Top 5 Best Power Armors in Fallout 4

Fallout 4 is a huge, huge game. Criticised by many for its lack of role playing elements and world-altering features, no one can argue the gameplay itself is fantastic. With a wealth of weapons, clothing, armor and junk available, it’s easy to get a bit overwhelmed. One of the greatest elements is power armor, hulking suits your character can wear to make them an unstoppable death machine.

Everyone loves rampaging across the battlefield sporting some power armor, no doubt you’ve collected a set or two already. Due to the fusion core requirements, you can’t wear power armor all the time, so its usually reserved for boss fights and long quests during the early stages of your adventures. As you progress through the game, you’ll encounter more and more variants of power armor.

It’s important to know the details of each suit, check out the list of the 5 best power armor sets to give you all the info you need!

 

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5. Raider

The go-to power armor for low level and/or new players. Raider power armor is the easiest to come by, with raider bosses usually wearing them. After taking down one of these bosses, you’ll be able to pick up the power armor pieces to use with a power armor frame you already own. Although this suit has some fairly low resistances, in the early game its still exceptional.

Few customisation options means raider armor gets out-dated quickly, so make sure you keep an eye out for other power armor sets!

Damage Resistance: 500

Energy Resistance: 250

Radiation Resistance: 1050

Total Resistance: 1800

 

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4. T-45

T-45 power armor is the only set to be able to be equipped with the Minuteman paint job, which can increase your Charisma skill. Acquiring this power armor set is relatively straight-forward, simply find a boss wearing it before brutally murdering them and looting their broken corpse. There’s a crashed Vertibird on the roof of the Museum of Freedom which contains a full set. Rowdy, a vendor at the Atom Cats Garage, will also sell pieces occasionally.

You should absolutely seek out this power armor as soon as possible, the resistances are quite over-powered at the early stages of the game!

Damage Resistance: 500

Energy Resistance: 310

Radiation Resistance: 1050

Total Resistance: 1860

 

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3. T-51

In terms of appearance, the T-51 set looks the best due to the lack of rust compared to other power armor suits. Unfortunately, there’s no solid, easy way to get your hands on this set. Full suits are incredibly rare so you’ll have to hope you encounter enough pieces on your adventures.

With plenty of paint jobs available, you’ll be able to increase your Agility, Strength, Percepton, Charisma or even Energy Resistance with this set. If your character is more of a bad guy, you can kill Clint at the Quincy Ruins to obtain almost all the pieces required. The T-51 power armor boasts considerably resistances, compared to those before it on this list.

Damage Resistance: 740

Energy Resistance: 490

Radiation Resistance: 1050

Total Resistance: 2280

 

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2. T-60

One of the more recognisable sets in the game, the T-60 power armor is now standard issue for the Brotherhood of Steel. As such, it’s incredibly simple to obtain while also holding some of the best resistances you can find. A massive 14 different paint jobs are available, giving you plenty of leeway when it comes to customisation.

Once again, Rowdy at the Atom Cats Garage can sell some T-60 pieces. By far the least challenging way of acquiring a set of T-60 is to follow the Brotherhood of Steel quest-line, or simply kill a Brotherhood of Steel member who happens to wearing a set.

Damage Resistance: 980

Energy Resistance: 645

Radiation Resistance: 1050

Total Resistance: 2675

 

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1. X-01

To even find a single piece of X-01 power armor, the player will need to reach level 28. This is justifiable of course, as if you start the game with a full set, the rest of the quest-line will be played in super-easy mode. Such high resistances make you nigh unkillable, so each piece is understandably hard to acquire.

However, you can go to 35 Court and after reaching the top, you’ll literally find a full set waiting for you. That’s if you can get past the Sentry Bot and Assaultron anyway!

Damage Resistance: 1220

Energy Resistance: 790

Radiation Resistance: 1050

Total Resistance: 3060