Best unarmed weapons?

[Kompenschnitzel]

Haven't gotten around to playing the DLCs yet so I'm wondering if there are any better unarmed weapons in 'em

[bunny de fluff]

i really hate that you cannot kick people in this game unless they are lying on the ground.

[Bibo1]

You mean melee weapons? Because if you use a weapon you're not unarmed any more ;)
I've heard the Sledgehammer can be upgraded quite well although I'd probably stick to a ripper or sword with upgrades.

[Borrolan]

Best melee weapon - imho - is The Harvester (FH legendary Ripper) With the appropriate perks, and modifications, this thing is almost over powered. Brzzz...staggers enemy...brzzz...staggers enemy. Keep up the brzzz until enemy is in bits.

[Bibo1]

In Fo4 vanilla I didn't use the ripper after a while because it was just too easy.

[tulle040657]

Dogmeat

[kaffekoppen]

Guys, "unarmed" is a weapon category. They are not the same as melee weapons.

Originally posted by Kompelette:

Haven't gotten around to playing the DLCs yet so I'm wondering if there are any better unarmed weapons in 'em

The only new unarmed weapon type in the DLCs is the meat hook (in Far Harbor), but the Pack Alpha perk from Nuka World is also useful for unarmed because it increases damage by 25%.

[Chaosium]

You probably won't find better than the good ol' furious power fist in terms of damage output.

[Rez Elwin]

Furious Powerfist and deathclaw Gauntlet are the two best Unarmed weapons. The Powerfist should be easy to get just have to beat Swan. The Gauntlet is a little harder imo, Savage deathclaw in a small space at low level might not end well.

[Kalsu]

Your naked fists.

[Mr.MilkMann]

Originally posted by Kompelette:

Haven't gotten around to playing the DLCs yet so I'm wondering if there are any better unarmed weapons in 'em

Unfortunately, unarmed was left in the dust due to the change in perk/skill systems. What I'm getting at, is that unarmed as a whole isn't viable in fallout 4, and the best you can get is a deathclaw gauntlet and furious power fist, but most of all, the butcher hook from Far Harbor (In my opinion, due to the damage and relentless effect, which can be ridiculously powerful in a luck based build). However, as I said, you shouldn't use unarmed, as it is greatly outclassed by Melee weapons, and especially firearms (For the most part, with excetions, like Atom's Judgement (Far Harbor) or the Instigating Disciples Cutlass (From Nuka-World)

[kaffekoppen]

There just aren't enough fist weapons in the game, that's the main problem. Unarmed can actually deal decent damage, especially after Nuka World (perks for +10% unarmed and +25% unarmed damage). It's certainly viable, much more than that, the weapon selection is just crap.

The melee weapons just got so much love with the DLCs where unarmed got... the meat hook, and that's it, and I'd still rather have the furious power fist.