge2348]

+VinylicPumaGaming oh ok, I was just saying as they work really well for me.

[@Andysgal797]

You’re not going to be happy when you’re playing a melee build with this guy and a raider gets a sniper in a goody bag