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Logan, UT

Hey gang, I'm new to 40k and I'm hoping to join the WAAAGH! I'm trying to put together a 500 point list for 8th. From all my lurking on the interwebs and reading the Index, this is what I'm currently thinking.

HQ-Warboss w/ Big Choppa (64 pts)
Troop-Boyz 29x w/ Boss Nob (180 pts)
Troop-Boyz 29x w/ Boss Nob (180 pts)
Elite-Nob with Waaagh! Banner (75 pts)

Totaling: 499 Pts.

Am I calculating the points/unit of boyz correctly?

The goal is to get my boyz up close and personal for a good krump! I really like that the Warboss lets you charge after advancing, and the Nob with Waaagh! banner giving +1 to hit is really sweet. If you add the Green Tide rule (another +1 to attack) mah boyz should destroy. Am I understanding these rules correctly?

Thanks in advance for your input!

SOON WE GET TO KRUMP AN' WAAAGH!  
   
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Pretty good 500 point army! The only mistake was forgetting to include the kustom shoota's cost for the Nob with Waaagh! Banner (which must have one) and the Warboss's kustom shoota (which can be replaced). Including these would put you at 507. I would mess around with wargear and models to get the price to drop back below/to 500. Also you are understanding the rules correctly and keep up the good work!
   
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Logan, UT

Is it possible to give a WAAAGH! Banner to one of the nobs in my mob o' boyz?

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NJ, USA

I think the points are slightly off on the banner nob, I get 79 pts. I could be off though.

With regards to the list it looks pretty solid. I just worry about high wound/toughness models/tanks. Also Warbosses without mega armor are very squishy. If you drop one squad of boys, you could get some lootas, mega armour for the warboss, and still have points to spare, maybe some better weapons on the nob?

These are just suggestions, it is a good list, just think about how to deal with protecting your warboss and tanks.


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AskuNotMe wrote:Pretty good 500 point army! The only mistake was forgetting to include the kustom shoota's cost for the Nob with Waaagh! Banner (which must have one) and the Warboss's kustom shoota (which can be replaced). Including these would put you at 507. I would mess around with wargear and models to get the price to drop back below/to 500. Also you are understanding the rules correctly and keep up the good work!


If he gives the Warboss just a shoota, it clocks in at 64 pts.

CasualYT1300 wrote:Is it possible to give a WAAAGH! Banner to one of the nobs in my mob o' boyz?


Not anymore, last edition you could include it in a boys squad

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Logan, UT

 MadMaverick76 wrote:
I think the points are slightly off on the banner nob, I get 79 pts. I could be off though.


I think you're right. The Nob with a WAAAGH! banner takes a Kustom Shoota. Also, I could equip the Warboss with just a shoota to save 4 points. I could drop a boy or two from the mobs to cover the Kustom Shoota. A revised list would look like this:

HQ-Warboss w/ Big Choppa and kustom shoota (68 pts)
Troop-Boyz 28x w/ Boss Nob (174 pts)
Troop-Boyz 28x w/ Boss Nob (174pts)
Elite-Nob with Waaagh! Banner and kustom shoota(79 pts)

Total: 495 pts

As far as swapping the Warboss for a Warboss in Mega Armor there is a 74 point difference (or 12 boyz). It doesn't seem like the tradeoff between attacks (12 times 2 or 3) and wounds would be worth it. Is my logic sound in this?

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 CasualYT1300 wrote:


I think you're right. The Nob with a WAAAGH! banner takes a Kustom Shoota. Also, I could equip the Warboss with just a shoota to save 4 points. I could drop a boy or two from the mobs to cover the Kustom Shoota. A revised list would look like this:

HQ-Warboss w/ Big Choppa and kustom shoota (68 pts)
Troop-Boyz 28x w/ Boss Nob (174 pts)
Troop-Boyz 28x w/ Boss Nob (174pts)
Elite-Nob with Waaagh! Banner and kustom shoota(79 pts)

Total: 495 pts

As far as swapping the Warboss for a Warboss in Mega Armor there is a 74 point difference (or 12 boyz). It doesn't seem like the tradeoff between attacks (12 times 2 or 3) and wounds would be worth it. Is my logic sound in this? For a smaller army it isn't but the warboss gets a 2+ save which makes him last much longer.
   
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Don't forget the warboss can take a free attack squig as well. If you drop the warboss down to just a shoota and drop 2 boyz you can get a big choppa for each boyz nob, should leave you at 497 points.
   
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Logan, UT

StrikerTommy wrote:
Don't forget the warboss can take a free attack squig as well. If you drop the warboss down to just a shoota and drop 2 boyz you can get a big choppa for each boyz nob, should leave you at 497 points.


Taking your excellent suggestions into account, the list would look like this:

HQ-Warboss w/ Big Choppa, shot, and attack squid (64 pts)
Troop-Boyz 27x w/ Boss Nob, big choppa (177 pts)
Troop-Boyz 27x w/ Boss Nob, big choppa (177 pts)
Elite-Nob with Waaagh! Banner and kustom shoota(79 pts)

Total: 497 pts

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Oklahoma City

If you can find some points by dropping down numbers of one boys squad.. you could fied a minimum unit of grots to hold objectives and get you +3 CP for having 3 troops (battalion detachment)

Drop 5 boys from one squad puts you at 467

Adding 10 grots bumps you back up to 497.

Just an idea as your whole army will be abandoning any obj on your table side as you close gap to enemy forces (and their objectives)

Having the grots sit back on one of the objectives you'd be leaving in the dust can make a big difference, not to mention the 3 CP. plus you could use them in missions to bubble wrap your HQ for extra protection if you think the boys bubble wrap will get dakka'd down. Can also use the grots as a bubble wrap to prevent anyone charging warboss and getting to swing first.


I think a minimum squad of kommandoa wouldn't be bad for a similar obj grabbing unit, thought they wouldn't work for bubble wrapping the boss or getting you extra CP

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Logan, UT

I bought my first box o' boyz! So the plastic fever commences.

SOON WE GET TO KRUMP AN WAAAGH!

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