[Top 5] Fallout 76 Best Power Armor Builds That Wreck Hard!

Updated:

21 Feb 2022

1. Me, Myself and I

A Lone Wanderer build doesn't mean alone. You can fend for yourself just fine. Never feel like you're missing out with this build. Not everyone's a team player. You can work this build into Junkies, Bloodied, or whatever tickles your fancy.

What the Lone Wanderer Build Excels In:

Receiving less damage from enemies
Self-sufficiency
You can get yourself up
Higher AP
Works well for working on questline

Build Details

Weapons:

Your Preference
Vampires
Instigating
Furious

Armor Mods:

Medics Pump
Legendary Armor Perks:
Auto-Stim
Lifesaving
Doctors
Sentinels

Mutations:

Electrically Charged
Scaly Skin
Grounded
Healing Factor

Perk Cards:

Lone Wanderer
Lifeiver
Born Survivor
Mysterious Savior
Mysterious Stranger
Tenderizer

Items:

Cranberry Relish
Med-X
Canned Meat Stew
Fury(for melee)

2. Flamer

Blaze anything in your way

It's up close and personal with a great damage radius. Melee players may like this due to the close-range attack aspects. And who doesn't love watching the world burn?

What Flamer Build Excels In:

Close Range
Radius Damage
Fire Damage
Rapid-fire rate
Can heal teammates with flames
Classified as a Heavy Gun

Build Details:

Weapons:

Flamer with napalmer tank mod, long barrel, vaporization nozzle
Quadruple ammo capacity
Vampires
Instigating

Armor Mods:

T-65 is preferable
Reactive Plates
Life-Saving

Legendary Armor Perks:

Sentinels
Auto-Stim

Mutations:

Electrically Charged
Scaly Skin
Adrenal Reaction
Perk Cards:
Field Surgeon
Tenderizer
Suppressor
Gunsmith
Stabilizer
Adrenaline
Bear arms
All Heavy Gunners

Items:

Cranberry Jam
Med-X
Scorchbeast Steak

3. Bloodied PVP

This should pave your path nicely

It can be a dog-eat-dog world in Fallout at times. Occasionally you'll run into the big kid on the playground trying to establish dominance. You can prepare a build just for this encounter. If you are the big kid on the playground wanting to show off then this can bring the boom to the dynamite.

What the Bloodied PVP Build Excels In:

Damage to other players
Claiming Workshops
Fighting against jerk players
Being a jerk player
Damage resistance from players
Damage dealt to other players
Damage to human NPCs
Damage Resistance from human NPCs

Build Details

Weapons:

Bloodied Scatter Shot Gatling Plasma
Bloodied napalmer
Bloodied heavy gun of your choice
Assassins heavy gun of your choice

Armor Mods:

Targeting HUD
Overdrive Servos
Legendary Armor Perks:
Assassin's
Auto-Stim

Mutations:

Chameleon
Marsupial
Speed Demon

Perk Cards:

Master Heavy Gunner
One Gun Army
Dodgy
All Heavy Gunner
Stabilized
Bloody Mess

Items:

Psycho
Psychotats
Alcohol

4. Tank Melee

In games, there are two types of gamers: ranged or blunt. This is for people who like to run up and hit crap. Which can be therapeutic.

What Tank Melee Build Excels In:

Close encounters such as buildings
Never worrying about ammo
Doing high critical hits
High health is important for close range
High damage and radiation resistance
Can take a lot of damage

Build Details

Weapons:

A melee of your choice
Instigating
Furious
Suppressors
Vampires
Melee Speed

Armor Mods:

Medic Pump
Reactive Plates
Optimized Bracers

Legendary Armor Perks:

Auto-Stim
Regenerating

Mutations:

Healing Factor
Speed Demon
Grounded
Carnivore
Electrically Charged
Scaly Skin

Perk Cards:

Lifegiver
Incisor
Field Surgeon
Tenderizer
Adrenaline

Items:

Glowing Meat Steak
Fury
Mutton Meat Pie
Mutton Chops
Yao Guai Ribs
Tick Blood Tequila Margarita

5. Power Armor Medics Team Build

When going up against the Scorchbeast Queen or Earl Williams you need a solid team. If you do this build you can share the Team Medic card with your team everyone heals everyone. It's extremely efficient.