Best Legendary Effects&Weapons For Damage and OP?

[POGGERS!]

I just found a Wounding 10mm Pistol (+25 Bleed Damage) and it got me thinking is it worth using and what would be a better effect for damage and other OP weapons with the best effects to make a really good Legendary wep/effect combo?

[Stabbity]

Depends on playstyle. I stealth and like weapons that do double damage when enemy is full health.

[DaddyJokee]

neverending is also a good one. Still needs ammo but cuts back on having to mod for magazines, thus it allows greater damage barrels and whatnot because you won't add weight by midding clips.

[Xarko]

Double damage when enemy is full health for clearing trash.
% chance to cripple limb for high health bosses.

Welcome to easy mode

[ghpstage]

Wounding on any gun with a decent RoF (or shotgun) is in the IWIN button category of OP, along with kneecapping and explosive. Make that thing automatic and watch it drop everything.

[Brownstone]

Explosive is probably the best if you invest both in that weapon type's specific perks and Demolition Expert.

[cgillmore85]

The explosive shotgun I've got is definitely my most used "oh ♥♥♥♥ I'm about to die if I don't do something quick"weapon.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Some combinations to keep an eye out for:


Exploding or Wounding shotguns. Both exploding and wounding add damage per pellet that they would for a full projectile from any other gun, making shotguns very efficient here. Also, the added damage is not reduced due to range. Both are also excellent at +dps for automatic weapons (gatling laser, flamethrower, whatevs) if you don't mind the relative ammo-inefficiency of automatics.

Furious automatic weapons -- damage increases per consecutive hit on same target.

Instigating semi-automatic/bolt action rifles. Double damage if target is at full health -- stacks neatly with sneak-attack bonuses, weak spot, Rifleman, Ninja, Sandman... extremely powerful if you have other modifiers to improve that first-hit damage and you have a suppressor to make it easier to make additional sneak attacks on other targets.

Kneecapper weapons are worth a look -- they're not really OMG ROFLSTOMP general-purpose weapons, but the 25% chance of crippling a leg even on a shot to center of mass is excellent if you're being charged by a pack of ghouls or a Deathclaw. Deathclaws are trivialized if they're literally reduced to a crawl. If you're using them just for this and using another weapon as your primary damage dealer, the per-hit cripple chance is independent of weapon damage or ROF, so a lightweight 10mm kneecapping pistol converted to a full-auto would be better for this role than a kneecapper .50 cal rifle.

[Brownstone]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

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Kneecapper is really good, even on melee weapons. I beat a Deathclaw to death with the Big Jim on my first playthrough.