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Just a small 500 point Ork army. Let me know what you guys think.

HQ
Warboss with 'eavy armour
- 64 points

Elites
5 nobz
- 90 points

Troops
10 boyz with boss nob with 'eavy armour and big choppa
- 85 points

10 boyz with boss nob with 'eavy armour and big choppa
- 85 points

10 boyz with boss nob with 'eavy armour and big choppa
- 85 points

Fast attack
3 deffkoptas with twin linked rokkit launcha's
- 90 points

Total: 499 points

My main criticism of this is the naked Warboss and Nobz. If I were you I'd drop the Nobz for some Bikers, they'd just serve you better at this points level. And I'd give the Boyz' Nobz Boss Poles.

Hows this?

HQ
Warboss with warbike and bosspole
- 90 points

Elites
3 warbikers with nob
- 64 points

Troops
10 boyz with boss nob with 'eavy armour and bosspole
- 85 points

10 boyz with boss nob with 'eavy armour and bosspole
- 85 points

10 boyz with boss nob with 'eavy armour and bosspole
- 85 points

Fast attack
3 deffkoptas with twin linked rokkit launcha's
- 90 points

Total: 499 points

Warboss needs a PK or at least a big choppa. I would skip the heavy armour on boyz. In low points games heavy bolters are a common sight.

Seconded on dropping the 'Eavy Armour. It's a nice upgrade, but it's just too expensive for 500 points considering how much AP 4 is being thrown around anyway. Use the points you save on that Klaw, I know that it seems ludicrous to spend so much on one model at 500 points but he'll wreck most characters, monsters and vehicles that you see.

Getting rid of the 'eavy armour will only save me 12 points thought. Only my nobz have it.

Going with this theme ..We beef up the Warboss a tad..(give him headwompas and a boss pole) Have him run with the bikes
split the deffkoptas and lose just one ..This gives you a decent mini death star and a pair of flankers..

+ HQ +

········Warboss [Bosspole, Choppa, Gift: Headwoppa's Killchoppa, Slugga, Warbike]

+ Troops +

········Boyz [9x Boy]
············Boss Nob [Big Choppa, Bosspole, Slugga]

········Boyz [9x Boy]
············Boss Nob [Big Choppa, Bosspole, Slugga]

········Boyz [9x Boy]
············Boss Nob [Big Choppa, Bosspole, Slugga]

+ Fast Attack +

········Deffkoptas
············Deffkopta [Twin-linked Rokkit Launcha]

········Deffkoptas
············Deffkopta [Twin-linked Rokkit Launcha]

········Warbikers [2x Warbiker]
············Warbiker Nob [Power Klaw]

Ok, thanks for the list morfydd. Do you think I should get rid of another deffkopta for even more warbikers?

I've had a decent amount of success with Orks at 500pts throwing more bodies at the enemy than they know what to do with. I don't think eavy armour is the total waste of time some people on here would say it is – I think there's something to be said for making Orks more survivable than people generally expect them to be, which is why kustom force fields and painboyz can also be fun. However I wouldn't put eavy armour on everyone, as that quite quickly ends up eating into your "swamp your opponent in weight of numbers" points.

I've also found Lootas to be great in low-points games as they're incredibly versatile in terms of what they can kill; even more so in games when you're not likely to see a lot of high AV vehicles.

Adime wrote:
Ok, thanks for the list morfydd. Do you think I should get rid of another deffkopta for even more warbikers?

At this point level no I would not reduce deffkoptas for bikers..

I would add bikers, Lootas, and Tankbustas as points go up thou ..

Ok, sounds good. Thanks.

Can just a Nob take 'eavy armor in a boyz squad? I thought it was an all or nothing upgrade, either all of the boyz and their nob have to take it or nobody gets it.

I'm pretty sure you can take one because it says 4 points per model.