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I've been thinking about adding to my ork army and wondered wether or not it is worth it to buy some new Nobz and convert to Flash Gitz, or keep them as Nobz. I currently already have 10 Nobz, 3 Meganobz but no Flash Gitz.
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As I understand it, Flash Gits are not very good. That said, the fluff for Flash Gits and Freebooters is great. So go for it as long as that's what you want from them.

Point wise they aint worth it as the points can be better spend elsewhere BUT! they aint bad. i had a fun game at 1850 running a greentide + a group of 10 flash gitz with a painboy and kaptin badruk, With the new FAQ making them ignore cover instead of the old fifth eddition pre measure i find them even better! I had those guys kiling of a group of scouts and 9 terminators xD

Thanks for the replies, I may get some, but it won't be anytime soon, as I am looking to start a new Tau or Eldar army.

Flash gitz isnt something i would start with in a ork army
Unless you want to go for a fun only army then go for whatever you want aslong you got two core choises!

 phatonic wrote:
Flash gitz isnt something i would start with in a ork army
Unless you want to go for a fun only army then go for whatever you want aslong you got two core choises!

I've got a very large ork army and only use my Flash gits for fun/themed games. Built them from AOBR nobs

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/41938-.html?m=2

If you really want to build them have... fun... ,You can have some luck with them ingame but they are a BIG point sink.

Flash Gitz are THE worst unit in the ork codex. They dont do much more than a 30man boy blob and cost about 3x as much for minor resiliency boosts (4+ armor, 2W).

Flash Gitz will run you more than a bikernob missile + warboss in order to even be remotely effective, and theyre still weaker than said bikernobz. Yes, different foc slot, but when talking about ~600pts foc slot isnt the argument its whats worth that many points.

With hope in the new ork dex Flash Gitz will get reworked and be viable. Or just straight up removed as they make no sense right now lol.

Yeah,.. it aint that they are terrible... the might actually work in your favour... Thing is... for those points there are units that perform way more stable than these guys.. and you can get more models on the table which i am a big fan of

Hopefully flashgits will be more cost effective in the next codex, but right now just not a whole lot of bang for your buck.