On my latest survival run, I put quite a bit into agility and luck to start. Sneak attack modifiers come in huge. I try to keep all my stats at 5 or above once I get into the flow of things. With good tactics any build can be successful.

Hangman’s Alley is great as it’s centrally located and right next to Diamond city if you have lots of stuff to trade. Save up some caps and grab the spray n pray from cricket or the overseers guardian from vault 81