Forum:Killing the Legendary Deathclaw

I walk right in with T-51b and a minigun. If that fails try using a grenade MG if your feeling brave and skilled enough not to blow yourself up. Try hot keying stimpacks. Im on Hardcore mode and Normal having no problems. So about five times now I have got to the Legendary Deathclaw in Dead Wind Cavern after killing most of the other normal Deathclaws in the same cave. However, I find it impossible to kill this darn thing. Im on difficulty of Easy, and have most of the weapons in the game. Any advice on how to kill this beast? Thanks. MattFlan.


 * Do you have Wild Wasteland? Yes Man default.png 08:38, September 18, 2011 (UTC)

No. I wish I did though, Alien blaster sounds pretty fun. MattFlan.


 * hmm, in FO3:NV i used a trail of mines i lured the Deathclaw Mother and the Alpha across. It takes a lot of mines but might just give you the upper hand you need in adition to a storm of firepower--Loonix 09:39, September 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Minigun + AP rounds. - Crazy Sam10 Talk User blog:Crazy sam10[[File:ShadowAttackSmallAni.gif]] 09:45, September 18, 2011 (UTC)

Well I was only level 8 when I did this. But personally I popped a shitload of chems and went in with That Gun and AP rounds. Killed every deathclaw on my first try. Lightning 09:54, September 18, 2011 (UTC)

In a play through in which I had limited myself to handguns and shotguns, I remember carefully stalking through the cave with a SWC loaded Ranger Sequoia, worried I'd take down one Deathclaw only to get caught by another while reloading until I finally got to the Legendary Deathclaw which promptly charged me as I unloaded at it... then it got itself stuck in a wall. So I put away the Sequoia, pulled out Maria loaded with regular 9mm and just chipped away at its HP. Dr. Lobotomy 16:49, September 18, 2011 (UTC)

You should try crippling the legs, that makes deathclaws a lot easier to take down. Also on my 1st playthru i used This Machine with 100 guns skill and was able to take large chunks of health away. On my 2nd playthru i used the gauss rifle with 100 ew skill and that made it a hell of a lot easier. Also dont forget to stack chems with psycho, med-x, slasher, and buffout!--FalloutKiller 18:03, September 18, 2011 (UTC)

Stealth is your friend. Try and kill the Deathclaws via conventional means, and when you get to the Legendary Deathclaw, plant tonnes of mines between you and it, select your most powerful single shot weapon and get a good sneak attack on it's head. You'll take loads off it's health, and then it'll run towards you and your mines, getting blown to hell at the same time. Then just finish it off with a good Shotgun. -- Love and Tolerance!~ 18:08, September 18, 2011 (UTC)

It is expensive but I am a fan of studying where bosses pace/walk. Then equip a Stealth Boy and drop C-4 in their path when they are at the far end. I got some serious hang time on the Alpha Male lured into a choke point. GRPeng 00:21, September 19, 2011 (UTC)

Cripple the legs with explosive weapons is one way..!68.229.224.66 01:16, September 19, 2011 (UTC)

I'm surprised that you're having difficulty on Easy. If you take the Hunter perk and then use an AMR with Match-load rounds, you should be able to one-shot it from sneaking - (what I did anyway)/ Q-35 08:48, September 19, 2011 (UTC)

Ranger Sequoia + Hand Loaded Bullets + Cowboy + Better Criticals + Sneak Attack. Guaranteed to kill that annoying SuperDeathclaw(tm) on the first shot every time. Literally, walked into the room with a Stealthboy on, zoomed in on his head and "BOOM!" No More Legendary Deathclaw. 207.245.200.54 03:44, September 20, 2011 (UTC)

Pew-Pew + MC Cells. A couple of headshots (VATS?) Should get rid of the damn thing. I took down Rawr with 3 shots using this, (but lose quite a lot of HP since it got in a full attack - VATS reduces damage taken, saved my courier's life. 85.82.249.149 21:13, September 21, 2011 (UTC)Random passer-by

I can't remember exactly how I defeated it, but think any of the big guns (ie Tesla Cannon or Gatling Laser modded) should bring it down with the proper skills leveled to good numbers. Now that I think back on it I probably used the sniper rifle with AP rounds. Portfan 21:43, September 21, 2011 (UTC)

I walked in with a fully modded Brush Gun, with the .45-70 SWC rounds loaded. Use VATS when you can for a sneak head shot. Bush Viper556 14:17, September 23, 2011 (UTC)

Compliance Regulator + Holorifle with a Stealth boy. The sneak attack crit with the CR will paralyze it long enough for you to blast him a couple times with the Holorifle --Fezgod 14:20, September 23, 2011 (UTC)

Multiplas rifle can make around 5700 damage on very hard with 1 shot if everything is maximized(sneak shot in head outside VATS), YCS makes over 1500 on very hard, legendary deathclaw has "only" 850hp. But yea, it can be hard if you are low level and without good weapons. Then making a heavy sneak shot and then change weapon to something unarmed or melee and hope you will stun him looks like good idea. --188.230.177.153 16:11, September 23, 2011 (UTC)