What guns and armor work best with your companions?
E.g. Here's mine
Boone - AMR with Ranger combat helmet and 1st Recon assault armor
Raul - All American and Tb45 power armor
Lily - Good as she is lol
Arcade - Q-35 and Tb51
Veronica - Ballistic fist and Tb51
Cass - I killed her every time
ED- E - Armor upgrade

Marksmen Carbine works on Gun companion. Q-35 work for EW ones. But overall Chainsaw work the best.


Rex is horrible, ED-E's weapon upgrade allow it to attack further await.

Not with Boone, his sniper headshots are crazy.

He can headshot with Marksmen Carbine as well. The difference you can buy surplus ammo with it, while with AMR you got to get .50; not to mention AMR is quite a big and would get damage quite often.

Vanilla game: I still prefer Boone with the Service Rifle (early on) or just a plain ol' Sniper Rifle, altho the All-American is always a fun thing to give them. I don't need him to do "max damage" via expensive ammo/gear at all, he (& any other gun companion) is still a kill-bot even w/out those.

Rex is terrible indeed. Cute as a button in some ways, but terrible for a combat companion. imo.

I still leave Arcade with his default pistol most of the time. Sometimes I give him one of the unique EW rifles for more range tho.

Veronica...if I have her, Pushy. She doesn't need anything else and it's easy to get early, without stealing.

Cass/Raul - essentially like Boone. I don't use Cass as a shotgunner, she's a rifle chick to me. Don't use either much tho.

Armors: vanilla/non-modded game, nothing more than the reinforced combat armor. Don't like power armor & w/my 7-9 CHA they do just fine w/out it.

It depends on what I use.. but raul as a cowboy weapon gunner was great.
Cass shotgun, hunting or riot.. always with slug ammo.
Boone rifle.
Arcade pistol or good rifle.
Lily not really used tbh.
Vicky the strongest fist weapon I can find.

Maybe Rex should get a brainwave attack?

:laugh:
Psychic sonic-wave power, activate! *barkbark!*

You give Veronica the Q-35 modulator and things will die, fast too. And Boone with a chainsaw too for some reason, I never got that one but hey, it works.

Companions w/chainsaws are hilarious. Plus they ignore DT I think, so there's that.

I make sure they have a wide selection. Most them like the all american the best.

Boone- All American, trail carbine- (indoors) A 12 gauge with slugs and 10mm smg. The armour he gets after his quest / his 1st recon hat

Cass- All American, cowboy repeater- (indoors) lever action shotgun with slugs, 10mm smg - assasin suit /Madre security helmet reinforced

Veronica- All American, moded laser rifle - (Indoors) pushy, laser rcw- BOS t51b

Raul - All American, BAR- (indoors) 12 gauge shotty, with slugs 10mm smg - Madre security armour reinforced / combat helmet

Gannon his plasma defender, AER-14 combat armour / combat helmet reinforced

The one time I was going to use him I had to kill him because of his glitch.

Lily- used her 1 time to do her quests then could not get Gannon back.

ED E weapons upgrade is better IMO

Rex - Which ever brain gives him the stronger attack IMO

Boone- I don't mind his Hunting Rifle. Assault Recon Armor. 1st Recon Beret.
Veronica- Ballistic Fist. Her Armored Robes and Hood. (Notice that I don't really take interest in giving my companions Power Armor.
Cass- Never liked her, so I have any preferences.
Lily- Can't put armor on her. She's good unchanged.
Arcade- Any of the Combat Armors or Leather Armor, Reinforced. Plasma Defender is good enough.
Raul- Marksman Carbine. 5.56mm Surplus (2000 of them). Combat Armor/ Helmet Mk. II, Reinforced.
ED-E- Upgraded Laser.
Rex- Upgraded.....ummmm....I don't really remember.

Boone- Either the armor he gets from completing his companion quest or NCR Ranger armor because it looks totally bad (donkey). Also leave him with his 1st recon beret
Weapon: AMR for big targets. Gobi for regular usage. Fully modded regular Sniper for covert situations. I give him Knock-Knock as a melee weapon (he is completely amazing with it for some reason)
[personally find Boone the most well balanced and useful companion overall so I use him the most] :rock:

Veronica - T 51b or Remnant Power Armor. Just get her the maximum DT possible
Weapon: Pushy. She doesn't have enough Str to use the Ballistic fist effectively. Not only that Pushy's displacement feature is what saves her from getting steamrolled by Cazadors, Deathclaws etc. Q51 for ranged purposes but honestly she is MUCH better at melee fighting than ranged so let her do her thing.
[I use her the most after Boone just because she is fun and pwns things with pushy like crazy] :dead:

Cass: Assassin Suit or the best Combat Armor
Weapon: Fully Modded Hunting Shotgun. Or if I am feeling generous Dinner Bell (though letting go of my favorite shotty is very rare). All-American for long distance purposes
[Used Cass quite a bit. She is actually amazing with Dinner Bell. I still don't quite understand how she seems to snipe things with a shotty] :stare:

Lily: Sorry can't stand her. I refuse to use her because she is so gawd awefully annoying. Plus she doesn't have a death Gatling laser of doom which is disappointing. <_<

Arcade: T51b or Remnant Power Armor
Weapon: Q51 or YGS depending on situation
[Complete pansy. Don't like him at all. Also his aim even with energy weapons isn't great.] :down:

Raul: Combat Armor
Weapon: Lucky, Mysterious Magnum, All-American depending on the situation
[Most hilarious companion by far. I like giving him the Mysterious Magnum because it makes him even more funny. Plus he is actually pretty darn good with it] :tongue:

Ed-E- Upgrade Defense but I really don't care because he is more of a walking container for me than anything else. I just use him to tank for me :turtle:

Rex: Upgrade Attack but I don't use him because he gets in the way of ranged combat and I always seem to accidently shotgun him :banghead: