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Lootas or Flash Gitz
Lootas 80% [ 102 ]
Flash Gitz 20% [ 26 ]
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I'm interested in what others think. Do you use them? Have you faced them? Which do you prefer to fight with (or not fight against)? And why?

I'm planning on adding one of these unit types to my army next and I am leaning towards one type over the other ( Shh, it's a secret which one) but I figured more opinions couldn't hurt before I take the plunge.

 
   
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Lootas. Definitely. You have to deal with a random number of shots, but the shots you do get are S7, and they never have to worry about the "gets hot" rule. And you also get burna parts, so after buying two boxes of Lootas, you can get a box of Boyz and make them into Burna boyz. If you repeat this whole procedure twice, you also end up with the parts to equip another box of boyz with rokkit launchers, which gets you plastic Tankbustas. That's some serious Orky firepower. Also, you've got 20 shootas left over, so you can equip ten Nobz with twin-linked shootas with a minimal amount of cutting and no greenstuff work. I keep saying I'm done with GW, but they drag me back in!

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Flash Gitz. They have a much better chance of hitting things, and they have great upgrades. They're costed fine and really strike fear into your opponents.

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Cheese Elemental wrote:Flash Gitz. They have a much better chance of hitting things, and they have great upgrades. They're costed fine and really strike fear into your opponents.


I think Flash Gitz are pretty cool guys. They kill humiez and doesn't afraid of anything.

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Quantity has a quality all its own in an Ork list. The Lootas definitely take it here. They're one of the best units in the dex.

Flash Gitz have mixed reviews. Their upgrades are descent, but they don't really have the sheer number of shots to get around their low BS. That being said, they are Nobz with guns and they've got some of the best conversion potential in the list. They're also one of those 'never seen' units, so you can count on your opponent scratching their head a little to figure out what to keep the Flash Gitz away from, which is entertaining in its own right.

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Flash Gitz are overpriced, aren't very good at what they do, and are overpriced. That's worth mentioning again as a fully upgraded unit is edging around the 400 mark.

Lootas, on the virtue of having S7 guns that fire lots of shots, and coming in big groups, can fight any target in the game bar AV14. Other armies wish they had units as generally useful as Lootas.

Lootas all the way.

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I have to say that my vote is on flash gitz.

They are nobs with a nasty gunz that either punch through tanks or ice cream, but their way they can shoot and assault.

Playing against lootas, you go, yep out flank or template spam it and it dies super fast. You play flash gitz, you ignore them and then cop a volley of fire and 1 assault phase and spend the rest of the game crying in fear.

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Lootas are awesome.
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I run a fully upgraded unit of Flash Gitz (including Badrukk) attached to a Warphead. Not only can you win alot of style points by using them, but they can be very effective. Although I admit, I don't think I would bring them to a tournament

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How about a combo of both!? Flash Lootas... Loogitz...

I'd say the Lootas for the S7 but being able to field a special character with your squad has me saying Flash Gitz too...

...maybe if I wasn't at work and was at home where I could look up more stuff about each I'd have a better opinion.
   
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as a mobile ork player, i rarely run lootas. i dont like leaving anyting in the backfield while my 3-4 shoota mobs waaagh across the table. flashgitz just play better to the synergy of my army.

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Lootas>Gitz...everytime

Does anyone even consider running mroe than one squad of Gits, let alone three? NOPE!

Do people run 2-3 squads of Lootas? YEP! They are that good.

   
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Flash Gitz are a good choice for shooty/assaulty goodness (more intended for those tougher cookies )

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Alerian wrote:Lootas>Gitz...everytime

Does anyone even consider running mroe than one squad of Gits, let alone three? NOPE!

Do people run 2-3 squads of Lootas? YEP! They are that good.


Sounds like a challenge to me! Now if it just didnt cost 1600 points for the FG alone...

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lootas on paper havnt played with or against I did use flash gitz once but cos it was early on in my army and a small board they couldnt see anything (plus everything on my side was counts as) wereas a squad of lootas on a building would prob have won me the game so I am now very confused and have forgotten what I voted for

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Thanks for all the great comments! Here is what I'm planning on doing...

Flash Gitz - Why? Well, 48" range with a Heavy D3 for Lootas may seem tempting, but that unit is stuck. You can't move and shoot and one well placed infiltration unit or deep strike and they're tied up for two turns or more (Not to mention artillery). Flash Gitz are essentially Nobs with gunz and like studderingdave, I like my army to be pretty mobile (as I also feel it is the strength of the Orks). Flash Gitz (with upgrade) are Assault 2! Shooting on the move at 24" with a potential AP1 which could even shred Termies! And if you have to get stuck in, they're Nobs! Focused on shooting instead of assault. Pricey? Yes. But they can be outfitted, more or less, similer to a mob of Nobz complete with Painboy. In other words... I Like.

Anyway, that's my logic but I still welcome alternate views and strategy! As of yet, I just don't see "it" in relation to Lootas.

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I fear them both equally. However I do fear the upgraded flash gitz more. It really depends on what you are playing against. Lootas even though they are stuck they can be very very affective of course it all depends on your dice rolls. so my fear is equally split. Yes Flash gitz can destroy a unit and move around but if a person is hot they can really do a lot of damage with Lootas.

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Small games - Lootas
Big Games - Flash Gitz.

Logic: Smallgames=small board = lootas cover whole thing.
Big Games= Big Costs= Can field my nobz as trroops and some flash gitz.

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Lootas are better at everything.

Flash gits are WAAAY too fething expensive for a shooty unit, it keeps getting brought up that they're better in assault.

But for more than twice the price they better be better at everything, and then some.
Kitted out flash gitz can cost as much as terminators.

2 lootas are shootier than a terminator for 10 points less.

you do the math.

Edit: And those heavy support slots have plenty of competition.

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Looking at the book here, let's assume one unit of 10 Lootas (at 15 points, that's 150 points) vs. one unit of 5 Flash Gitz with More Dakka upgrades (at 30 points each).

10 Lootas get 10d3 attacks at 48" with 7 Str and AP 4.
5 Flash Gitz get 10 attacks at 24" with 5 Str and AP d6.

Assuming a full Yahtzee of 1s, 10 Lootas get 10 attacks with twice the range of a Flash Git, with a higher Strength (which means a much better chance to wound) and a decent AP (taking out most basic units). Not to mention, at 7 Str, a Deffgun can threaten Vehicles with armor ratings of 10 or even 12 pretty seriously.

Flash Gitz and Lootas both enjoy a BS of 2, which favours more shots. And personally, I'm just a fan of ranged attacks. I've just started playing myself, but I'd have to go with a unit of Lootas over a unit of Flash Gitz any day.

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You roll for the entire unit of lootas, rather than one loota at a time. That being said, your reasoning is pretty good. Lootas have more effective firepower than a similar points cost of flash gitz.

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Lootas: 48" with 7 Str and AP 4.
Flash: 24" with 5 Str and AP d6.

So, to start with lootas have double the range, so they dont need to move atall.
2 strength more makes a nice difference.
D3 shots (average of 2) per turn means they beat the flash gitz there.
1/2 the time lootas will also have the same or better AP.


Upgrades:

More dakka 5 points per model: upgraded to assault 2.
Shootier 5 points per model: upgraded to Strength 6.
Blasta 5 points per model: subtract 1 from the AP roll. (gives them the gets hot rule)

So, even fully upgraded they just beat them on AP, on average they will draw on shots, but still lose out on strength.
and points wise a git is then 40 per model!
lootas are a plain and standard 15 points.

you can add a painboy for added survival.
they have a character upgrade (more on that in a sec)
and they do get a choice of ammo runts.
but once again, this builds the cost even more.

Badrukk: 24", Str7, AP2 assault 3!
seems nice allready
however, once again his weapon gets hot, and he suffers from typical ork accuracy.
allthough, a 3+ save with 5+ inv. save he may live a little longer.
but due to rolling 3 dice per turn for his shots, he will wound himself every 2-3 turns on average.


Unit size:

Gitz: 5-10
lootas: 5-15

so it will take alot less to cause gitz to run off.
they are not a large enough unit to make use of the mob rule.

Gitfindas!: gitz get to measure the range before shooting.
with 48" range the lootas have no need to do such a thing.

lootas also gain more advantage at tank hunting due to the added strength.


Points: (max)

15 lootas - 225 points

10 gitz: moer dakka, shootier, blastas, badrukk, painboy, all with cybork bodies - 565 points

huge difference!
to get gitz working nearly as good as lootas it costs loads.
well, enough points to take 37 lootas!


I would only ever take lootas if i wanted a fluffy unit or something that looked great.
other than that they dont really have any use.

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Cheese Elemental wrote:Flash Gitz. They have a much better chance of hitting things, and they have great upgrades. They're costed fine and really strike fear into your opponents.


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Badrukk shouldn't wound himself -- he has 3 Ammo Grots. Without them, he would indeed wound himself every 2-3 turns, but actually he just has to use up an Ammo Grot every 2-3 turns.

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lol what's the next poll? Obliterators vs Possesed?

I can't decide which is funnier--that someone actually started this poll (either for real or as a joke), or that some people actually voted Flash Gitz.

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Both units have Leadership problems, but the Lootas can have more than 10 models at start as Fearless.

Lootas do one thing - they shoot.

Flash Gitz do two things - they shoot and with nob stats can get into melee.

Since Lootas do one thing, they're a lot cheaper. Flash Gitz are priced to have two roles - shooting and melee. But, they're not that good at melee. They don't get klaws and big choppas, so they won't win fights against elite melee units. They'll win lots of fights against middle of the road to bad melee units, but orks don't need help with that. Plus, Flash Gitz are so expensive, and don't get Bosspoles (are start Fearless), so they need another model to babysit them so they don't run away at their first morale check (which, if they had 10 models, would occur if they lose 3 models, which means they're now Ld 7).

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Danny Internets wrote:lol what's the next poll? Obliterators vs Possesed?

I can't decide which is funnier--that someone actually started this poll (either for real or as a joke), or that some people actually voted Flash Gitz.


Depends on how you play:

if you play to win, power-gamer or not, then you would go with lootas due to being able to have a HUGE amount of tank-killing squatting in the deployment zone obliterating anything that even remotely looks like a vehicle.

if you play just to have fun, use whatever the hell you like, so what if flash gitz are crappy compared to lootas? if you want to have a unit of nobz with assault 2 plasma-gun type things running about go with it, it'll be just as fun watching them turn enemies into piles of ash as doing it to themselves. Why not scrap both and go for tankbustas in a trukk? Think about it, trukk w/rokkit full of tankbustas = 13 rokkits a turn from a vehicle which isn't pleasant for most opponents.

My view is, go for what you feel like using, unless you plan on entering into serious tourneys...

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Ah! Finally some real debate.

dietrich wrote:Both units have Leadership problems, but the Lootas can have more than 10 models at start as Fearless.


Have you ever had a unit of Nobz in assault with a Painboy? They don't lose many assault rounds unless they are facing really superior odds (in which case it becomes irrelevant whether Lootas or Nobz are being assaulted. Besides, with Badrukk it's 11 for da Flash Gitz.


Danny Internets wrote:lol what's the next poll? Obliterators vs Possesed?

I can't decide which is funnier--that someone actually started this poll (either for real or as a joke), or that some people actually voted Flash Gitz.


I started this thread because I'm just now really getting back into playing and haven't really seen much of either unit used. I'm using the power of the internet to help flesh out some details and answer some questions regarding these unit types.

To me, it seems if you can't get your Lootas to high ground or a clear shot (which is true of any unit), they are wasted with all of that range. Also they can be easily swept or tied up by a decent deep strike/infiltration. Of course the people with experience against them or using them will be better able to answer whether this is a common issue. Of course, for the price it is perfectly understandable to use Lootas simply to draw out your opponents Deep Strike/Infiltration units!


the_ferrett wrote:Small games - Lootas
Big Games - Flash Gitz.

Logic: Smallgames=small board = lootas cover whole thing.
Big Games= Big Costs= Can field my nobz as trroops and some flash gitz.


I have to agree with this. It really seems (as any battle, real or imagined) that the conditions really determine the use of these unit types. They both appear to have their uses.

Emrab wrote:I fear them both equally. However I do fear the upgraded flash gitz more. It really depends on what you are playing against. Lootas even though they are stuck they can be very very affective of course it all depends on your dice rolls. so my fear is equally split. Yes Flash gitz can destroy a unit and move around but if a person is hot they can really do a lot of damage with Lootas.


This is also very telling from an opponents perspective! Thanks for all the great debate and comments. If anyone has experience playing with/against these unit types, please give us some more perspective on how they actually perform!

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Leigen_Zero wrote:My view is, go for what you feel like using, unless you plan on entering into serious tourneys...


Ah! Another very valid point! Lootas are more efficient.

 
   
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