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Luck

By
Nathan Garvin
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“Some folks claim not to believe in luck, but when they lose in a duel you’ll hear them say, ‘That lucky son-of-a-gun!’”

Doesn’t the loser of a duel often die? Anyways… Luck is a great skill, especially with poor Intelligence suffering. From Luck you will get a half-point bonus to all your skills (rounded up), which tops out at +5 once you have nine Luck, making nine really the terminal score for Luck. Considering this, Luck can potentially give you the highest skill bonus of any attribute, and the fact that each point also translates to your critical hit chance makes it a very nice attribute indeed.

Luck Critical Hit Chance Skills Description
1 1% +1 13 Pitch-Black Coats
2 2% +1 Broken Gypsy Mirror
3 3% +2 Sickly Albatross
4 4% +2 Spilled Salt
5 5% +3 Coin Flip
6 6% +3 Stack Deck
7 7% +4 Lucky 7
8 8% +4 Leprechaun’s Coat
9 9% +5 21-Leaf Clover
10 10% +5 Two-Headed Coin Flip

Start out with eight Luck and bring it up to nine with the Implant, which is as high as it needs to be. Even the critical-hit happy builds should be satisfied with this, as it’s not worth stripping a point from another S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Attribute for one measly point of critical hit percentage.

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Bethesda Softworks
  • Platforms,
    PC, PS3, XB 360
  • Genre
    RPG
  • Guide Release
    1 November 2015
  • Last Updated
    7 December 2020
  • Guide Author
    Nathan Garvin

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