Stagger



Stagger or Staggered is an action and condition in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76. Similar to a stagger is a Knockdown, which completely ragdolls an enemy leaving them open for attacks.

Characteristics
To stagger others or become staggered oneself refers to receiving or dealing slows that cause one to walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

Gameplay
The player is immune to the stagger affect, but can cause it enemies. The only consistent method to cause stagger is to cripple a limb. Crippling a limb puts an enemy in pain state where they grasp or recover from the limb that was just crippled; leaving them open for subsequent attacks.
 * Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas

Both the player character and some enemies have the ability to stagger. For the player character, crippling limbs still causes a stagger state, and some perks also give weapons an inherent stagger chance. Attacks from enemies, such as the deathclaw and yao guai, have a chance to stagger on heavy attacks. The yao guai in particular has a 100% chance to stagger.
 * Fallout 4 and Fallout 76

Stagger perks

 * Bow Before Me
 * Commando (Staggers in Fallout 4 only)
 * Enforcer
 * Heavy Gunner
 * One Gun Army
 * Pain Train
 * Tank Killer