Shootas or Sluggas?

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**kenneydee**

Just want to see what you Ork players prefer. Shoota boyz or Slugga boyz? Feel free to explain why with replies. Or, for you non-Ork players, I would love to hear your takes on playing against Ork Boyz.

**Tarkand**

I play green tide... so for the most part, my boyz run every shooting run in order to get close enough to enter CC. Sluggah are just a more sensible choice for my army list.

From a 'look' point of view, I also think Sluggah look a lot more orcish with the wild flaying arm over the hunched over gunner.

**Brother SRM**

Shoot boyz, hands down. They fight almost as well in hand to hand (their power klaw does the real damage anyway) and they can put out stupid amounts of fire beforehand while maintaining mobility. Far more versatile.

**Chaos Lord Gir**

Brother SRM wrote:Shoot boyz, hands down. They fight almost as well in hand to hand (their power klaw does the real damage anyway) and they can put out stupid amounts of fire beforehand while maintaining mobility. Far more versatile.

This pretty much. The age old saying goes-

Shoota for runnin'

Choppa for Trukkin'

**DarkDrgon**

I run choppas for the basic reason that AoBR boyz are dirt cheap, and I can afford more mobs that way

edit for spelling

**sarpedons-right-hand**

I have not played Orks for around 2 years, but have the codex. I voted Choppas, mostly beacause my last Ork army had a few mobs of large Choppa's in trukks and this was backed up by a few Shoota boyz for fire support.

This seemed to work well, its a shame that you cannot vote for both!!

**Ascalam**

I like my choppas, and AOBR has been good to me in that regard.

My Ard Boyz unit is shootas, however

**Brother SRM**

I wouldn't give shootas ardboy armor - they're probably going to be in cover and out of assault anyway! Sluggas should get that armor. I don't have that many sluggas (30 plus 12 ardboyz who ride in a trukk) despite the cheapness of AoBR, since their very horizontal poses make them hard to fit in foam.

**Leigen_Zero**

Sluggas for me, though I do like to keep an even mix of shootas in there, currently 2 units of sluggas, 1 of shootas, but going to go with a 50/50 split at 1500pts (4 mobs of 20, 2 shoota, 2 slugga) with the idea of running the sluggas forward while the shootas unleash hell slowly advancing behind the sluggas.

Though Ork fluff wise, sluggas are the most fluffy option I feel, and I love the idea of a swarm of boyz with crude weapons flailing wildly at the foe!

**TYwinLannister**

Sluggas for me, again because of Assault on Black Reach, plus 4 Str 4 attacks each on the charge with a nice sized mob is gonna kill one or two space marines, plus whatever the Nob kills with his Klaw

**Ixias**

I almost always run shootas because I haven't got any trukks/battlewagons yet. When I have got transports for them they will most likely get sluggas.

**Ascalam**

Brother SRM wrote:I wouldn't give shootas ardboy armor - they're probably going to be in cover and out of assault anyway! Sluggas should get that armor. I don't have that many sluggas (30 plus 12 ardboyz who ride in a trukk) despite the cheapness of AoBR, since their very horizontal poses make them hard to fit in foam.

I use my 'ardboys with a wierdboy as a teleport and shoot unit. They are going nowhere after deepstriking, and need the armour

**jacetms87**

Shoota for me, shootas on obj in cover while kans and lootas shoot them into oblivion.

**Juvieus Kaine**

This is more like asking "which is better - red apples or green apples?"

I voted sluggas since I used them and by Gork I love the feeling of picking up a handful of dice just for CC

**Joshawa**

Right now I run mobs of Choppa/Slugga boys because that's what I have. I am in the process of building one 30 Boy mob of shootas to throw in with the S/C boyz. So I would prefer to use both of them I guess.

**Melissia**

Both, half and half.

**Shayden**

Shootas! Becuz dere iz no such fing as too much dakka!

**Cybronx**

Shoota Boyz are the krumpinist of 'em all. Never enuff dakka.

**elchristoff**

Choppas, orks may love the loud dakka dakka of the shootas but they can't shoot for anything... If you want something dead, give the ork a big stabby thing!

**Dashofpepper**

I think you're asking a partial question that is going to give you enough misinformation to make an poor decision.

They both have a role, and their role heavily depends on the kind of Ork army it is.

**Pvt. Crowbar**

Choppas, only because they're so annyoing.

**Cynick**

Choppas of course! Makes for fine killin'.

**kenneydee**

Dashofpepper wrote:I think you're asking a partial question that is going to give you enough misinformation to make an poor decision.

They both have a role, and their role heavily depends on the kind of Ork army it is.

Very true. I actually was considering starting a small Ork army. There are basically no Ork players at my local GW, so I have yet to play against them. I guess I was just looking to see what people like and don't like about each. It seems about even with the poll right now. Considering the responses, it seems safe to incorporate both in my army.

**Melissia**

Indeed it is. The BS2 and eighteen inch range combine to make shootas rather deceptive-- i truth, they put out enough fire that it doesn't matter, and being an eighteen inch assault 2 weapon, they can move while firing at a longer range than most Eldar forces can. The real benefit to shoota boyz is against other assault armies which have better initiative (which is all of them), oddly enough-- you can kill enemies before you get into assault easier that way than if you just ran, besides, you're not gonna run on the turn you're assaulting on.

**Ascalam**

Unless you are 7 or so inches away after movement, and haven't used your waaagh yet, but otherwise i'm in agreement

**Melissia**

True... but that is dangerous because it can lead to losing wounds before you ever go into combat, compared to shooting which instead allows one to cause wounds before going into combat.

**Ascalam**

It's very situational, i grant you

I don't always do it, but sometimes it's worth it

I use both shoota and slugga mobs, and tend to roll terrible when shooting, but better in combat as a rule, so it's worth it to me

**rjderouin**

I run three battle wagons, two with 20 shootas and one with 15 burnas and big mek with a burna, those three units are really good at killing gak. The best part is I don't have to get out of my 14 / 12 / 10 wagon to do it.

**Nightwalker**

Get ya Choppa ready for a right and propa WAAAGH!!!

hhehe qouteing Dawn of War is fun

**ChiliPowderKeg**

Both.

I like my Choppas to be shooty

And my Shootas to be Choppy