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The goal of this list is to simply overwhelm the enemy with what amounts to a fast, tough formation of Orks cruising down the center of the board.

Original List:


Updated list:
Total: 1999

Lord of War: 440
Ork Battle Fortress - 440 Points
3 Kannons, 4 Grot Sponsons, 4 Big Shootas, 3 Supa Rokkits
(For those who aren't aware, Grot Sponsons are Twin-Linked Storm Bolters that always fire at BS3.)

Ork Horde Detachment: 1274
Warboss - Warbike, Power Klaw, Bosspole, Da Lucky Stikk - 140
Painboy - Warbike - 75
Painboy - 50
28 Ork Boys - Slugga/Choppa, Nob w/ PK + Bosspole - 208
18 Ork Boys - Slugga/Choppa, Nob w/ PK + Bosspole - 148
18 Ork Boys - Same As Above - 148
10 Warbikers - Nob w/ PK - 215
Battlewagon - 3 Big Shootas, Reinforced Ram, Boarding Plank - 145
Battlewagon - 3 Big Shootas, Reinforced Ram, Boarding Plank - 145

Combined Arms Detachment: 285
Big Mek - Mega KFF, Warbike, Killsaw - 165
Painboy - 50
10 Grots - 35
10 Grots - 35


With the Killsaw, Warboss, and Bikers I can now split up both HQs and run them into tanks, if need be. With a buttload of S10 AP2 from the Warboss, and a lot of S8 AP2 Armorbane from the Mek, I can pretty reliably pop two tanks unless they're Land Raider level tough. (Even then I give it even odds.)
The Grots don't have a lot of staying power, but I'll try to go to ground and keep them alive as long as possible. (Besides, if the enemy is shooting at them, they're shooting at the wrong enemies.)

Plus, the Battle Fortress still functions as a massive gun battery. It causes quite a bit of damage, and is a big fire magnet.

If you are just using 10 man squads of slugga boys to hold objectives in the back, why not use gretchen and use the points elsewhere?

gseed2p wrote:
If you are just using 10 man squads of slugga boys to hold objectives in the back, why not use gretchen and use the points elsewhere?

Mainly for staying power. Mode rule, +1 Toughness, and something resembling a damage output.

On a side-note, I counted up points wrong. I overcharged myself by 5 points on both battlewagons and the Lukky Stikk.

If I swap out the Boys for Grots, I have 65 points left.
Do you think I should buy a Killsaw for my Mek, Boarding Planks for both wagons, and a Bosspole on my large boys nob?

You definately need a couple more upgrades for those wagons. Maybe boarding planks and grot riggers.

I'm also considering getting Reinforced Rams for the Battlewagons, though I don't know where I'd shave points. Any tips?


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I don't know about Grot Riggers. I just need them to make it to the enemy, they can screw around after that, they don't matter as much.
Are Kannons useable? Maybe give them more punch after they drop of their Kargo.

boarding planks and reinforced rams on the wagons, and yes to the killsaw meks. shave a couple of bikes off to make space... 10 bikes is still awesome (+the warboss, Bigmek and painboy of course)

I updated the list. How's it look?