Love and Hate

Love and Hate is a unique weapon .
==Characteristics==
Compared to the brass knuckles and spiked knuckles, Love and Hate deals the most damage per strike at the fastest attack speed of all three, though the DAM value is low-to-moderate to all unarmed weapons while the attack speed is the third-highest of all unarmed weapons. It deals the highest critical hit damage of all its variants at a 1x critical chance multiplier. It has the third-lowest AP cost of all unarmed weapons along with the spiked knuckles as well as a similar durability, albeit the highest caps value of the three. It is considered a holdout weapon. It requires a 50 Unarmed skill level and 3 Strength attribute level, like the spiked knuckles, to use effectively.
Visually, the weapon is close in appearance to the spiked knuckles, with the addition of plates in-between the spikes and fingerholes that have the words "LOVE" and "HATE" embossed on them, as well as being stained with blood. 
===V.A.T.S. Special Attacks===
===Durability===
Love and Hate can successfully strike about 1,495 times from full condition before breaking.
==Variants==
* Spiked knuckles - a rare variant.
* Brass knuckles - the standard variant found throughout the Mojave Wasteland.
===Comparison===
==Location==
The weapon is located at Bonnie Springs, south-southeast of Red Rock Canyon and north of Goodsprings Cemetery, found on a Viper Gang leader wearing combat armor.
==Behind the scenes==
The weapon's name and design serve as an homage to the character played by Robert Mitchem in the 1955 movie The Night of the Hunter, who has the words "LOVE" and "HATE" tattooed on the knuckles of his hands. A similar homage to Mitchem's character's tattoos appears in the Spike Lee movie Do the Right Thing.J.E. Sawyer on Formspring
==Bugs==
* Love and Hate does not use a higher resolution texture when used by the player, despite one being available in the game's resources. 
* On rare occasions Love and Hate can be found in a filing cabinet in Aurelius' office. 
* When dropped, Love and Hate may fall through the ground. 
* Sometimes after drawing Love and Hate, the player character's left thumb may get stuck sticking upright. Simply holstering and drawing the weapon again will fix this. 
==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas Unarmed skill weapons
Category:Fallout: New Vegas holdout weapons
Category:Fallout: New Vegas improved holdout weapons
Category:Fallout: New Vegas unique weapons
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