Hello, I am currently playing through Fallout 4 using a Melee build. I have 10 Strength, i drink Whiskey and Dirty Wastelander, use Buffout and Pshyco, and i have a couple pieces of armor that increase the stat as well, most notably Grognaks Costume. I have all kinds of perks like Big League and Rooted, plus Party boy to double the effects of the alcohol. Are there any other ways that I can boost my melee stat? Also do weapons like Brass Knuckles and the Power Fist count as melee weapons or unarmed?

Fist weapons = unarmed


Don't forget bufftats, overdrive and jet fuel. Also fortifying legendaries.

I thought ststs maxed out at 11 and ceased to be effected?

Anyhoo, Blitz in agility tree is fantastic for melee.

Nope, 31 str and doing 2573 dmg a hit

Eat spinach - worked for Popeye lol

Taken from the article on the party boy/girl perk over at the wiki:


Notes


With the doubling effect from rank 2, several alcoholic drinks become competitive with chems in their effect, except alcohol is ostensibly cheaper to come by and addiction immunity comes built-in to this perk.


vodka and bourbon become potent health boosters; potentially very useful on survival where the instant effect of bonus health or bonus endurance is preferable to the slow regeneration of healing.


wine and various ice cold gwinnett beers (ale, brew, lager, pale, pilsner, stout) provide significant AP bonuses.


Beer and various Gwinnett drinks can be more effectively used for bartering benefits and speech checks.


And the melee damage boost of all alcoholic drinks (especially whiskey) becomes more significant.


The rank 3 effect does not show up as part of the item's PIP-Boy description, but it can be verified by either looking at your SPECIAL stats after consuming some alcohol or looking at your active effects.


The second rank doubles the negative effects of alcohol along with its positive ones. (+2 strength, +2 charisma, -2 intelligence)


So booze combined with the party boy/girl perk line plus buffout and maybe other chems I can't think of right now

my melee character is jealous

Thanks to all for the help, but it seems as if I've already figured out a lot of the ways to do it! I am invested into the party boy perk and that definitely does help out a lot, as far as fortifying legendary's, im going to assume that you mean legendary pieces of equipment that do give you stat increases.

Hmmm. I see a new recipe I need to add to the game.

Tin Can (or 2 Steel)

Hub Flower

Gourd Flower

Tato Flower

= +2 STR for 2 minutes

Throw in some Yao Guai roast!

Seek Cabot house. The fancy hat is the way.

Get 40 str, check out this guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joyqjDndkks

There is a Grognak build that allow him to get 40 strength by drinking beer.