Goatboy’s 40K: Breakin Dem Bones with Evil Sunz
Goatboy here again with a Ork list idea. Good buddy – Bad Touch Ben Mohile – talked to me about how powerful the new Bonebreaka Battle Wagon Variant is. Let’s crunch some bones with a mean list – Evil Sunz style!
For those not looking at the Ork Codex – the Bonebreaka is the Deffrolla variant of the Battlewagon with a closed top. It has a few sets of rules that mixed with the Evil Suns – creates a pretty potent assault vehicle variant that might actually be good.
Da Bonebreaka
First – lets break down the BoneBreaka. First it is a Close top Battlewagon which means it is Strength/Toughness 8, has 16 wounds, and moves pretty decently. It also has the default 6 attacks and the special rule for the DeffRolla that lets those attacks hit with a +3. So this means this Wagon is coming in with a 2+ close combat save. Oh the Deffrolla also has a +1 to the Strength value, -2 rend, and a flat 2 damage profile. Oh yeah – it also gets an extra d6 attacks when it charges in. All on the Battle Wagon Chassis. If all these things don’t sound amazing look at the cost for a bare-bones version – 159pts. This is so cheap that it makes no sense not to try some in any of your Evil Suns army. Especially since the Wagon itself is pretty long so it easily “hides” things like waves of bikes, Deffkilla Wartrikes, and whatever other nonsense you can think about.
Now of course this is another Evil Suns army but I can’t help it. I just love the Red Orks and going as fast as you can. I swear next time I will look at Deffskulls or Freebooters. Those are the other two lists I like with my twisted goatbrain getting more excited about Freebooters, pirate themes, and bringing the Waaagh to a table nearby.
Bone-Breakin
Let’s start the list off. Will go with a Battalion as I like Command points and feel like if I don’t have Ork Boyz it isn’t right. We are going to do 3 Bonebreaka Battlewagons as I have them already painted and find running over my enemy to give me a whole lot of joy.
Ork Battalion – Evil Suns
HQ: Deffkilla Wartrike – 120pts (Have to have this guy as he lets my battle wagons advance and Charge)
HQ: Weirdboy – 62pts
Troops: Ork Boyz X 10, Tankbusta Bomb X 1 – 70pts
Troops: Ork Boyz X 10, Tankbusta Bomb X 1 – 70pts
Troops:Ork Boyz X 10, Tankbusta Bomb X 1 – 70pts
FA: Ork Bikers X 20, Nob, Power Klaw – 473pts
Heavy: Bonebreaka, DeffRolla – 159pts
Heavy: Bonebreaka, DeffRolla – 159pts
Heavy: Bonebreaka, DeffRolla – 159pts
Flyer Wing
Flyer – Dakka Jet, Supa Shootas X 6 – 146pts
Flyer – Dakka Jet, Supa Shootas X 6 – 146pts
Flyer – Dakka Jet, Supa Shootas X 6 – 146pts
I went with the Flyers as I got 3 painted and thought – might as well try them out. The army currently sits at 1780 points. I am not sure what to put in – other then the thought of using an Index Big Mek with KFF on a bike for a bit more protection. The index has him sitting at 88pts plus the KFF cost. It isn’t a bad idea and most likely what I will add to the army as a means of protection.
HQ: Big Mek on Bike, KFF, Power Klaw – 121pts
Now we have almost 100 pts left over. I am not sure what else to add. I could dump some damaging options on all the boyz units. Big Choppas, maybe some Big Shootas on the Bonebreakas so I could clear some chaff. Lets do a ton of Big Shootas on each of the Wagons for right now. You can add up to 4 and that is a lot of random Dakka to throw out as need. We’ll also add in 3 Power Klaws to each of the nobz.
Lets put this all together and see how it looks.
Ork Battalion – Evil Suns
HQ: Deffkilla Wartrike – 120pts
HQ: Weirdboy – 62pts
HQ: Big Mek on Bike, KFF, Power Klaw – 121pts
Troops: Ork Boyz X 10, Tankbusta Bomb X 1, Power Klaw – 83pts
Troops: Ork Boyz X 10, Tankbusta Bomb X 1, Power Klaw – 83pts
Troops: Ork Boyz X 10, Tankbusta Bomb X 1, Power Klaw – 83pts
FA: Ork Bikers X 20, Nob, Power Klaw – 473pts
Heavy: Bonebreaka, DeffRolla, Big Shoota X 4 – 179pts
Heavy: Bonebreaka, DeffRolla, Big Shoota X 4 – 179pts
Heavy: Bonebreaka, DeffRolla, Big Shoota X 4 – 179pts
Flyer Wing
Flyer – Dakka Jet, Supa Shootas X 6 – 146pts
Flyer – Dakka Jet, Supa Shootas X 6 – 146pts
Flyer – Dakka Jet, Supa Shootas X 6 – 146pts
The Original EPIC Bonebreaka
TAK-TIKS
Now the Flyer wing I could go with Deffskulls if I wanted too. It would give me some Reroll action as well as a 6+ inv s ave. I am not sure if that is worth it but something to think about. Heck the above army could all be Deffskulls too if the whole Mek Gun nonsense stays powerful with some Traktor Cannons. I do just like the idea of a very fast army that comes bearing down on you. The Ork Boyz can do some clean up as needed but I do wonder if throwing them in as Shoota boyz might work out better (I got 120 painted so that is also a reason to think about them). I also wonder if having a unit of 30 for the back field and as a “leadership booster) might be worth it to keep the bikers alive.
I am going to try find all the pieces to this army to mess around with and see how it feels. I am sure I will get shot to pieces but at least it feels like an Ork army. The Wartrike takes the warlord trait to allow for leaving and charging into combat and I would most likely put the cool Powerklaw Relic on the Big Mek as a means of some butt kicking. I don’t really like using the Big Mek on a bike – but that is one of the few important index pieces the Orks can use. It makes me think of using the weird Flyer as he moves fast enough to let the army build around it like a bubble. It is something to think about and would make for a really neat centerpiece unit for the army.
~What do you think about the Bonebreakas? Solid unit?
