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Hello all,

Been looking at the Ork's Flyer and the 8th ed rules for the Wazbom Blastajet seem pretty promising. Has anyone had a chance to use it in 8th ed that can tell me if it'd be worth picking up or not?

I run somewhat of a mechanized unit of Orks, comprised of a Battlewagon, two Trukks, a squadron of Deffkoptas, plus all the Boyz in the vehicles and the Lootas hanging back mowing stuff down.

Thanks!

Very much so. That thing is brutal.

It's still priced as if it was bs3+.

TBH;

I don't think it's worth it - the dakkajet outputs far more dakka for the price. That said, it DOES have a place in an air heavy list, as a mobile, durable KFF for the group.

As far as it's damage output however - the Wazbom Mega Kannons might be 2d3 attacks; but the 5+ to hit kills them. They won't hit anything, ever.

The Smasha gun is the real value of the Wazbom Blastajet- hitting on 4+, good odds to wound (not so great against t8 vehicles though), d6 damage and a -4 ap - it's set to kill heavy infantry like no ones business.

That said, invulnerable saves still > the Wazbom's guns. And if you're taking it for just a Smasha gun, you'd probably be better off with a Mek gunz unit instead - more gunz for the price of a single jet.

I'd take it for the mobile KFF in an air army, but in a normal list I'd rather have a dakkajet - even over many of the other flyers as well.