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So stormboyz. What is the optimum number of units for a squad of stormboyz?
Course you'd take a nob with power klaw and maybe bosspole, and Boss Zag I hear is a bit of a mixed bag. But how many boyz should I put in a squad. Alot of people say around 16 is plenty good but I wanna confirm it.

For serious tournament lists - don't

They aren't that great.

For fun lists i usually take one full unit, led by zaggstrukk.

If nothing else Zag is about the only guy who can still assault from DS these days, and it has fun psychological value sometimes..

I say 15-20. They are great for shock troops, but remember they have no armour to speak of so you need some extra bodies to soak fire. Zag can help with this, but you need some numbers if you want them to do any damage when they get to combat.

If you take stormboyz at all, you take the whole sha-bang. It's go big o go home. If you aren't taking 20 of them to drop down in your opponent's face and assault right out of deepstrike with Zagstruk, there isn't much point in taking them. And still, they aren't a knock-out unit either. Anything less, and you may as well take trukk boyz.

In large squads or not, and if you feel like it add zag and deep strike for great effect, when it works.

Honestly I'd just field boyz instead, stormboyz are twice the points, have the same stats as a boy. The only difference is the rokkit pack that can kill the stormboy with a bad roll, the other thing too is they can get to the enemy faster, but if they get there too fast they'll get killed and split your army in pieces. for the same price as 15 stormboyz you can field 30 boyz. However if you want to field stormboyz field enough (at least 15) so they can stand getting shot at for a few turns before they fight.

Although not an optimal unit, the optimal number is 16 models, 15 Storm Boyz plus Zagstruck.

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