<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "What unit to stick a Weirdboy in?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net What unit to stick a Weirdboy in?
I was thinking regular boyz so he can get Ld10 and keep it for the first few turns.

The problem with sticking him with regular boyz is that Zzap is an anti-tank power, but boyz are almost entirely equipped with anti infantry firepower and they would have to shoot at whatever he Zzaps, which could be a whole around of wasted shooting if you Zzap a land raider.

I was thinking a unit of 30 boyz with rokkit launchers, but the BS2 means you might get 1 rokkit hit per shooting phase, if even. You get better bang for you buck by putting big shootas with boyz squads, so I'm really reluctant to do this.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318714.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318714.page GMT Re:What unit to stick a Weirdboy in? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318726.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318726.page GMT Re:What unit to stick a Weirdboy in?
The way I see it, they can at least fire at whatever he fire (in the case of frazzle, this can be devastating) and still benefits from Warpath.

Also, in case of 'ere we go, you can teleport them at a good spot and then get lot of shooting in... which doesn't work all that well if he's with slugga boyz. 60 shots at the back of a vehicule can usually bang it up pretty good.

Yeah, if you get Zap and shoot AV11+ vehicle, the shooting is wasted... but there's no real way around that.

Keep in mind that while a Weirdboy can be a fun HQ and you will have games where the dices fall just so and he ends up being a MVP... the Weirdboy is more of a gak and giggle HQ, not a serious choice. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318745.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318745.page GMT Re:What unit to stick a Weirdboy in?
Tarkand wrote:IKeep in mind that while a Weirdboy can be a fun HQ and you will have games where the dices fall just so and he ends up being a MVP... the Weirdboy is more of a gak and giggle HQ, not a serious choice.


Yeah it's a dicey game but I like the idea of ork psykers with random powers

I'm not a power gamer, I'm building my army based on the models and rules I like. Having 1 or 2 psykers on the field with the random powers you get from weirdboys seems like it would be a lot of fun, and getting the 'ere we go roll looks like it would be highly entertaining whenever it came up.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318824.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318824.page GMT Re:What unit to stick a Weirdboy in? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318888.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3318888.page GMT Re:What unit to stick a Weirdboy in? ... at least the shoota can do some real damage.

I understand that a lot of people do not have shoota boyz because they have built their core force from aobr boyz... but believe me, Shoota Boyz are pretty much flat out superior as Weirdboy escort. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3319031.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3319031.page GMT What unit to stick a Weirdboy in?
You could also stick a Weirdboy with a mob of Tankbustas. Remember, they have the Mob Rule too, and a lot of the powers would be of benefit to them.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3319226.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3319226.page GMT What unit to stick a Weirdboy in?
I usually just try to put him and his unit in the middle of the board close to many things to make use of whatever power I roll. On that note I would always take the warp ead upgrade or just upgrade to zogwart. Having the re roll is very handy, especially when you roll that 1.

I personally think er' we go is only useful on turn 5+ as you can get you mob outa the fight and save 2 kp or deepstrike to an objective. Early game you not going to do much damage deep striking 20 boyz into enemy lines, at least not enough to justify loosing the squad next turn, which is always what will happen.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3319265.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3319265.page GMT What unit to stick a Weirdboy in? HQ slot on a bikeboss or KFF mek or something]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3321012.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3321012.page GMT What unit to stick a Weirdboy in? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3321072.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3321072.page GMT What unit to stick a Weirdboy in?
hear me out

they have strong ranged attacks, you can throw out good cc attacks and can have a painboy. you'll be shooting thier strong guns at strong armor anyway, you basically treat them like better shooting nobz but in a heavy support slot... the annoying part is you don't get a battlewagon because of it but you make up for that with ere we go... put em into a better vantage point for shooting but be happy that at least unlike lootas they cna hold thier own to assaults (though no pk) incorperate da kaptian and make the wierdboy old zoggy and you can potentially be doign some serious dmg with lots of dakka!

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Tarkand wrote:How does 'ere we go work well with slugga boys tho? They basically just deep strike, do pityful shooting and sit pretty for an assault


This may be true in most cases, but everytime I managed to roll 'Ere We Go I've been able to DS behind cover that blocked LOS and ran instead of shooting to spread out my mob (to protect them from those pesky pie plates) then managed to assault next turn and do great damage and disrupt my opponents plans. True, it would be ideal to have the Shoota boyz after DS but I don't have any yet. But, placing him with Slugga Boyz is really awesome if you get a Warpath roll since they'll all get 5 attacks on the charge!

The Flashgitz also sound like a good unit too after seeing G00fySmiley's post, I just don't like keeping my Weirdboy out of CC.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3327043.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3327043.page GMT Re:What unit to stick a Weirdboy in?
Keep in mind that if you roll 2 or 3, those count as shooting attack, so the squad cannot run... this totally mess up slugga boyz, while it works quite well for shootas. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3327449.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/396919/3327449.page GMT Re:What unit to stick a Weirdboy in?
The most important thing with finding a unit for a Weirdboy is to put him in a unit that benefits most from his powers. Like a large mob of Boys so they can get the boosts from Warpath and, in turn, the Weirdboy gets the boost to his Leadership. When I first got my Weirdboy I considered putting him with my Nobz, but realized he wouldn't last too long and probably wouldn't succeed his Psychic Tests too often.
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