Top 10 Best and Most Powerful Legendary Weapon Effects in Fallout 4 (Including DLC)

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What's going on guys! This is VinylicPuma, back with another Fallout 4 countdown video and today, I wanted to go over 10 of what I think are some of the Best, Most Powerful and Most Useful Legendary Weapon Effects in Fallout 4. Now I think you'll find that many of the best Legendary Weapon Effects are going to appear on this list, but if you felt that I missed one, feel free to leave it in the comments section below.
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[@Slumville]

Man I still get excited when I encounter a legendary enemy and take it down only to end up getting disappointed when it's a stupid armor piece or rolling pin.

[@royearle1673]

Same.... I always get armor with a useless effect, and when i do get a good weapon, like a Gauss rifle, it usualy has a bad effect, like the junkies effect.

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

It's annoying if you get a crappy weapon with a good effect or a good weapon with terrible effect.

[@chocotoolit]

I feel this so much😂😂

[@FrozenCalzone]

@@royearle1673 I got a plasma infused gauss rifle.

[@royearle1673]

@@FrozenCalzone Lucky bastard... I got a enraging pipe revolver...

[@vpgnto]

best is Ghoul Slayer's Gamma Gun

[@samul9763]

I agree

[@sockhorsegaming2616]

Yes

[@lazertech1241]

Um what😂

[@bee5440]

I actually pulled that once

[@epitaphuser190]

Lol!

[@skinny2swole]

Just got a wounding flamer. It makes the flamer feel soo much cooler to use when you're actually doing good damage

[@JoMcD21]

Damn, that's badass

[@BoboMagroto26]

Can I openly admit, I have killed myself with Explosive Legendaries... (I never learn that I shouldn't be trusted this explosives)

[@analothor]

Lol never fire at your feet with an explosive shotgun 😂

[@christopherconard2831]

Acrobat armor works great with explosive shotguns. Jump from high point to high point without fear of taking falling damage. The gun becomes a mini MIRV. You are far enough away that you won't take explosive damage, and all missed shots hit and explode right next to your target.

[@nathan_thorn6906]

Explosive 10mm pistols are amazing if you find one, though

[@barackobama129]

Henry Weller nothing on the ecc

[@gamester512]

That's me with a Two-Shot MIRV Launcher....one-shotted myself even in fully upgraded X-01 Power Armor. Talk about having an "Oops!" moment. :P

[@utisti4976]

I miss the days when getting a legendary weapon meant getting a weapon with a unique model. :(

[@bensutcliffe1975]

But thay would take effort on the part of the devs.

[@Captainoob]

Deliverer, Kremvh's tooth, Broadsider, Tesla Rifle, The Striker, JunkJet, Cryolator, Grognaks Axe, Atoms Judgement and Alien Blaster There's plenty. Shutup :^)

[@lemmy8947]

@@Captainoob that's helluva lot less than the fallout 3 and New Vegas

[@ostmen_draugr]

@@Captainoob those are just unique variants (some of which dont even have legendary effects). I have more legendary effect weapons in my storage than unique guns

[@Shishomuru]

Junk Jet and the Alien Blaster are not unique, they are just incredibly rare. I think 2 or 3 Junk Jets can be acquired and if you have Nuka World you can obtain a second Alien Blaster from the Hubologist side quest.

[@AdonanS]

I found a legendary combat shotgun with the wounding effect in one of my playthroughs. It was a thief build, so I wasn't even suppose to be using shotguns, but the weapon ended up being so strong that I stuck with it.

[@christianmoen9247]

Never end double barrel will turn fallout into doom

[@christianmoen9247]

Ending

[@warbringer11128]

my favourite unique weapon is my explosive shotgun even tho im using a luck sniper build lol

[@nicks732]

Since I play on hard mode , the first legendary weapon I found was a kneecapper pipe rifle . I dropped it thinking it was a trash effect . I stand corrected 😔

[@jacklucian8]

Nice profile pic dude

[@johnkittz]

Lol same. Now I cant find one to save my life.

[@peterneimann9803]

Rip my friend Just imagine it as a machinegun going against a deathclaw 5 shots and it already cant move to you

[@randomguy4507]

@@peterneimann9803 I have one and I can confirm that deathclaw is dead

[@fazethetigerv17]

I play on super hard around level 70 and still get leather armour that makes super mutants deal 5 less damage grrrrrrr

[@keynanmartinez]

Top 10 Farming Spots in Fallout 4.

[@Luke_Marto]

keynan martinez yes yes yes yes yes

[@keynanmartinez]

@@Luke_Marto We seriously need it.

[@burreattoe]

That would be an AMAZING video.

[@Shishomuru]

If you have Nuka World and the Surveillance Creation make yourself a kill box at the Nuka World Red Rocket (their is only one spawn and its easy to enclose) then roll Gunners, later waves on Very Hard will sometimes have 2-3 Legendary Enemies. If your trying to Loot Lock, by save scumming the first time you go to the Institute, and enter the FEV labs one entrance leads directly to the storage area, that almost always spawns a high level Assaultron who can yield things like Explosive Minigun's and Two Shot Gauss Rifles. Alternatively you can go to the National Guard Training Yard, you can save scum at two points, once at each entrance as you progress through both buildings. The first area tends to spawn a Legendary Withered Ghoul who will spawn upwards of Hand Made Rifle's and Plasma weapons. The second area of that location will spawn a Legendary Glowing One which is a good spot to get your hands on a coveted Explosive Minigun. Hope that helps ;D Their's other locations obviously but those are the three main ones I remember, sadly the first one can only been done once I believe as the robots that spawn in the FEV area do not respawn.

[@scottishcommentary5917]

Can grow food anyway lol 😂

[@krisguntner4805]

A semi auto explosive shotgun with a medium-long range scope gives both long ranged and short range devastation. A silencer makes it insane at range. Best weapon in the game.

[@frankhorriganfromfallout2]

I’m actually gonna do a stealth build using that weapon

[@intothekey]

Had that on the first playthough I ever did.

[@Krymsin-Zombie]

Not that this weapon & effect combo is over the top strong like the ones listed. However I was blessed to get an irradiated flamer early in the game and it's a light switch for human type enemies.

[@0Ploxx]

Try righteous authority and Kellogg’s pistol with critical banker+Gun Fu and you will kick ass

[@barackobama129]

The scout this is not the real scout

[@Pingu4708]

I ended up getting an irradiated laser pistol, which I just converted to a rifle and used it until I got my hands on a two-shot one

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

I miss you sometimes puma. I hope you're doing well, wherever you are nowadays.

[@SparksHardcoreMusic]

Using a Minigun as a melee weapon, spinning it up with no ammo and that mod to it. Genius. Lmao.

[@Chris-jw8vm]

Huh I didn't even know before that that mod did damage just from spinning and that you can continue to spin the barrel after it's out of ammo. Neat.

[@sweetwolfasmraudio6726]

Will the rapid effect with the accelerated barrel help

[@mannyb2619]

"As all the weapon you have available for a given weapon will fit in the magazine." Needs to be a mod for the Junk Jet to let you do this for all those worthless pipe pistols you find on Raiders.

[@ultimatenothing5539]

You can scrap for junk

[@TLimon235]

Splatter cannon/problem solver are some of the best guns in the whole game in my opinion. On something with really high hp, like a hermit crab, or an enraged fog crawler this gun will just tear them apart.

[@christopherconard2831]

I've been playing for over two years. I'm still waiting to get my hands on an explosive minigun.

[@tatsumifrost7513]

I don’t want a explosive minigun because I have a furious and it is so op

[@christopherconard2831]

I just got my first explosive minigun two days ago. Holy Shit, that thing really is as OP as people said it was! Having Heavy Gunner, and explosives expert maxed out makes ranged combat almost instakill. Unfortunately, much like when I got my first explosive shotgun, I need to learn how to stop suiciding.

[@aidanhatton3165]

Christopher Conard if only we could get an explosive flamer

[@tatsumifrost7513]

LongLoadingTime I might try that because I have a mod that lets me put legendary weapon effects on

[@amandaadrian9530]

I got a kneecapper and wounding minigun which one is better? I'd say the kneecapper for irradiated freaks like deathclaws or super mutants but I think wounding is better

[@noname-hq4hh]

I had the fortune of picking up a wounding minigun on my very first playthrough. It could take down a mirelurk queen in seconds. Pure glory. :)

[@isaiahlouis9548]

I was hoping the staggering effect would be on this list

[@TheMrWillje]

Dude, these are amazing videos. I'm so glad I found your channel because you seem to really love the game and crunching numbers and you're really objective. I Can watch so many of these in one sitting. Keep doing what you love, mate. I sure love it.

[@spicysharkgaming]

I definitely agree with this list! I personality enjoy the plasma infused effect on ballistic weapons because it’s rather funny to watch an enemy melt into a puddle after shooting them with a bullet. Keep up the videos!

[@FredRated1967]

I use a shotgun with the kneecapper effect for crowd control.

[@yeeth391]

Sargent ash

[@Craxin01]

That Kiloton Radium Rifle is A BEAST. Max the perks, mod it to be automatic with a long-range scope, and you'll almost never need to use a different weapon ever again. Bonuses to radiation damage, explosive damage, commando boosts, plus all the right mods, and you'll chew through everything. ESPECIALLY damaging to human enemies because of the radiation damage. Hell, I happened across a legendary enemy with an Explosive Radium Rifle (essentially the Kiloton Radium Rifle without the name), and I never put it down.

[@spookmc2540]

I got it too. One of my fav guns.

[@dubbaz1457]

I got an instigating radium rifle once, it was amazing

[@barackobama129]

Ok chill out dang

[@YinPhinLim]

Seen it before many times. Referred to it often. It is a superb work of effort and analyzing (plus your testing). Bravo, bravo.

[@seanthegamer46_80]

I'm surprised u didn't mention the legendary effect that slows down time when aiming down the sights. Yes I know it's not the best and it's only really good for high dps weapons but I still think it's really good but hey ho it's ur list and I'm still in agreement with it. Keep up the good work

[@charlottefrazier3500]

Deadeye?

[@ostmen_draugr]

So glad someone is making updated FO4 videos. Subbed & bell on

[@thesaucylorax]

"All the weapon you have available for a given weapon will fit into the magazine"

[@SwagDaddy801]

Hey VinylicPuma. I love your channel. Thanks for the content and great videos!

[@finrot_crapbag]

Another great video. I now carry 3 guns in the game, knee capping sub machine gun, spray and pray and fully specced gauss rifle.

[@Sioux-periorGaming]

I once found a legendary wounding laser pistol, did 25 point of bleed damage, I added the one mod where is also does burn damage. The thing would shred early game enemies and because of the insane fire rate I was able to kill just about anything. Almost anything but it was awesome to have, I turned it into a rifle and it did more damage and had better range/accuracy but yeah. I did get an exploding shotgun through the far harbor dlc that was also pretty dope. Other than that I haven't had much luck, most of it was just random crap or armor.

[@jvirrager9940]

My favorite legendary weapon that I used a lot…was the furious ripper. Back when the radio guys quest was glitched out…it had a strange effect on my character that made my guy just drop like the unkillable npc’s and the get back up. Combination of both that glitch and the furious ripper made my guy unstoppable killing force in the glowing sea and helped me level my character up insanely fast with the very hard difficulty.

[@N9Entertainment_]

Two shots explanation? Ahhhhh you're a God. Thank you for this

[@mischievousjr.9299]

I didn't get it

[@deeznuts2498]

Nice list

[@john.b8703]

Wassup puma love all your vids they're very helpful and educating

[@Scottyboy185]

Great video lol I’m late to the party but the show got me on board, lol also thanks for all the tips and tricks 💯👊🏾 my personal opinion I use the overseers arms because I’m a Vats heavy player along with a gunslinger build and that shit helps this is just an opinion of mine lol great video overall

[@foxincrocs]

the way that never ending interacts with laser muskets is cool too because it essentially gives you unlimited cranks

[@Scrublord96]

I'm lvl 10 and had a neverending double barrel sawed off. It's great for crowds

[@snoweydrip887]

Love your vids watch them all the time!

[@noaweeski300]

Hi i love your videos I’ve been watching since you started borderlands series

[@demarcusvonlaquaviouslxix7954]

He doesn't care

[@Crackmiser]

Got an explosive combat shotgun pretty early on in my very first playthrough, because I was so young it didn’t realize till much later how lucky I was. I guess in hindsight I should have figured it out earlier since it was one of the only weapons I continued to use throughout the entire game.

[@peterneimann9803]

I had a knee breaker radium rifle around lvl 20 It was soo broken you have no idea My no reload shotgun wasnt that great, to much recoil

[@sodog44]

My favorite weapon to this day was a wounding minigun. I would blast something with a burst, then watch them run to me and fall over. So much fun.

[@mischievousjr.9299]

Sounds hella dope

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

I found a explosive 10mm rapid pistol. I use it in conjunction with a 10mm staggering pistol. Both found random on legendaries

[@Mighty_Dork]

Wounding ranged weapons can be OP as fuck. Especially high speed big magazine weapons and the combat shotgun

[@Roguerebel297]

Wounding flamer was pretty great

[@phenglor88]

I randomly found a wounding combat shotgun. I killed Swan before he even got up from the pool.

[@SlimyTissue]

dang that two shot missile launcher with homing looked really fun lol

[@footrot17]

I'm play for the first time, my favorites so far are 10mm auto pistol with bleeding damage and a hunting rifle converted to a 50 cal sniper that shoots two projectiles. The bleeding damage really makes up for the smallish 24 round mag

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

Those are two really good combos you got there. Congrats.

[@larsneyrinck729]

In my previous playtrough i had a auto pipe pistol with the cripling effect, having this effect on not so good guns makes any gun massively OP. This type of ammo you will find anywhere and mostly you have the most of that kind. Cripling enemies with your pistol and finishing them of with another stronger rifle, you will survive anything at that point.

[@matthegamer2232]

I have had both wounding and explosive shotguns both are amazing

[@funki4896]

The best effect is handsdown the Sentinel's - if you have all 6 armor pieces and a weapon with this effect you get NO damage while standing still. Yes I mean NO damage. You become completely invincible (unless you fall off a building 😁).

[@salamathesusatbiyernesulit2161]

My last character was a Nerd Rage melee build, using an unyielding armor set and a bloodied baseball bat and with Strong as a companion.

[@grayman4239]

Good info, well time to revamp.

[@andrewlee5313]

I love the partystarter with the assassin effect

[@Tyler_Lalonde-]

Have you examined the effect of the violent effect, to see if the 25% is based on the base receiver damage?

[@billcox8870]

I have an explosive combat shotgun and it is fantastic. So far I'm level 116 in survival mode with it. As long as I am far enough away I can take down pretty much any threat. I loved using it in the glowing sea.

[@toonbat]

Probably my favorite weapon in the game is the .38 pipe gun with the Explosive effect. Sure, it doesn't deal as much damage as a shotgun or a minigun, but that can be a good thing, as you can render yourself almost completely immune to its damage at close range with some dense armor. Combined with the extremely plentiful ammo, it makes it hard to need any other gun for most of the game.

[@zombiehunter5923]

Thanks for sharing this list now I know what legendaries effects to look for

[@MikipatamBR]

I got an Instigator Musket Laser which I named "General's Judgement" and, BOY, isn't that the luckiest catch I ever got! It basically make a six-crank be the same as a 12-crank, which is ridiculous!

[@brianmaposua870]

Kneecapper Powerful auto 10mm pistol is one of my favourite weapons to use. Especially against creatures.

[@fox9t18]

My new character has two-shot laser musket and wounding automatic pipe rifle, they overpowered. Deathclaws never stand a chance against either.

[@phantomJK]

My first playthrough after far harbor was released i found a random raider with an explosive radium rifle. It's been my favorite gun in the game ever since, never even had to go to far harbor to buy it.

[@Lugia1113]

The internus Gatling laser in the Nuka World DLC can be very strong in fact it is very strong the only downside is if you accidentally take out all the ammo and the Gatling laser you can never use it again unless you reload a save

[@nervsouly]

When my automatics build character found an assault rifle with the two shot effect, that was my grail day right there. :D

[@dominickv8253]

Another good VATS enhanced weapon is the VATS enhanced laser rifle when you give it a short barrel and replacing the stock with a pistol grip. If you have enough action points or are using VATS enhanced armor you can actually get about 17 shots while using VATS

[@xtreamg5739]

Inonce got a two shot hunting rifle and i was just about to leave it there but i toke it just to see how strong it could be if i upgraded, its my favorite weapon now

[@chilidognation618]

Your one of my favorite youtubers

[@lambetking6103]

Hey Puma, can you show off the never ending effect on the laser musket? It's really fun, I promise.

[@mehphala9184]

Wouldn’t that just use all of your cells at once?

[@chris5942]

I have picked up two 2shot.50 cal Bolt Action Pipe weapons. One is my sniper. One is my up close pistol. I love them both. They make me aim and take my time lining up that perfect shot. They are also light weight and more effective than the heavy .50 cal rifles I have. I have no idea why they seem more powerful but I am going with it. The legendary .50 Pipe bolt action with rad damage is awesome too.

[@TyreeseTheAscendedOne]

Never played the fallout series but looks awesome

[@coolgameplays1454]

I love furious is so OP and two shots its the two strongest effects in this game Two shots to nuka launcher or fatman Furious to the rest

[@TheMaiztro]

I once had a never ending barrel shotgun, it was fun to use.

[@KngMaxwell]

just got a wounding radium rifle and explosive combat shotgun like back to back, prolly favorite legendary weapons possible (besides aeternus)

[@Dray1]

I got a Wounding Combat Shotgun, amazing...

[@whiterunjarl625]

98th viewer. Love your videos vinylic puma

[@JoshHarris9395]

I've just found an Instigating Missile Launcher so I'm glad you mentioned it in this video - I've been googling and apparently it's pointless. The ML consists of a small amount for projectile impact damage and then high explosive damage. The missile impact reduces the health, meaning you only get double for that and not the explosion. Is this the case or is this something that has since been fixed? The posts I've been reading were from 2016.

[@jamesworkshop9181]

just have to go for indirect explosions on Instigating Defiant is actually the better ML power, every shot will be double dmg without the Quad barrel.

[@dreadd90]

Fixed ? Lmao ! This is Bethesda ! Nothing get fixed...

[@kalen2465]

Bugthesda never fixes anything. They just break it more.

[@jareddiamond5133]

1:27 - "Where'd it go?" It went over your head and only a piece of it can be seen in the top-left corner of the screen for about a third of a second to half of a second.

[@sagetheweeb2154]

The harpoon gun with the shotgun ammo and explosive effect, renamed mine to “Grape Shot”

[@ibrahimabdallah7638]

I purchased this game the year it came out and have probably played through it every summer- after football and basketball season. But I have only gotten an Explosive Gauss Rifle this play through. I have never gotten a Two Shot Gauss or Gatling Laser. I got a Nocturnal Gauss and Gatling each and they are pretty powerful at night. But I got them so late, it didn’t really matter.

[@theironduke981]

Can the final judgement be pickpocketed from elder maxson if you want to side with the brotherhood? And can you loot it off him if you side with the minutemen?

[@SilverBlack-ne8zp]

My most lucky legendary gun was an explosive combat shotgun, turned out to be my best weapon in the game

[@gamebrainjagras4193]

I got a wounding pipe pistol and it’s a beast, the absolute crazy amount of .38 rounds you get makes the thing one of the strongest automatic weapons in the game

[@DarthDaddy-cg6ro]

Thanks.

[@jonnyvegasxd4058]

I have a vats enhanced super Sledge. Also I like using spray and prey with all of my upgrades takes an enemy down very quickly as long as I don't shoot when I'm too close, I've killed myself more times than I can count.

[@StGorian]

Still love the vids especially because I just keep learning stuff....

[@pavelpechacek3380]

You with Wounding combat shotgun vs deathclaw = sad creature bleeding out while you run around. I wish to have here perk "and stay back" -> jumping in the middle of deathclaws, VATS yourself in to a party of pets sleeping on the floor...

[@barackobama129]

Nobody cares dude

[@CrimsonTide1019]

The mighty effect (25% more damage) on my newest Gause Rife is insane, rocking 728 Damage❤ and his little brother adds 10 points of energy damage, adding up to 639 + 33 energy damage, that blue and green beem is wonderful

[@slyllamademon2652]

Something I wish they would’ve put on the energy weapons in the absence of the explosive effect is what I would call the “volatile.” Legendary effect. Basically on kill the enemy explodes dealing damage proportional to the damage dealt. Which means weapons like flamers and Gatling lasers would be less effective, while lasers and plasmas would be more effective.

[@isaacwebb6086]

I’ve never gotten anything plasma infused. Ever. But I do have 4 irradiated rolling pins in my current playthrough

[@HotYoghurt1]

Can you get a rocket launcher with explosive effect? Would it do anything like increase the damage or something? I’ve got stuff like the never ending rolling pin before which was completely fucking useless

[@slyllamademon2652]

While niche the irradiated effect is really good when you have nuclear physicist because you’re going to be doing 100 radiation damage per shot, which means anything that’s not immune to radiation damage is subject to being microwaved by whatever gun it’s on.

[@EconAtheist]

one time i got an enraging .38 about 15-20 min into a survival mode build (can't even remember what i was trying to play as)... gave up on it after a few hours because it was soooo simple to sit back and vats crits-spaz the toughest enemies into beating the piss out of one another, which got me into locations that were otherwise nigh-impossible at single digit char levels. ended up with so much amazing gear so quickly that it became embarrassment of riches and sucked the fun out of everything.

[@jamesworkshop9181]

Junkies gets very competitive at 7 addictions for 105% dmg which makes it beat out other options like two-shot or instigating.

[@bfchristianbf]

A two shot minigun / gatling laser is my fallout 4 wet dream for a heavy weapons character I would love to see it on action

[@joshualizard9658]

IDK... He didn't take into account the double recoil that also seems to come with that 2-shot effect. Do an accuracy check with a dozen shots from the Overseer's Guardian against the nearest wall. The spread is all over tha place. Then try the same for a combat rifle with the same mods and look at the nice tight cluster. My guess is on a mini gun it would suck.. The 2-shot should drop down 2 spots after the poison and stagger..

[@iexplodonateri7378]

Little known OP weapon: Kneecapper Radium Rifle. I got one recently in my current playthrough, and I use it on everything because of how powerful it is and how useful Kneecapper is.

[@barackobama129]

Probably because the base item is good, plenty of other legendary effects would be much more op

[@Kevlashnikov]

I've found a freezing and plasma infused flamer they add a unique color to the flame effect.

[@katscagurangan585]

I think The instigating effect works best for snipers aince a sniper character with the “sniper and sneak class” perks (ninja, mister sandman, sneak, sniper and rifleman) since you can get up to 5.3x damage on an enemy plus the double damage from the legendary effect plus the already high base damage of your snipers, all your enemies will die in a single hit, and this is what a sniper coass is all about

[@norita5825]

Can u do a Top 10 Best DLC weapons or did you already

[@TEMPEST0US]

my favourite is by far 2 shot, especially with my MIRV launcher ;)

[@sempraviar9775]

In my 1st playtrow/save i have tons of all of those wouding guns. Need to test then lol

[@cyrus_deimos8147]

Most people don’t know this but if you have Danes as a companion you can teleport to pydwen go to elder and he will have his gun

[@dillpickle7358]

I have both the explosive mini gun and shotgun