Fallout 4 Perk Tier List

[@izukukageyama7552]

Rooted is actually amazing for melee VATS builds, because when you are in VATS you are standing still. Rooted + Blitz is hella OP.

[@ReapeeRon]

I wasn't aware of that, that is pretty nice.

[@LordOfReb3ls]

Add in that blitz increases damage the farther you are from the target, it can literally turn you into Jason Vorhees. Just suddenly behind the enemy before an exceedingly violent end.

[@LebanonsFinest]

Yet this combo is super super op

[@LebanonsFinest]

I’ve done about 10 or 12 builds, I have found Melee being the strongest one in the game. And the cheapest when it comes to skill points. Anyone else find this?

[@machsquid1514]

@@LebanonsFinest same, ran a melee blitz/sneak sniper hybrid. Stupidly OP up close and at range, trivializes pretty much anything especially if you also invest in luck perks.

[@last_dutch_hero258]

Verry important interaction between 2 perks here to note. Attack dog and Lone Wanderer actually stack amazingly well, as Dogmeat doesn't count as a companion for lone wanderer meaning he's incredibly usefull in survival mode!

[@donkshot5305]

Was unaware of this. I tend to hate companions in my playthroughs so I almost always get lone wanderer

[@critica77y77]

Wow. That's interesting knowledge. I'll never put it to use because there's really no point to playing Fallout 4 if you aren't taking a non-Dogmeat companion, but it is interesting.

[@ReapeeRon]

That is true, and it is pretty cool that it works that way.

[@Zarlos01]

That's because Dogmeat was supposed to accompany the player and another companion, like F3/NV (a humanoid and one dod/ED-E), and the name is a reference to The Lone Wanderer (in as ending slides he is only with Dogmeat. That'sis why the perk works with the Dog). But the changed minds and removed from the game, even if all companions like when you use a stimpack on him. There's a mod that re-enable that, I think that already has for Xbox and Playstation already.

[@edmartin875]

I use Companions/Dogmeat as pack mules to help me carry loot. If it weren't for that I would travel alone as they are constantly in my way especially when in close quarters. Sometimes I can't go thru a door until I order them to go elsewhere. I can't count the number of times I've shot a companion in the back of the head when they step in front of me as I pull the trigger.

[@andromidius]

Explosives Expert also effects legendary weapons with thee Explosive prefix. Which is absolutely insane with certain weapon types (Mingun, Spray n Pray, etc) and good with any explosive weapon (and can make even mediocre options viable for a while - like pipe weapons). Its S+ tier in those situations and will destroy anything the game can throw at you - though honestly, you probably still will regardless with certain weapons (which is why Spray n Pray is such a popular early-mid game option).

[@jwisemanm]

Explosive Minigun. I found one of those in a playtrough where I headed to NukaWorld at lvl. 1, and it pretty much carried me trough the whole DLC. It works wonders against cave crickets....

[@Leavemealone670]

@@jwisemanmyou can’t go to nuka world early game and you would need a lot of ammo still.

[@jwisemanm]

@@Leavemealone670 you can go to nuka world straight out of the vault. You don't need to wait for the radio signal: the transit station is there and you can start the dlc at any moment. There are actually a lot of videos and guides showing how to do it, even on survival. I usually go to speak to codsworth and then head north to the robot disposal junkyard for a a couple of mininukes and a fat boy (useful to kill the assaultron and as many gunners as you can manage at the transit station), the fusion cells from the sentry and whatever else I can find. There is a randomized suit of power armor just NE of there which will save your life in the gauntlet. Then I go back to sanctuary, and from there straight to the transit station avoiding all enemies and locations I can. It's not easy, but it is very much possible.

[@goodnamepleaseplease]

@@Leavemealone670 you can go to it at level 1 im pretty sure

[@reecepower8906]

​@@jwisemanmsounds like a lie. Can't see a level one getting close to Nuka World at lvl 1. Especially.with all the high level gunners plus all the enemys are like level 80. Can't see you beating a legendary gunner or any of the raiders at level 1

[@R14-v4g]

19:38 Aquaboy/aquagirl is quite useful in survival mode, it's basically a safe route for early levels and other than that it feels good to swim without radiation but for some reason no one seems to like it... Imo it's a point well spent.

[@Celynndora711]

Agree 100

[@Ricardo7250]

SuperTwonky always take this perk on his permadeath runs. Definitely worth it on survival

[@0blivi0u5kid]

Fallout 4 perk system is my favorite. You get enough perk points to carve out some niche uses like getting to diamond city much easier with aquagirl early or late game using inspirational and robotics expert to have a giant death robot carpet bombing everyone around you

[@ReapeeRon]

Fair, I like the first point and usually grab it. On my latest run I found it wasn't really need however if I was running a permadeath run I would probably grab this one pretty much every time.

[@EA_SP0RTCENTER]

I think people don't like aquaperson perk because it's not friendly to real life physics/lore

[@brantnuttall]

39:00 if you're doing a sneaky melee build, Blitz is absolutely S tier.

[@ReapeeRon]

Yeah I can see it being super useful with that build.

[@Zarlos01]

In higher levels, I can easily kill a group of enemies, adding Ninja to the mix.

[@brantnuttall]

27:00 local leader lets you do SO much in your settlements; build trader stalls which keep people happy as well as what you've said. If you plan on building settlements you MUST get level 1 and I would recommend both.

[@ReapeeRon]

Yeah but I never feel like I really want to take the perk, it's just too useful to not take it.

[@brantnuttall]

@@ReapeeRon but I usually play to level 100 so I always take it.

[@Zarlos01]

Or trying to get the achievement of 100% happiness in all settlements. I will doing all the others while I go adjusting to settlements.

[@screamingcactus1753]

@@Zarlos01 There's no achievement for 100% happiness in all settlements unless you're talking about a personal achievement. There's an in game achievement for reaching 100% happiness in a settlement, but not all settlements.

[@DaDwagonHK]

Rooted could be good in a VATS build. Penetrator lets you hit body parts that are normally obscured, good against power armor, robots and mirelurks.

[@wraithgear4216]

the scrounger perk is working triple duty here. as you mentioned it finds a lot more ammo, but higher ranks find rare ammo a lot more often, it finds fusion cores, and its also a great money maker in the game, even when factoring that ammo is valued poorly.

[@MolnarG007]

i agree, must have for me. Ammo is super helpful and if too much sell. Soon selling 38 gives insane money, but later other ammo too . And sering 4 Fusion Cores randomly in a box is magnificent.

[@BrinkOfInfamy]

I use up to the second last level of scrounger in my melee builds, finding extra caps is nice, but finding 60 bullets in almost every container is sooooo much free money

[@lordspaz88]

"Unarmed isn't very good" *Shows footage of your character being unable to kill a single supermutant with even a death claw gauntlet* "It's B tier"

[@svgstudios831]

Meanwhile blitz is c tier

[@WhisperingWisp357]

A weird interaction, and one of my favorites, is that Penetrator works with melee blitz builds. Meaning you can sneak attack and teleport into a building to violently boop a raider, teleport back out to boop friend number 2, etc. You just get to go ghost with a knife.

[@elimeece7462]

Didn't know this, imma have to keep it in mind with my blitz build

[@Keleigh3000]

I gotta call shenanigans on Locksmith rank 4. By the time you can get it, you have so many lockpicks. Hacker rank 4 is pretty pointless too, but at least it saves you ten seconds every time you use it.

[@ReapeeRon]

That is fair.

[@MrGhosta5]

That or you can just have Nick or Cait open it for you.

[@treyperryman2181]

If you back out of a terminal after your third chance just back out and re enter, you have unlimited chances

[@golemofwill4728]

Charisma is such an insane skill tree in this game. You basically need it for survival for building shops with Local leader so you have more doctors in the world, Lone Wanderer is one of the best perks in the game, Attack Dog is a bit gimmicky but the last rank is fantastic, and the command enemies perks can help make an otherwise obnoxious amount of ghoul spam more manageable. Luck is still the best of course but that's always gonna be the case lmao.

[@ReapeeRon]

Yeah it's a lot better in this game then most of the Fallout games.

[@fritogranito]

Loving the Fallout content. Some quick notes: - Refractor / Rad Resist / Toughness are not %s. Those numbers are based on some diminished returning values based on damage taken. For example, some power armor pieces have 300 damage DR or more. So 10 DR for a perk point is really not great. - Rooted is insane with a melee or unarmed build. I run almost exclusively unarmed and melee build variants and the game breaking combo is Chemist, Rooted, Iron Fist / Big Leagues, and Armorer. Psychobuff + Bufftats + Overdrive (crits outside of vats). Run up to some sucker, plant yourself for a split second, and power attack = kill cams constantly. No power armor required even in survival. So satisfying.

[@kevino2435]

My funnest play through was all the Chem perks. It was like I was playing max pain or dead eye from red dead non stop. One of my favorites from all the fallouts

[@ReapeeRon]

Yeah it is pretty good.

[@Red-yt2dk]

When I play f4, i basically always get ghoulish and solar powered right away, so that i can start treating radiation as healing standing on a pile of radioactive barrels is such a fun way to recover health mid fight

[@Zarlos01]

And facilitate going through the Glowing Sea without always relying on power armor. And if I remember correctly or isn't from a mod, the part of Solar Powered that makes fusion cores last longer gives more ammo to the gatiling laser during the day only. And it stacks with Nucler Phisicist.

[@yurivoorhees8260]

@@Zarlos01 The hazmat suit cancels out the rads u get for 5 pounds...

[@bowaster57]

​@@yurivoorhees8260 and having to unequip all of your useful armour in one of the most dangerous sections of the map :)

[@yurivoorhees8260]

@@bowaster57 That is also true, but when you have a bigger badder gun it dosent really matter. I run around the glowing sea on Survival... the secret? git gud scrub :) (jk jk its a dark souls rolly polly saying) but no yeah just lvl up and get the rad suit and decent guns and you should be good!

[@bowaster57]

@@yurivoorhees8260 yeah I play survival too, it's not really meant to be a difficult game. Ghoulish and 1 rad-x turns the glowing sea's hostile environment into constant heals, it's obviously better than the hazmat. Plus it looks goofy and having to change armor is annoyinggg

[@zachlewis9751]

Melee in FO4 and NV are insane. Unarmed is insane in NV and very mediocre in FO4. Extremely disappointing and I’m guessing it’s the same in starfield if melee/unarmed is even a thing

[@ReapeeRon]

I have only started Starfield but I feel like melee is also going to be strong too.

[@zachlewis9751]

@@ReapeeRon what I meant is that unarmed probably would be bad if it is in Starfield. Bethesda has a history with making unarmed bad.

[@Dragonthrashing]

16:20 Penatrator has a very good use no matter the build. You can shoot out fusion cores from enemies in power armor while being in the front. Also good if a random setteler takes a suit of your armor, hit vats, shoot core, put new core in, and you have your armor back

[@MrGhosta5]

So melee is actually extremely broken in fallout 4 because it's so easy to boost it's damage. Just maxing out ninja gives melee weapons a massive x10 sneak attack bonus. That bonus is actually multiplicative with deacon's cloak and dagger perk so it becomes X12 if you have both. Then Blitz both adds extra damage and gives you insane vats range. Rooted stacks with blitz because while you're in vats the game counts you as being stationary. Strength is also really easy to boost as you can stack multiple different chems, booze, and food to give yourself massive amounts of strength.

[@MolnarG007]

Melee is not for me, bashing each other eith a super mutant for a minute just to be replaced by another 2, 3. I prefer shooting controlling what's happening. But this is great about this game so many approaches, styles and they all work.

[@MrGhosta5]

@@MolnarG007You can get some big damage numbers with other builds it's just that melee is easy to get started and has the biggest numbers.

[@MolnarG007]

@@MrGhosta5 pew pew is easy too. i never understood going for numbers, night as wellset difficulty to easy to kill anything easily. For me the style, experience is the most important, and again if someone eants melee go ahead, but noone should choose any style because it kills mutated super deathclaws in 0.4 seconds. Go for ehat you like there will be perks, weapons mofs that make it work.

[@graywolf7132]

Penetrator also works when your firing at the enemy behind the one closest to you, effectively allowing you to "Quigley" opponents.

[@guasypoly280]

Collaterals basically?

[@AusTin-yh5di]

The sniper perk is being slept on, specifically the second rank as you can put a scope on any single shot rifle (Righteous Authority is a good one, fast firing large mag) and most (all?) enemies in the game will get knocked down outside of vats constantly. It trivializes the game and can be acquired at level 18.

[@TheGingerhead]

Big Leagues is significantly better than Iron Fist. Part of that is better weapons - Throatslicer especially is fantastic - but part of it is also that rank 4 of Big Leagues makes every melee attack create an area of effect arc that hits everybody in front of you. I've intentionally used bugs to make hundreds of enemies spawn, and killing six per swing with a knife was a lot of fun.

[@StraMou93]

Penetrator is really good actually, should be S-Tier. You could shoot fusion cores on Sentinels and Power armor enemies, or on deathclaw's belly, even though they're hidden, granting a one-shot on the most powerful enemies

[@ReapeeRon]

Yeah I wasn't aware that it could go through everything like that.

[@StraMou93]

@@ReapeeRon yes, just yesterday I one-shoted a Sentinel aiming directly to fusion core 😁

[@okupant880]

Cryolator is considered a heavy weapon by the game, so Dogmeating it early can give you a decent, relatively light heavy weapon early, only problem is ammo.

[@ReapeeRon]

That is true, and it is really strong.

[@scrapdog2844]

Aquaboy/girl is useful in standard survival. You can use the water ways as a safe way to travel and not have to worry about traps or ambushes. Penetrator comes in handy if you want to force your enemy out of power armor. Shoot the fusion core and the fight becomes easier.

[@richarddominguez3285]

Super late but love that your fallout content made its way into my algorithm, im hooked on your channel!

[@ReapeeRon]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@ItzArmadillo]

penetrator is a lot more useful than people give it credit for. 1. cover doesnt exist so when an enemy runs behind cover you dont end up wasting ammo on whiffed shots 2. penetrates enemies of they're lined up 3. probably the best part of the perk. you can target fusion cores in power armor and on sentey bots. sentry bots and raider leaders may as well be naked

[@ReapeeRon]

That does sound better then the way that I have used it. I haven't really used VATS all that much in Fallout 4 though.

[@ItzArmadillo]

@ReapeeRon i would go as far as saying its a must have perk for V.A.T.S builds. i never gave it much thought, but once i started using it my efficiency in V.A.T.S rose noticeably.

[@michaelproctor8100]

I like Blitz because even if your enemy is hiding behind cover, you get teleported next to them. Even if they have the high ground.

[@timvallier9701]

You didn’t mention that the second level in Blitz multiplies the damage done in melee. This helps stack to some crazy damage.

[@ReapeeRon]

You are right.

[@snakesan520]

Fun fact about basher its the only way to crit outside of vats that's not a sneak attack

[@44WarmocK77]

[ Overdrive disliked that. ]

[@Iggy_From_Jojo115]

It also scales the damage of the shredder mod for the minigun

[@shadowwolf550]

"Melee has that weird feeling that everything can block." Melee V.A.T.S.: I dont have such weaknesses.

[@Nyxael5845]

Absolutely. Melee and Unarmed are more tailored to rely on VATS than standard gameplay

[@MyButReaks]

Melee is OP if you use Yoa Guai steaks. You can easy make 50+ with rag stag cages and Yoa Guai cages.

[@Celynndora711]

Demo expert is busted. It applies 2 explosive weapon legendaries And stacks amazingly well with other damage increases. Nuclear physics plus commando plus demo expert with the Kiloton rifle is raunchy damage😊

[@ReapeeRon]

Do you really need all that with the Kiloton though, it seems a bit like overkill :)

[@Uranium-jj7le]

@@ReapeeRon The Great Atom has given me this rifle. I will use it to its full potential

[@Zarlos01]

​@@Uranium-jj7leit's is a Atom blessing, and your duty is bring His creation to it's max potential!

[@RedShocktrooperRST]

Funnily enough Heavy Gunner also buffs explosive damage if it's on a Heavy Weapon. A missile launcher with Heavy Gunner and Explosive Expert deals triple damage per rocket.

[@CloudSato]

@@ReapeeRon No such thing as too much damage. Why only kill enemies when you can overkill?

[@brantnuttall]

Science needed for Water Purifiers and Laser Turrets and Missile Turrets and loads more things. At least A tier.

[@ReapeeRon]

That is fair.

[@bluecube9515]

You can get to 10 Perception and then get VANS rank 2 to have a base perception of twelve. I did a similar thing with the strength bobblehead once.

[@screamingcactus1753]

One thing to note with Robotics Expert is that some of the best parts for automatrons are locked behind it. If you want a Robobrain companion with two gatling lasers and five hundred pounds of carry weight, you'll want two points in Robotics expert.

[@megamanxz-fb7oz]

Penetrator makes it so that you can shoot through other enemies and body parts increasing the chance of actually hitting them in things like fusion cores even while they're still pointing at you

[@jadezade5330]

Don’t know if anyone mentioned it yet, but last I checked the Gunslinger perk will increase damage with a plasma flamer so long as you give it a pistol grip. Don’t know if you can do it with any other perks besides Bloody Mess.

[@TheFlyingV]

Doesn't Demolitions Expert link with the Spray and Pray? I've assumed this whole time that since it does it's S tier.

[@ReapeeRon]

I think so, but explosive ammo works kind of weird and it can work on you too if you aren't to careful.

[@kylekiel2763]

​@@ReapeeRon yeah my explosive minigun gives absolutely zero fucks.

[@ED-E469]

⁠@@kylekiel2763I got one but killed myself with it and lost it

[@kylekiel2763]

@@ED-E469 you got too close to the Sun my friend.

[@lesser8531]

Locksmith is pretty overrated. Safes and locked rooms just don't have enough loot to always justify the perk points. Night Person has a ton of synergy for a stealth build, since it is harder to notice you at night. Awareness and Sniper are great for a pure VATS build. Pair that with Macready's perk and you'll frequently get situations where you'll have a 95% headshot chance while torso shots have like 60. Penetrator isn't just for wallbanging, it also makes it easier to target enemy's heads when they're positioned awkwardly. It also trivializes Mirelurks and Sentry Bots. Lead Belly isn't worth it, even on Survival Mode. Even if you don't have the Sunshine Tidings perk magazine, you should never run out of rad-free meat. Aquaboy/Aquagirl is one of the safest ways to travel in Survival Mode. Bloody Mess really isn't worth it all the time. One perk point for 5% damage isn't that great and the chain reaction effect is stupidly rare. Grim Reaper's Sprint is insane, it pretty much makes Action Boy redundant.

[@MolnarG007]

I would due without lockpicking everything. Not only containers but even entire rooms, if you don't find enough loot in them maybe you aren't lucky.. literally. Get the extra ammo perk and you will find tons of ammo, even Fusion Cores.

[@anareel4562]

The knockdown portion of the second rank of Sniper can cause some pretty busted things to happen. Give your companion a automatic Gamma Gun and the gamma round animation will lock the enemy in the laying down/standing up animation and push them along the ground or into the air if there's a rise. Watching t posing Super Mutants cartwheel or helicopter across the screen is hilarious.😂

[@brantnuttall]

1:25 ooo. you've never played as Home Run Boy have you? SO much fun!

[@timvallier9701]

If you don’t like the way melee feels in this game you may not have played the teleporting knife VATS build. Insane damage, heads popping off full room clears. Quite fun.

[@echoechoechoeee]

How to achieve??

[@mattstephen87]

Speaking of a heavy weapons build, once I got the explosive minigun (which has only a 1/432 chance to spawn on a legendary enemy level 15 or higher without console commands) I never used any other weapon in the entire game. They all became boring.

[@Vherstinae]

Scrounger can be especially powerful for power armor: if you have power armor or a gatling laser, fusion cores are given more priority in spawn chance, so Scrounger increases the chance of finding them because fusion cores count as ammunition.

[@wraithgear4216]

with this perk i can find just clumps of 4! fusion cores in the weirdest things, like tool boxes and the like.

[@Djk662]

I just got 4 fusion cores, I thought they were fusion cells wow😅

[@rememberthefallen1970]

Your channel growth is absolutely insane and very well earned. In the past year i mean.

[@ReapeeRon]

Thank you very much!

[@SimonMinall-Burdett]

Melee builds are the most overpowered builds in the game. With Ninja x10 stealth crits, you can deliver INSANE damage

[@slyllamademon2652]

Big leagues is rather good if you pick up the ninja perk because your sneak attack damage goes up to 10x with enough investment. Combine with blitz and sneak and you are become the cloaker from payday 2.

[@brantnuttall]

Strong back level 4 is brilliant and is S tier. You'll thank me later..............

[@mmmapplesauce1673]

Legit. Fallout 76 encumbrance works like tier 3 strong back from fallout 4, and i’ve abused that shit to no end.

[@Ronin-ou2bu]

the thing about stealth in fallout 4 is, its busted but nothing is more busted than a melee stealth build, between blitz, rooted, ninja, big league's and the nuka world perk from the pack and the knife skill book. there is no enemy in the game that can survive you for more than 2 atacks aslong as you get the sneak atack. not even legendary enraged fog crawlers. and fun fact about ninja, unarmed weapons don't get the massive multiplier like melee, they get the same as guns.

[@LukeBailey182]

Health regeneration perk is sooo good. Saved up to like 500 stimpacks, and stimpacks sell for a LOT of caps.

[@TheBigPenguu]

Aqua Boy/Girl 1 is great in survival. The main waterways have almost no enemies.

[@ReapeeRon]

That can be very true.

[@edmartin875]

If new players start out immediately in Survivor difficulty, they will find enemies everywhere. But with ample experience in lower difficulty levels they can find a path relatively enemy-free to go almost all over the Commonwealth.

[@ailius1520]

I will mention max rank Iron fist plus Rank 2 Pickpocket (plus anything to improve your crit rate) can be fun. Obviously you're spending a lot of perk points. But it's fun as hell to paralyze an enemy and then reverse-pickpocket them with a mine as they're getting back up for an insta-kill. It's also good for preserving resource consumption vs. HP sponges.

[@swormy_5621]

chemist perk should have been at the top of s tier it is overpower since u can craft alot of good chems like overdrive and is a must in survival mod also u can get 60 buffout 60 jet 60 psycho and 60 mentats by doing diamonds city blues quest

[@douglasalsbury7136]

You earned my subscription I like you. Good content and your voice isn't annoying.

[@fd0106ysbj]

Chem resistant should be in b tier. The side effect in chems not really bad and in battle you can just use same chems to remove addiction in battle. Meanwhile chemist should be in s tier, double effect in chems is op as f

[@brantnuttall]

13:03 never max out lockpick (or hacker for that matter).

[@1993Delicious]

Mysterious Stranger is a bugged, where he spawns and doesn't shoot. Doesn't happen all the time, but it can happen. That being said, it is still an awesome Perk to have, because he kills his target. Pretty decent when you are fighting some legendary enemy in Vats and Stranger just insta-pops that enemy. Bonus point: Nick Valentine always comments about the Mysterious Stranger when he appears. "There, is saw him again! The Mysterious Stranger!"

[@anareel4562]

Aquaboy/girl does allow you to wear power armor while doing Libertalia and not worrying about falling and leaving your PA at the bottom of the ocean.

[@flarming1]

I thought toughness was just a static +10 and so on to Dr not a percentage, which even +50 is really bad after ballistic weave but +50% is hue

[@radesc7677]

No you're right he just doesn't know what he's talking about.

[@MrGhosta5]

No it's a flat +10. The thing is that Balistic weave on you're hat and under clothing will put you close to the damage resistance soft cap.

[@connorwesthoff948]

Oh ok, so I always thought “unarmed” literally meant no weapons. As my understanding, being “armed” is any weapon. Which a power fist and deathclaw gauntlet are weapons.

[@ReapeeRon]

Yeah it is a little strange.

[@connorwesthoff948]

@@ReapeeRon because I go by what a cop or judge would consider “armed” which is any weapon. Hell the term “armed” doesn’t even technically have to work with a weapon itself. “Armed with a pair of scissors” is a phrase used before. Those obviously aren’t weapons.

[@DrAsh-eg7or]

Something that you forgot to mention with chemist is you also get access to a few other chems you can make like overdrive and ultra jet

[@ReapeeRon]

Yeah I forget about that too.

[@CrohnieMan]

This is the type of tier list I like! It actually has videos of the items in question and actually has editing instead of just a dude droning on about a random topic for a few minutes. Good video!

[@ReapeeRon]

I mean, it kind of has a dude droning on. But I'm glad that you liked it!

[@SirShadeyy]

Just started a new playthrough with the next gen update (haven’t played since 2017) and this is very helpful, I wish I saw it before I started making my awful build

[@ReapeeRon]

Thanks, glad that you are having fun with your latest run!

[@willberry6434]

Disagree on local leader. Setting up supply lines is a huge quality of life improvement

[@ReapeeRon]

That's fair, it can be pretty nice!

[@mekaykei]

It's essential in survival mode, definitely SS.

[@brantnuttall]

currently playing my millionth playthrough of this hugely entertaining game. let's get your take on the perks. here we go..........

[@Sbomb16]

Here's my problem with melee: there's really only one good choice if you're running vats: the Rockville Slugger. You can get that thing up to 500+ damage per hit without power armor, and you can hit upwards of 10 times with the proper armor legendaries. No other melee comes close to that, not even the super sledge, which is really disappointing

[@ceasarsalazar5940]

You do not seem to appreciate the value of asthetics sir

[@Sbomb16]

@@ceasarsalazar5940 Ok but you're so right though lol

[@Sbomb16]

@kusarigama7899 THEY'RE BOTH BATS THATS WHAT IM GETTING AT NOTHING ELSE IS GOOD EXCEPT THE BAT

[@ErosXCaos]

It’s not the bat that’s good, it’s the Legendary effect that is. VATS Enhanced on a melee weapon is arguably the best effect (Blitz users). I’ll take a VATS Enhanced Stunning Bladed Heavy Rocket Sledgehammer over the equivalent Baseball bat, all day every day.

[@stevenklnes7148]

Fun fact: you can move the Legendary mods from Pickman's Blade (Stealth Blade) and Kremvh's Tooth (Sacrificial Blade) to legendary versions of the Combat Knife and Machete respectively making them some of the most OP Melee weapons in the base game. I've had a Wounding Combat Knife that did double bleed damage (absolutely tearing through Power armor and high armor creatures) or with the Freezing Combat Knife and Critical Banker to freeze several enemies while they slowly bleed out. Penetrating Machete is pretty slick too but honestly I prefer the speed of the Combat Knife to stack bleeds. Plus, this way, you don't need to invest any points into Blacksmith. Melee is my favorite playstyle in Fallout 4. Blitz is easily my favorite perk of all the Fallout combat related abilities and is the sole purpose I made melee my primary playstyle in Fallout 4. Put it on a stealth build with Ninja (and potentially Gung-Fu) and you're clearing rooms in the blink of an eye. Combine it with Rooted and you're effectively taking reduced damage in VATS combat while teleporting around in heavy combat (with Sentinel armor you take even less damage). Even with the mod that makes all enemies legendary, I still kill most enemies before they can mutate.

[@nolanevans7603]

I hate that it takes 8 strength to improve bashing damage, if im running 8, why would i be using a non melee weapon?

[@EmporerDragon]

Penetrator stocks are up right now with how bad Bethesda broke VATS in the next gen update, as right now it's letting you see through multiple walls or underground, basically letting you detect and kill the jumpscare enemies while they're inert.

[@ReapeeRon]

Really!? That sounds pretty busted.

[@Honor_and_Steel]

​@@ReapeeRonit absolutely is. I have a Penetrator+Concentrated Fire+Sniper build going on right now and it's BUSTED busted. Headshots for days with a .50 cal hunting rifle. Add points in Critical Banker and Better Criticals and it's filthy.

[@cartoonroc6873]

Even though I disagree with some of your opinions I always like to hear what people think about different perks I always makes me think of a new build. Good video

[@darkcheaker]

Aquaboy is one of the best perks in Survival since you can just use rivers as highways if you are hurt, radaway on survival is pretty bad

[@Draconicacidic]

One thing about the explosive perk, it worked amazing alongside rifleman and the Kiloton radium rifle (exploding bullets). Topped off with the explosives bobblehead it was doing about 35 area of affect damage every shot on top of regular gun performance

[@yihadistxdl951]

basher breaks the game and autowins the game for you if you put the shredder modification on the minigun. but thats the only use i can find for it 4 basher shredder minigun in power armor tho without ammo is one of the most broken weapons in the entire game tho. explosive minigun or wounding shotgun is better but its exceedingly rare and needs specific legendary effect

[@joethepersonn5332]

Also you forgot to mention you can use Dogmeat with Lone Wanderer and still get the bonues

[@ReapeeRon]

That is true, and it's nice those work together.

[@voraminfantes5264]

Hey, having played a build where the point was to get dummy high perception so I could get max VATS accuracy on headshots, the utility of VANS is that after you've maxed PER you can get two more points from another perk. It's very build dependent, and kind of overkill, obviously, but that's the goal.

[@brantnuttall]

30:55 Gun Nut also required for Heavy Turrets

[@Mrgoodtimes87]

Blitz is the best skill in the game. It's the only skill in the game where you can sneak Attack 3 or 4 enemies at the same time and take no damage.

[@jamesworkshop9181]

Chemist is superstrong, you need it to make overdrive which then lasts 12 minutes with the 50% duration buff, even when you don't crit it's just 25% more damage My advice is never use nuka-cola because making overdrive is just way better than drinking it

[@pdstomo]

Sometimes the Mysterious Stranger can be a lifesaver to finish off enemy, it’s the extra push that come into clutch.

[@WastedPot]

Awareness frustrates me. It was a part of the meta in NV that you would learn the different DT values of different outfits, using your knowledge of different ammo types and effects to both deal and avoid damage. Living anatomy is a brilliant perk that provides a ton of utility in NV because it fits into the carefully balanced nature of that game, awareness however just exists to highlight how lazy the balancing is in Bethesda games. I usually still take awareness as a sort of cope though regardless of this flaw.

[@MrGhosta5]

The problem with the pacify perks is that they only work on enemies lower then your level but the highest tier enemies are always equal to your level. That means you can never pacify enemies like Dusky Yao Guai, Deathskull Radscorpions, Mythic Deathclaws, or Super Mutant Warlords. A single lv59 super mutant primus isn't going to do anything to a squad of lv68+ warlords. Also the perk only works if you have a gun out and putting your gun away makes the effect end.

[@MolnarG007]

its about mass control. Not to kill thoughest enemies. Also helpful if you agro NPC you want alive.

[@MrGhosta5]

@@MolnarG007 Doesn't really work for control because a squad of warlords will gun a Primus down in seconds.

[@HarryBondInc]

pain train is my go to. I am always in power armor. Saved all my fusion cores (I have over 100 cores) and have pickpocketed countless other cores from the BOS. It destroys mobs of ghouls, all bugs, knocks super mutants down and mauls humans

[@mmmapplesauce1673]

I tend to run kellogg’s pistol on vats/crit builds, so i like VANS’ extra perception since i usually have max perception in the late game.

[@natk9313]

The difference between regular and survival is enough that I think there should have been a list created for each.

[@wraithgear4216]

the second level of robotics perk gives you 40% MORE DAMAGE against robots, its a secret modifier of the perk ... However you lose this secret modifier at the third level>!

[@bacd-nn2lg]

Stealth builds are too powerful in Fallout 4 in my opinion.

[@osets2117]

Too powerful in Skyrim as well

[@ReapeeRon]

They kind of are in all of these kinds of games.

[@AlyxFaust]

Being sneaky in the real world keeps you alive, who would have thought it works in fictitious settings too😉

[@radesc7677]

Party boy rank 3 gives you plus 3 luck per type of alcohol for example if you drink wine, beer, and whiskey you get plus 9 luck which is pretty stupid. Basher is amazing with the mini gun as it turns it into a big chainsaw that crits. It also does pretty impressive damage on crit as it is boosted by better critical and all critical boost on the weapon it makes righteous authority hit like a truck it's pretty funny.

[@fabricusthepotato5658]

Y'all haven't done a blitz ninja build have you? The bonus damage from blitz is applied before ninja buff it's right cracked

[@snakejesus]

Hey ReapeeRon, big fan, love your tier lists on a lot of Fallout related videos (mostly biased on New Vegas considering it's lore and behind the scenes quality of life it has) just wanted to share with you my time playing Fallout 4 that I thought it might peak your interest somewhat with a build I like to call "The Red Ranger", a hybrid focus using VATS and Luck. I did use a couple mods where I can wear NCR/Elite Riot Gear armor and get a Ranger Sequoia down at certain levels thanks to NexusMod so there's that, but I've mainly use only 3 ballistic pistols (Deliverer, Western Revolver, and the Ranger Sequoia) and 1 Lever-Action Rifle (Old Reliable) with the reload animation fix mod because... let's be honest in a Fallout 4 weapons tier list you'll put it down really low due to that bug that's never been fixed like the Big Brained perk in Old World Blues. Maxed out Rifleman, Penetrator, & Concentrated Fire in Perception, Lone Wanderer in Charisma, Gun Nut in Intelligence. A friend during my stream told me "I'm chicken" for not putting any in Gunslinger, and I took that personally and maxed it out since I had 6 spare points at the time along with maxing out Action Boy, Quick Hands, and especially Gun-Fu in Agility. The danger right here is the amount of perks I focused on Luck as I only got Bloody Mess up to Rank 3 for 15% more damage, but as I build up I completely maxed out all the perks from the Luck Rank 6-10 (18 perk points and going up to Level 50 was somewhat a grind) I'd recommend using a build like this if you ever get a chance (mod or not) to try out how broken it is especially if you ever decide to be one man versus an entire army of Synths/Ghouls/Super Mutants/etc. A Good example is targeting each enemy and only click 1-hit on each of their heads with a revolver or rifle and only activate Critical Banker to the first three as every 4th and later targets you click on will ALWAYS be crit regardless how far they went away or if they're around cover, and with the maxed out Luck you can keep firing multitude of enemies and building up AP and Crit Bank. Sorry for the long post, I just thought I share a build I focus on and hope to hear yours and other reader's opinion on it, thanks for taking the time and hope to see more of your future vids.

[@Zarlos01]

When I was trying to get all achievements (blame It's Jabo, amazing youtuber that make challenge runs, on "get all achievements in time to refund Fallout 4) I had this build and more, cof Blitz, cof Ninja, cof Sandman... It's because I didn't want to make a new game and restart everything, and I did everything, including some mods quest/quest lines, except the main story point when you become enemy for any faction. So I made a hard save to complete the Institute and Railroad endings, the only ones I didn't have done. But when I was gonna do the Railroad, my PC died. The only problem is that Jabo did that challenge without any DLC that adds settlements, and I'm doing with everything kkkkk fml

[@willberto6969]

Speaking as kind of a loner, a lot of non-social people and introverts are fond of animals/pets so Lone Wanderer working with Dogmeat makes sense to me

[@TheGingerhead]

Worth noting about Penetrator - it only affects hitscan weapons. Energy weapon damage will not penetrate walls. In addition, if you have a ballistic weapon with the Explosive legendary effect, that will still go off on impact with walls, rending this perk less useful if you have the best legendary prefix in the game. So it's even less useful than the description would imply!

[@Johnnydubois]

The most top-tier tier list for fallout 4. Thank you!

[@Honor_and_Steel]

My personal favorite combo is Sniper+Concentrated Fire+Penetrator. Headshots through concrete with a .50 cal are fum. Like Krabby Patties. And Chum. Also, I always throw a point into Aquaboy early so it's easy to swim the Charles and ignore a lot of enemy spawns (and downtown cause frame rate).

[@Its_Ronin00]

Local leader is one badass perk to have, you should always have it on your play throughs atleast to the supply line level. It helps A LOT

[@jamesworkshop9181]

I'm not keen on chem resistance rank 1, with any consistent chem use you'll just sightly extend how long it took to get addicted, you still get addicted just the same. Rad resistence could be good early but just your vault suit alone handles that well enough Partyboy is better when you can go straight to rank 2, without the doubling effect its just not worth drinking most alcohol to begin with +1 for gun nut, it builds settlement turrets, crafting Powerful recievers is +50% dmg so stronger than rank 1 weapon perks. refractor is worse than toughness also because perception 7 is too high a requirement

[@brantnuttall]

Nice video and IMHO, pretty accurate. How long did that script take? Thanks for all your hard work.

[@ReapeeRon]

Thank you very much, I don't really write a script for these videos it's more just bullet points.

[@sincenobodyasked3123]

What Robotics expert is best for is making Sentry bot provisioners for settlements because they are tougher than most settlers are. But settlers can possibly be stronger if you max out armorer and gunsmith and give them fully upgraded armor/ballistic weave under layer and upgraded weapons with a ton of ammo. The Senty bot though doesn't need to be supplied with ammo like a settler.

[@Rj-pw7zs]

I believe toughness and refractor are 10 points not percent. Percent would make them crazy good.

[@DRGManagement]

Iron fist is GREAT with the power armor legendary "Tessas fist" Edit: You're able to do 400+ damage with tessas fist Another edit: 400+ damage per hit

[@CD-zi6rb]

Doesn’t that just quadruple the HP of the armor?

[@DRGManagement]

Yes but power armor raises you strength to 20 so thats 20 damage plus the 15 from the fist itself, including the armor mods and perks, add it up and you get 400 something damage.

[@bigtasty42069]

Penetrator combined with Mysterious Stranger can be pretty good at times because penetrator by itself isnt exactly reliable, I find myself not hitting shots I should be simply because bullets dont always go thru cover, but the MS can still finish off an enemy whether you hit him or not behind cover.

[@thelegalsystem]

Penetrator lets you target power armor fusion cores and robot weak points from any angle

[@edmartin875]

Robots have weak points ?