Super Cattle Prod

Super Cattle Prod
A Farmer's Best Friend model cattle prod from Wattz Electronics. This model has been upgraded to increase the electrical discharge.
Damage	42 - 64
Thrust	AP: 3, Range: 1.
Aimed Attack	Yes. Thrust/Swing AP +1(2) AP
Swing	AP: 3, Range: 1.
n/a
Damage type	Normal/Electrical
Weapon Perk	Accurate
Ammo	Small Energy Cells
Ammo capacity	20
Strength required	4
Type	Single-handed
Possible buffs for Weapons
Deterioration	Yes
Weight	1360 grams
Base price	2535 caps

Crafting Table
x 1
Requirements	Profession: Energy Expert: 2
Blueprints	Yes
Resources	1 x 1 x
Tools
XP	0

The Super Cattle Prod (Abbreviated "SCP") is a favorite amongst some melee fighters. Its damage is a random combination of both Normal and Electrical damage.

You can buy the blueprint from Ralph in Gun Runners for 10k Caps.

About This Weapon

• Mega Power Fist and SCP are the only melee weapons (for now) that have electrical type of damage (along with regular Cattle Prod of course)
• SCP is most effective against Metal Armor which offers no protection against electrical damage. It is also effective against Metal Armor Mark II which offers very little protection
• A good weapon for most PvE since animals usually have low electrical resistance

Advantages

• Accurate is a weapon perk which increases the chance to hit by 20%
• Its critical hit death animation is awesome
• Electrical resistance cannot be boosted by Drugs, so the SCP deals the same amount of damage to a Psycho-drugged enemy as it would to the same enemy without Psycho
• Electrical resistance is usually lower than or equal to Normal resistance of Armors, except for Tesla Armor

One Exception

• Tesla Armor has 90% electrical and only 20% normal damage reduction. So a good backup weapon might be a Ripper, Super Sledge or Power Fist

How to Obtain

• Merchants rarely sell SCP
• Get Profession: Energy Expert 2 and craft them yourself

Weapon Comparisons

• Minimum Damage is 5 points higher than Ripper's (maximum Damage is same for both)
• Average Damage is 1 point lower than Super Sledge's , but SCP's AP cost is point 1 lower