Best melee weapon now ?

[MasterDragoOn[QC]]

Wich weapon are the best one in melee now ?

[MilkSteak]

auto-axe

[Mooman]

You'll probably hear auto-axe or chainsaw a lot but I don't consider them melee, they are more short range auto guns/flamers using AP instead of ammo.

True melee are the unarmed, 1h, 2h. These allow you to run between targets and most importantly, block.

The best imo is the Plasma Cutter. It swings at a good speed, can have elemental effects that pair well with Hack and Slash legendary perk (mostly tagging), can use fire mods for Friendly Fire NPC healing and can use sword skins.

Special mention to Deathclaw Gauntlet and Meat Hook unarmed. They are bugged (I think) to allow boosts from unnamed and 1h perks/mutations.

[MasterDragoOn[QC]]

Originally posted by MilkSteak With Raw Jellybeans:

auto-axe

I dont have play on the season 11 so i dont have this weapon.

[MasterDragoOn[QC]]

Originally posted by Mooman:

You'll probably hear auto-axe or chainsaw a lot but I don't consider them melee, they are more short range auto guns/flamers using AP instead of ammo.

True melee are the unarmed, 1h, 2h. These allow you to run between targets and most importantly, block.

The best imo is the Plasma Cutter. It swings at a good speed, can have elemental effects that pair well with Hack and Slash legendary perk (mostly tagging), can use fire mods for Friendly Fire NPC healing and can use sword skins.

Special mention to Deathclaw Gauntlet and Meat Hook unarmed. They are bugged (I think) to allow boosts from unnamed and 1h perks/mutations.

I want to play with one power armor because its more like fallout for me.

I think i will switch for short range like flammethrower because melee weapon look really bad and i dont have play on the season 11 so i dont have the auto axe plans anyways.

Can still get the chainsaw plans ? Flammethrower can be good in this game or its bad ?

[RMPyro]

Deathclaw with extra claw mod with brawler mod on armor is best with +1 str and unyielding on all gear. But almost no one uses this build anymore after the nerf.

[3rd Charger]

Originally posted by Mooman:

The best imo is the Plasma Cutter. It swings at a good speed, can have elemental effects that pair well with Hack and Slash legendary perk (mostly tagging), can use fire mods for Friendly Fire NPC healing and can use sword skins.

Another vote for the Plasma Cutter for the same reasons- cryo, fire, or shock effect and available skins. I have a Samurai outfit and pair it with the Samurai Katana skin on a AA-SS +shock plasma cutter. It works great for Line in the Sand; overhead attacks are one hit kills with the right perks.

If you are using a Bloodied build, Unstoppable Monster (Deathclaw) is still pretty good.

[RobotSoldier]

Fists

[Sr Humungus]

Stealth cultist dagger, glory to mothman!

[Nex]

I really liked unarmed build - deathclaw gauntlet, power fist or gauntlet (settler reputation weapon) are the best choices.

[Prismaa]

For 2handed melee, chainsaw (has only few spawns in world and need to grind to get the best mod for it unlocked) or autoaxe which sadly needs 1000 stamps from expeditions to buy the plan now, for unarmed lots of people say gauntlet is one of the best ones, costs 250gold for the plan from settlers when friendly with them, note cant use unarmed weapons in power armor.

[MilkSteak]

Originally posted by MasterDragoOnQC:

Originally posted by MilkSteak With Raw Jellybeans:

auto-axe

I dont have play on the season 11 so i dont have this weapon.

then chainsaw, it's 2nd best and the difference is marginal compared to auto-axe

[MasterDragoOn[QC]]

Originally posted by Prismaa:

For 2handed melee, chainsaw (has only few spawns in world and need to grind to get the best mod for it unlocked) or autoaxe which sadly needs 1000 stamps from expeditions to buy the plan now, for unarmed lots of people say gauntlet is one of the best ones, costs 250gold for the plan from settlers when friendly with them, note cant use unarmed weapons in power armor.

Where do you buy the auto axe for 1000 stamps i dont see it on the stamps vendor.

[Prismaa]

Originally posted by MasterDragoOnQC:

Originally posted by Prismaa:

For 2handed melee, chainsaw (has only few spawns in world and need to grind to get the best mod for it unlocked) or autoaxe which sadly needs 1000 stamps from expeditions to buy the plan now, for unarmed lots of people say gauntlet is one of the best ones, costs 250gold for the plan from settlers when friendly with them, note cant use unarmed weapons in power armor.

Where do you buy the auto axe for 1000 stamps i dont see it on the stamps vendor.

Weird, the Giuseppe (stamps vendor in winterspring) should have it, I have it there and I never did the seasonal stuff when you could get it from the season reward

[MasterDragoOn[QC]]

Originally posted by Prismaa:

Originally posted by MasterDragoOnQC:

Where do you buy the auto axe for 1000 stamps i dont see it on the stamps vendor.

Weird, the Giuseppe (stamps vendor in winterspring) should have it, I have it there and I never did the seasonal stuff when you could get it from the season reward

Ok i have it its 1000 for real haha price are crazy.

[Prismaa]

Probably faster to get chainsaw and farm enough for scrapping to unlock the dual bar mod, took me day or two for that, there is like 3 chainsaw spawns in the map sadly they follow the regular item respawn aka you need to pickup another like 250 items for the first one to respawn and apparently the expedition map has 3 spawns too, the flamer mod for chainsaw you can often find from watoga vendors, but sadly the dual bar is only from plan you have chance to learn from scrapping the chainsaws, I did this farming few days ago, google can help to find the chainsaw spawn locations.