Are Fully Feral Ghoul Melee builds worth it?

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Future Ghoul character playable in Fallout 76 features a variety of unique and exclusive building tools that will provide a unique gameplay experience compared to the original human playable character. Several of these new Ghoul-exclusive build tools are available today Fallout 76Its public test server and of course they are quite strong, potentially paving the way for a new meta.

Despite transforming into a Ghoul in Fallout 76 coming with some negative side effects, the benefits of a full Feral Ghoul build undoubtedly outweigh the negatives thus far. While some aspects of the playable Ghoul may be rebalanced before the playable Ghoul character is officially introduced into Fallout 76His Season 20 update coming in March 2025, becoming a Ghoul and allowing the Feral stat to reach its full potential, will definitely be the new meta for melee builds regardless.

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Fallout 76's new Feral Ghoul mechanic is a game changer for melee builds

Immediately after becoming a Ghoul in Fallout 76players will need to start managing their Feral levels. The player's Feral level starts at 100%, providing positive health and AP benefits. Over time, this Feral level will naturally decrease, and the positive benefits will eventually become negative side effects as players get closer to becoming Feral.

Currently, the player's Feral meter takes about two hours to fully decrease from 100% to 0%. There is no way to speed up this process yet, although players can refill their Feral levels by consuming any chemical other than Stimpaks.

Once the player's Feral level fully reaches 0%, melee damage will increase by 200%, while reducing ranged weapon accuracy by 300% when hip shooting or using VATS in Fallout 76. While the training time to become a full wild Ghoul is admittedly quite high, this unique wild melee benefit makes it worth the investment for melee builds. Fallout 76given that the Feral status will persist as long as players avoid consuming any chemicals.

Should players ever decide to switch to a ranged weapon, using a chem or two will negate the -300% accuracy debuff for a few minutes, though this will also negate the +200% melee buff .

Even outside of the main benefit of Feral status, most of the new Perk cards are included Fallout 76 which are exclusive to the playable Ghoul character are generally suitable for melee builds. As a result, going Feral as a Ghoul can take players' melee builds to the next level, thanks to a significant buff that stacks especially well with other permanents and temporary ailments.

Becoming a Wild Ghoul in Fallout 76 is a double-edged sword

Besides reduced max health and AP, Feral or not, becoming a Ghoul in Fallout 76 will prevent players from being able to use certain perk cards that are exclusive to humans. Finally, becoming a Ghoul has both positive and negative side effects that players should consider. In the case of ranged weapon builds, whether the new Ghoul builds are better than human builds is generally subjective. However, it seems that the upcoming playable character Ghoul will pave the way for a new end meta Fallout 76 specifically for building melee weapons.

The pros and cons of a full Ghoul Melee build in Fallout 76

Pro

  • Wild melee buff can be sustained permanently

  • Wild melee buff can stack with similar perks

  • Wild Accuracy debuff can be temporarily negated

  • Ghouls have additional melee advantages through Perk cards

Cons

  • Going completely wild is a slow process

  • Using chemical ailments will temporarily negate the Feral melee advantage

  • Ghouls cannot use certain human benefit cards

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