What I am playing at GT Balitmore
Orks!! What else would I be playing? I played a Nurgle Centric list for the Las Vegas GT, and this time I’ve decided to throw down with some Orks. So for all those, here is the list I plan on throwing down with and thoughts on each unit.
First of course is the HQ’s.
HQ 1: Warboss, bike, cybork, pk, bosspole, attack squig, kombi Skorcha
I decided to throw down with the warboss since it allows me to create a nob squad that is scoring and gives me a nice hard hitting character that can take down most other HQ’s in the game. He has a base toughness of 5 so he can shrug off lascannons, meltaguns, and most other weaponry. Mix that with a nob squad with a pain boy, and you got a rather nasty unit that can put a dent on a lot of stuff.
HQ 2: Big Mek, Shokk Attack gun
This is more a fun option that also gives me a way to do some damage to 2+ armor save guys as well as give me a chance to maybe kill a land raider beyond the luck of rolling lots of 6’s with rokkits.
Troops 1: Nobz (5), Bikes, Power Klaws (3), Waagh Banner, Bosspole, Painboy, Cybork Body (5)
This is the other part of the Ork hammer when riding with the Warboss. This little unit can take out most things on its own and it is small enough that I hope it can do some sneaking around as it looks for something to hit. Multiple 4+ saves makes this a tough unit, plus all the 2 wounds these guys can handle.
Troops 2: (29) Slugga/choppa boyz, Big Shootas (3), Nob, PK, Bosspole
First of the ork mobz, this one sits with the Big Mek and helps give cover to the Lootas that rest behind them. I went with Slugga/Choppas due to the fact that if they are charged, they will be able to dish out more attacks. Plus they are always going to be staying still thus I would be wasting shootas on them since I would be striving to get into range of their 18″ guns. The big shootas are there because they have a longer range then rokkits and thus these boyz will have a better chance of shooting.
Troops 3 & 4: (29) Shoota boyz, Rokkits (3), Nob, PK, Bosspole
Now two squads of 30 man sized shoota boyz squads. These are the objective getters, the annoyance as well as the troop sprayer if the lootas or Deff Koptas blow up a troop transport. Get used to seeing these, as this unit is very common in any type of horde list.
Elites: (15) Lootas
Again, another common factor in ork armies, here is one of the more cost effective units in the game. Put them behind your slugga/choppa mob. I know, you will be giving them a 4+ save but most of the time these guys are there to take out light vehicles (rhinos, Eldar stuff, etc) who won’t get a cover due to their size etc. Same with monstrous creatures. Their range is huge, and their effect is something that the orks needed. Now if only they had strength 9 hehe.
Fast Attack: (3) Deff Koptas, TWL Rokkits (3)
These are there as a buffer and nice bit of fodder to throw in front of your units if you are worried about an assault from one side. You throw them out to cover a hole, and if they shoot at them, so what. If they live till the end, they can easily contest an objective to “steal” a win. Beyond that, the rokkits are there again to have some hope versus armor. If you get an immobilized result versus a LR that is a win in the ork mind.
Pt Total: 1750 Kill points: 8 Total scoring: 4
The thoughts on this list is to take the annoying bits of the orks and try to mush them together to create a nice hybrid list. Adding in the ability to sit on an objective as well having some really hard units for certain armies to deal with. It is also a 100+ model army, thus a lot of other armies are going to have issues when trying to kill that many models. I am also using a lot of different ork units etc.
Changes I could do, is drop the Deff Koptas and add another trukk boy unit. That ups my kill points to 9 but it gives me another scoring unit. I can also look to ways to find Kombi Skorchas for each of my nob bikerz too. I have most options painted at this time, beyond adding kombi sckorchas to some of my bikerz.
Thoughts? Threats? Karate Chops?
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