I can't believe 3 Mythic Deathclaws (2 of them legendary) spawned right next to each other in the Glowing Sea! I was using my level 99 Melee character and decided to fight one of them in a straight up melee battle. At higher levels, some enemies don't have a level cap and will match your level, which is why all 3 are level 99 too.

For a challenge, I decided no to use an opening sneak attack, because with my Instigating Super Sledge and perks, it would have died in one hit. I didn't want to use VATS either because you don't seem to take as much damage in VATS and your attacks always hit, so it feels a bit cheap. This was my first (bad) attempt: [ Ссылка ]

The biggest risk is the deathclaw's insta-kill move that can trigger even on a decent amount of HP. I'll admit, I had to spam the stimpaks a little mid-battle to prevent that. It took a few tries, but I finally beat one with melee only!

My armor was nothing special, apart from Grognak's Costume which gives a 20% boost to melee damage and +2 STR. I probably should have wore better leg armor and a helmet and, but I like how the character looks without it.

I probably should have also used a different weapon because the Instigating Super Sledge only does double damage on the first hit (if at full HP), and after that it is just like a regular hammer. As you can see, the first hit didn't even do much damage. I had a +25% damage Heavy Sledgehammer on me that would have been much better.

I tired to use the block/parry moves. Got a few blocks in, but I totally lost the timing of it mid-battle. At the ending made up for it though - Nerd Rage kicked in (+20% damage) and it was all over with a triple headshot finisher.

Of course, the legendary loot was garbage...

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