Basher (Fallout 4)

Basher is a perk in Fallout 4.

Effects
Gun bashing does not deal as much damage as melee or unarmed weapons, especially when the latter two are modded or paired with the Iron Fist or Big Leagues perks. This is due to several factors:
 * The "best" gun bashing weapons are essentially limited to common-place mods, such as the Large Bayonet muzzle mod; therefore there is a hard early-game cap on itemization for gun bashing.
 * Gun bashing does not benefit from the Big Leagues perk itself, despite being a melee attack.
 * Gun bashing also does not benefit from any of the characteristics of the gun itself, such as bonuses from Commando or legendary weapon effects.

Despite this, gun bashing is still very useful; it is almost guaranteed to stagger enemies, so it can buy valuable time against foes who have gotten too close for comfort. Moreover, gun bashing can be used to artificially shorten the reload time of a weapon: while naively gun bashing while reloading cancels the reload, gun bashing after a new magazine has been inserted into the gun allows for performing a quick melee attack and, upon its completion, having a fully loaded gun.