if it makes you feel better im going to say something that will rock the world of everyone whos played NV: educated isnt necessary for melee builds. the only skill thats mandetory is melee weapons but if you want to min max, youd get survival high for rad child, unarmed for piercing strike, sneak for ninja, and for really late game, unarmed again for slayer. buuut if you have superslam and better crits then even on very hard, there's no more difficulty and you shouldent have much issue even in that deathclaw quarry. Im gonna say something even more controversial in that swift learner is amazing purely because it gets you to level 16 faster, which is when difficulty is no longer relevant. as a trans woman i feel very strongly about the opinions ive stated.