Alright, so I want to kill some Deathclaws. Ugly bastards. But what is my problem?

25 - Guns
20 - Energy Weapons
15 - Explosives
20 - Melee Weapons
75 - Unarmed

ANY other enemy in Fallout and this wouldn't be so bad, infact, fists rip people up. But Deathclaws? Naw.

I am currently level 18, decided to head into the Quarry alone to do some tests. Purifier, check. Piercing Strike, check. Stone Wall, check. Every 'special' move in the game, check. Loaded up on Psycho, Med-X, and Slasher. Equipped my Power Fist/Mantis Gauntlet and jumped in feet first. 1 Deathclaw? Not a problem. 2? Extremely difficult. 3? Probably won't survive. Any more and a death is guaranteed.

What is the best way to kill a Deathclaw with your fists? Should I wait for a Ballistic Fist/Pushy before I continue? Punch or power attacks? It seems if my timing isn't spot on, the Deathclaws attack will throw me out of striking distance, which is why Khan Trick seems to be impossible.

If you snipe em' with a silenced sniper rifle, only the one you hit will notice and come for you. I often troll heavy enemies into range of Oh Baby one at a time for the denouement.

Add turbo to your mix to by some time. Dunno if u can poison unarmed class weapons but if you could then it would make things that much more managable.

oh and yeah, ballistic fist is ridiculous so u should be on top of things once u got that I reckon.

Get a ballistic fist

So Ballistic Fist = My salvation and Deathcock damnation?

Alrighty then.

i second that motion.
ballistic fists can take the head off of anything

The one time I went unarmed, I got Pushy and absolutely owned some Deathclaws... pretty much owned everything. It was waaaay overpowered!

Thirded. Unarmed weapon that shoots shotguns shells is win.

I took out a good amount of Deathclaws around level 14 with a power fist simply by using the following strategy:

• Wait for an approaching Deathclaw to lunge.
  
• Dodge the lunge (Backing away diagonally usually works).
  
• Hit the Deathclaw a single time before it has a chance to recover from it's failed attack.
  
• Back away as fast as you can & as far away as you can.
  
• Repeat steps 1,2,3, and 4.

A bit risky, but it works. Only used 3 stimpacks.

Real men use fistycuffs only. :toughninja:

rofl but anyways i would prefer a riot shotgun for this with slugs but u know unarmed works ok i guess. But i would def go for the blasstic fist

What do you do when multiple deathclaws gang up on you?

Lay some mines if you need to, bait a shot at them, let them charge at you.
Get a ballistic fist, level up untill you have ninja and better criticals.
Should be a wedding cake walk.

Queensbury rules, ol' chap.

You need to switch targets frequently. Whichever Deathclaw is the closest is the one you need to slam in the face. If you get overwhelmed, retreat to a narrow passage so they are forced to attack you one at a time. It's my fault for not including that section in the first post, but the strategy I mentioned was indeed used against Deathclaws who were ganging up on me.

go get pushy, when u hit them theyll fly back giving u a second to hit another one and send him flying.... rinse repeat.

Thanks guys, I managed to reach the Khan camp in the Quarry by sticking to the right side. Only 4 Deathclaws and 2 Young Claws which wasn't too bad with the Power Fist. I managed to avoid the mother.

I won't be finishing this place-thru until the Legendary Deathclaw is dead. Oh fun. I figure my only chance is to stack Med-X and Slasher, do the Ranger Takedown and bludgeon his face before he can get up.

I need 100 in Unarmed before I can touch the Ballistic Fist or Pushy, but will the Mantis Gauntlet do well until then?

Deathclaws have a high DT, I advise using a throwing weapon that way you can poison it, but keep distance while the poison dose its job. Your survival should be about 50 to make bleak venom that dose 15 dps for 10 seconds.
The deathclaw mother has 750hp. If you can keep away you can kill her with 5 bleak venom. Or add other poisons to stack effects and kill her quicker.

The 100 weapon skill thing is just a guide line.
I've done serious damage with a minigun and plasma caster at range with under 100 in their skills.

Shoot him down, shoot him down...If you shoot enough of them you will get the Abominable Perk. Don't be afraid of a little Deathclaw Action...I myself took out a whole family of them...Shot them down like the filthy beasts they are...I am sure they were glad when I put them out of their misery...wait til you come across an Alpha male...

Fisto!

I imagine having Fisto as a companion would be like the terrifying presence perk 8que deathclaws runing away tail between legs yelping* Oh right *with crippled legs becuase of numbness*