10 STRONGEST ENERGY WEAPONS in Fallout: New Vegas - Caedo's Countdowns

Welcome to a list of the most powerful energy weapons in Fallout: New Vegas! I talk about both their base damage, and their locations if you're looking to pick them up yourself! Weapons Listed: Plasma Caster, Sonic Emitter, Elijah's Advanced LAER, Tri-Beam Laser Rifle (GRA), Alien Blaster, Pew Pew, Holorifle, Tesla-Beaton Prototype, Multiplas Rifle, Euclid's C-Finder, Pulse Gun, YCS/186.

[GUIDES]

[FULL LETS PLAYS & CO-PLAYS]

[CaedoGenesis]

(non-energy) has been removed from the title, usually I just copy titles over and change the first part, but I was tired enough to forget what was in the parentheses!

[Schneeregen_]

If you want the most damage per MF Cell then you go Holorifle, if you want the best DoT you go Holorifle, if you want the best style you go Holorifle, if you want most fun you go Holorifle, if you want the most Holorifle you go Holorifle.

[Jm-kisu]

"strongest energy weapons!"
(non energy)
am confused

[bendakstarkiller]

I always loved how in the Fallout world, Winchester, a company known for wild-west shotguns, designed a plasma rifle :D It's like hearing that 0ldsmobile was responsible for the Vertibird :D

[Literallyjustpowerchords]

I still like the AE14 Prototype. The green beam is cool 😹

[thezambambo]

I never actually realized the C-Finder was an *orbital laser marker*, I always thought it was just a joke

[AngryCosmonaut]

Not a weapon per say but the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF AN ENERGY WEAPONS BUILD is the VIGILANT RECYCLER perk! the Optimized ammo does 30% more damage with improved armor penetration for 10% more wear and tear, and crafting energy weapon ammo is easy because there's no additional ingredients needed.

That perk is so good it breaks my mind when people don't take it in their builds, who turns turns down over 30% more damage from a single perk?

[Kroepoek]

I liked the Q-35 Matter Modulator unique plasma rifle a lot too. It's got very high attack speed, is lighter, has the second most energy weapon durability in the game. It offsets the demand for high accuracy. Having a plasma rifle that shoots really fast, while maintaining a 50% higher dps than a normal one is great. Also it's projectiles move twice as fast when compared with standard plasma rifles.. It can be found in the REPCONN Headquarters.

[Geelar]

The C-Finder is quite a let down. Such a build up in the lore; The effect looks great; and with such restrictions; the damage is just so disappointing.

[batman]

Energy weapons: *exist*
Old world blues: we can make them better! Faster! Stronger!

[kriegdeathrider]

Despite ammo being rare once you actually dump skill points into energy weapons and take critical, vats, and of course energy weapon perks they become the most over powered broken shit in the game

[yamatohime]

Well, Holorifle is probably one of the most cost-efficient high damage energy weapons. After all it deals 105 damage per MFC. I used mostly it during my first playthroughs. In comparison, number 1 and number 2 in the list deals only 35 per MFC. Number 3 deals pathectic 22, 5 damage per MFC.

[dillonqaphsiel]

“The alien blaster has finite ammo”

Me an intellectual: equips a common ammo type to a hot key.

[olefredrikskjegstad]

The Holorifle is legit one of my top 5 video game weapons. I don't know what is, exactly, there's just something about the look and feel, and lore, of that weapon that really works for me.

[MorbidSlinky]

The Tri-Beam sounds like it’d be better in almost every metric than the Multiplas due to the convergent effects of Laser Commander and the various other Crit related perks.

[whichDude]

My favorite was the fully upgraded laser rifle with a high luck crit build. Large magazine and fire rate just makes it a crit machine.

[TuckBolt]

Caedo Genesis: Get your mind out of the gutter.

Big MT: pEnIs fEeT!

[ninjauser]

"Onomatopoeia in handheld form" good one caedo.

[Camurgladius]

I genuinely understand the reasons for why one would dislike Dead Money (I even at least partially agree with some of them)--but Elijah is simply one of the absolute best-written, best-acted characters in video game history, and his presence throughout the DLC makes it IMO the best in-series, without even considering materially "powerful" things like the Holorifle and the Sierra Madre chips.

[MnemonicHack]

Dead Money is my favorite DLC of any DLC for any game. I seriously love the story. Actually, I'm considering getting the Ace card with the praying skeleton with a bullethole in the head as a tattoo on my arm.