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DRAFT --- WORK IN PROGRESS --- MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS UNTIL ITS DONE. :-)


Build is all about trying to min max everything. 

First of all it's important to understand what you want to do, what you want to achieve, what you want to be able to do with the build itself and most importantly if you're planning to play solo, with the team or a mix of those. So sit down for five minutes, relax, think and decide.

You got it yet? Have the idea? Good. Let's talk some more...

There are few locations you won't be able to solo even with the best build out there, but if you want to be more or less an independent individual who's able to do stuff on his own and enjoy 95% of the content even if you fail to social-interact with others, you might be in the right place now.

I'll present you how '''I''' treat and think of S.P.E.C.I.A.L...

1. You like spawning in the middle of enemy and taste their blood right away, no waiting, while you also exp fast and effectively? --- Here we are talking about low '''[[Perception]]''' and low sequence. The lower sequence is, the closer to an enemy you gonna spawn. The downside of this is you only see few hexes far. One can get used to it.

2. Heard about Adrenaline Rush and its benefits? Do you enjoy carrying more stuff than the others, or are you gonna punch enemies with as much power as possible? Yea, going for enough '''[[Strength]]''' is then a must. 

3. Tired of dying in one burst? Then check your Hit Points bar. The higher the [['''Endurance''']], the higher few resistances + most importantly the higher max. of hit points.

4. [['''Charisma''']] is for ladies. You don't need to increase this skill. We are here to kill shit, not to end up in a bed with it (whatever breathes).

5. [['''Intelligence''']] requirements has to be checked in order to find out what level of Int is required for what perks.

6. Being agile is OK, note only odd [['''Agility''']] numbers provide actual Action Point benefit. But play smart. Continue reading. 

7. Tricky question now, or not?... Would you be either [['''luck''']]y or unlucky in anything that comes to your mind? ... ;)

Alright...

Now.. what exactly is MIN MAX-ing? It's to get the best outta something considering and using '''all''' possible resources and knowledge.

Let me give you a fine example of typical big gunner (aka burster)... People (or at least I do) split bursters into three categories:
a) crit burster (high crit chance in exchange of lower defense)
b) burster (high defense in exchange of lower crit chance)
c) meta burster (mix of those - higher crit chance but not as high as what a crit burster would have and the same logic applies for defense vs. a burster)

There are typical, outlived builds that everybody or at least majority of players use or tend to use. I'm not going to talk about those, there is full forum, discord and even this wiki about those, so if you are interested in being just a regular, then search it up and end reading right here.

Wise choice buddy.

We start with 5 points in every statistic. So:<br>

S - 5<br>
P - 5<br>
E - 5<br>
C - 5<br>
I - 5<br>
A - 5<br>
L - 5<br>

(and we get +5 points as a gratis to use where we want)

Now, considering the fact you're going to fight a lot (pve, pvp), you're going to be shot into your head often too.. So bonehead is one of the most viable traits you can go for.. This one lowers your [[Intelligence]] by 1. So we have to count with that from the start.

S - 5<br>
P - 5<br>
E - 5<br>
C - 5<br>
I - 4 (bonehead)<br>
A - 5<br>
L - 5<br>

(unused +5)

Here we go into deeper knowledge and understanding of what we going to use and do.. We know drugs. Drugs are bad, they are bad but they helps. They helps winning fights and makes you stronger - of course I'm talking about this game only. I'm not encouraging anyone to take drugs irl. Don't be stupid.

[[Drugs]] we are going to use with this perfect min.max. burster are [[psycho]], [[cigarettes]], [[Nuka Cola]] and [[beer]]. [[Jet]] is for weak junkies and [[buffout]] is not necessary (you will see why)

So [[psycho]], [[cigarettes]] and [[beer]].. Now what it gives (IN TERMS OF SPECIAL ONLY).. Nuka Cola gives +1 Agility, Psycho gives +1 [[Strength]] but -2 [[Perception]], cigarette gives +1 [[Perception]] but -1 [[Charisma]] and [[beer]] gives -2 PE. To sum it up, you have to calculate with getting +1 Str boost but your Per will be lowered by final 3 points.

Your weapon is going to be an [[avenger minigun]] which has 35 hexes range and now it's really up to you if you wanna see more than you can shoot from and at, or if you are happy with seeing only WHEN you can shoot. 35 Hexes equals 5 [[Perception]] so we need THAT... We only need 5 PE, lets get back to stats:


INCREASING [[PERCEPTION]]:

S - 5<br>
P - 8 - considering the PE will be lowered by 3, we would end up with 2 here after applying all drugs. So we have to actually increase this to 8 in order to end up with 5. we take that from unused points for now.<br>
E - 5<br>
C - 5<br>
I - 4 (bonehead)<br>
A - 5<br>
L - 5<br>

(unused +2)
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LOWERING [[INTELLIGENCE]]:

S - 5<br>
P - 8<br>
E - 5<br>
C - 5<br>
I - 1 ([[bonehead]]) - after reading through all perks and knowing that 200% small guns is reachable within 29 levels with Int set to 1 which grants you ability to pick "[[more ranged damage]]", we can lower it down to 1 and get +3 points back to our unused bucket. <br>
A - 5<br>
L - 5<br>

(unused +5)
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LOWERING [[CHARISMA]]:

S - 5<br>
P - 8<br>
E - 5<br>
C - 1 - [[charisma]] is not important so we lower it down to 1 and get +4 additional stat points.<br>
I - 1 ([[bonehead]]) <br>
A - 5<br>
L - 5<br>

(unused +9)
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INCREASING [[AGILITY]]:

S - 5<br>
P - 8<br>
E - 5<br>
C - 1<br>
I - 1 (bonehead) <br>
A - 9 - 9 [[agility]] grants you 10 when you use [[Nuka Cola]] so you get max. 10 [[action points]] fully drugged. This decreases our unused stat points bucket down to 5 again.<br>
L - 5<br>

(unused +5)
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INCREASING [[ENDURANCE]]:

S - 5<br>
P - 8<br>
E - 10 - we want to get max. rad/poison res. as well as max. hit points. Simple as that.<br>
C - 1<br>
I - 1 (bonehead) <br>
A - 9<br>
L - 5<br>

(unused +0)


Now.. This leaves us with the following build/with drugs:

S - 5 - 6<br>
P - 8 - 5<br>
E - 10 - 10<br>
C - 1 - 1<br>
I - 1 - 1<br>
A - 9 - 10<br>
L - 5 - 5<br>

Now it's time to re-think everything again and consider [[IMPLANTS]]...

[[Implants]] are available for each special (+1 per each) so we have now additional 7 POINTS (almost) that we can incorporate before we hit the create button and log into the game. [[Implants]] can be used only after one reaches level 30 so a bit too late for influencing perk availability.

So.. 

[[Strength]] cannot be lowered because [[Adrenaline Rush]] (one of the best perks for bursters) requires 5, so lets leave it be.
[[Perception]] can be lowered by 1 because we know we can implant +1 later and still get 5 PE after we use all drugs. So let's do it.
[[Endurance]] cannot be lowered unless we want to lose some HP. I don't.
[[Charisma]] cannot be lowered because its already set to 1.
[[Intelligence]] cannot be lowered because its already set to 1.
[[Agility]] can be lowered by 1 because we know we can implant +1 later and get 9 which after drugs jumps up to 10 again.
[[Luck]] is one happy statistic we are going to increase with all additional points we got from using implants :-)


S - 5 > 6 with Str implant<br>
P - 7 > 8 with Per implant<br>
E - 10<br>
C - 1 > 2 with Cha implant<br>
I - 1 > 2 with Int implant<br>
A - 8 > 9 with Agi implant<br>
L - 7 > 8 with Lck implant<br>

Congratulations, you've just min. maxed your SPECIAL. 

PS: I do not personally like considering stat bonuses from items because items come and by and there is plenty of them with various usability, so I just calculate with something that cannot be changed / removed / unequipped. 

PSS: this will be adjusted, better form, whatever. Read the first sentence noob ;-)