8th Ed. fire bolas?

[archangelvk]

worth the extra point ? any experiences with it?

 

[icesea12]

i have proixed them and no they are not worth it at lest for me
your dropping range and poison for one extra 1+ S that your gonna need 5 and 6 to hit anyway
but i just might be too much of a sucker to poison

 

[archangelvk]

But fire can get rid of regen on monsters so your skins can shoot it to hell?

COrrect me if im wrong but fire bolas suffer the -1 from long range? ... if so that would be sad...

 

[Scalenex]

COrrect me if im wrong but fire bolas suffer the -1 from long range? ... if so that would be sad...

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[archangelvk]

LOL wow

 

[icesea12]

but i only used them few times unless the miracle faq comes down like for the dark eldar
they just seem to miss a lot
but if anyone else tried them i would like to know

 

[GCPD]

Its a 1 point upgrade, so the real question is... why not?

I run my Terradons in 3s, where I don't really expect anything from the Javelins because the volume of shots is too low. For instance, they need two rounds of shooting, or two units, to get a single poisoned shot.

Of course, with the Bolas, you have an equally low chance of wounding something like a Chimera or Abomination or Trolls... but there's still the chance of it happening. That might be something for your opponent to bare in mind.

 

[icesea12]

Its a 1 point upgrade, so the real question is... why not?

I run my Terradons in 3s, where I don't really expect anything from the Javelins because the volume of shots is too low. For instance, they need two rounds of shooting, or two units, to get a single poisoned shot.

Of course, with the Bolas, you have an equally low chance of wounding something like a Chimera or Abomination or Trolls... but there's still the chance of it happening. That might be something for your opponent to bare in mind.

but if you moved and your not in 3'' of the enemy unit your gonna need 6 anyway to hit which will result in automatic wounds while fire bolas will still need to roll again to wound

 

[Blackthorne]

The only reason they seem worth it is to negate regen. If you have other answers to regen in your list (laserdon, engine, etc) then I'd go with the poison. Otherwise, these might pay off just by getting that single wound.