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When building all my nobz, I put togther 2 with Kombi/flamers and I've got one with a big choppa/boss pole. This is on top of having 2 PKs to go with trukk mobz and a 9 man (+ medic) PK/cybork squad.

Now I'm considering putting togther a 10 man, primarily shooty nob squad to slog with my 20-30 man shoota boyz. As of later this week I'll have 1 full 15 man loota squad so i have the elite spot. This isn't totally stupid (for mostly causal games) is it?

Is there an advantage you see in using Nobz instead of using Flash Gitz? Flash Gitz are shooty Nobz.

Nothing is stupid for casual games as long as you have fun.

So are you planning on giving them a combination of TL-shoota's and skorcha's and kombi rokkits? This dosent sound like such a bad Idea, and will certainly be cheaper then any fully fitted flashgitz unit. I dunno though, you might wanna stick with the Gitz if your willing to put down the points. However, I'd be intrested in seeing how this unit does.

If you want a shooty nob unit....Flash Gitz.

If you want an assaulty nob unit with a bit of shooty power....I use a kombi-skorcha on one, and three more with kombi-rokkits, and the squad has three ammo runts so I can reroll those kombi-rokkits.

It occurs to me that, while reading this thread, they simply should have rolled Flash Gits up as an option underneath normal nobz by giving them an option to buy a Snazzgun and the upgrades. Meh, whatever.

Back on point, shooty nobz is an idea, but I doubt you'll see them do much. Having the odd kombi weapon in a normal nob squad isn't bad, though.

Also just noticed that you said "Building your nobs"

Don't buy flashgits. I wouldn't recommend ever actually using them either; they're very expensive for little return, and the codex is full of things that are better.

What happened is i had 2 Aobr's worth of nobz and a box of nobz. I have a few of the AOBR and 1 box nob left unbuilt. I built all the PKs and Cybork PK (saw and spear hands), but while building, I put two of the Kombi/Flamers togther. When i say building, I mean gluing, filling gaps, cleaning edges, priming, spraying black and painting skin with foundation


I have enough for my all PK squad (including 2 from the battleforce box) and was thinking that I could use the rest of the kombi weapons in another squad and put them with the shoota boyz.

The other option would be to put one in the 9 + medic squad, another in a second squad that would be prolly be PK-less.

Flash Gitz should more appropriately titled Flash Gimps. They can't shoot for gak (Bikers/regular Boyz are better 99% of the time), and only exist to sit in the open (for they cannot take transports, way to go Phil!) taking bolter fire going "Fank you Sir May I have anuva" until the Battlecannons roll up. Ballgags included separately.

I would generally go for Flash Gitz over shooty Nobz, as they are basically the same thing, but with some more beneficial rules with regards to the shooting phase. A word of warning: take the extra Dakka upgrade (the one that allows more shots) otherwise the unit is next to useless.

Now, if I were to give an honest opinion, I wouldn't bother with shooty Nob units regardless, as I think that Nobz are far more valuable when they are kicking someone's head in. However, if you feel that either Gitz or Nobz with guns is the choice for you, then go for it. After all, they still get 4 attacks each on the charge at strength 5, which should be enough to cause some severe hurt to whoever is on the receiving end.