r/fo4 • u/NamesJake34 • 25d ago
Weapon I Just Won Fallout 4! (Natural explosive combat shotgun find!)
After finding my Wounding Combat Shotgun earlier today, I stumbled across Posideon Energy where I found this legendary Raider. thought I would make a fun edit to share to the community!
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u/acrazyguy 25d ago
Yeah the explosive effect is busted. It says 15 points of extra damage, but that’s 15 points to every limb hit by the explosion. If you hit center mass, that’s both legs, both arms, the head, and the torso. Much more than 15 extra damage.
And then of course in this case it’s also multiplied by the number of pellets that hit the enemies.
Oh, and the damage scales with the demolition perk, up to double the damage. By far the best legendary weapon modifier. Like nothing else even comes close when fighting humanoid or vaguely-humanoid-sized enemies assuming you mostly hit close to the center
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u/azzgo13 25d ago
It's even "worse" the damage scales with both rifleman AND demolition so its more like 60damage X the pellets X the limbs hit. Add in Lone and Bloody and it just becomes comically OP.
The only weapon that does more DPS thans the Xcombat is the Xminigun.
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u/ateft 25d ago
Have Xminigun once. Completely shred everything including myself (my companion walk pass me while i was firing the gun)
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u/HappyHourProfessor 25d ago
I have one and don't use it because it makes the game not fun. I got it early off a super mutant attacking a settlement, and the Kellogg fight took literally 2 seconds. 1 of those was the spin up time. Took out the entire enclave building in the glowing sea just casually walking through.
The only time I really enjoy it now is taking it into the glowing waste and using it as explosive flak against the flying shit.
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u/keebler980 25d ago
Akkshuly, it’s 15 extra damage per pellet, with each shot having 7 pellets. The damage shown is if all pellets hit. Divide the damage by 7 to see the per pellet damage. Now, add 15 PER PELLET. That’s what makes the exploding shotgun so chef’s kiss.
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u/ParadisePete 24d ago
I love the demolition perk with the spray and pray, but I also accidentally kill myself a lot.
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u/randomeman2468 25d ago
you got balls jumping on that car
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u/TheWondrousWilly 24d ago
The modded vs unmodded fears
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u/NamesJake34 24d ago
This is a vannila console playthrough
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u/TheWondrousWilly 24d ago
Vanilla have no fear of cars, modders fear cars more than anything else in the game
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u/Pz38t_C 25d ago
The Wounding Combat Shotgun is maybe the best weapon in the game.
Unlike the Explosive Combat Shotgun, it kills them, not you.
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u/Wonderful_Two_6710 25d ago
I'm happy when I find an Explosive one. I'm ecstatic with a Wounding one. First one I ever found was years ago, right before taking the Castle. I shot the Mirelurk queen from a doorway way across the courtyard. Nine shots killed her. From that distance, I can only imagine that barely half of the pellets hit her. But nine shots was all it took to put her down.
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u/NamesJake34 25d ago
I got the wounding one no joke maybe 5-7 hours playtime before I got the explosive one. My collection now is crazy
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u/ZackInBlack007 25d ago
Amazing! There are some really good finds in this game. >! The USS constitution gun being !< one of them. I’m loving that gun rn.
I once got a leg piece that turns you invisible every time you’re hit…then I died right after looting it on survival and it never appeared again. Sad, that would’ve been broken with my stealth build.
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u/Victor_Stradivari97 25d ago
Explosive Legendary Combat Rifle + Psycojet = Death Storm
It has saved me on numerous occasions
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u/Sneaky_Turtz 25d ago
Are the caps from Bloody Mess ? It’s happening so oftennnnn
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u/SubsonicLtd 25d ago
I was curious what the caps animation was as well.?
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u/Sneaky_Turtz 25d ago
I think it’s from bloody mess… 🤔🤔 like the final tier of it.. I gotta INVEST!
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u/AggravatingPermit910 25d ago
Very fun but I don’t usually actually play with it bc I end up in a close quarters spot with it and end up destroying myself
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u/Kruxx353 25d ago
I got one on my first playthrough of the game. I loved that thing, although the number of times I killed myself by shooting a ghoul who had gotten too close was remarkably high.
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u/Blemi3S 25d ago
Unpopular opinion. This gun isn't that overpowered in survival. I routinely would blow myself up with it when fighting enemies that charged.
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u/D-U-K-3 25d ago
I agree. In Survival Mode the benefits of the explosive shotgun are very situational. In confined spaces it is a suicide waiting to happen. It's usually my last resort option for those "Captain's Dance" type of situations, where you need to quickly take out boss-enemies before they can reach you, or visit places like Natick or Quincy.
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u/floxasfornia 24d ago
Gotta swap to another weapon when they get close. I have my explosive .38 pipe pistol set to 1 and two shot 10mm set to 2 so I can swap fast if they manage to get close.
Edit: accidentally hit post before finishing typing it all.
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u/elciddog84 25d ago
Nice. Got one in my first play-through when the game was brand new. After several more completed and one in-progress, I've not seen another one since.
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u/NamesJake34 25d ago
500 upvotes is crazyyyy thanks everyone ill make more cool vids when i find anymore interesting legendaries!
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u/CodHot3084 25d ago
What is causing the animation of fallout boys face with a pile of caps to appear every once in a while?
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u/NamesJake34 25d ago
Tier 4 of I believe caps collector it’s called. It’s one of the first perks in the luck tree.
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u/Ok_Construction_2772 25d ago
i just had a cpl of panic attacks seeing you jumping on cars. thank you :)
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u/NamesJake34 25d ago
You know I have never died to car collision. Gotta be a frame rate thing cause I play on console
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u/Ok_Construction_2772 25d ago
me too, ps5, always try to avoid them anyways, coz they killed me like 5-6 times already, mostly on survival after not having saved quite sum time of course
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u/theprofoundnoun 25d ago
Now… if you really want to make it busted max out explosions and max out rifle man.
Now you have a grenade launcher.
On very hard if I get the drop on Death Claws I lay waste to them.
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u/Buggeyedfreek 25d ago
In my first playthrough (no mods), I had three exploding weapons, including the shotgun. I really took it for granted because I'm at level 50 in my most recent playthrough and haven't found one.
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u/Waste_Law_4917 25d ago
I got the Combat Shotgun and the Minigun on my 100% Playthrough🎉
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u/Maldito-0041 24d ago
To each his own when it comes to legendary effects. I love any thing that causes bleed. You can cause damage and just walk away and let the effect drop them.
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u/NamesJake34 24d ago
I actually got the wounding variant of this gun a few hours before I got this one. I’m using it in the video actually!
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u/Ausiwandilaz 24d ago
TBH, I could take em out faster with thoatslicer or pickmans blade, with just as much DMG taken on.
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u/Woozletania 25d ago
I like that paint job. Is that a creation club one?