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Perhaps I am misunderstanding, but a KFF only saves on a 5 or better right?

If this is true, how is it possibly worth 50 points?

Because it screens your whole damn army. Vehicles under it count as "obscured", giving them a 4+ cover save. It has a 6" radius from the mek, so putting him in a Battlewagon covers a lot of ground.

It's invaluable to Battlewagon and Kan Wall lists.

5+ save is better than no save which is what orks generally get, like Gavo said in a trukk/wagon list or kan walls they are irriplaceable, if the mek is in a trukk then the forcefeild extends 6" from the hull of the trukk, any unit with a model in 6" gets 5+ and any vehicle gets 4+

DaNewBoy wrote:Perhaps I am misunderstanding, but a KFF only saves on a 5 or better right?

If this is true, how is it possibly worth 50 points?

Because every time a lascannon penetrates a battlewagon, and you shrug it off with a 4+, it pays for itself.

It's rather handy in any Ork list (then again I don't praise this piece of tech as it's unorky ). Battlewagon lists and Kanwall lists would love it to pieces. Horde lists and trukker lists I'd say don't need it so much but can easily benefit from it.

Juvieus Kaine wrote:It's rather handy in any Ork list (then again I don't praise this piece of tech as it's unorky ). Battlewagon lists and Kanwall lists would love it to pieces. Horde lists and trukker lists I'd say don't need it so much but can easily benefit from it.

Ill agree...its a bit TOO reliable to truly be orky!

Seeing as I run a BW heavy list I NEVER leave home without it! It gives a 4 up save to all the vehicles within 6in of it! Like dash posted above...every penetrating or even glancing shot it stops is worth it! We orks usually have open topped vehicles...that makes a penetrating hit 50% likely to destroy our vehicle and even makes glancing hits a threat...if you run even a few vehicles its most certainly worth it!

Im simply going to say that even if they cost 100 points, people would take them.

Its the single best bit of gear orks can take.

What saves do boyz get against small arms?
They dont.
Now only 2/3 of those boyz will die.

And as dash said, for wagon rush lists and others like that, a single saved shot pays for it 3 times over.