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Do dark angels have any locator becaons or telpeort homers for that sort of thing.

All bikes come with teleport homers I think. Either that or beacons

Too bad orks don't come with as good deep striking.

Deepstriking Orks could be potentially very scary. Except they can't assault out of DS, so unless they had a rule that allowed them to do that, I'd only see some units worthy of deepstriking.

Stormboyz actually do have a rule like that if they have Zagstrukk with them. It's a lesser version of the vanguard rules.

They're probably better than vanguard too

Don't dis vanguard, they are awesome.
Zagstrukk's rule actually makes it so you have to assault, its no choice, when you enter through deep strike. You also have to sacrifice d3 stormboyz

IMHO, I think they're too expensive for what they do.

Wow. Might wanna have a blob squad with him just in case

I find that he only works if the squad is absolutely maxed out.

And I can see why. Are stormboyz in general good?

It's a widely debated topic whether they are good or not. I personally like them because they are orks that can get to an opponent in an extremely fast manner.
They are sort of like assault marines.

Ergh, I hate assault marines (unless they're BA assault marines). I've had bad experiences up and down the court with them. But I've never run them in squads of ten, so I don't know if that's the trick or not.

I find that they work awesome in squads of ten with either a chaplian or Shirke. IIRC, stormboyz can be 20 man strong, making them insanely powerful, which also compliments Zaqstrukk's ability and the abilities of their jump pack's.

Ah, so they work by hoarding the enemy. I see how my tactic of a five man squad went wrong. Well, twenty jump packing orks must be scary with a special character then!

It is very scary, but painful for the orks when misshap occurs.

Yeah, that would be. Mishap hurts anyone. Especially those BA players who mishap with their deepstriking Land Raider

The reason I don't play blood angels. Either that or I just didn't feel liek buying a new army. But yeah, stormboyz are extremely hazardous and they had soem other rule that made them even more likely to kill themselves thta I can't remember.

DS Land raiders is stupid, but BA does have benefits. I'll have to look that one up

I think it was a chance that one explodes whenever the unit moves.

Oh crap! That's scary!

Rokkit deffkoptas or Rokkit-buggies are extremely good tank-hunters.

If you are tryign to make a battleforce army, make those gitz trukkers! Afterall there are trukks in the battleforce.

Nobz would be ok, but I prefer more boys.

What would be interesting was an entire army featuring only all units in the battleforce, and only those. (except HQ of course as those aren't included)

It's a strange army, but you'd mostly have a fast army out of it.

I agree Demdiddydizzy! (Great name )
Battleforce sure sets you up for Kult of Speed / Evil Sunz

Thanks!

Which was an army I considered, but I already have DA, so bikes are covered for me

BaneGuard wrote:The reason I don't play blood angels. Either that or I just didn't feel liek buying a new army. But yeah, stormboyz are extremely hazardous and they had soem other rule that made them even more likely to kill themselves thta I can't remember.

I adore stormboys and they are really effective! I remember seeing a tactica for them around here somewhere....

The death when they fly is their extended move rule.

You roll a d6 and add that as inches to your move, if you roll a 1 one model takes a wound and you get to add that 1 to your move. (IE: Stormboys move, roll a 6 and get to move 18" HUZZAH)

I agree that the battleforce does set up for kult os speed.


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That's what it is, thanks.

Anytime BaneGuard

The low chances of losing a stormboy when you fly along with the possible 18" move not including running (if so you can get 24" move!) makes them more appealing. Make them deepstrike and you can touch whatever you want.

Ok, stormboyz are better than I thought by far, since they don't randomly kill themselves for no reason.

They sound like a decent squad at least!

They are quite a great unit, anyways... what is your thoughts on your list now Dizzy?