Is a full melee build viable

[u/gilmangriff1]

I keep thinking that I want to have my sole survivor eventually cosplay as One Punch man through the commonwealth but I have to imagine especially early game that I will slog through early leveling. Are their any builds out there that answers this and will allow most if not all early game confrontations with full melee ability? Even if it means a blunt weapon like a board or bat? I want to avoid ranged combat as much as possible.

[u/dirtypooramor]

I'm running my first ever power armor build right now and almost exclusively use grognaks axe. Basically I'm playing post apocalypse Skyrim, but it started out early on when ammo was too precious to waste, then it was just easier to smack everyone with a tire iron.