Killing Legendary Deathclaw (without relying on bugs)

Anti-Materiel Rifle from far, far away while sneaking.

 

Using the Ballistic Glove or Pushy can work to if your drugged up to the nines though your using guns so go with the sniping with an anti material rifle from 3 miles away that other chaps suggest.

 

I used the Anti-Materiel Rifle with AP ammo and killed the shit with one hit in VATS while in sneak mode. It blew up the head.

 

use the 12 Gauge Bean Bag ammo with a shotgun to cause fatigue then while its down shoot the crap out of it with high powered weapon like Anti material rifle or a fat man

 

As Chiz noted, Bean bag is insanely effective if you have any. Bean it down then slug it.

Drug yourself with +AP, +Damage, +AP Regen and +Crit then stealth snipe it to the head and have a minefield ready for worst case is another option.

AM Rifle, Minigun, LMG, with AP ammo; Hunting Revolve, Brush Gun with SWC; also get the job done relatively painlessly.


However, I personally prefer Gobi or vanilla Sniper for the hard kills as they have a (game-breaking) x5 Crit rate

 

If I recall correct they'll nerf sniper rifles a bit down in the next patch. (just sayin')

 

So, ladies and gentlemen, kill your Deathclaws now while they're hot!

 

I started killing the death claws at level 4 or 5. But that was with Exploits and bugs galore.

I had picked up an incinerator, and I didnt realise at the time, but when I used it as a last resort on the Deathclaws, I realised that its ammo was stuck at 19, meaning I had unlimited ammo

So I crippled the legs, then shot them in the face with a load of ammo while running like a girl

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Gobi Campaign Rifle; 2 shots.

 

This.

And there is also a little ridge if you follow it from the left side of the entrance to the quarry-area that allows you a vantage point

 

No go, boys. The only way to kill Legendary Deathclaw effectively ON VERY HARD difficulty is to use YCS/186 (100%) with Max Charge ammo.

 

Gobi is officially dead now, so Riot Shotgun might be a good way to fight. Brush Gun is bugged but extremely strong in VATS, This machine is weaker (and got nerfed) but bugless, however Riot Shotgun seems the best DPS in non-vats now (from guns category)

 

I haven't touched the game since the latest 360 patch, so I don't know what the fuck they did to the game and I can't seem to find the patch notes anywhere.

I killed the LD with 3 bottlecap mines to cripple the son of a bitch and a shitload of anti-material rifle shots to the head. This was with my Guns at 100 and on Normal. I'd like to see these fuckers out in the wasteland. It would give me some challenge. >:}

 

I don't know, I kind of like the legendary creatures as just single foes. Having them as unique is kind of special, especially considering how hard they are (generally) to kill. Dropping legendaries as regular spawns kind of takes away from the feeling of killing the biggest, baddest creature in the wasteland.

As for the legendary deathclaw, I honestly don't know how a melee or unarmed character would handle it... you might be able to get a knockdown in, but even with an extremely high endurance, he'll take a huge chunk out of your health bar with every hit; two or so is enough to kill, easily.

 

I perfer to use the Minigun++ with AP rounds to take all any and all Deathclaws. The LDs will go down when using theMinigun, but it takesa lot of rounds and you need to keep some distance between yourself and the damn Deathclaw or you're DEAD.

 

LD's? There's only one in the game...

 

I found this extremely neat unique weapon called This Machine, which is the bomb, it's in the guns category, but honest to god, I don't know how it does so well. On very hard difficulty it can down a deathclaw with one shot to the head/chest if your in sneak, so imagine how much of a beast it is in normal mode, so i'm guessing it would make mincemeat of the LD, but because I appreciate a challenge I would probably end up using something like a repeater or vance's smg.

 

I just used the Minigun++ with AP rounds while wearing normal T-51b Power Armor. You'll take it out in less than 250 rounds depending on your Guns skill and the condition of the minigun.