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Currently i have one on a warbike with a unit of 4our nobz and a pain boy. Im wondering if it is better to run one on foot, in a truck, in mega armour, alone or with a unit, etc. you get the idea. Also is a warboss on abike better in a unit or by himself?

The warbike is the best buy, its speed, a decent gun and armour rolled into one, the 4+ cover save is as good as iron halo against most shooting. All you need extra is cybork and a klaw.

I have always put my Warboss in a trukk with 5 nobz (3 with PK), it works well, so long as you have other trucks to protect. I avoid mega armour, just incase my truck gets popped early, slow and purp. is real annoying.
I am looking into the Warboss on bike...

in a bike with the correct loadout is 7!!! str 10 attacks.. how can you go wrong?

eats things for breakfast.. and wait until someone who doesn't know shoots at it and realizes that T6 is hard to wound and you get effectively a 4+ invlun against any and all shooting. its just crazy good

NaZ

So ya i have been running my boss on a bike recently. Got the usual stuff a warboss has. Bike, cybork body, klaw, attack squig. Im just curious if hes better with a unit of nobz with a painboy (for feel no pain), a unit of regular warbikes, or on his own.

CanadianGreenskinofKhorne wrote:So ya i have been running my boss on a bike recently. Got the usual stuff a warboss has. Bike, cybork body, klaw, attack squig. Im just curious if hes better with a unit of nobz with a painboy (for feel no pain), a unit of regular warbikes, or on his own.

He is better on his own in most cases, you stick him with a unit of nobz and your opponent is going to fire all that S8 and 9 weapons at them, warbikes and nobz are way too expensive to do anything worth wild in the game.

Leaving him by himself lets you support units almost at a whim, or he can go tank hunting when he is able to get close enough.

The more i think about it the more I believe that there is not much a warboss can do that 2 nobs cant. In addition you lose an HQ slot. The warboss is great and I cringe at the thought of a warbossless horde, but there is some much other cool stuff now, like wierdboyz and shokk gunz

I suppose, but, even though this seems crazy, the SAG isnt as important of an asset in my army like in other armies. i only have 15 lootas, and dont really need to drop 100+ points on a super gun. I have tried it, but a big mek with a KFF works better for me. And i like to have somthing strength ten in my army for when you run into somthing like a monolith.

Ravenous D wrote:

CanadianGreenskinofKhorne wrote:So ya i have been running my boss on a bike recently. Got the usual stuff a warboss has. Bike, cybork body, klaw, attack squig. Im just curious if hes better with a unit of nobz with a painboy (for feel no pain), a unit of regular warbikes, or on his own.

He is better on his own in most cases, you stick him with a unit of nobz and your opponent is going to fire all that S8 and 9 weapons at them, warbikes and nobz are way too expensive to do anything worth wild in the game.

Leaving him by himself lets you support units almost at a whim, or he can go tank hunting when he is able to get close enough.

I love my bikes, and if you play them right... they always pay off.
A warboss on a bike who rides up a flank, Warboss is closest to the table edge with a unit of bikes (w/nob, pk) along side of him.
The warboss is not part of the biker squad, and then he is safe from being picked off with a lascannon, and if the bike unit flees, then your warboss does not flee, because he is not part of the unit. Warboss should be close enough to get into hth, then he kills everything.

Ravenous D wrote:He is better on his own in most cases, you stick him with a unit of nobz and your opponent is going to fire all that S8 and 9 weapons at them, warbikes and nobz are way too expensive to do anything worth wild in the game.

Leaving him by himself lets you support units almost at a whim, or he can go tank hunting when he is able to get close enough.

Depending on your own awareness of their limitations, this can either be true or untrue.

biker nobs are an excellent replacement for lootas in an entirely buggy/trukk mounted force. they are much less vulnerable to choked LOS from ramshackle scatters and the like. you HAVE to know what they can do and what they can't do, but if you are any good, a unit like this can be a real terror

5x nobs 100 5x bikes 125 2x power klaws 50 3x big choppas 15 total 290

that may seem fragile and expensive, but in the context of the army you bring. 12+ vehicles and the standard amount of terrain gives them much more protection than you might imagine. Also, lets look into their output. On the charge thats 10 strength 9 attacks and 9 strength 7 attacks. Against a skimmer or a vehicle that moved more than 6", that is almost 2 str 9 hits and 1 and a half str 7 hits. Very likely shaken skimmer. Heaven help a vehicle that only moved 6" last turn. they just need some serious protection in the form of generalship. Some might say save the 65 points and get a big loota squad, and tht is totally viable also, but i wouldn't write off biker nobs as tank hunters/carnifex killers.

About warbikes, I am inclined to agree with you. Their shooting seems to be of some value, but with a completely unreliable leadership, getting that close to infantry means you have exposed yourself to a lot of return fire. I haven't tested with them yet, they definitely can't go hunting like the nob unit, and the addition of more bodies does not protect them from morale for long.