yesterday I met the 1st alpha deatchclaw(dc) and using a nuke + critical , I still was looking for ways to put it down (on normal mode).it just kept on coming at me !

I remember on FO3, there was a sweet dart gun + radscorpion poision that when injected in the leg of a dc, made a dc go down -like killing bloat flies

I think in fo4 it's the syringer ...and any ideas what the corresponding venom is here.(the stuff that needs to be crafted by the chem set) ?

Thanks

On normal difficulty i just used a modded out 10mm pistol and walked backwards dumping two mags into it. no sweat really. I ran into a set piece glowing deathclaw in close quarters in one quest that proved troublesome but the same basic premise worked on it too. I restarted to try a melee build and am not sure how i'll manage them this time. Probably will have to use Power Armor a lot more often.

I do miss the dart gun that could instantly cripple their legs, but I have to admit, it made was was suppose to be a very hard fight, into a very easy one, so not the most balancing thing out there.

Could try to do it the old fashioned way and aim for the legs, ideally with something that does bonus limb damage, or even just brute force it with massive fire power and turning around and sprinting when it gets too close.

Take a combat shotgun. Advanced receiver, long ported/shielded barrel, recoil compensating stock, quick eject drum mag, muzzle break. Boosts your damage, semi-auto rate of fire, hip fire accuracy, narrows your spread, and controls your recoil. Stay just an arm-reach away from the deathclaw and don't stop twitching that trigger finger till the deathclaw stops twitching.

Gauss sneak attack with Ninja perk maxed? Dead deathclaws litter the Commonwealth. Also works for behemoths. Key words: SNEAK ATTACK.