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The more I look at trying to take flak missiles in the army the more I realize one of two things. Either flak missiles are way over-priced or the quad gun is under priced.

A devastator unit with 5 flak missiles is paying 50 points for 5 BS 4 S7 ap4 shots.

A quadgun is 50pts for 4TL S7 ap4 shots. Not to mention it has interceptor which allows it to shoot anything that shows up from reserves.

So I have to ask. Are Flakk missiles really worth taking? S7 still struggles vs AV12 fliers. So even after paying all those points it still has a low success rate. Thoughts?

The quad gun can be easly killed?

Well, not that easily. T7 2W model with 3+ armour save and usually 4+ cover is surprisingly durable.

But answer is simple: You have to pay 50 points for ADL or 75 points for Bastion to get Quad-gun and you can only get one. And ADL requires model in contact to fire it, meaning you will be wasting one units worth of shooting to that flyer.

On other hand, you can get 3 squads of devastators, which are better against ground targets (S8 AP3).

I'd say Flakk missiles are worth it in some cases, but not in others. For example, they do increase your chances of Grounding FMC's, even if you just put one in tac squad.

A dev squad isnt paying 50 points for 5 flak shots. It's paying 125 points for 5 flak shots.

Luide wrote:
Well, not that easily. T7 2W model with 3+ armour save and usually 4+ cover is surprisingly durable.

You say that, but my snipers say otherwise. Eldar pathfinders with guide and ignore cover means your gun is dead turn one, since I infiltrate into range.