Forum:What would be a good way to star tplaying as a Melee Character

Like what would be good to choose in the beginning and all that stuff.

Because im not sure how much points you have im gonna put my build i used for an unarmed character, but for melee is basically the same. Number are not exact because i dont know how much point you had in total to distribute. You can vary according to your liking.

SPECIAL:

Str - 8  -> more melee dmg

Percep - 4/5/6 - > you dont need that much, whenever you need more just use mentats

Endurance - 8 -> since you are melee you have to walk up to the opponent and attack a high DT is necessary

Char - 2 - you dont talk to ppl, you hit ppl :D

Intel - 7 or 6 - you can set it lower to increase luck or agility but have in mind the lower it is the less skill points you get

Agility - 7 or 8 - more melee attacks in VATS

Luck - 5 or 6 - high luck means more criticals, i started with 5 and had no problem in combat, later through surgery got it up to 6

Tag skills:

Melee weapons - speaks for itself :)

Repair - since many of the enemies use guns they hit you for free by the time you get close and start bashing, so a good repair skill will get rid of the fast decaying armor condition.

Sneak/Lockpick/Speech - third tag skill is up to you, i'd rather say that sneak is the best option since sneaking will make you able to get close to an opponet without being seen.

Traits: This is totally up to you now. If you take Heavy handed you will do more raw Dmg but less critical dmg.I personally dislike Heavy handed so for my unarmed build i took Kamikadze and Wild Wasteland. Endurance makes up for the loss of 2 DT but you get 10 AP which is a lot for a melee - you can do more strikes in VATS A good combo is to tag repair and then take as a trait Build To destroy - whatever breaks just repair it.

As for perks - your best bet is to take Super slam, Unstoppable force, Slayer. The best perk in my opinion is the Piercing Hand but it requires unarmed of 70. It negates 15 DT ot the enemy which is a lot since most armors enemies use have about the same or lesser value of DT because they are in poor condition. With this perk you totally negate their armor sometimes - once i killed a brotherhoood pladin with 1 shot critical. A good perk is also Solar Powered - it gives you +2 STR when stading in the sun, so your STR will get up to 10 when travelling by day.

For companions take ED-E, he will compensate for the low PE with his sensors Perk and Boone - headshotting the KO enemies :D. A good option is to take Cass, she will give you the Whiskey Rose perk, so just stock up on whiskey and moonshine and dont worry about getting addicted, but she shoots like crazy and spends her ammo fast. Well good luck hope this pointer will help you Trivium

I Started a new game with the tips you gave me and i would like to ask what melee weapons would be easy to get in the beginning of the game any tips?. The Fallout Wandrer.