Which traits should I use for unarmed?

[FlawedFists]

So I've been been debating which traits I should use for unarmed, Ive been looking at forums but so many have different opinions about whats best for unarmed build. So far I've been eyeing fast-shot, Finesse, one hander, small frame and gifted though I feel like using gifted would be cheating. Any tips would be extremely helpful thank you.

[Maine Cheldan]

Gifted is a good thing. Given how hard it can be to make an unarmed run, I wouldn't call that cheating.

One hander can be good as there is no two-handed weapon that counts as "unarmed".

You might want to avoid Fast shot as targeted hits (especially in the head/eyes/groin/arms) can be very important. Enemies will fire at point blank, so criticals hits are very important before they deal too much damage.

I'd say the most important SPECIAL stats would be Agility (more action points) and Endurance (you'll have to take some hits before reaching the target)

Remember, these weapons count as "unarmed" : Brass Knucles, Spiked Knuckles, and Power Fist (rare late game weapon)

[Johnny Casey]

Originally posted by Maine Cheldan:

Gifted is a good thing. Given how hard it can be to make an unarmed run, I wouldn't call that cheating.

One hander can be good as there is no two-handed weapon that counts as "unarmed".

You might want to avoid Fast shot as targeted hits (especially in the head/eyes/groin/arms) can be very important. Enemies will fire at point blank, so criticals hits are very important before they deal too much damage.

I'd say the most important SPECIAL stats would be Agility (more action points) and Endurance (you'll have to take some hits before reaching the target)

Remember, these weapons count as "unarmed" : Brass Knucles, Spiked Knuckles, and Power Fist (rare late game weapon)

Your advice would be great, if you only want to fight against very earlier enemies. Your build would be less effective as the game progress.

Unarmed skill basically has the highest amount of points at the begining, even if you pick gifted trait. That means, you can max the skill very quickly, since the amount of point to reach the max is very little. In other words, you WILL get the highest chance to hit for unarmed, regardless. So from my knowledge, One hander seems a bit of waste.

On the other hand, fast shot is far more greater than one hander as for the later circumstances. Sure, you can't perform any eyes or balls attacks, but it doesn't matter, you'll get the SLAYER perk later which gives you every melee attacks as crits.
Also Considering the fact that you'll get Bonus HtH attack - 1 less AP costs for unarmed attack - very early in the game, you can punch for only costs of 1 AP with the fast shot traits.

TL;DR - 5 punches VS 10 punches. Who wins?

[EolSunder]

I would say gifted and fast shot are excellent. In fallout fastshot works with any weapons, not just its description. You'll be able to punch extremely fast and good damage, and you'll want the maximum attacks with 10 agility. One hander is useless as you'll get good with hitting anyway, waste of a perk. it would only help you at the very early stages of the game, and will be useless later on.

make sure your stats will let you pick up the needed slayer perks, bonus hth attacks, and movement to get you into fist range faster without wasting combat aps.

[Uzi Master]

pretty sure fast shot doesnt work with unarmed in Fallout 1. In 2 it;s only ranged weapons, in 1 it works with melee, but I'm pretty sure not unarmed in either.

[EolSunder]

fast shot in fallout 1 works with ANY weapons. fully unarmed no, but knuckles, power fists, etc all count as weapons. fast shot is suppose to work with only thrown or guns, but only in fallout 1 does it work on all weapons. Doesn't in the other fallouts, just 1.

So it works with any weapon, guns, melee weapons, unarmed weapons, what ever.

[FlawedFists]

Thank you all so much for the advice guys I really appreciate it.