PSA: I did some additional testing regarding the first legendary effect on Auto Axe (thanks people for highlighting some alternatives!). It was done rather quickly so I cannot say which is best, however all of them will certainly improve your damage quite a bit. Anti-Armor is a decent pick, but you do also have the option to go for either Furious, Troubleshooter's, Executioner's, or Bloodied. I'd recommend you give whichever you have available a try. Keep in mind Bloodied works better the lower your HP is, and Executioner's triggers under 40% of the boss' HP. Oh and one last thing, the legendary perk card "Taking one for the team" works if you join a random casual team with another player(s) and go into a solo raid instance. Highly recommended as it increases your damage significantly for a certain duration after shield phase. The perk card "Strange in numbers" under Charisma would also apply if someone else is mutated in the team. The one drawback is that you won't have the extra durability that a Raid team gives, but you'll get PLENTY of repair kits from farming this anyway so it doesn't really matter. Good luck!
TBH they patch the first boss they better fix the stability of the final boss because only reason i farm the first boss is i crash 99% of the time on the last boss
Not sure how people haven't figured this out yet but 100 loose screws are the best possible option for junk shield. They don't drop during raids and they weigh almost nothing. It was literally the first junk item I threw on because I thought everybody knew, but apparently not.
Furious, that's quite interesting. People have also been mentioning Executioner's, so I might have to give them both a try to see how well they do. Don't have Pounder's (yet!) unfortunately.
Just came back from a small break, so don't have pounder's available and I'm not that informed of how all 4-star mods work. Experimented with bully's, turns out it doesn't work here. Point of the video is clearing this with 3 stars anyway!
As far as I can tell it does not increase melee damage. I figured "orange number = weak spot", but saw no difference once putting it on. It's basically a 3-star weapon at this boss.
When me and my friend was farming with 3 stars and we got bullies we noticed a damage difference especially in time completion. But didn't use vampire we used anti armor so the damage bump was noticeable from 700 to 800 consistently, but this was weeks ago once we got pounders and went bloody we jumped up to 1700+
I have been playing the pts and this won't work anymore as they have made the inner ring and the guardian himself electrified now so won't be able to do this as of the March update.
Oh so they even made the guardian itself electrified, interesting. I wonder if a hovering method would work, like how people originally did it with the Auto Axe? Gonna have to check it out for myself later!
@prizmere There is still the way of using the 2 power armour frames to stand on but just more of a pain and I'm sure they'll find a way to patch that soon too.
@@cards4life50I can solo him without a auto axe. Knew this was going to be patched so I learned how to do it the way bethesda wants us to. Well minus the team part.
@ yeah me too, I just prefer not to. If you have those new plans for the GP I’m sure you could get it done pretty fast. Unfortunately I haven’t had any luck finding those yet.
How are you doing 600+ a hit with that? I have basically the same build, except all sluggers at 3, and my auto axe is a trouble shooters with hitmans, and im only doing 300 a hit.
If you want to do over a thousand dmg on the auto axe for the guardian go for Anti armour/heavy hitter/strength and pounders mods on the auto axe you can get up to 1400 to 1600 dmg per hit after a couple seconds of continuous attacks
Glowing meat steak, deathclaw steak, psychobuff. I run this farm bloody with pounders and git 1700-2600 if taking one for the team is active. You can use magazines, bobbleheads, and better melee food to hit 3k but it's overkill with pounders you can run without other buffs. Solo average fight time is 50-53 seconds really comes down to your luck on reflect.
@vincentwilkes1955 going over 3k damage isn't really needed anyways because usually once you get over 3200 his health starts rubber banding like crazy
As others have mentioned, you'll need Heavy Hitter's for that 40% power attack damage as it applies directly to the Auto Axe. Troubleshooter's should be fine for the first star. Third star doesn't matter too much. Certain foods combined with Carnivore (especially Yao Guai Roast as I showed in the video) gives you a massive buff to melee damage as well.
Change your auto axe to Anti armor since in the 2nd phase the boss doesn't attack. Also add Pounder 4th star for good damage buff. If AP is an issue rejuvenation is good for AP and HP, or Ranger for more damage.
I really need to farm this before it’s patched. I don’t think I’ll be able to though. I’m too behind. Need the troubleshooters a vampire weapon, anti armor for auto ax … dang
I do this as a herbivore and get the same damage. Putting Pounder's on your auto axe bumps damage up to over 1600. Carnivore is definitely not required. Edit: To be clear, I have full Sluggers cards and no Twisted Muscles (my character is gun focused normally so I didn't want to hurt that with the serum). Point is, you do not need to be full melee to solo this boss in less than a minute and a half.
PSA: I did some additional testing regarding the first legendary effect on Auto Axe (thanks people for highlighting some alternatives!). It was done rather quickly so I cannot say which is best, however all of them will certainly improve your damage quite a bit.
Anti-Armor is a decent pick, but you do also have the option to go for either Furious, Troubleshooter's, Executioner's, or Bloodied. I'd recommend you give whichever you have available a try. Keep in mind Bloodied works better the lower your HP is, and Executioner's triggers under 40% of the boss' HP.
Oh and one last thing, the legendary perk card "Taking one for the team" works if you join a random casual team with another player(s) and go into a solo raid instance. Highly recommended as it increases your damage significantly for a certain duration after shield phase. The perk card "Strange in numbers" under Charisma would also apply if someone else is mutated in the team. The one drawback is that you won't have the extra durability that a Raid team gives, but you'll get PLENTY of repair kits from farming this anyway so it doesn't really matter. Good luck!
TBH they patch the first boss they better fix the stability of the final boss because only reason i farm the first boss is i crash 99% of the time on the last boss
Just a little trick; use vault steel for junk shield, its junk that won't drop on death and it weights almost nothing
Not sure how people haven't figured this out yet but 100 loose screws are the best possible option for junk shield. They don't drop during raids and they weigh almost nothing. It was literally the first junk item I threw on because I thought everybody knew, but apparently not.
I use the free vault tec supply crate we get from the store. Doesn't drop or auto scrap and has 100 pieces in it.
@@jeremyw6246interesting, never knew that!
I have 116 vault steel and my resistances stop at 116.
@Trapstar86 you only need 100, the resistance maxes out at 116 so no point holding more junk
'madly scribbles notes' going to give this try after my dinner goes down!
If you have pounders on auto axe with furious as first star you can solo it in 40 seconds and you can take its shield out before its up
Furious, that's quite interesting. People have also been mentioning Executioner's, so I might have to give them both a try to see how well they do. Don't have Pounder's (yet!) unfortunately.
@ are you on Xbox?
@ if so I have like 5 pounders
@@patrickdownes3547 I'm on PC, but I appreciate the thought nonetheless!
Man. I really gotta do this before it’s nerfed. I don’t think I’ll be able to though.
Executuoner's 1-star effect is super powerful on bosses
I'll give it a try later!
Why did you use bully’s over pounders?
Just came back from a small break, so don't have pounder's available and I'm not that informed of how all 4-star mods work. Experimented with bully's, turns out it doesn't work here. Point of the video is clearing this with 3 stars anyway!
You have the 4 star mod Bully with autoaxe. Does it improve melee damage to EN06? What is its 'weak spot'?
As far as I can tell it does not increase melee damage. I figured "orange number = weak spot", but saw no difference once putting it on. It's basically a 3-star weapon at this boss.
You want pounders on auto axe.
When me and my friend was farming with 3 stars and we got bullies we noticed a damage difference especially in time completion. But didn't use vampire we used anti armor so the damage bump was noticeable from 700 to 800 consistently, but this was weeks ago once we got pounders and went bloody we jumped up to 1700+
I have been playing the pts and this won't work anymore as they have made the inner ring and the guardian himself electrified now so won't be able to do this as of the March update.
Oh so they even made the guardian itself electrified, interesting. I wonder if a hovering method would work, like how people originally did it with the Auto Axe? Gonna have to check it out for myself later!
We all knew they’d patch it. People will still find ways to solo it and even if they can’t, strong builds will make easy work of it anyways.
@prizmere There is still the way of using the 2 power armour frames to stand on but just more of a pain and I'm sure they'll find a way to patch that soon too.
@@cards4life50I can solo him without a auto axe. Knew this was going to be patched so I learned how to do it the way bethesda wants us to. Well minus the team part.
@ yeah me too, I just prefer not to. If you have those new plans for the GP I’m sure you could get it done pretty fast. Unfortunately I haven’t had any luck finding those yet.
How are you doing 600+ a hit with that? I have basically the same build, except all sluggers at 3, and my auto axe is a trouble shooters with hitmans, and im only doing 300 a hit.
If you want to do over a thousand dmg on the auto axe for the guardian go for Anti armour/heavy hitter/strength and pounders mods on the auto axe you can get up to 1400 to 1600 dmg per hit after a couple seconds of continuous attacks
Kill the mole miners outside get the glowing meat to make glowing meat steak. 100% melee damage buff
Glowing meat steak, deathclaw steak, psychobuff. I run this farm bloody with pounders and git 1700-2600 if taking one for the team is active. You can use magazines, bobbleheads, and better melee food to hit 3k but it's overkill with pounders you can run without other buffs. Solo average fight time is 50-53 seconds really comes down to your luck on reflect.
@vincentwilkes1955 going over 3k damage isn't really needed anyways because usually once you get over 3200 his health starts rubber banding like crazy
As others have mentioned, you'll need Heavy Hitter's for that 40% power attack damage as it applies directly to the Auto Axe. Troubleshooter's should be fine for the first star. Third star doesn't matter too much.
Certain foods combined with Carnivore (especially Yao Guai Roast as I showed in the video) gives you a massive buff to melee damage as well.
Sorry to say I research all p t s information in them.Patchin the the use of the auto ax on the robot is not being tested in pts
Change your auto axe to Anti armor since in the 2nd phase the boss doesn't attack. Also add Pounder 4th star for good damage buff. If AP is an issue rejuvenation is good for AP and HP, or Ranger for more damage.
"No 4 star needed"
I really need to farm this before it’s patched. I don’t think I’ll be able to though. I’m too behind. Need the troubleshooters a vampire weapon, anti armor for auto ax … dang
Herbivore shouldn’t have to much issues correct. I’ll try anyways as an herbivore
Carnivore can get +8 strength and +213% melee damage with food buffs. It's not required but much easier.
I do this as a herbivore and get the same damage. Putting Pounder's on your auto axe bumps damage up to over 1600. Carnivore is definitely not required. Edit: To be clear, I have full Sluggers cards and no Twisted Muscles (my character is gun focused normally so I didn't want to hurt that with the serum). Point is, you do not need to be full melee to solo this boss in less than a minute and a half.
Also executioners on you auto axe is better
It’s way easier with 4 star pounders mod
this tech is patched on pts btw
He says that in the video……
They should patch out using an auto axe on the 1st boss. You shouldn't be able to stand on it