Thrasher
Wheeee!
Fairly early on a legendary dropped an explosive shotgun. Talk about OP... It's my problem solver but I can easily kill myself if enemies get too close. Also, enjoy the hilarity of making enemies fly.
I have a legendary shotgun that does an additional 25% damage. Its my goto for anything hard and close.
I prefer my 10 mm pistol and sniper rifle otherwise.
If you use a sniper rifle often, you might want to install a mod that causes unlooted corpses to glow. This makes it quite easy to find those long distance kills. It is also great for grassy/wooded areas.
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4380/?
I've got the shotgun modded and with the rifle perks I do 144 damage+15/pellet which is insane. Of course, shotgun shells are rare-ish, so I have the ammo scavenging perk maxed and also buy every shell I come across.
Not just any but deadly bitch of doom!Too bad she's a bitch.
Peh.Behemoths, deathclaws, or miraluk queens with melee seems like suicide.