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Having just gotten a glimpse at the new codex, I thought I'd try out a new army list. It is just shy of 1500 points in total.

HQ:
Big Mek: Shokk/Eavy/Cybork

Big Mek: + KFF+3 Oilers.

TROOPS:

Deff Dred: 2x Big Shoota Grot/Armor

Deff Dred: 2x Big Shoota Grot/Armor

12 x Boyz: Nob/PK/Pole/Trukk-Red

12 x Boyz: Nob/PK/Pole/Trukk-Red

FAST
16 x Stormboyz: Zagstruk

HEAVY
Battlewagon: Killkannon+armor+Ardcase

3x Killa Kans: Grotzooka+Armor

3x Killa Kans: Grotzooka+armor


I suppose my tactic is to put the KFF Mek in with the Battlewagon, keeping it pretty darn hard to deal with. With the ordinance support and then the Shokk Attack gun, I hope that is a decent amount of ranged firepower to pound on my enemy. The Dreds and Kans would form the center, pouring some more shootyness into enemy battle lines but also being able to handle some CC. Zagstruk and the stormboyz would be a nice surprise in turn 2+, hopefully taking out any dangerous anti-tank weaponry while the two squads of Trukk Boyz would take a flank and hopefully get into CC with what needs killin.

My biggest worry is that I simply won't have the numbers to survive much, so I imagine the list might be fun to play but would be very easily deaded. Thoughts and flames are appreciated.

Maybe there's something I'm missing, but is the armour and cybork body on your SAG Mek really necessary? As I assume he's going to be kept in the back, coupled with his untargettable IC-ness, he won't get shot at nor assaulted much. My first impression anyways.

Grotzooka? Really? Why?
I could see having a few just for kicks, but they aren't that great. You'll be lucky to get a shot off with their range.

Only time the armour or cubork should help will be if he rolls doubles and gets the effect where he is teleported into HtH. or if someone Deepstrikes behind the rest of his fast assult army.

As per some suggestions, I thought I'd rework the list ever so slightly. It is still just shy of 1500 points. Changed the Killa Kans to have mob with Rokkits, one mob with the Big Shootas for extra firepower, took off the frills for the SAG Mek, and added one more stormboy.

I am still quite concerned that a faster army like Tau or Eldar will be able to avoid my Walkers and pick them off and my heavy hits from the Wagon and Mek won't do enough. But maybe that's just the list's weakness and it should be fun to try out either way.

HQ:
Big Mek: Shokk

Big Mek: + KFF+3 Oilers.

TROOPS:

Deff Dred: 2x Big Shoota Grot/Armor

Deff Dred: 2x Big Shoota Grot/Armor

12 x Boyz: Nob/PK/Pole/Trukk-Red

12 x Boyz: Nob/PK/Pole/Trukk-Red

FAST
17 x Stormboyz: Zagstruk

HEAVY
Battlewagon: Killkannon+armor+Ardcase

3x Killa Kans: Rokkits+Armor

3x Killa Kans: Big Shoota+armor

This looks really awesome, but is that zaggstruck really necessary?

I think I'd prefer to save the points and get something better. stormboyz are pretty awesome on their own and you'd rather have them on the table in this list.

Also, wouldn't DeffKoptas or something fit the list a little better as fast attack? I am not sure you have enough warm bodies to support a mob of stormboyz. Assuming deffkoptas are fast attack as I remember


I'm no Ork expert, those are just some impressions from reading the tacticas and such, so take this with a grain of salt.

Edit: Also, couldn't you get more kans instead of that battlewagon? I think I like the sound of that better, personally.

Your concern about Tau and Eldar armies is pretty valid. you don't have enough rokkits to stop their tanks from firing. Fix that by putting rokkits on absolutely everything, maybe? Big shootas seem kinda craptastic to me compared to rokkits.

I had another thought -- often times it can be a dangerous idea to take an army with a few fragile fast elements that out-speed the rest of the army. By nature your fast elements are going to be a bit sacrificial since they rate to die after one or two fights with anything (which may or may not make their points back).

Maybe you'd be better off dropping Zagg/stormboyz and the trukkboyz, and filling out with walking shootaboys with rokkits? Or you could do two squads of lootas and two squads of shootaboys, maybe? That'd fill out your antitank and give you some infantry to protect your walkers.