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So, how to use this fella?

Im used to using SM Libbys as buff-masters, but ive no idea how best to use this Ork crazy.

He seems like he'd function as sort of a suped up Flash Git. Get close-ish to the enemy, and blast 'em.

Frankly, I feel like Sanctic Divination is the best choice for a really effective Weirdboy. Yes, you're going to end up dying pretty quickly from perils, but +2 Strength is a great buff on a horde of 30 Ork Boys. Or, you attach him to a unit with a KFF (Or a relic KFF?) and hope for a roll on Sanctuary for a 4++ or even 3++.
Also, thankfully, a Painboy can help reduce the damage you'll be taking from your inevitable Perils of the Warp, and the Witchfires available are pretty decent.

If you would rather go with the Orky chart, though, he's got some decent Close Range witchfires. Fortunately, not many of them rely on BS (In fact, without the chart in front of me, I can't recall if any of them do) so you won't be missing out on a lot. Unfortunately, though, you will have a tough time hitting anyone with them due to general short range and the usual problems with witchfires: Boosted Deny the Witch.
Unless you're spamming Weirdboys (Which you really shouldn't, Painboys or Big Meks are better for spamming buffs and Warbosses are better for damage-dealing HQs) you won't have enough Warp Charges for most of your powers unless you want them all to be Denied instantly. Take this into account.

Ive used him a fair bit and ive noticed 2 major issues.

1) 0 defense. None, zip, zero, nodda. If he at least had a 5++ from Da Waaaagh! powers he holds or something, say if he succeeds at casting a spell he has this invul, he would be dramatically better. As it is, hes way too juicy of a target for how easy he dies. If he werent an HQ slot, i wouldnt care, but our HQs are what makes our army actually work right now.

2) the WAAAGH! powers have no medium power. They range from "Ooooo dat's gooood!" to "wtf is this..." - my first game i got Killbolt and Da Kruncha, which thanks to new psyker rules i got Frazzle as well. THAT was nasty, as each psyker phase i threw out 3 spells and blasts really dont get hurt by BS2 and Killbolt is a Beam, so auto-hit.
Second game i got 'Eadbanger (most...useless...spell...ever...) and Power Vomit (seriously? a flamer? i am NOT putting this guy towards the front of my boyz just to get to use this damn thing as he will IMMEDIATELY die afterwords).

His other spells are actually very powerful, and he himself is pretty strong too (S6 by default AP4, can activate Force). But his melee strength means absolutely nothing since he will always die before he attacks.

So hes basically best kept buried in the back of a unit trying to cast ranged spells...

Ive always found SM Libbys pretty squishy, so I imagine this will be much worse lol

I just love the idea of a weirdboy.

Weirdboy do anything interesting when you attach him to some guys outflanking? Curious.

Power vomit can actually be awesome against MEQ or TEQ

Ally in the Green tide. Hope to get teleport spell. Teleport 100 orks near your opponent. Also attach painboy, for feel no pain. Watch your opponent cry. Laugh. Hurr, hurr hurr!

Tears from laughing too hard probably. You've just lost the game because you mishapped 100 orks.

 Jidmah wrote:
Tears from laughing too hard probably. You've just lost the game because you mishapped 100 orks.

misshaps are fine! the orks most likely landed in front of some other army midbattle and we know orks only care for one thing! a dang good krumpin'! probably wouldn't even notice till the fight was over.
but yeh misshaps would be the bane of that list

Deepstrike 100boyz...

Thats impossible. Do you know how huge a footprint 100boyz cause? I would be VERY surprised if you had a spot anywhere on the board that big without mishapping.

Da weird boyz iz still an ork you gits! Send 'im in whiff a bunch of boyz to mind 'im and send dem at da uvver gits. I 'ad a unit of CSM for lunch... save for the sarge, who punched da weird boy in da face. :\

Was a good fight tho, won the game

 Vineheart01 wrote:
Second game i got 'Eadbanger (most...useless...spell...ever...) and Power Vomit (seriously? a flamer? i am NOT putting this guy towards the front of my boyz just to get to use this damn thing as he will IMMEDIATELY die afterwords).

One thing for Power Vomit: In the shooting phase, RUN your Weirdboy backward into the blob of Boyz. That's the only thing I can think of to make this work.

Well, that or battlewagons.

Are you even allowed to individually run a model within a unit? Im usually running this unit anyway since its all slugga boyz, but if i just fired and damaged something with Power Vomit i cant run and still charge without the WAAAGH! (which has to be called at the start of your turn now for some stupid reason)

I suppose you could have the Weirdboy leave the unit in the movement phase to get ahead, and then run back in during the shooting phase. Risky, though, if you roll poorly on the run.

 Vineheart01 wrote:
Are you even allowed to individually run a model within a unit? Im usually running this unit anyway since its all slugga boyz, but if i just fired and damaged something with Power Vomit i cant run and still charge without the WAAAGH! (which has to be called at the start of your turn now for some stupid reason)

I'll have to double check, but I don't think so. I just meant while the other Boyz run forward (for some reason I automatically assumed he was in a unit of Slugga Boyz), have him run backwards.