The Book of Omnicron Snipers

[Sujoah]

All you do is double the amount of skulls rolled. So, if I get one skull, and your Venoc Warlord gets one shield, then he takes one wound. So yes, you have been playing it wrong.

And Deathwalker 9000 (or any of them) really aren't all that good. after a while, your' likely to roll fewer shields. Some games they are amazing, but in most, they aren't.

[Adam Souza]

Half the fun of playing with Omicron snipers is figuring out how your going to get more dice out of them.

Step 1.) Run up that hill there.
Step 2.) Move that heroe who gives +1 attack behind them
Step 3.) Laugh Maniacly while raining death from above

I love Deathwalkers as well. Some days they are useless and other days they make Hulk wanna cry. I don't think I would play them in a tournament setting, but they are great for caual play.

[Taeblewalker]

Originally Posted by Adam Souza

Half the fun of playing with Omicron snipers is figuring out how your going to get more dice out of them.

Step 1.) Run up that hill there.
Step 2.) Move that heroe who gives +1 attack behind them
Step 3.) Laugh Maniacly while raining death from above

I love Deathwalkers as well. Some days they are useless and other days they make Hulk wanna cry. I don't think I would play them in a tournament setting, but they are great for caual play.

4) Put a Zettian on Astrid or Crevcor.

[bmaczero]

Originally Posted by Taeblewalker

4) Put a Zettian on Astrid or Crevcor.

Not to mention repulsors .

[DrRansom]

This thread needs an update.
It looks like the main author hasn't been on in a while. Who can help?

[Revdyer]

Originally Posted by DrRansom

This thread needs an update.
It looks like the main author hasn't been on in a while. Who can help?

YOU can help. If you will PM me the updates you think need to be included, I'll take a look at them and include them if warranted. Thanks.

[Utgars Servant]

At first my friends and I thought that for each skull rolled that figure recieves a wound automatically without rolling defense dice. But for a while now no one has played with them since we found out that we were wrong. Still I think they are good. but I need to get more squads of them to see thier full potential.

[N/A]

One of my favorite squad figures. I'm notoriously unlucky, and I will usually roll between 1 and 2 skulls no matter how many dice i'm rolling with, so these guys help me out a lot. Taelord and snipers can get scary especially if your start zone comes with some range right nearbye to turn into a nest. Repulsors i've found don't really help these guys, everyone knows what they do and no one would allow these guys to exist for long. I think their best ability is to hang behind the snipers in case someone gets way too close without getting hurt, then rushing them out.

I like to think of them as an altered probability chart, rolling 2 skulls is easy for any figure, inflicting 4 wounds is not. Hero killers of the nth degree.

[Robotunit197]

These guys are my favorite unit. Although they are a little expensive they are awesome with height.

[killergoat72]

I really like these guys, but looking at thier stats thier about the same as the Microcorp minus the dodge and water suits.
I know the omnicrons have better chances of rolling 4 dice but, they also have better chances of rolling none. I want a reason to use them instead, but I can't come up with one.

thoughts?

[Aldin]

Originally Posted by killergoat72

I really like these guys, but looking at thier stats thier about the same as the Microcorp minus the dodge and water suits.
I know the omnicrons have better chances of rolling 4 dice but, they also have better chances of rolling none. I want a reason to use them instead, but I can't come up with one.

thoughts?

Sure. Here are the numbers:

From height, 2+ skulls
Omnis=75%
MCA=69%

Without height, 2+ skulls
Omnis 50%
MCA=25%

My experience has shown that 2+ skulls is a probable squaddie kill on most squads. This means that the Omnis are slightly more effective from height, but they're still valuable without - quite a bit more valuable than the MCA at any rate. As a sidenote, a squad with an attack of 3 gets 2+ skulls from height at the MCA rate and without height at the Omni rate. It's the range and defense specials that makes the MCA so good.

~Aldin, forever rolling snake eyes

[killercactus]

You could try them with the Omnicron Repulsors, too. They can help boost their attack even higher and are also obviously great against Soulborgs.