The STRONGEST power armor in Fallout

If you thought you knew the strongest power armour in Fallout, think again. Watch as we uncover a surprising armor that gives you the ultimate advantage in the game! #fallout #powerarmor #bug #falloutseries

[@Saharan-_]

I really just thought that they gave you the indestructible version of the winterized power armor on purpose but we really will never know

[@jordangardner4246]

According to a video I saw awhile ago, they accidentally added the simulation version of the winterized power armor (which never breaks) instead of the actual intended power armor (Dont ask how they missed that)

[@Saharan-_]

@@jordangardner4246 how did they miss that?

[@insomnijack7528]

​@@jordangardner4246It can break, it just takes a very very long time to do so, and because you can't repair it once it's gone it's gone forever.

[@khujohjr]

@@Saharan-_no one knows lol but not many complained for obvious reasons

[@Saharan-_]

@@khujohjr haha I know I was just asking him because he said not to ask

[@supertruck2304]

The ultimate power armor is the one that can emotionally protect you, you don't need a million hit points if you're sad

[@nafisfaiaz3993]

I think I will be emotionally protected if I get a T45 even

[@thexxredxpickle]

Ah yes the medical power armour. That one always kept my spirits up for some reason.

[@eeruur]

just wage war with all the faction, you wont be sad, just insane

[@eaturmeatornopuddin]

😂😂😂

[@domagojstuka3961]

Stealth suit from Old world blues is the only emotional protection i need, that suit is so wholesome

[@Fenris2]

Bugs are god tier when they help

[@ImpossibleReasons]

5% damage perk from Point Lookout was fantastic.

[@vidicuss3933]

Aeternus

[@IntrusiveThoughts838]

That funny moment when canonically the best power goes to XO3 Hellfire since the prototype’s durability was tested by literally yeeting mininukes at it with a guy inside it. Proceeded to succeed in every way but never got full deployment

[@adamcotton8163]

Hellfire was a enclave project after the war xo1 was the only pre war armour

[@jordiw913]

@@adamcotton8163I think the plans were pre war but never got tested or built so it’s a post war suit

[@vip_150]

​@@jordiw913 do you mean X01 or X03?

[@absolutezerochill2700]

​@@jordiw913actually... that was just f76 bungling the lore. It was always MANY years post war

[@DaBirdOfHermes]

The Hardened MK 2 advanced power armor is no joke, it was the first of its kind, it was the armor of choice for the strongest fighter in the history of the wasteland, and it is probably the only reason we know that character as the Chosen One, and not Horrigan victim #10,090…

[@TheBuddel]

"The t60 is a fan favourite" proceeds to show t45 gameplay

[@Tzekkie]

Correction: these power amours were used in the resources war, not the great war. The great war was a two hour nuclear bombing

[@leon__ore]

How two hour nuclear bombing you can call a great war lol

[@Ryza05]

​@@leon__ore if you've played the games and seen the results of those 2 hour bombings it seems pretty obvious

[@carlg4544]

​@@leon__oreeven 10 minutes is bad

[@angelaizen2231]

@@leon__ore great as in massive not great as in "a god thing"

[@TaurusTheCrazyBull]

@@leon__ore Since everyones pointed out scale here, there was a war In the real world that lasted somewhere between 38 to 45 *minutes,* and yes, It Is officially considered a war

[@stealthynaxo]

After all these years. Finally, actual plot armor.

[@wayne-o_2_the_swayne-o324]

Clever!

[@ellegendariosupertallarin8735]

😂😂😂

[@keitheone991]

(me save scrubbing😂): "Am I A Joke To You?"

[@MJ-co7tq]

Hellfire, T-65, Hellcat, Enclave X-01, Tesla… To name a few

[@TheCrystonian]

Yeah....its a long list of superior armor. All of which, minus two, are Enclave PA

[@bloodangel19]

Frank Horrigan had a special X-01 suit of power armor that is, due to it's sheer size and toughness, the strongest known power armor

[@IntrusiveThoughts838]

Yeah dude doesn’t know his lore if he seriously thinks t51b is the best, like breh

[@Sina.575]

isn't hellcat and x01 the same...

[@TheCrystonian]

@@Sina.575 Ahahahaha not at all. Their two separate sets of Power Armor. Hellcat was made for marines and was used pre-war. Post war it is used by a mercenary outfit. The X-01 is a prewar prototype power armor

[@falloutthewindowcrazy7608]

Everyone gangster until a colossal super mutant behemoth gets the frank horrigan treatment

[@Slimchimrichalds]

I never realized how large Frank might actually be in a modern Fallout game but he’s canonically a behemoth right? Like 12 ft or some shit. The thought of a behemoth in enclave power armor is dope but terrifying

[@memesky1014]

Swan didn't survive my mini nuke

[@Haki291]

"You've gotten a lot farther than you should have... but then you haven't met Frank Horrigan either. Your ride's over, mutie. Time to die."

[@themightybob]

Frank horrigan called, he wants his child back

[@flawlessgold]

Wonder if the x-01 still had the flaw in the welding

[@Captianmex1C0]

Doubt it, whole new design on the chest plate, Same with the T-51 in my opinion

[@matthewsmith7802]

Wonder if it's this way in game to

[@kirpalor74]

was just a flaw in the T60 and the T45 what is based on

[@Captianmex1C0]

@@matthewsmith7802 no unfortunately you can't target the chest plate separately, You can however shoot the fusion core or Pickpocket/steal it and force them out of the armor

[@purpseatpeeps8641]

I was just thinking this an hour ago! It would be great if in season 2 we meet the enclave remnants or Arcade, and the ghoul tries his theory again only for it not to work.

[@liltextra517]

Personally I like the medic power armor from FO3 just has a different cool factor although the both special Pit armors are still cool

[@LordBloodraven]

I loved that FO4 has an Auto-Stim upgrade you can put in your power armor.

[@TheX-Philes]

didnt that one tell you when enemies were near? Or I'm sure it kinda talked in some way?

[@loganwaller9947]

@@TheX-Philes It would talk to you and inject you with med-x and/or stimpacks if you had any

[@doggiethepug]

The way I imagine it T-45 = 80% efficiency, 80% cost T-51 = 100% efficiency, 100% cost T-60 = 90% efficiency, 80% cost The T-45 was a rushed model with many practical issues. It didn't cost too much but it was the first ever version it had issues, still it provided the US forces with the edge to win in Alaska. The T-51 wasn't rushed, it was high quality in production but it was expensive due to different alloys and layers it had, it offered superior protector in the fields. The T-60 is a modernised, improved version of the T-45, more efficient yet not any more expensive than what the T-45 was, they ironed out (pun) the flaws and made it even more durable from what they've learned. It wasn't used directly in war against China, it was deployed by the national guard and in domestic use. In Fallout 76, this is shown to be the case. The T-51b proves superior to the T-60 in ballistic and energy resistances, but not in radiation, im which the T-60 is better. And the T-45 is worse in all 3 categories, but its cheaper to repair and more avaliable on low level. In addition, the T-45 was used as a base for a private company, Garraham Mining, to develop the Excavator power armor, made for industrial use for miners. Cool huh?

[@Exfinaty]

You forgot the union power armour that's a heavily modified T-45

[@CybrosPrime]

Excavator armor for miners? GUYS WE HAVE WH40K TERMINATOR ARMOR NOW!

[@CyberController-]

X-03 "Hellfire" Powered Combat Armour

[@shawnmarcum8078]

And a Gauss Rifle. Operation Anchorage is a bad Fallout dlc, but for how long the dlc is (which it's quite short), it's rewards are worth it.

[@TraustiGeir]

I had fun with it, but you're right: The goldmine at the end is the best part. My personal favorite is the Chinese stealth armor.

[@trash-heap3989]

So the ultimate power armor is one that transcends reality. That's some eldritch armor right there.

[@reddragonlegacy]

For the longest time too, the Gauss Rifle was bugged. I took mine from the first chance I could get to get there, through Zeta, and it would never degrade below 1/2 condition. No matter how much I used it. But even at 1/2, it had a bugged chance of damage. You could watch it be a sneak attack headshot (VATS or ADS), and see no damage taken. Loved Fallout 3, and unlike falling through the ground in NV for years, the bugs in 3 are part of the charm…like pipes dripping tin cans in the D.C Subways haha

[@JoeyyLawless]

Wanna know something absolutely absurd?? If you get the unique displacer glove and max ur strength n melee ability… it’s a one shot on any enemy including brotherhood of steel and deathclaws. If u turn it to harder setting it still launches them n rag dolls even legendary death laws and uppercuts turn heads to pink mist :)

[@yezki8]

76 fixed ingame T60 stats to be more lore friendly. Basically, its supposed to be weaker than T50, but cheaper and more "mass produced" friendly. That's why US Army use it more tha T50

[@hazard4349]

The t45 series and t60 are both metal based, with the t60 being an improved model on the t45, the t51, x01, and enclave series all use a polymer/ non metallic composite which in lore and gameplay is the best set up for power armor, the main difference between advanced armor mk1 and mk2 is the mark 2 uses separated plates that improve mobility over the mk1

[@8vantor8]

well, then there is APA MK1, 2, and 3 APA mark 1 is the strongest and most advanced, as the enclave used made it on the rig, APA mk 2 and 3 were made in the capital wasteland and are as strong as the T-45 and T-51

[@hazard4349]

@@8vantor8 that’s in game canonically spa mk 2 is stronger than mk 1, even though gameplay does not reflect that. Mk3(hellfire) is the strongest ever developed

[@8vantor8]

@@hazard4349 apa mk2 is more then likely mass produced and cheap as a result, and most of their production went down with the rig

[@decimation9780]

⁠@@8vantor8No, the only reason that APA Mk2 is so weak is because the Enclave are introduced really damn early in the story, so if you got the best armour in the entire game so early, it’d make the rest of the game laughably easy. Lorewise, APA Mk2 is a considerable improvement over the Mk1, as it had to contend with the BoS who were, at the time, much less disjointed and much more alert to the movements of the Enclave after the events of Fallout 2. So while in game, it’s on par with T-45, in lore, it’s among the most advanced suits of powered armour to ever be developed. Tl;Dr, game balance trumps lore.

[@8vantor8]

@@decimation9780 mate, your tldr contradicts what you just said

[@caryhill6792]

Soooo, no one going to talk about the narrator talking about the T-60 while showing the T-45 jumping off the roof in Concord?

[@ItzWuLFe]

Although all of this was taken from wiki sites, the T-51b is better than the T-60 (excluding gameplay from FO4). The T-60 was made to be cheaper and easier to produce than the T-51b, how could it be the most advanced model? Also, the X-01 was created before the war, not after. The Enclave’s Advanced Power Armor is the postwar version of the X-01, but they are two different variants.

[@1simp4RiasGremory]

Lets say u get a v2 but ure in the 1960s. Of course the V2 was the most advanced in WW2 but ure also now able to bring people to the moon so its obvious that theres some progress in development

[@ItzWuLFe]

@@1simp4RiasGremory The T-51b entered service in June of 2076 and had a 10 year development cycle. All it says for the T-60 is it entered service mere months before the Great War. There wasn’t a period of 20+ years between T-51b & T-60. T-51b overall was the BEST power armor for military use, T-60 was just cheaper and a lot easier to produce. Bethesda kinda messed up by having the T-60 be better than the T-51b in Fallout 4, but in 76 the T-51b is better stats wise.

[@orsonprosser3324]

​@@1simp4RiasGremoryvery good comparison 👏🏻

[@1simp4RiasGremory]

@@ItzWuLFe we all know its just Bethesda bs. Im a fallout 1 & 2 an enjoyer which makes it border on sacrilege. But also the Video was weirdly Phrased by saying the best based on hitpoints. Like who tf judges a Power armor based on HP. If you really wanna make it reasonable you go for protection and possible Upgrades. Its obvious that the latest Power armor you can get is also the best

[@ItzWuLFe]

@@1simp4RiasGremory Bethesda has messed up a lot lol. In my opinion I think T-60 is better than T-51b in Fallout 4 is because Bethesda wanted their new armor to be better than pre-existing armors. X-01 is also a “new” power armor for the series, despite being a retcon. I’m honestly okay lore wise with the X-01 being in development pre-war and being the basis for the APA, but the T-60 on the other hand doesn’t really make sense lore wise. How is it that during the events of Fallout 1-New Vegas not a single T-60 was ever discovered, yet in 4 the entire Brotherhood is outfitted with them lol

[@thepeople1448]

"T-60 is a fan-favourite" *shows t-45 and t-51*

[@gamingxfiles]

1 million hit points?! Your practically invincible

[@Bro1212_]

The armor has 1 million hit points, not you. It just means that the armor will never break because durability was a thing in Fo3 and FNV

[@stefane8512]

Its armor health not damage resistance

[@Tim_Sorrow]

@@Bro1212_why would you specify 3 and new vegas

[@bloodangel19]

​@@Tim_Sorrowbecause they had item durabillity.

[@Tim_Sorrow]

@@bloodangel19 fallout 4 and 76 have power armor durability as well

[@vikingsundlof9040]

The running joke of hammond in the back seat is way funnier than it deserves to be

[@owell_99-XD]

i can only imagine wearing this in war yelling I AM IRON MAN!!! with black sabbath playing in the background

[@Mr.skeletonman2]

"The T-60..." SHOWS FLIPPING T40

[@apauloh]

and here I thought that it was invincible, not having a near million hit points

[@supersaiyangodofgamidustry321]

9 million last time I checked

[@novadestry]

I played fallout 3 so much that i managed to see some condition deteriorating on the winterized armor

[@user-kj3qh8sv4d]

Frank Horrigan armor is not to protect him, its to protect the peoples around him 💀

[@Myusername468]

No mention of the non-prototype Advanced Power Armor from Fallout 2?? "You were critically hit for 0 hit points, feel the pain."

[@imcgonigle2006]

T-60 is no where near a fan favorite 😂

[@mentally.not.stable393]

X-01 looks like a bird lmao

[@hunteraff5872]

Bro used game terminology with historical fact in game😂 “1000 hit points, no wonder why the US army used it”

[@TheSaints254]

The X-01 power armor actually is the 2nd best power armor. But the X-02 power armor is the strongest power armor in the game.

[@DaBirdOfHermes]

The Hardened MK 2 advanced power armor is no joke, it was the first of its kind, it was the armor of choice for the strongest fighter in the history of the wasteland, and it is probably the only reason we know that character as the Chosen One, and not Horrigan victim #10,090…

[@Gumegguai]

APA MK.2, no doubt about it. Took everything that was great about Hardened T-51 PA and supped it up extensively.

[@Workin2anEarlyGrave]

X-01 looks like the Advanced Mark II Power Armor that the Enclave crafted in Fallout 2.

[@quandalesquigly]

Need to do a little more research into lore next time. The T-45 was the most commonly used power armor before the bombs dropped. The T-60 didn't even see deployment until after the Battle of Anchorage. Which was less than 3 months before the bombs dropped and the last major battle of The Great War.

[@f11int]

Talks about T-60. Shows clips of T-51. Absolutely genius

[@thetankman760]

Guy from fortnite

[@FNAFFAN569]

Fallout is a media franchise of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games-and later action role-playing games-created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky,[1][2] at Interplay Entertainment. The series is set during the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd centuries, and its atomicpunk retrofuturistic setting and art work are influenced by the post-war culture of the 1950s United States, with its combination of hope for the promises of technology and the lurking fear of nuclear annihilation. A forerunner of Fallout is Wasteland, a 1988 game

[@FNAFFAN569]

Fallout is a media franchise of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games-and later action role-playing games-created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky,[1][2] at Interplay Entertainment. The series is set during the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd centuries, and its atomicpunk retrofuturistic setting and art work are influenced by the post-war culture of the 1950s United States, with its combination of hope for the promises of technology and the lurking fear of nuclear annihilation. A forerunner of Fallout is Wasteland, a 1988 game developed by Interplay Productions. Fallout is regarded as a spiritual successor to Wasteland

[@thetankman760]

@@FNAFFAN569 yeah from Fortnite

[@Eclipseironvr]

@@thetankman760it’s older then the maker of fornite😭

[@minihttydedits1658]

You guys don't have a sense of humor, r/whoosh

[@rustyletsplays3848]

The T-51 will always be my favorite

[@ark14700]

That's not a feature, that's a bug

[@CassTheBrassQueen]

Bro didn’t even mention T-65, hellcat, or either of the enclave power armors

[@MyEyesAhh]

Remnants power armor gave you that spinning thing on the back tho

[@willcritical7242]

The winterised T-51 has thousands of durability points, making it nearly indestructible, so you never really need to repair it. However it doesn’t grant you near invincibility, as it doesn’t make your HP a few thousand points. It only increases it as much as the regular T-51.

[@AndGoatz04]

Long story short: *fallout 1's "crit for 0 dmg" armor*

[@SandraThePhox]

In Fallout 3 and New Vegas, the strongest in terms of a Strength bonus is the T-45. It is helpful for min maxing special stats or boosting you up just enough to use some big guns

[@roentgen571]

My favorite F3 armor was the winter version of the medic combat armor.

[@vipprimo]

I thought you were going to mess it up, but you recovered perfectly! Well done!

[@windowone]

The t-60 was never deployed, only ever seen in Boston and Appalachia

[@metamorphosisx6641]

And here i sold that armor on my new playthrough because i thought it looked ugly 😭

[@RubyW4RD3N]

"You're not a hero. You're just a walking Corpse."

[@MrPoseido01]

My personal favorite power armor is always going to be the T-45D. Maybe it's not the best, but it gets the job done, plus heck!! It's beautiful

[@dubuyajay9964]

SPEEDRUN TO ANCHORAGE!

[@timothybrandriff6499]

T-51 b!!!! The OG and best. That was the Armor you got in the first Fallout. The original and still the best, bayyyybeeeee!

[@JuckiCZ]

What about Advanced version of this armor from Fallout Tactics? It is much better than original T51 b, isn't it?

[@JulianGem]

Now I KNOW that TECHNICALLY Frank Horrigan's armor is a part of him, BUT still is power armor. So, what would y'all rank it as? Above the X varients or below the T varients?

[@lifelesstutorialbuilder1]

T51 and x01. Walking tanks.

[@andreypotulnitskiy-yq5ie]

T 51 is most beautifully looking for me

[@exonymousprime]

You can't really give the best power armor spot to the T-60 winter when the only thing that would let you give it the spot is a bug it needs to be based on actual stats dude

[@weskintime4177]

In terms of actual defense and power bonuses the Winterized Power Armor falls short to like all the FO4 Power Armor.

[@justv7536]

TLDR; Bethesda armour

[@Slayer-tb4gu]

In my opinion it’s the x-02 power armor it’s easy to get and u don’t have to be any higher level to get it u just have to get the speak of the devil quest and complete it then I’ll have to fight enclave reminists and I’ll have the x-02 power armor to your self

[@yoloswaggins9989]

Winterized T-51B is my favorite.

[@JuckiCZ]

I thought they will mention Advanced Power Armor from Fallout Tactics, which is indestructible and awesome!

[@MadMax-yq9ix]

X02 has taken over

[@jesseholder1578]

Eeyyyy i used the winterized armor forever and quickly found out that i was basically invincible with it on

[@jupiteroptimusmaximus4527]

If the glitch goes right you never have to repair that armor from the DLC

[@quintrapnell3605]

the show should have shown more T-45 and T-51 before flashing T-60

[@Samuel-oi8ql]

Black devil power armor

[@ThatOneGuy-zn3dp]

I don’t think it’s fair to count a bugged item as the most powerful version of power armor lore wise, I mean, logically they wouldn’t have an indestructible armor suit just sitting in a bunker.

[@ryana3298]

The absolute best power armor is the winterized T-51b in fallout 3. It’s indestructible and has good stats.

[@earlofill2580]

As far as I know the technically most advanced set is the Hellfire armor we see in 3 but we all know it’s that winterized t51, which can exclusively be repaired by the much worse unwinterized version

[@nitris789]

X01 is my favorite looking. Just the curves and aggressive presence, gets me hot and heavy

[@padawanslayer4895]

Bruh it's like no one remembers tesla coil power armor

[@ContrastRec]

Talks about t 60, shows t 45 🗿

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

OK so yes, as we suspected, the X-01 (really, the "Advanced Power Armor MkII") is the best power armor as supported by canon.

[@mint_the_protogen]

Talks about T-60 power armor proceeds to show off the T-45 in fallout 4

[@general_armstrong]

i like the legendary pieces you pick up. i usually take armorer pain train and then the perk to make the armor battery last longer

[@Harry-pe2lc]

It has 1 million hit points because of a glitch because in the simulation it has 1 million points

[@Toast_In_a_Bottle]

huh so thats why nothing can kill me on my fallout three save. I'M IMMORTAL.

[@VictorFNV]

You have Power armor? That'll come in handy, theres a settlement in trouble and it needs your help. Here, i'll mark it on your map.

[@Kevin-ti3rz]

I am playing again and i am not the General. I am more like the grunt trying to save everyone , And My game has a bug I think because I get called back to help the same two camps over and over. It's crazy how many different buildings I am finding this time though. I must be the only Minutemen out there

[@m-jenny1649]

The T-60B is a classic.

[@Brex10]

Honestly, that hug is for the best. Otherwise, it would likely be nearly useless because there would be no way to repair it as you can only get one set of it.

[@chrissmith-lehman7040]

“WHO WANTS A BILLION HIT POINTS???”

[@ballpointpress]

Tripped across an X-01 suit missing a helmet, arm, and leg recently. Parked it back at my main base until I find some other pieces.

[@KushDragon420]

If you use the gary corpse you can take everything from the sim back with you in 3

[@brandonflores493]

Nuka cola power armor is pretty freaking strong too

[@PlotoTheMartian]

801 looks like a angry bird

[@grantkuta3180]

Well lore wise it’s hell fire

[@user-hh9yz4wi8j]

Apa Mark II, Apa Mark II, Apa Mark II, Apa Mark II

[@Howzer296]

As of 2024, the enclave XO2 power armor and the hellfire power armor are the best in the game. They added them to fallout 4 for the next gen update.

[@FizionTheProtogen]

Correction, your "t-60" is the T-51 since only the T-45 and T-51 were in the war, (unless you go off the botched cutscene in fallout 4 which is the only thing saying that T-60 was even though of at the time of the war) the T-60was designed and used by the brotherhood of steel, as for the X-01... Lores mixed up for that, old fallout such as 1 2 or 3 say the enclave designed it after the war, fallout 76 said it was made before the war but only mentioned in a loading screen tip

[@jayp8950]

I AM BULLETPROOF!

[@SirSquatchofthenorth]

Talks about the T-60 but shows the T-45 and T-51b

[@archdornan8349]

APA MK2 is the best lore wise. XO1 is its predecessor

[@Gumegguai]

TFW "You were critically hit for 0 hit points. The bruise will look nice, and maybe the scars will make good party talk." >:D

[@SandraThePhox]

​@@GumegguaiA rat hit me with a crit while in that set and did a good chunk of damage. I always imagined it crawled into the suit and took a chunk out of me

[@masterprediction7353]

You feel so invincible in power armor until you run into a giant venomous bug

[@phoenixchampion7]

Eeyep. Especially if you ran into an Albino Radscorpion in Fallout 3- Dear God that thing was a monster.

[@falloutthewindowcrazy7608]

​@@phoenixchampion7hellfire enclave: are we a joke to you? Also the Legendary Deathclaw Rawr from lonesome road: allow me to SCARE THE FOOKIN GOBSHITE OUTTA YOUR ASS WHILE I CHASE YOUR ASS DOWN!!! Seriously though that thing tore power armour apart as if it was toilet paper

[@ThatUnnamedLegionSolder]

Love when bro was talking about t60 he didn't show a single set of t60 and instead showed us t45 t51 an empty chassis and x01 in that order

[@CadenSok]

I was gonna say plot power armour.