Lvl 24: Hit the Deck (lvl12, Explosives 70) This will improve the damage output of Medicine Stick, which we are going to be using against highly armored enemies like Deathclaws and some robots. Results in 1 more shot in VATS for some of your weapons. One of the best perks in the game, improves your critical damage.Ĭrucial perk for everyone who does not want to die. Lvl 16: Better Criticals (lvl16, PE 6, LK 6) If you do not use that mod and do not want to invest in Barter, you can replace this one with Strong Back. However, since I use the Economy Overhaul mod, Barter is very useful anyway. It has an inconvenient requirement of Barter skill. This is the best 'improve your carry capacity' perk. Lvl 12: Silent Running (lvl12, AG 6, Sneak 50)Ībsolutely fundamental for sneaking around successfully. Even if we have sneak attack capabilities, there are many cases where this will come in handy. Improves our critical chance when we are having to fight upclose. 45mm weapons, as well as the Survivilist rifle. In our case, it will improve the damage output of our 9mm and. Lvl 8: Grunt (Lvl 8, Guns 45, Explosives 20)

If you are having trouble getting Repair to 70 this early, just replace this with Toughness, and push all later perks back 2 levels. You do not need to create bullets this early, however we want to take this perk now so that we do not delay other good perks later. This is how you will create your bullets. The latter part be very useful when trying to open tough locks and hack tough computers. Gives +1 permanent skill point to every skill book and a +20 temporary boost to magazines, up from +10. Will make a difference for how many times some of your weapons will be able to fire in VATS (like Maria and a Light Shining in Darkness).

Lvl 2: Intense Training: Agility (requirements: lvl2) (early-mid game) STR 6 PE 6 END 8 CHA 1 INT 8 AG 9 LK 9 therefore, our build will in fact be like the following: Instead, get the sub-dermal implant for +4 DT. You can improve all of these +1 at the Followers Clinic. (initial) STR 5 PE 5 END 7 CHA 1 INT 7 AG 7 LK 8 There are many ways to approach the game. This is NOT the best build ever, nor does it claim to be. Lots of factors play a role, like having experience with the game, knowing how to approach situations, knowing where to go early/later, knowing where the mines and the ambushes are, knowing where to never fast travel to etc-etc. Note that the build on its own does not guarantee success. Other design mod I used was Economy Overhaul (it makes the economy tougher and therefore the Barter skill useful). This is the Guns build that helped me do a full 150h ironman playthrough of New Vegas + dlc + Josh Sawyer Ultimate Mod on Very Hard/Hardcore.

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