A shotgun, also called a 'scattergun,' is a firearm designed to shoot a multitude of lead or steel balls of varying sizes, greatly increasing the weapon's hit potential. The fact that the Combat Shotgun has such a large clip size (12 rounds) and deals as much damage as it does makes it overwhelming. All rigged shotgun traps, when disarmed, will yield a low-condition combat shotgun plus 4 shells. By having lots of points into Leadership, the Shotgun Sergeant not only increases its party members’ Hit Chance, but also Critical Chance and Damage when it kills multiple enemies or boss enemies. The following is my preferred character build for a high-speech, gun-toting all rounder. Other Gun Fu (3) Gunslinger (1) Expert Gunslinger (1) Master Gunslinger (1) Evasive (3) Gun Runner (2) Luck (15) Four Leaf Clover (3) Grim Reaper's Sprint (3) Critical Savvy (3) Better Criticals (3) Class Freak (3) Best Charisma Build. For Fallout 3 on the Xbox 360, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'CRITICAL HIT!!!! The perks that fit the automatic weapons build are Commando, Big Leagues, Armorer, Sneak, Gun Nut, Medic, Mister Sandman, and Scrounger. I'm completed both games as a bit of an all-rounder, and I would be interesting in trying something different for another playthrough, this time with all the DLC in both games. This build is strong in combat, able to talk its way into or out of most situations and has a good critical hit chance. The double-barrel shotgun is a weapon in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout. So the only build I've never been able to get through in FO3 or FNV is a character that mainly uses explosives.

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