Recommended weapon/armor for raider dungeons?

[stebbinsd]

So far, raiders seem to be the enemies I come across most often (mostly because I'm doing jobs for the minutemen, protecting settlers). What weapon would you recommend as my standard attack weapon for such dungeons? Preferably some armor-piercing weapons and/or ammo?

 

And what type of armor should I wear? Can I neglect my radiation protection when clothing myself to fight raiders, since they're just people (basically the equivalent of bandits from TES games)?

[robhartman9]

I use the legendary mod mod. It allows you to build stuff with 2 legendary slots. I could give you a list of kick ass OP combos like power armor with almost indestructible and VATS enhanced on every piece or the furious wounding gatling laser but that stuff is way OP just for raiders. A really fun one to use is the combat rifle with Deadeye legendary slow time or the lever action rifle with never ending so you don't have to reload. The marine assault armor is good enough you can use it instead of power armor. Give the helmet Diver and it lets you breath underwater and has better rad resistance than most power armors. Give the torso Auto Stim. With the remaining 10 slots use VATS enhance for a total AP cost reduction of 100% Use the silver shroud outfit as under armor and you get to say "death comes for thee and I am its shroud"

[robhartman9]

if you want to go way op Try the Shadowed power armor mod on X-01 or try the X-02 Elite sigma squad armor (hellfire armor)

 

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[bobofudd]

I have several weapons that are a permanent fixture in my inventory. The Overseer's Guardian is one but I really like the Experimental Plasma gun you get from the Institute. Not only is it powerful once upgraded but you can get nuclear material from everything you kill.