Heyo, I hear ya about too many calls to action in the video. I can't fix it in this one of course but in future I'll limit the number of them. Hope you enjoy the video despite that annoyance! You are beautiful see ya in the next challenge run. Here's a hint as to what it will be. 🤖

This guy literally woke up one day, opened his computer, and started pumping top tier quality content for absolutely no reason. Earned the subscription

Interesting reason for why exploding vertibirds always seem to fall on you - because they are. They follow the same programming as dragons in Skyrim and they were programmed to always fall toward the player so they can be easily looted.

A challenge idea can you beat fallout 4 as a raider (only items scavenged from raiders no legendary weapons no crafting you can use a pipe pistol to kill one raider)

Just a hint for the harder combats. While Stimpaks heal slowly un survival, nuka cola quantum can come in clutch with good healing rate.

Not having the blitz perk makes this run so much more unbearably painful. Good video.

Protip regarding the Ripper: Yes, it's damage is very much on the weaker side, but that is not what you should use it for. Slap the curved blade mod on it, and use it as an opener to disarm your enemies, before switching to a more damaging weapon! Should you be lucky enough to get your hands on a Kneecapping Ripper, you basically have an all-in-one disarming and crippling tool to neuter most enemies in the game.

MDB hitting like the Spanish Inquisition during the Mass Fusion dungeon

I knew Big Jim would be the hero of this run. Such an astoundingly amazing early-game melee weapon, especially against mirelurks.

Love your playthrough style of treating each challenge like it's your first time learning the story and quests. Makes for some really fun commentary!

It’s so refreshing to see a Fallout 4 challenge video where the YTer isn’t super violent towards the Railroad! :) That plus you’re very funny and interesting to listen to AND pushed through what seems like the most infuriating challenge ever for our entertainment?! You’ve earned a new sub :) (Plus a like and a comment!)

your editing is nuts for a youtuber with not crazy subscribers, clearly you are putting 100% effort into this channel, keep it up dude! loving the vids :)

MDB sucker punched me since I thought I was going crazy for a minute since this is the first time I've watched a vid of yours. Great stuff though, just caught me super off guard.

I only found your channel yesterday, but I love your style so far! Crazy hearing MDB in this video. Oh, and there's something fun about those knights blowing up: explosions can be flagged to ignore cover, which is why it killed you through a wall. Interestingly, the Fat Man is not flagged to do that, despite it being a mini nuke.

Yeah, if you have a friendly Protectron active, and any turrets become hostile upon seeing you while the Protectron is around, the Protectron will turn on you. That's why it's always best to take out any errant turrets before activating any robots, or without any active robots noticing, to keep that from happening.

1:07 into the video and you've already got a new sub. What an organized and polished intro, makes my brain do the happy chemicals thing

I've gotten back into fallout 4 again after a few years, and I love your witty commentary and survival challenges! Great content dude!

Whenever I try to do a melee run, I always grab Big Jim from Walden Pond right away as well, the kneecapper effect seems to help a bit early on, at least in my experience. So I'm glad that idea was reinforced here. Also, the sledgehammer at Thicket Excavations provides some nice power early on.

I did this with no stealth, a ton of respect for this run. I've watched a few of your runs and I know how impressive this actually is. I did 11 endurance to start, 10 plus being overweight dropping it to 9 for picking up you're special. It's not a glitch if they intend you to be able to temporarily lower stats, right? The suiciders were hell. Dense armor was so vital. Easily got a sub from me, I love this content. Challenge runs on this game have me at over 9k hours. Now I'm gonna look for the totally naked run, I've done that one too. That was HARD.

The Black Ops chest piece or other armor with Dense are a must in the harder difficulty settings. It makes it so you can withstand explosions even on survival difficulty.

Here is a challenge you might love. One of my favorite characters, was a character that used no weapons armor or clothes. I took the joke about going to the glowing sea naked seriously. Iron fist, all endurance perks. I built my perception enough for energy resistance, charisma for the lone wanderer, and dogmeat perks. Eventually enough strength for rooted. With a bit of work, I got my agility high enough that I could get the perk which I could run so well that it was like a travel power. I forgot the name of that perk. I also got the wasteland wander book that makes you swim faster, which turns all rivers basically into roads. Eventually built up my luck for idiot savant, bloody mess, and all the vats stuff, followed by finally filling up my strength, and agility special stats. By then, I could take direct hits from mini nukes. I never needed to carry loot, which freed my inventory for all the chems, food, water I would want. Bare hand may not hit the hardest, but it’s perfectly practical, with a good amount of attacks in vats. I had a long So I just wanted to follow through with the joke, but it would end up feeling like I had actual super powers.

Come one people lets get this man to 1 mil dude deserves WAY more than this

New sub, really loving the resurgence of fallout content and even better on the backs of new unique channels

I’m already hooked onto your content, it’s amazing and I cannot wait to see more from you in the future!!! :)

“1 luck because i break mirrors” killed me😂

Stumbling upon your content here and honestly its just quality videos and seeing more challenge runs from people after Mitten Squad passed makes me emotional keep up the great work

honestly loving your channel, its kinda refreshing for a fo4 challenge runner to not hate everyone all the time, that's such a low bar I'm aware, but it sounds like you actually enjoy playing these games and I love that energy

Man you've got a good personality and polish with your vids, it's good work!

Fallout 4 challenges are cool! Great content and subbed 👍

Thank you for not using Blitz and Pain Train, those are two totally OP perks that we all know all too well. And is Pain Train even considered melee? Im pretty sure other perks dont effect it...

I was really expecting you to get the Kremvh's Tooth in this, but that whole area would probably be way too difficult for this challenge. There's practically no cover outside as you're going down to the bottom of the excavation site, and there's a lot of turrets and quite a few raiders with rocket launchers.

Another great video man, love your presentation and comedy. (I will be expecting a call for my turn on Willow's Whacky Ride through a 100 synths, preferably carried bridal style.) Though also in making that joke a thought came of "a 100 synth dash sounds like a good inclusion for the next Commonwealth Olympic games"- which feels like it could maybe be a decent shorter video idea? Go through a series of dumb wasteland themed 'sports' in the hope of getting the nuka-medal. >Baseball where you have to beat a bunch of raiders with bats to death, with your own bat. >100 synth dash, survive running through (computer/engine limitation) # of synths >Rad-water swim (survive/do some long-ish swim in highly radioactive water or full of mirelurks). >Body-shotput (make an enemy or yourself get ragdolled X distance) etc, etc- and of course free to use my stray intrusive thought if you think it would be something you could make a video out of!

That was dope! I'm playing on survivor mode right now. I couldn't imagine doing it with just melee weapons 😂😂😂 Kudos to you!

5:10 I don't remember if I've seen that kill cam, but that was awesome and hilarious! I feel your pain man, Good job on this though!

I am new to your youtube Channel and i must say you are making great content i will slowly watch and enjoy Fallout 4 videos of you and playing it on Survival is just perfect i love that Mode haha

Finally a video where you don't lose half the footage! I can finally subscribe

that was a nice surprise! great run!

loved the video Keep up the good work 👍

23:30 I think the DIA is the Fallout Universe's DIA. 😊 The DIA is a real world organisation.

8:00 Uhh, interesting definition of 'rearrange'. You turned his head into a meat puzzle with a few missing pieces.

lovely stuff dude ❤

Fun fact: Blitz can be used with the robot shutdown perk in Nuka Galaxy to shut down every robot instead of killing them to make the park more alive when you restore the star cores. It can get a bit challenging at certain parts, but it's worth it

Just found your videos and tbh your just as good if not better than the big fallout KZfaqrs…great vids 🙏

But can you beat fallout as Dr Freeze? Get in power armor and stay in it, you will die without it. Use the Cryolator and avoid things that don’t care about the cold (bugs, mirelurk Queen, etc) run the institute to gain the tech to save your Frozen wife. Freezing legendary weapons of course allowed. Similar idea: iron man, stay in the suit (.gotta keep the metal out of your heart) and use energy weapons only. Be sure to give your armor a nice paint job in either case.

me: well yeah this run is super easy. just take blitz. willow: bans blitz me: oh now he is cookin somethin

I'd love to see a Mike Tyson run where you can only use boxing gloves, I can just imagine you taking down a deathclaw in the first round and feeling like a champ! Definitely earned a sub from me, Fallout 4 is my favourite game and your content is awesome, keep it up man!

The sudden shift to MDB messed with me. Well done

I remember my melee run, i just made a super tanky build and just ran power armor tanking every attack whist running toward my enemies super sledge in hand 😂

Considering how many times he's died from explosions, you'd think he'd try to find/buy/make the armor mods that significantly reduce damage from explosions. Still, very fun run to watch, nice job

Lmao i'm glad to see I wasn't the only one who accepted the battery acid injection, almost pissed myself laughing when it destroyed my hp lol

The fact that the baseball bat is the best melee weapon is hilarious to me. But hey, it is Boston after all. (For those unaware theres multiple guaranteed legendary spawns and with Nuka World DlC it becomes I think the highest hitting melee weapon.) (For a good mid-late game bat a unique one with 40% less action point cost for like 1k caps is sold in diamond city by Moe. A very obtainable price for a low level.) (Late game however it's best to grab Cito's Shiny Slugger in nuka world which is better after you've had all the luck perks to trivialize AP management then you start doing crazy numbers) (Then blitz for instant teleportation and increase damage the farther your away from your enemies in V.A.T.S.) (Get some weighted arms for melee armor piercing and bing bada boom, you've crafted one of the consistently highest damage builds) (Best part? All those thousands and thousands of bullets can be sold for at the lowest a cap a piece or up to 8 a piece which is insane income given the thousands of 38. You'll get after clearing a raider dungeon or two.)

honest idea, go through a playthrough using only the laser musket! also again, enjoying your content!

These videos remind me a lot of mitten squad I love that you are doing the same kinds of videos.thank you willow

Ahh yes a survival melee build without blitz, that makes it a challenge enough

pro tips use the ammo of the minigun in museum of freedom to buy general chao's revenge

In fallout 76, i have a chainsaw. It ignores half of the enemys armor, it attacks 40% faster, deals bleed and fire. Armor pen and attack speed buffs are legendary effects, while the bleed and fire are mods. It is great, shredding through things.

Bro no blitz is wild. Your a savage

Here’s an idea I had for a while: What If the Sole Survivor was played by Danny Trejo. (Beat Fallout 4 with a machete, pipe guns, and Molotov cocktails)

Amazing video, really hoped you would do this

Its a shame that you only have 3.8k subs. Definitely deserve more.

11:00 I'm hoping the whole run won't be like ArcJet Systems with Danse - cowering behind NPCs for fun and profit. 😊

45:01 jeez, there is genuine malice behind that line

I was not expecting my man MDB to show up for the Mass Fusion save! Nice!

Great vid👍

keep making content like this and youll be well on your way to at least 100k

The fact you didn’t get Dogmeat as a companion was a wasted opportunity. After all dogs can’t shoot and they attack with their teeth. Also providing a moral booster by their permanent companion perk “Good Boy/Girl”. I still enjoyed the video, I just wanted to be the Devil’s Advocate here.

One thing I figured out kind of by accident is that Rooted seems to increase all around melee damage greatly, not just when standing. On my melee runs its my first or second perk selection. Love this video, melee is my favorite challenge on any difficulty or ruleset

hey, love your videos, just wanted to say that in future challenges, you could always try and give mama murphy chems to skip the greenetech courser fight, as giving her enough chems, she will tell you z2-47s deactivation code so you could skip the fight altogether to make future challenges easier

After playing FROST for a few months, I never realized how underrated a melee playstyle is.

that was a fun run!

willow ive always wanted to see genades only run meaning all throwables are the only way you can hurt people

15:49 You used my Google assistant to Rick Roll me. Well played.

I’m gonna subscribe to you man… I watched this video and I liked it. I really miss Mitten Squad, as I’m sure he’s influenced us both. Please continue doing videos like this. Thank you. 🙏

i’ve been thinking about the clear inspiration from mah-dry-bread through several of your videos and then BOOM

I did a challenge run back when survival difficulty first came out. A "no bullet" run. So only melee and explosives. I don't rush the end like you do. I ended up too OP to the point that it wasn't fun anymore and abandoned it. Stealth build, of course. Chameleon and ballistic weave everything. One shoting Legendary Deathclaws. Could literally crouch at the feet of something and beat it to death without it ever seeing me. Good times.

Beat the game as a mimic, you must drop every item you have on kill and use every item from the enemy you slain, until the next kill. Then repeat

19:26 - I think that's also his torture/interrogation room. If I recall there's some stimpaks and various tools on the tray table against the wall, probably what he uses to put the screws to people (and keep them from dying).

another banger my man

Hey there Willow, update on my backwards run. Vault 88 was supposed to be an easy place for xp but the radccorpion nest and sentrybot kept ambushing me. After successfully eliminating the wildlife underground i helped out Barstow with her experiments only to make her really angry. Except with the slot machine. After that i convinced her to stay and raised the difficulty. After looking up a guide on how to get to Far Harbor, i talked to the family, stole their boat, get a warm welcome, and died to the gate. Yeah uh, no one told me that Gulpers were tough and i forgot to stock up on ammo. So i was forced to jump down from the safety of the ledge and spam the crap out of my grenades and slice them with my Sharp Steel Blade. I decided after that horrorfying experience to head back to the Common Wealth for more Radient Quests to level up a bit. While i was at it, a few more items were on sale in the Creation Club so i bought the Batman Power Armor, the Virtual Wasteland, and a few others. That somehow corrupted my save file but the run was saved by my previous save file... the gate at Far Harbor. It was at around this point that i realized i still have Porter Gage as a follower and i still dont have his follower perk. So now i am doing Arena battles in Nuka World to level up, getting quests from Mason and Mags for caps, and acquireing more settlements to increase my freindship with Gage and to drop off my overcumbered self from time to time. Oh yeah, at some point i made the mistake of leveling up a perk in the middle of a Super Mutant fight and got stuck in a death loop. Manged to get out of that mess thanks to quick button presses and spamming Nuka Cola. I think my character has gained some weight and questions my every decision now. Mostly because he keeps slowing down from time to time and he delays his actions from my commands. Though hard resetting the console straightened him out.

I thought you had like 100000 subscribers for quality like this. Pretty suprising to see a big fat 11k staring me in the face. Keep going!

You said Hey Google Play Never Gonna Give you Up by Rick Ashley and my laptop began playing, You madman

great vid love glorious melle combat

NGL I smiled when I heard MDB 😊. Your great and got my sun

38:49 If you have power armor with a jet pack, you don't even have to go inside the building, you can just boost yourself up to the roof.

15:50 actually played the song on my google home, didnt expect to get rickrolled like that

Those mines on survival are really brutal

Ah! That remind me of my first ever run for FO4. I wanted to make a melee character. Took me so long and was so hard!

Most underrated fallout youtuber ever

My previous game I had a sledgehammer with 4 fusion cores (forgot the name of it) and was a melee/stealth class only. It was so much fun!

Keep testing how the calls work out. I prefered what you did last time. Like at the start, subscribe in the middle, comment at the end, or whatever. You kept them real short. But if that pissed people off not much you can do. I will also say it's the nature of this kind of challenge that you basically couldn't do too much in the way of varied strats. I still liked it though!

No Blitz Melee run.. wow you're brave

Oof. I knew that was going to be rough when you said "no Blitz," but yikes. I was considering a similar run with Unarmed weapons, which are worse, but this convinced me otherwise.

7:44 it's amazing how flush with caps you get when you don't have to buy ammo and instead sell it all. Melee runs are more lucrative than water farming. 😂

Omg love the guest player! Nice collaboration

that perk where you flash step in vats with melee + the melee cleave is an insane combo, tho ive accidently killed several friendlies with that

I know this guy is gonna get a lot more subs very fast so we’ll you have 4K subs I’m happy I can say I’m here early

I know you prob won’t read this but I found out that after your vats kills an enemy there’s a moment of waiting before it takes you out and if you click abort after the hit it cancels the animation giving you a crucial second or two

nice video dude! Here is an idea if you want it, fallout ( 3 NV or 4 ) but you can only use each weapon once.

15:48 set off my chrome mini, I was asleep and had youtube on in the background and I was awoke to Rick Astley and very confused

i love the mdb cameo