[Colonel Marksman]

I haven't seen any Ork army lists with a Nob armed with a Tankhammer, only the Power Klaw. So I was unsure if he can even take one. Can he? (You might be asking, "Why on earth?" but I don't have the points, and I'd rather have a Tankhammer with 3 attacks than 2).


Secondly, is the Tankhammer just Str:10? It strikes at normal Initiative but isn't a Power Weapon, correct?

[razgriz_cipher]

The nob cannot take a tankhammer only tankbustas. Yeah it does not ignore armor saves.

Great now I thought of nob bikers with tankhammers.... :P

[khanaris]

It would make the Big Choppa superfluous for Nobs, since that ends up being a Strength 6 or 7 non-power weapon striking at Initiative. Tankbustas have other limitations to make up for it.

[Colonel Marksman]

Originally Posted by Khanaris

It would make the Big Choppa superfluous for Nobs, since that ends up being a Strength 6 or 7 non-power weapon striking at Initiative. Tankbustas have other limitations to make up for it.

I guess I don't understand what you're saying. The Tankbusta Nob can't take a Big Choppa, and his Power Klaw is at a 10-point discount compared to the other units. That was one of the reasons I thought maybe he could take a Tankhammer. That or I guess the Rokkit Launcha with the extra cost (10 points usually) would make the upgrade of 25 points more expensive.

[enderwiggin]

Originally Posted by Colonel Marksman

I guess I don't understand what you're saying. The Tankbusta Nob can't take a Big Choppa, and his Power Klaw is at a 10-point discount compared to the other units. That was one of the reasons I thought maybe he could take a Tankhammer. That or I guess the Rokkit Launcha with the extra cost (10 points usually) would make the upgrade of 25 points more expensive.

He responded that way because you didn't specify a Tankbubusta Nob in your first post.

Originally Posted by Colonel Marksman

I haven't seen any Ork army lists with a Nob armed with a Tankhammer, only the Power Klaw. So I was unsure if he can even take one. Can he? (You might be asking, "Why on earth?" but I don't have the points, and I'd rather have a Tankhammer with 3 attacks than 2).

You just said "Nob". :P

Because of this Khan (rightly) responded that if it were possible (for normal Nobs) that there would be no point to Big Choppas since the two functions are the same aside from the resulting end strength of the hammer being greater.

[Colonel Marksman]

There's only one unit in the game that can take a Tankhammer, which would be the Tankbustas, which would automatically mean there's only 1 Nob that might have access to one, the Tankbusta's Nob. I figured it was obvious enough.

So can the Tankbusta's Nob come equipped with a Tankhammer?

[scoutfox]

Yes, he can. Orks can take weapons in any order they want, so a tankbusta swaps his rokkit for a tankhammer and then becomes a nob. It strikes at inititive and is base strength 10 non-power weapon. My unit has two tankbustas with tankhammers and the nob with a power claw, cause I figure the more high strength weapons around the better chance to pop a tank.

[Colonel Marksman]

Originally Posted by Scoutfox

Yes, he can. Orks can take weapons in any order they want, so a tankbusta swaps his rokkit for a tankhammer and then becomes a nob. It strikes at inititive and is base strength 10 non-power weapon. My unit has two tankbustas with tankhammers and the nob with a power claw, cause I figure the more high strength weapons around the better chance to pop a tank.

Sure, but don't forget, someone described that a power klaw is a poor choice in a Tankbusta unit because the Tankhammers (6 attacks in themselves) and Tankbusta Bombs will all get to strike before the Power Klaw (a fairly expensive upgrade) gets to swing, if somehow everything else fails. Based on that, I only see a Power Klaw useful if you plan on getting into combat with infantry models too.

[HiveFleetGoliath]

The difference from the Tankhammer and the Powerclaw is that the Powerclaw is actually quite useful outside of hammering tanks :P

[scoutfox]

Tankbustas are great at taking down monstrous creatures, so I use them in close combat all the time, or against walkers. If the tankhammers don't do the trick I still want my power claw there to make sure. Plus it goes through FNP and armor.