Fallout 4 - Best Legendary Weapon Effects

The BEST 5 and most POWERFUL Legendary Effects in Fallout 4!
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[@RiddckNL]

A Defiant Harppon Gun. "Last shot in your magazine does dubble damage", it only has 1 harppon in the chamber so it'll always do double damage

[@videogamerization]

yea but you have to reload after each shot wich takes a while good weapon tho so I kind of agree but it's only good for that perfect situation. :)

[@RiddckNL]

videogamerization the reload isn't that bad really. When you're using power armor you can take the damage until you can fire again. It's usually a 1 shot kill

[@MultiNerevar]

too bad defiant is restricted from all heavy weapons :) the RANGED weapons category excludes these weapons. and since both the fatman and harpoon gun count as heavy weapons well. it doesnt exist without cheating :)

[@raccoonavi]

RiddckNL I got one of those. It was op af

[@right740]

Mr. Kippy it's impossible to get one, so stop lying LoL. Busted

[@highdefinitionapollo2189]

Never forget the two best legendary weapons: Ghoul slayer gamma gun and medic's fat man.

[@fluffyunicorn3907]

thankfully ive been lucky to never get one of those weapons in the hundreds of hours I put into fo4

[@DatMageDoe]

I found a Ghoul Slayer's Gamma Gun, no joke. Got it in the Radioactive Sea or whatever it's called. As for the Medic's Fat Man, the Medic's modifier can't be spawned in at all.

[@kyyezak7498]

I've gotten three. On one account. I've also gotten cavaliers leather left leg 4 times. My only lucky thing was during the Cassie dalton quest in FH I got a two shot guass rifle and a instigating hunting rifle.

[@fluffyunicorn3907]

+Christopher Conrath that's unlucky for you

[@trevornorton2979]

Those are not as good as a freezing flamer. Talk about OP

[@mickles1975]

I got an explosive combat shotgun on my first playthrough. Haven't seen a single explosive weapon since. :(

[@pryt86]

In the 500 hours i put in fallout 4. Ive only had 2 explosive weapons drop.

[@phillip_james77]

mickeybill its insane I've been lucky. I killed a low level legendary ghoul at level like 10 give or take a couple. and it dropped with an explosive sniper rifle. then not too long after I killed a legendary gunner, he dropped an explosive assault rifle witch is so amazing. more per shot damage then spray and pray but shoots slower. so probably relatively close in performance. and as mentioned above spray and pray... point is tho I only have one character play through, and I just hit level 60. so kinda crazy...

[@Pun1237]

mickeybill I got an explosive gauss rifle

[@kevray]

I got a 2 shot shotgun never had an explosive though

[@BlazinBlz]

On one play-through I have an Explosive Combat Shotgun, on another I have a Two Shot Combat Shotgun, both are opaf, on the one with the Two Shot, my higher level, first play-through, I also have a Two Shot Laser Rifle, I dunno why I got so lucky with those two characters

[@Saber501]

Good to see another Fallout video since I recently got Fallout 4. Been addicted to it for days.

[@FudgeMuppet]

+「Saber」 enjoy :))

[@Saber501]

Oh, I've been with my Lady Silver Shroud character.

[@ethanhacker2638]

「Saber」 me too

[@michael1364]

I have the same problem...

[@Khornecussion]

Enjoy your time in the Wasteland. Ad Victoriam.

[@Cringetality]

I have an explosive mini gun I named "Nut Buster"

[@ramirak2777]

Cringetality ... bruh

[@Cringetality]

Amir Granderson It's great isn't it?

[@ramirak2777]

Cringetality yea... its just you named it nut buster...

[@Cringetality]

Amir Granderson Lmao

[@mrdoctorcactus958]

Glorious!

[@spicymilkshake6600]

The two shot effect is still really good.

[@Tedesche]

Amen! Yes, not as good as it's description suggests, and it does decrease accuracy and increase recoil (which it's description doesn't even mention), but in practice it's still insanely good.

[@nikolafeschiev3399]

I found 2 shot hunting rifle make it use 38 calliber and now I have infinity ammo and it deals 115 damage per shot

[@nikolafeschiev3399]

still searching for 2 shot gauss rifle tho

[@MurkyWaters677]

I agree. Two shot is great. The accuracy and recoil becomes meaningless if you use a VATS build with high luck.

[@spicymilkshake6600]

Mystogan .Ravenheart Yeah, it most games I just get the Overseer's Guardian since it's a guaranteed two shot, and then make it semi automatic.. I prefer the calibrated powerful receiver because .45 ammo is really rare, and the extra critical damage is useful especially if you have alot of agility and or luck. To me it's 100% worth it you have the rifleman or commando perk.

[@jakemiller2507]

I always felt that Instigating was really powerful for stealth characters, especially when its on things like sniper rifles.

[@Comet_the_cat123]

What about a instigating fat man or a never ending Fat man.

[@BatteryEST]

Explosive is really OP. I have it on my minigun which I named Carpet Bomb. it kills a legendary deathclaw in a few seconds. especially useful against groups. Just aim at the general direction and the whole area is full of explosions.

[@firestarter6488]

But why in ever-loving-fuck does bleeding damage work on non-living enemies?!

[@jaren12072]

Firestarter because shut up that's why

[@firestarter6488]

jaren r How about morons like you stop existing then maybe I'll THINK if whether or not I want to do anything....

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

Never. Ending. Missile Launcher.

[@MultiNerevar]

you may aswell have said : I AM CHEATING! this weapon cannot drop without mods/cheats. as all heavy weapons cannot get 2 shot. the big boy is the only exception since its a handplaced UNIQUE.

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

Well, cheating as far as the Unified Clothing Overhaul mod for PS4 will let me. It's a cool mod, but super easy to break the game, since by level fifty I was wearing ballistic weave everything, and custom built legendary armor and weapons. Basically I was/am invincible.

[@necrogenesis1981]

Isn't the big boy modifiable with a 12 shot? That's ridiculous.

[@MrMuscle2006]

I love how you just ignored the comment you were responding too and just went off on a rant about a two shot fat man. Two shot doesn't equal never ending and Fatman doesn't equal missile launcher.

[@MultiNerevar]

yeah that 2 shot was a typo couldnt fix it anymore when i noticed it. meant to say never ending. nonetheless it still is the same in the end. as never ending obeys the same restrictions as 2 shot does since both are forbidden on random heavy weapon drops. but yes fatman DOES equal missle launcher in terms of restrictions as both are heavy weapons and thus obey the same legendary restriction rules. so they are equal in that regard. as each gun falls into a category and these categorys tell the game what the RNG is allowed to add to them via legendarys and what not. fun fact about ballistic weave overhaul mod : its basicly just for looks. it doesnt make youre character stronger :) it just looks like this from the numbers you see on the pip boy. but higher resistence in this game is largely totally worthless. once you have 250 resistence there is basicly no difference anymore which is also why power armor offers little advantage in terms of raw dmg protection in this game. you dont get anymore invicible then vanilla from this mod. unlike the legendary weapon crafting it doesnt break balance at all. basicly at 250 resistance you already have 73% mitigation total. 85% is the HARDCAP. you cannot exceed that hardcap or you would become immune to dmg. at 500 resistence you only gained a total of about 5% mitigation which is also why battered fedora and other 2 hats where never fixed by bethesda as they dont really affect balance and are only minor bugs. since the total gain from them is less than 5% youll not even notice the difference most of the time. at 1000 resistence you have 83% mitigation already. at 1200 youre capped at 85%. basicly : x01 power armor is worthless defense wise (aside from rads). and yet still players think thier 1800 resistence helps them somehow which is sad. for example a normal chest armor only piece with the dense mod protects you better from explosives than ANY power armor without explosive shielding could ever do.

[@Mizukari13]

2:39 "Nothing personal, kid."

[@fluffyunicorn3907]

Instagating is amazing on sniper rifles ive gotten one on a gauss rifle in survival mode

[@goodboythings7343]

Fucking lucky lol

[@thefakebanette3483]

I love how most of there effects are great on automatic weapons considering they don't use them often in their builds.

[@nathanielgarza9198]

Because that would make the game too easy

[@ratboy4036]

kilaton radium rifle is better then spray n pray

[@ericprice1164]

Mattias Thelin the fact that they said spray and prey is good is hilarious

[@videogamerization]

As an old character said "Spray and Pray is the way to play, I'l be spraying they'l be praying" XD

[@eboomer84]

+Eric P - Spray and pray is amazing if you are invested in commando and demolitions expert perks, if you can take care around the splash damage, and if you have the ammo. It kills targets SOOOO fast. It's especially good against ghouls and mierlurks. Aim at the ground in front of a mierlurk so you aren't hitting their armored shells. Also a quick spray on a nest of eggs makes the annoying hatchlings a non-issue. For ghouls, just spray at their feet, and their legs blow off. Then you can walk up and take your time finishing them off with melee, a pipe pistol, or whatever. Even if it's a legendary. It's also great against grouped up enemies. It's a lot of fun. But even besides all that, just the raw DPS is pretty great. It just isn't very precise or ammo efficient. Though yes, the kilaton is better, other than the smaller clip, which is just a touch smaller than I'd like. Still a substantial improvement overall.

[@ratboy4036]

+eboomer84 But when i talk about survival mode can you say The same then FUCK NOOOOOOO

[@eboomer84]

+Mattias Thelin - Nobody mentioned survival mode in this comment thread, we don't all play in that mode, and this video isn't about the best legendary modifiers specifically for survival mode. But if you're playing survival, then probably melee or sniping is the way to go, and a LOT of otherwise viable weapons and items become bad choices. It's practically an entirely different game. I played on the old survival difficulty, but when I tried the new mode, it was intense at first, but I just found the constant idiot lights and menu navigation to be annoying, overly slow, and immersion breaking. Plus it's more fun with fast travel IMO, and the game is too unstable (at least with mods installed) to not have quicksave. Different strokes. But spray n' pray is fun, and can be hugely effective in any difficulty other than survival.

[@theatheistpaladin]

I got explosive with a shotgun. I own everything.

[@roddydykes7053]

TheAtheistPaladin I got a double barreled explosive shotgun around level 10. Now even at lvl 55+ where I am now, it's my most used weapons next to the VATS enhanced gauss rifle

[@emperorshibe3681]

TheAtheistPaladin where tho?

[@theatheistpaladin]

Just you random legendary drop.

[@trashyalice1756]

TheAtheistPaladin with demo expert you will be really powerful

[@Dimitrioswtf]

TheAtheistPaladin same i never knew it was like the best gun in the game and i’ve has it with me since

[@gr518]

Fallout 4 is my favorite anime

[@juangallardo3851]

Friedrich 42 FALLOUT IS MY CITY

[@83MURRAY]

Friedrich 42 ii

[@gunmunz]

It's no Corey in Da House though

[@fearless5118]

anime? NANİ!

[@twiztedmind209]

Thanasis 14 Don't judge the anime, if you haven't read the manga

[@sadscozo1941]

I picked up an explosive double barrel once off of a radroach....the game was forever changed.

[@AshtraskaPanthera]

I'm surprised legendary slow time didn't make the cut. I found it on a combat rifle and turned it into a sniper rifle. Headshots for days :D

[@jeaneljaylamputi2215]

So true. It's like free Jet every time I aim.

[@wolfendern]

For me too as well..I’ve found a deadeye handmade rifle and it’s became my main offensive since

[@christophercollins3632]

Deadeye is also amazing for parkour. Because it’s actually speeding you up. Tap aim to initiate the effect, then quickly do a running jump. You’ll go 4 times farther than normal. It also messes with enemy AI, if you’re sneaking. It’s like they stop “seeing” you when it triggers. A sneak build is made even better.

[@willmarsden7657]

I got a 'Knee-Capper Pipe Rifle' early in my playthrough once - the thing was a life-saver in earlier levels, and still helps with my limited armoury to this day. The rifle has a 20% chance of instantly crippling an opponents legs (no matter their health), and sustained fire completely immobilises them. It works well against Melee enemies (I.e. It puts Death Claws and Glowing Ones down for execution (and they can't do shit!)), and has helped me stop a Legendary Gunner Commander taking a full set of Power Armour (the mutation can't help the immobilised sap) - however, the best was when it put down the Mirelurk Queen in the Castle, with the last Minutemen just finishing it off. I can't remember where I found it, and haven't seen a weapon like it since, but I remember my legs were crippled instantly when I faced the Raider with it. The only Pipe Weapon I can still rely on.

[@fireblast133]

heh, there's a pipe wrench weapon with the kneecapper effect on it called big jim. I run a mod that lets me strip legendary effects like they're gun mods, so I always go for that pipe wrench and put it on one of my guns.

[@Actalzy]

Great video but I feel you forgot to mention and/or take into account the one big drawback of the explosive effect. The fact that in close range or tight quarters the explosions can actually damage and in some cases kill you just as easily as the enemy. It is only really good at mid to long ranges.

[@alexmorado2182]

Finding this out in my saboteur build

[@patrickrocheleau8185]

moral of the video: fudgemuppet really likes automatic guns

[@buddycraig5028]

Shocked you guys didn't use the kneecapper effect

[@Tedesche]

There were a ton of really great effects left out. Obviously, as a "best of" list, it can't select everything, but I disagree with a lot of the choices here.

[@mr.paperbag771]

Kneecapper is better than stagger for most weapons

[@heidebaer41]

Kneecapper for rapid automatics with high ammo caps. Had a kneecapper 10mm once. Just empty a mag into a behemoth and then work it over with a switchblade ;p

[@maxretrofitted7785]

In my current minuteman general play through I found a laser musket with the penetrating effect. I gotta say that is one hell of an underrated legendary effect, ignores 30% of resistances. Idk what type of weapon it would be best on but I modded my laser musket to 6 cranks, recon scope, large stock with a long single fire barrel. I call it the General's Revenge. Not sure the exact damage output because of the resistance buff and having the rifleman perk but it is by far the best sniper I have used, one hits most enemies at my current level (48) and its even effective against high level monsters which usually have a lot of resistances. Just wanted to throw it out there, in my opinion it's under rated but definitely one of the most devastating effects that could be versatile for a lot of different weapons and styles.

[@MultiNerevar]

there is a bunch of false information in this video. you might wanna fix these. first : many players dont know this : EXPLOSIVE IGNORES ballistic resistence just like wounding. only that it does the dmg instantly and not over time. once you have the perk maxed this outperformas wounding on ANY weapon by a mile which can get explosive. on others like the gatling laser wounding remains the best as it cannot roll explosive. this is also why the chestarmor mod reduces explosive dmg by a whooping 50!% for one single mod slot. to compensate for normal resistence not effecting it. a wounding shotgun doesnt even come close to a explosive shotgun. also explosive has NO RANGE LIMIT when shooting. it will always travel the maximum distance your game can load. this effect is by far the strongest extra dmg effect. its easy to playtest this:. get an a bugged enraged fogcrawler and fire a maxed out nuka nuke fatman at it. it will die if your level is not in the 100s from a single shot. why? because its 4000 ballistic resistence is useless againist explosive dmg. if it would block 85% of the dmg (the cap that armor rating allows in this game no matter how high it is) even 3 shots from the launcher shouldnt kill the crawler. but one shot already does. second : furious on a PLASMA THROWER does not exist without cheating/mods. furious is a MELEE only prefix. no clue why the wiki still lists it as ALL weapons. that is wrong and should have been fixed ages ago the proof is inside the creation kit lists. the only ranged weapons that have this effect are the 2 handplaced unique weapons in nuka world. randomly dropped ones CANNOT get this effect except if they are melee weapons. so saying its good on a plasma thrower is basicly saying : its good for this gun if you cheat. third : the miniguns damage is not tripled. its nearly increased by FIVE times by the explosive effect. as the heavy gunner perk buffs explosive dmg (proof rocket launcher and fatman) just like demolition expert does and these 2 perks STACK. a normal minigun with lone wanderer and bloddy mess has 23 dmg (no mods) while a explosive minigun with the bobblehead and demoexpert maxed and the magazine from nuka world (another 5% more explosive dmg) boosts the minigun to over 112! dmg. that is definitly more than tripled. way more. so its false info aswell.

[@dillpickle7358]

nerevar x if you shoot them in the torso you also have a huge chance of crippling limbs either way you do make very good points

[@Inyigo06]

This man speaks the truth. And also where's Instigating on this list?

[@sanzuriver2959]

Rocket Launcher and Fatman Launcher gets damage boosts from heavy gunner not because they are explosives, it's because they are heavy weapons... They do get damage boost from both Heavygunner and Demolition Expert, but for different reasons. So no, Explosive legendary is not affected by Heavygunner unless a Heavy weapon is the base weapon.

[@jarekmarcinek7303]

nerevar Explosive legendary weapons do not ignore armor rating, (base explosive weapons like the fat man might, but not legendary weapons) explosive legendary weapons calculate the resistance of the base damage type of the weapon. For example an explosive combat rifle's explosive damage is reduced by damage resistance, the standard damage type of the weapon. Also, the minigun's damage is tripled by the explosive effect without perks, from 8 to 23. With perks it is more, but the base weapon is only tripled

[@BoredErica]

The damage reduction cap in Fallout 4 is not 85%. You can test this easily by setting an NPC to have 9999 armor rating, force HP to 1000, fire a pistol, get health, set armor rating to 99999, force HP to 1000, fire, get health. You will see that damage received decreases as you go past 10,000. Explosive damage from explosive legendary ARE affected by damage resistance. Why you'd test the effect of Spray n Pray for example with a Fat Man is sort of beyond me as they are two different weapons. You could've just tested with the weapon you're trying to figure out. Take Spray and Pray on a new character fresh out of the vault, set HP/dr/er to 10000 and fire once on a bloatfly, and you will see you did almost 0 damage. Which A) again kills your notion that DR is capped at 85% and B) Kills your notion that explosive damage bypasses damage reduction. Had it ignored dr you would've expected beyond 10 damage because the explosive damage alone exceeds that. Probably the reason why defensive mods against explosives exist is because it does such high damage per attack. You'd be walking along and somebody uses a missile launcher or throws a grenade before you can dodge it and it's game over. On Survival that means backtracking like mad, and that extra damage explosives do is multiplied by a big amount. It's the difference between being randomly one shotted out of nowhere vs being able to get hit and retreat.

[@spinafire]

Using Pickman's Blade really proved to me how strong the bleed effect is, I couldn't imagine getting it on a submachine gun or minigun.

[@jackblackmore787]

The Legendary27 effect makes you be able to hurdle bolder further than a catapult and kill an entire army with a single blow

[@ecurps1]

depressing how most are "best on automatic weapons."

[@ricky_rue_official2150]

Ummmmm instigating? Hello? Have you ever used a gauss rifle before?

[@Tedesche]

Came here to point this out too. WTF??? Instigating is THE sniper legendary; it's insanely powerful in the hands of a proper stealth build. Plenty of the legendaries on this list are only really decent on automatic weapons-why not include the ones that make the most of semi-auto weapons? Hell, despite the fact that the Two Shot legendary isn't as good as it's description suggests, in practice, it's still easily one of the best legendary effects in the game. I love FudgeMuppet to death, but in all honesty, this list was very incomplete.

[@stanners1714]

DArcanine they said at the beginning they took into consideration how many weapons the effect benefits, so while instigating is amazing on sniper, gauss and other high damage low fire rate weapons, I kind of sucks on the rest of the guns in the game

[@ricky_rue_official2150]

Stanners True, but theres only two practical late-game "types" of guns- hard hitting single shot or automatic. Plus, instigating is right up with vats enhanced on melee weapons. For a stealth build, it is hands down the best option.

[@specialagentddd]

Tedesche I always use instigating as well. Most enemies are at full health when you find them and ignoring their resistance is amazing.

[@mathmagician5990]

It is also the BEST sneak melee legendary effect

[@lonerboy18]

Thank you FudgeMuppet & CamelWorks your videos are always so informative and funny all at once. Looking forward to new exciting videos in the future.

[@QlisBbsa]

Explosive effect on combat shotguns is awesome, especially shooting into bodies of water!

[@lynxsies]

I find the bleeding damage legendary is super super good on a institute weapon, especially with the Photon agigator which adds like 30 fire damage

[@christophercollins3632]

#1 is kneecapper. Easily. It works on every weapon, and is relevant every step of the way, no matter your level. Even for melee. #2 is Deadeye. This one does so much. It’s like having an 8 second dose of Jet at will. Amazing for snipers, shotguns, obviously, but it’s more than that. It’s amazing for parkour, and sneaking. Deadeye actually super speeds you up, even though things seem slower. Trigger the effect, then do a running jump, and you jump 4x farther. It’s a whole new world out there when you can parkour like a god at will. Deadeye also messes with enemy Sneak AI. When you sneak, the enemy can hear you, and the sneak meter gets closer to being in caution/danger. But Deadeye stops them from “seeing” you, and you can sneak much more effectively, without raising the meter closer to caution/danger. Fine, fine, #1 is Deadeye, #2 is Kneecapper. I love Deadeye so much As far as doing damage, bleed wins, because it’s available also on melee.

[@DLAlucard]

Well this is very interesting, but I would have preferred a full on series breaking down all the Legendary effects on each weapon type more.

[@flamingsandshadow5811]

Just got a wounding deathclaw gauntlet on my unarmed character and I couldn’t be happier

[@gunnargrubbs3123]

Awesome I love your guys' vids

[@FudgeMuppet]

+gunnar grubbs Thank you :D

[@ssjdarkdrakus5291]

FudgeMuppet hey guys when do you plan to restart your fallout 4 builds?

[@Tripexz69]

drakus the dark savior continue*?

[@belainegibsson.2082]

Tripexz69 They announced a while ago they weren't making any more. The last one was the final one.

[@ssjdarkdrakus5291]

I Am Monster Truck no they said they were taking a break.

[@StupidBadyXD]

all these perks are for automatic weapons. I use rifile build to save ammo, and "two-shot" is amazing.

[@the3rdid485]

How is instigating not on here? Double damage on an already 4x sneak attack?

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

If it doesn't kill the enemy in that one shot, you're screwed. Like he said - resistances.

[@shaneespinoza5343]

A Never Ending Double-Barrel Shotgun is a REALLY fun weapon

[@fireblast133]

from modding i've had a couple favorites Critically Acclaimed - +15% critical hit chance on any shot, affected by critical enhancing perks Jakobs - +100% damage, 50% smaller magazine Lucky Rabbit - +3 luck, +10% experience gain, cannot throw grenades while equipped. (This is from the mod incorporating an item cut from the game, and making it a grenade slot item)

[@rogerjohnson7888]

Great video and love the fact you went my all time favorite first. The Spray and Pray. How ever I've changed my tune and now love my ultimate gun. The fully modded Overseer's Guardian. At 142 damage per round and three rounds per pull of the trigger. That means 426 damage per pull of the trigger..... I can kill anything before me with one tap of the trigger, BANG !!!!! You and everyone else is dead.... I never leave home without it. ;)

[@kelloggcereal9114]

And instigating, kneecapper, and rapid effects?

[@V86falcon]

I get why you didn't want to go into any of the double damage weapons like Two Shot, Instigating, Lucky, Nocturnal, or Junkie as a few examples. Your video was short and those legendary effects all are complicated to explain which one is best and how to benefit the best. Two shot is the base damage but it really helps out for an automatic weapon because automatic receivers lower the base damage (Though the western revolver isn't bad). Instigating weapons are good for solo stealth builds and strong weapons that can instant kill (in one shot) like the guass rifle but lucky is better for a luck build as the saved criticals will do more damage in quick succession (4-5 critical shots with a lucky weapon do more damage than an instigating weapon). Junkie you gotta be addicted to everything to benefit the most so stats are lowered unless you are on all the stuff (expensive and hard to find) and the other ones you gotta wait to fight at either specific day or night time hours. I mentioned Nocturnal because your perception gets increased with the perk which makes shooting at a distance in vats easier, arguably daytime is better with the right perks for the health regeneration and strength boost if going melee. Defiant the last round one works all the time as long as it's in something that only shoots one round or can be used every other round in a double barrel shotgun but also the slow time one is fun if you have no plan to use nerd rage (again complicated).

[@neonryder8897]

I got a bleeding double barrel I love it found it at lvl 5, never stopped using it

[@theaddictofgaming9174]

I love instigating weapons.

[@christopherconard2831]

I swear half the enemies I encountered stub a toe right before I arrive. 100% health, awesome damage. 99% health, just a regular gun.

[@sim.frischh9781]

An important detail you missed mentioning is that explosions also cause stagger, even on large creatures which are usually immune against it. That makes Explosive the most effective Legendary Effect on any rapid fire or multi projectile weapon. SUGGESTION! A vid with the 3 best Legendary effects PER WEAPON TYPE!

[@erictaylor7522]

Staggering ripper is like the windshear of fallout

[@eriktorres6994]

I gotta say, the Explosive Combat shotgun has saved my bacon more times than I care to count. There's absolutely nothing intimidating about a crippled deathclaw.

[@mm09291]

Glad you did a video like this. I am liking the ones that you are doing for elder scrolls

[@rustyjones7908]

I like the two-shot fat man with the MIRV upgrade. Accuracy and recoil matters less, and even base damage is through the roof.

[@BrutafulStudios01]

8 years later and I still play this game.

[@evilsteve8915]

Aha! Another FO4 video! I hope this means more builds coming!

[@Sioux-periorGaming]

I got a harpoon gun that did 15 points of explosive damage, a radium rifle that did 25 bleed damage and I also got a tommy gun that gave me +50 damage resistance when aiming down sights. I'd just stand there pepper spraying away. I also have a laser pistol that does 25 bleed damage. I turned that into an auto rifle and it shreds everything very quickly.

[@ndwolfy7809]

MAKE A ATOM CAT/GREASER BUILD!!!

[@Ziallow]

WHAT IS THAT! FUDGEMUPPET IS DOING FALLOUT AGAIN??? PRAISE THE SUN

[@akamatt67]

Could you guys please do a legendary effects breakdown video?

[@somethingcool7865]

"But where it shines really bright though imo is on automatic weapons" *uses tri barrel*

[@squires9373]

two shot is still a major damage buff, and no instigating?

[@AzureOmega]

Instigating Fatman!! Best weapon I've ever come across in a playthrough.

[@janehuskmann1914]

Now, some effects are only applied to weapon _mods_, which means they can be taken right off & put on other legendary weapons for more legendary goodness.

[@darkeshrine]

Never got around to testing it properly but Furious weapons seem to benefit from critical hits, making all subsequent hits that much stronger. My most recent playthrough was a high Endurance, high Agility Commando run and the purchasable Splattercannon tore most enemies apart with a single Critical VATS usage.

[@ibiteicecream7581]

wounding double barrel shotguns also super op since it uses buckshot which means every pellet that hits causes 25 on top of the base damage and since its a close range wepon thats like 300-400 dmg

[@Blackjax137]

Any instigating rifle paired with stealth multipliers will one shot everything from full health regardless of difficulty. Up and above the most powerful Legendary affix available in FO4. Though bleed stacking and strange combinations like a Cryo Flamer or explosive rounds are more fun.

[@greedkingcobalt200]

My personal list 1: Explosive Shotgun and miniguns are obscenely powerful if they have this Danger close, however, is unfortunately a thing, so watch out that you don't accidentally kill yourself. 2: Wounding Only really good on rapid hit weapons. A wounding ripper (especially an extended one) will obliterate a health pool in no time, especially good for high HP/high DR enemies like deathclaws, super mutant overlords, mirelurk queens, and power armor. A highspeed minigun will basically kill anything. 3: Never Ending Effectively removes the need for capacity mods, lowering weight and AP costs. Especially powerful on low ammo count weapons like the 44 mag and double barrel shotgun. 4: Instigating Probably the best effect for weapons like .50 cal hunting rifles, Guass rifles, and laser muskets. 5: lucky Extremely underrated. boosts critical damage and refills critical bar faster. Used with a critical focused build and this can almost guarantee multiple criticals per V.A.T.S. use.

[@John-lf2kl]

Never Ending double barrel shotgun was probably my favorite I ever found

[@B08AH]

2-shot effect on assault rifle is very good, since it has much less recoil, so extra recoil from 2-shot effect is barely noticeable. Damage => 30 + 4(powerful automatic mod) + 30 (2-shot) . 128 damage with full commando. (over 200 with atom inquisitor perk.) Overseer guardian has 140? which is a bit higher, but you can't hit anything in automatic mode, that is mostly the reason why they say 2-shot is "not that good".

[@mrver427]

the harvester has to be one of the best waepons in fallout 4

[@hoblulufoo2697]

Hey Fudgemuppet, what do you think about a build/playthrough where every enemy you kill, you have to pick up the weapon of the enemy you just killed and use it to kill other enemies. The scrounger perk would be necessary, as well as all of the damage perks. The improvement perks, such as blacksmith, will not be needed. The rest is up to you...

[@jacobfreeman5444]

...I do agree that in the context these effects are killer. But they were mostly for in your face automatic weapons. What about single shot weapons, like for a sniper build? or just about any build that doesn't involve wading in hip deep for every encounter?

[@pryt86]

Hope you keep the fallout 4 content coming.

[@GritimoTheOdd]

I know I am years late to this, but for me, two shot guns tend to be my workhorse weapons in game. They are never going to be the best gun for a given situation, but often they are a good gun for any situation. Extra damage from the second bullet always goes into effect regardless of the enemy type, time of day, how chemed up/withdrawn you are. All you have to do is hit the target, and even the extra spread and recoil is manageable in vats or if you aim down sights.

[@jankdotTV]

Every time I see a FO4 vid I just get excited at how damn good the next elder scrolls is gonna look

[@spicymilkshake6600]

Jack Really? To me Skyrim looks better than fallout 4.

[@600coyotes6]

My favorite anti-deathclaw combo is any kneecapper 308/50 caliber gun and my fully upgraded relentless 10mm pistol.

[@jacobfaro9571]

Crippling lorenzos artifact, two shot mirv, explosive tommy gun, flaming 50 cal (I call it dragons breath, the sound fits so well), staggering ripper, and freezing flamethrower are the most fun to use. Now imagine this: a crippling lorenzos artifact that can knock enemies into the air like the half life gravity gun.

[@smcfadden1992]

I know why unyielding doesnt raise your endurance, it would throw you into a loop, drop to 25 percent health, effect activates raising endurance (and health) increasing past 25 percent deactivating the effect to lower health and redo it again. It would not know what to do.

[@cordyceps182]

I recall getting a Wounding Shotgun and killing almost everything with only one to two shots due to every pellet being effected.

[@twiztedmind209]

Honestly, the best legendary weapon I have got has to be a never ending lever action rifle, due to it high amount of damage, and getting rod of the worst part of the weapon, it's reload, and ultimately, when I'm taking down enemies left and right, it feels so good to know my health won't be destroyed because of the long reload

[@TheTank1900]

I saw a playthrough where they guy got a bleeding double barrel shotgun. Good god that thing was overpowered. Two shots could take down most enemies at point blank range because they would just instantly bleed to death, even way over-leveled enemies for him.

[@roddydykes7053]

Tank 1900 the explosive double-barreled I got early game has made a laughably easy time of all the boss-like enemies in this game. I had to turn it up to very-hard to get even a bit of challenge since then

[@TheTank1900]

When you find a weapon that's like mana from heaven and then proceed to enact a shotgun rampage across the Commonwealth.

[@tumbahantoine2517]

Nocturnal harpoon gun! 400-500 damage per shot at night with all the perks that improve damage, I only found it on survival difficulty

[@footrot17]

10mm auto pistol with bleeding damage is sick, short burst, get back in cover, enemy dies of bleeding moments later.

[@triminac]

YAY a fallout 4 video, love you guys, hope you'll have a great day :D

[@jacrispy3275]

Overseers Guardian for life. It's practically good for any build as the extra recoil shouldn't be a problem for snipers since you probably won't be emptying an entire magazine into an enemy due to the extra damage. It's even good as an automatic, assault rifle kind of thing since your still doing a shit-ton of damage. As for the recoil, it's already automatic, so recoil should've been pretty bad in the first place.

[@NewYorkSith]

I’ve found the never ending .44 magnum and 10mm pistol on my first playthrough though I lost my 10mm pistol shortly after a trapper nuked me with a fat man. What’s crazier is that I got the pistol from a feral wolf. Edit: although I’ve found the prototype never ending laser pistol/rifle I’m convinced that doesn’t count since it’s a unique weapon.

[@Expatriate1977]

My fave is Lorenzo's gun. But I love explosive shotguns too. There's a ton of great stuff in this game but Lorenzo's artifact gun is the one you guys turned me on to and though not a legendary weapon, it's ability to kill two or more enemies at once makes it a great choice and an unofficial legendary weapon

[@Andarus]

That whole Legendary System is complete garbage.

[@akiiienaaa]

Andarus how?

[@ShinySC]

It removes the uniqueness of unique weapons. All unique weapons are now just a weapon with some effect, but you can get this exact same weapon from random drops too. Unlike Fallout 3 where every unique weapon had some unique attributes that could not be found anywhere else. (Victory Rifle's knockdown, The Terrible Shotgun trading bullet spread for more damage or the Firelance dealing additional burn damage.) Fallout New Vegas did this the best by giving unique weapons a unique appearance as well (Ratslayer's black parts instead of the normal brown/grey. All American's camo print) on top of unique effects (Pew Pew's concentrated burst shots, Two-Step Goodbye's explosive crits. Esther's damage threshold)

[@Andarus]

@phoenix1515Minecraft Yep, New Vegas for Example had Guns like the Medicine Stick, the Little Devil the Patencia and many more... and new Vegas has a fucking Shotgun of Explosion or whatever...

[@xxbloodxreaperxx]

maybe they should of done both types....thinking that would be more different and better.. having unique effects that you cant get on anything else but that weapon and have its own style would of been better

[@Sam-ux7cn]

But there are unique weapons with unique effects in F4, for me this system was one of the best things in this game

[@Riverboat374]

I have a kneecapper automatic combat rifle. Amazing. Gawd level weapon. Cripples and then shoots everything to pieces. Nothing can touch me.

[@superwhatevergamin9634]

Freezing Fatman. Named it Nuclear Winter. It's expensive af, but Automatron lets me scout ammo easier.

[@oddfreaks6452]

Speaking of effects I got an explosion shot pipe pistol at lvl 2 at the beginning. 1 week later it's now a exploding pipe sub machine gun glow reflex scope sharpshooter stock aaand a bayonet. Raiders ain't got nothing on this

[@shannanigans9620]

Great list. I'm on board with all those effects. I'm yet to get the furious effect on a weapon aside from the furious power fist. My character is not melee based so I don't use the power fist. Two thumbs up on this one.

[@demogod4955]

2:39 It's nothing personal kid

[@darklordaranyx2467]

The best is still the ghoul slayer effect on a gamma gun

[@g1ngrrrawr]

IMO the best legendary effects are Deadeye and Relentless. Deadeye is great for sniper builds because it slows time upon aiming down sights, and the effect refreshes every few seconds and allows for easy headshots and kills without expending AP at all. Relentless is better for bigger targets. The relentless Handmade rifle from the Nuke World DLC has the potential to kill a legendary mirelurk queen in a few shots when combined with stealth. Course, both those effects are best when used with a stealth based character. I guess it depends on your playstyle

[@pwnsage]

Instigating effect on a fatman with all the heavy weapons perk ranks. You do nearly 4,000 damage.

[@jaren12072]

just keep in mind if you get the healing fatman you just got the best weapon in video game history

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

Remove the Staggering and VATS Enhanced effects on this list - replace them with Mighty/Powerful and Penetrating, and you've got the perfect list of effects to have for your arsenal of weapons.

[@James--Parker]

The Mighty legendary effect is the best in my option. Nice and simple but effective.

[@devinpetersen2387]

I was really lucky when I stumbled across the wounding double barrel shotgun extremely early on in the game. I killed anything and everything in two shots.

[@steelformrarity4590]

Ive got an instigating hunting rifle i made into a high power sniper for my stealth character and it does numbers

[@robbybuckman8176]

Not counting your second choice all of these legendary effects are best for automatic weapons. You should do a 5 best legendary effects for slower firing/semi automatic weapons.

[@5TailFox]

Explosive should've been number one. Seeing as how it encompasses many of the Legendary effects on the list, all on its own. Plus, it essentially allows you to shoot around corners, due to its "area effect" damage.

[@NegotiatorGladiarius]

There are a few more that can be incredibly powerful on a specific weapon. E.g., Rapid. Most of the time it's not a big deal, BUT it's applying a percentage of BASE speed. Get a Gatling laser with Rapid on it, and the charging barrels, and the Rapid will actually triple its dps. Not situational, not contingent of landing consecutive hits, just always triple an already hefty dps. E.g., Kneecapper. (Or better yet, Striker.) Get it on a ranged weapon with high rate of fire, like a minigun or flamer or such, or even better on a shotgun, and many enemies can't even get to you. E.g., a Deathclaw with broken legs can't move AT ALL. It's literally rooted in place. Ghouls too. Robots can only crawl slowly towards you, but basically they're screwed at that point. Unlike stagger, this doesn't just pause the enemies. It roots some incredibly powerful enemies so they can't possibly get to you. Makes the Glowing Sea a cakewalk, it does. Fairly useless on a melee weapon, though. E.g., Instigating. Note that unlike other percentage bonuses, this one is +100% of the total damage, not of base damage. Because it gets applied in a different spot in the calculation chain. So adding an Advanced receiver helps. Get this on a ranged non-automatic weapon with high damage, and on a stealth sniper build, and Bob's your uncle. A lot of enemies just fold up and die in one shot. Or if you find an Instigating machete and you're a teleporter melee build, ooer, now that's OP AF. You can remove the blade from Kremvh's Tooth and put it on your Instigating machete, to get an Instigating Kremvh's Tooth. The first shot hits for 2x damage from the sacrificial blade, and ANOTHER 2x factor because of Instigating. On top of Strength, stealth bonus, crit bonus, etc. It murderizes almost everything to death. Fairly useless on an automatic, shotgun or ripper, for the obvious reason. E.g., Lucky Weapon straight up doubles your crit damage, AND makes your crit bar refill faster. With a high luck, crit-banker character and a weapon with high damage per hit, again, you can make some pretty high end enemies just fold up and die with your rocket sledge hammer. MORE IMPORTANTLY, ranged crits can never miss. So you can hit space and hit a boss that ducked behind anything whatsoever. Etc.