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so i was mulling over in my head a different way to use ork (other than the traditional horde and KoS lists). Orks get pretty good shooting so i thought id look into that. this is what i came up with:

Big Mek 95pts
SAG

Big Mek 95pts
SAG


15 Lootas 225pts

15 Lootas 225pts

15 Lootas 225pts

30 Shoota Boyz 250pts
Nob
Power Klaw
Boss Pole
Rokkit Launcha x3

30 Shoota Boyz 250pts
Nob
Power Klaw
Boss Pole
Rokkit Launcha x3

30 Shoota Boyz 250pts
Nob
Power Klaw
Boss Pole
Rokkit Launcha x3


Big Gunz 78pts
3 Kannon
6 Extra Krew

Big Gunz 78pts
3 Kannon
6 Extra Krew

Big Gunz 78pts
3 Kannon
6 Extra Krew


its all fairly self explanatory. your boyz walk up and shoot enemy infanty/capture objectives/get in the way, etc. your lootas turn MCs and light vehicles into goo and scrap respectively. the Meks provide you with some anti-terminator fire support (hopefully) and the kannon are your (very bad) anti-tank/anti-meq. i can imagine it will be hard to deal with 90 boyz comming at you, and deal with all the shooting. most armies can effectively do one or the other, but not both.

ideas/suggestions/comments all welcome

I'm running a similar list at an RTT next weekend (only 1500 points). I'll let you know what worked or didn't work. Still haven't gotten a single playtest game in as I'm still painting.

Would have loved some grots for the SAG to hide in.

sure you could get rid of a big gunz battery for some grot, its not like theyre going to do anything anyway.

nothing says ablative wounds like 26 grots

May I suggest making one of the big meks equipped with a KFF? Yeah, it would lower your shooting a little bit, but it would increase the survivability of your boys greatly. Just a thought.

KFF and SAg are an either/or. You cannot have both on the same Mek

Haha, you make me happy, OP. This is one of those lists that my theoretical Swooping Hawk list would demolish... but I don't really like the whole "Army X" thinking, so I digress...

I don't know if your theory is correct, about people not being able to handle a horde of boyz running at them and all the shooting... I think the only thing they would have to worry about is the shooting, as the boyz themselves will only be lukewarm opponents in combat.

Good luck with the list though!

Burning Star IV wrote:Haha, you make me happy, OP. This is one of those lists that my theoretical Swooping Hawk list would demolish... but I don't really like the whole "Army X" thinking, so I digress...

I don't know if your theory is correct, about people not being able to handle a horde of boyz running at them and all the shooting... I think the only thing they would have to worry about is the shooting, as the boyz themselves will only be lukewarm opponents in combat.

Good luck with the list though!

i dont know, 30 boyz will kill pretty much eveything in combat if they get there, and 90 models is a lot to kill, even without a KFF. if you do kill them (very unlikely to happen in the first 3 turns) then you still have to deal with 45 lootas and a few kannon. admitedly its a lot less scary than 90 boys but will you have enough resources to deal with it after 3 or 4 turns of 45 lootas shooting at you.

swooping hawks kill this list, but seriously, how often have you seem a swooping hawk heavy list.

Regwon wrote:

Burning Star IV wrote:Haha, you make me happy, OP. This is one of those lists that my theoretical Swooping Hawk list would demolish... but I don't really like the whole "Army X" thinking, so I digress...

I don't know if your theory is correct, about people not being able to handle a horde of boyz running at them and all the shooting... I think the only thing they would have to worry about is the shooting, as the boyz themselves will only be lukewarm opponents in combat.

Good luck with the list though!

i dont know, 30 boyz will kill pretty much eveything in combat if they get there, and 90 models is a lot to kill, even without a KFF. if you do kill them (very unlikely to happen in the first 3 turns) then you still have to deal with 45 lootas and a few kannon. admitedly its a lot less scary than 90 boys but will you have enough resources to deal with it after 3 or 4 turns of 45 lootas shooting at you.

swooping hawks kill this list, but seriously, how often have you seem a swooping hawk heavy list.

i take 3 units of 6 with an Exarch, SunRifle and Intercept ... they are my vehical and hord killers ok they're 21 points each but how many other jump infantry come with an 24" S:3 AP:5 Assault 2 gun (sunrifle is assault 6 pinning ^_^), thats a nice 16 shots, and with the new rules they can start the game in reserves and deep stike in, droping a SH grenade pack Rang: any where S:4 AP:5 large blast and best of all only scatters D6" (if i didn't think it was cheating then i'd take sky leap and have them droping one of these every turn)