Is there a viable Melee / Gunslinger build?

[daterxies]

Ive done 3 games (beat main story with BoS and The Institute so far) and want to start new game now and hopfully be level 30 by the time nuka world comes out.

Every game ive planned on doing something, mainly stealth, or sniper.. but its always ends the same and i just use a combat rifle and a combat shotgun... so i want to change it up

Is a close range build, using VATs viable with Melee & Pistols? Thinking maybe S9, A9, L5
Get rooted & Blitz for Melee, Quick hands, action boy, and Idiot Savant for leveling as i wont have anything to put into intelligence.

Think this would be ok?

[WarMachine]

At early levels no. You'll spread too thin and if it is survival get yourself killed, and in base game it wont be to bad if it was set to an easier setting. But you need to begin with a solid build and expand from there.

But the build is possible, and workable with enough levels, I'm currently running something similar in a survival game now.

[daterxies]

Perhaps in the begining should i just focus on One or the other.. and once i have quite a few points invested in one start to branch out to the other?

i play on VH as i dont like no fast travel in survival.

[WarMachine]

Originally posted by daterxies:

Perhaps in the begining should i just focus on One or the other.. and once i have quite a few points invested in one start to branch out to the other?

i play on VH as i dont like no fast travel in survival.

Your best bet imo, focus on hard hitting pistols and building your endurance. Collect the skills to improve the gun and add melee to it, then start building the melee. Personally think that melee is to weak starting out, as you have to dump points into strength and still isn't as effective as just shooting them half the time. Grab strength and combat bonuses, bobbleheads, while your building it up.

[ WraithGear]

Make your way to the comic store and pick up geoknaks axe. Melee is just as viable as anything else...actually it's more broken then anything else. You just have to rely on normal guns at first like every one else

[Kitty]

Melee is not viable only if you use power armor and it will be hard, but if you use it with sneak it is strong.

Gunslider is fine, pistols+vats is really strong, start with big luck :)
It is kinda fun

[casualsailor]

Here is a complete guide to a Survial Power Armor / Melee / Comando build. Just change commando to gunslinger and get Wastelander's Friend, Kellog's Pistol and/or The Deliverer and you should be good to go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMJrCBo31Vo&list=PLuzGD5C-DjX82ofb365xAlaQDlFfjxVit

[SuperBobKing]

I recently started a pistol/vats character on very hard, and am at about 18 now. I do have a rifle for when there is an enemy I need to kill beyond pistol range, but I don't use it often. It was a bit hard to survive at the beginning, but I was able to make it work. After reaching about level 15 I reached a point where it wasn't very difficult to survive anymore. I suggest prioritizing getting ballistic weave, and you should get The Deliverer in the process. Those two things will make a big difference.

I am only using leather armor and not using a companion. If I was using better armor and had a companion with me it would probably have been a lot easier. I don't remember exactly what my endurance is, but I know it isn't very high.

[H.Honor]

Originally posted by Oblivion:

Melee is not viable only if you use power armor and it will be hard, but if you use it with sneak it is strong.

Gunslider is fine, pistols+vats is really strong, start with big luck :)
It is kinda fun

melee is very viable if you do a sneak build got a knife that does 100+ damage with sneak attack can do x11 damage