I've never had a problem to bad with Nino. He is a tough model, but there are tons of tough models. They did a good job calculating points for models. For 7 points he can kill, but he dies really easy so it makes him balanced. Stay out of his line of sight, block his line of sight, bring hard to wound to the table or armor figures. Over all i think he is brought to the table for two reasons, good figure, and everyone loves a sniper.