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So I recently used my warboss and I like what he did. He only had a Big Choppa, Eavy Armor, and boss pole. It was my first time using him and I'm curious: How should he usually be equipped? I tend to run a speed freak list composed of a KFF Mek and as many trukk-boys as I can have. So what weapons, armor, and accessories should he take to be extra killy?

Power Klaw, there is never a reason to give him any other melee weapon.

PK and Attack Squig are staples.

It really depends on the specifics of your list. a pk cybork bike can work, or a 2 close combat weapon + squig + cybork in a truck or mega armor in a trukk or bike cybork with a... you see my point? It really comes down a little to list but mainly how you personally want to play him, almost anything can work but it depends on what you want to do.

He really should have a powerklaw and at least cybork or 'Eavy armor - he is a close combat model, after all. Due to the amount of points you are protecting, even both is viable.

Attack squig is next up, an additional S10 attack for 15 points is simply so good, you need to get it unless you really don't have points left.

Whenever the boss is not required to enter a vehicles, he should get a bike. +1 T and "free" 'eavy armor go a long way, and you get a great gun as well as a cover save when along. But the real reason is for you to be able to zip across half the board and smash tanks with him.

A combi-weapon add a lot of versatility, I prefer skorchas over rokkits, as they are at least guaranteed to do something.

A boss pole is only useful when you are joining burnaz or MANz, while the second isn't recommended anyways. All other units should already have a boss pole.

Mega-Armor is kind of ok when riding transports, he doesn't have the durability of Thrakka though, so his speed really going to lower your options.

As mega armour comes with PK & TL Shoota you are effectively paying 10 points for a 2+ save. Yes he's SnP but having a ride and 3d6 movement mitigates these.
However the bike is tempting, he's almost a fast MC!

I personally toss Powerklaw, Attack Squig, Cybork, 'Eavy Armour, and Boss Pole depending on what unit he's joining.

Comes out to a neat 120pts.

Bikerboss is fantastic, bringing his toughness up to 6, a free 'Eavy Armour, giving him Dakkaguns, an always active 4+ cover save, and otherwise frighteningly fast heavy hitter. Toss him with Biker Boyz, or with Biker Nobs if you want. The latter is hilariously powerful, but is potentially putting too much into a single unit.

stompygitz wrote:So I recently used my warboss and I like what he did. He only had a Big Choppa, Eavy Armor, and boss pole. It was my first time using him and I'm curious: How should he usually be equipped? I tend to run a speed freak list composed of a KFF Mek and as many trukk-boys as I can have. So what weapons, armor, and accessories should he take to be extra killy?

Full monty: P. Klaw/attack squig, eavy armour, cybork body, bosspole, kombi-skorcha

rubicant99 wrote:As mega armour comes with PK & TL Shoota you are effectively paying 10 points for a 2+ save. Yes he's SnP but having a ride and 3d6 movement mitigates these.
However the bike is tempting, he's almost a fast MC!

Having a MA warboss without a unit is never a good idea, as soon as he is joined to anything but kommandoz, he is rolling 2d6.

The real problem is 2+ not being that awesome for a warboss in the first place. Anything with a powerweapon ignores that anyways, things without power weapons already have a hard time putting wounds though 4+ armor and T5. I don't feel it adds that much to a warboss and the loss of speed is really significant. It's purely a matter of taste though, he still is a warboss with a PK.

Bike, Cybork Body, and Power Klaw, everything else is secondary. Take a picture of your enemy's face when you tell them "Your bolters are only wounding on a 6+ and have to get through a save that could be a 3+, on a multi wound unit that can drive across a board in two turns and then punch out your land raider, oh and he's got a whole mob of wound allocating biker nobs who are only a little less tough riding with him."

If you have nobz riding with him, bolters will wound him on 5+ though.

And he doesn't have a 3+ SV, other than that

The best way is always:

Bike, PK, Attack Squig and Cybork Body. 145P
Pricey, but along with Nob bikers. Night on indestructable, until GK came along.

So I run a Weirdboy

InquisitorVaron wrote:And he doesn't have a 3+ SV, other than that

The best way is always:

Bike, PK, Attack Squig and Cybork Body. 145P
Pricey, but along with Nob bikers. Night on indestructable, until GK came along.

So I run a Weirdboy

turboboost for 3+ cover

but yea I run mine with squig, pk, cybork and a bike

for modeling if you want to do it cheaply like I did, get a wartraxx and an AoBR warboss... kitbashed it with a few nobz bitz for

Advice was to never take a PK on a warboss because you are wasting the fastest initiative in your army. Advice doesn't sound too good when you're facing 2+ and 3+ saves though.

There's alot of good ways to equipp him.

I4 isn't anything to write home about.

Orks really don't care if they get whacked first so don't even bother.

The real comparison is, do you want I4 or Str10?

Orks need stuff able to crack Landraiders and other vehicles and Warbosses with PKs are about as reliable as they can hope for.

Grey Templar wrote:I4 isn't anything to write home about.

Orks really don't care if they get whacked first so don't even bother.

The real comparison is, do you want I4 or Str10?

Orks need stuff able to crack Landraiders and other vehicles and Warbosses with PKs are about as reliable as they can hope for.

For cracking heavy tanks as orks, accept no substitutes for the Deffrolla Wagon.

Redundancy is always a good thing.

Either on foot as: mega armor, boss pole, cybork, attack squig
Or on bike as: power claw, boss pole, cybork, attack squig.

You are welcome to remove the attack squig if you need the points.

Kain wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:I4 isn't anything to write home about.

Orks really don't care if they get whacked first so don't even bother.

The real comparison is, do you want I4 or Str10?

Orks need stuff able to crack Landraiders and other vehicles and Warbosses with PKs are about as reliable as they can hope for.

For cracking heavy tanks as orks, accept no substitutes for the Deffrolla Wagon.

This holds mostly true, however, the PK will stand a better chance against skimmers provided they dont move flat out (Eldar and Necron armies). Dek out your BW with planks (and a grabbin klaw if you have the points) and you have a decent back up plan for when that deff rolla gets dodged.

Grey Templar wrote:Redundancy is always a good thing.

Except for when it's actually redundant.

I guess sometimes people forget that the actual meaning of redundant is literally superfluous and not needed.

Or, in game terms, can be destroyed without compromising your entire game plan... Redundancy is a good thing

TedNugent wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:Redundancy is always a good thing.

Except for when it's actually redundant.

I guess sometimes people forget that the actual meaning of redundant is literally superfluous and not needed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundancy_(engineering)