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Are weirdboyz/warpheads really very useful or are they just funny?

Should they be attached within a big squad, or a smaller squad, or are they better with maybe a nobs squad?

I have added one to my army because the model is so cool


I am not sure the best way to deploy him?

They are haphazard and take up slots better filled with big meks with kff or a warboss with pk/as/cb

They're generally almost as harmful as they are helpful.

They are generally never harmful if played right. They are also cheap. Just make sure to always take Warphead.

I have taken out LRs and other annoying tanks. Remember all their shooting powers auto hit. As well have the potential to get free waagh. Not to mention I have teleported units out of harms way with them. The key is take them in a unit that you do not mind not always running like shoota boyz.

Anyway I have written about them on my blog when I first started running them.

http://bloodofkittens.com/?p=2066

Warpheads can be just as awesome as they can be terrible. There really is no accounting for the sheer random craziness that the Weirdboys bring to a table. I like to think of them as an outside force that has very little interest in being tactical.

They are damn Orky though, definitely worth playing a few games with.

The melta is really awesome, as are the rest of his powers when used in a timely fashion. Comparing them side by side with an Ork boss, who is strictly for crumping stuff, they may appear kind of unfocused. They are a great way to bring an exclusively Orky edge to a Speed-Freaks army.

RED GOES FASTAH!

I have only ever rolled a 1 once with my wierdboy, call me lucky. Everything else is pretty positive. Dont put him with a large unit in-case he deepstrikes. (A small unit of Grots might be a good body guard.)

In small point games he is a FANTASTIC choice. Giving you a cheap HQ that has tons of excellent Powers, in my 400 point list i have 3 Kans, 30 Slugga's and a weirdboy, I don't even use the warphead and he is a great unit.

I'm not sure about larger games however, you have other more reliable HQ's that will aid your force a bit more. If you have a extra HQ slot, and A extra 55 Points to fill. Do it. Dont even think about it.