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alright its my first 1500 list... well ever so be gentle

HQ 245
warboss pk shoota/skorcha cybork body
old zogwort

troops 520
19 boys choppa 1 big shoota
nob pk bosspole

19 boys shoota 2 rokkit launchas
nob pk bosspole

19 boys shoota 2 rokkit launchas
nob pk bosspole

fast attack 280
19 stormboys
nob pk bosspole

heavy support 450
3 killa kans 3 rokkit launchas

3 killa kans 3 rokkit launchas

3 killa kans 3 rokkit launchas

Pretty nice list.
The only changes i would maker are to drop the big shoota from the sluggas and sqap rokkits for 2 big shootas in each shoota mob.

Nice build.

The Core of your list is good but it lacks synergy with the HQ's. They aren't bad, but they don't support the list that well.

I'd consider using a couple KFF Mek's instead. They will give your Killa Kan's 4+ cover saves and then you can use the Kans to screen the rest of your army.

The Stormboyz don't fit all that well into this list either since they will have a hard time getting cover saves will simultaneously going over 12 inches a turn so Kommandos with Snikrot might be a better choice that can achieve similar goals.

The big shoota was cause i had exactly 5 points left and i couldnt think of anything else, so i'll rework the guns.
The hq's are like that cause i already have a warboss and a wierdboy and money isnt flowing at the moment so their probably going to stay the way they are.
The stormboyz in my head arent going to be near the main forces if i can help it, they're supposed to be just so i can take out some indirect fire or ranged oriented units if possible, but i was considering kommandos so maybe.
I'll post another list tonight probably and see if that one works better.

I can't really see how you intend to get your choppa boyz and your Warboss into combat? or do you intend to keep them in reserves for flanking?

And you have a ton of Boyz (great!) but I think they'd be better off with big shootas instead of rokkit launchas to mow down infantry.

9 killa kans????? OMG I'm so jealous, I can't afford ANY kans yet.
Looks like you armed them as pure anti-tank units and they seem to be your only ones capable of taking on tough tanks like landraiders and monaliths (a14) with their S10 cc weapons.

Aardboy77 wrote:I can't really see how you intend to get your choppa boyz and your Warboss into combat? or do you intend to keep them in reserves for flanking?

And you have a ton of Boyz (great!) but I think they'd be better off with big shootas instead of rokkit launchas to mow down infantry.

9 killa kans????? OMG I'm so jealous, I can't afford ANY kans yet.
Looks like you armed them as pure anti-tank units and they seem to be your only ones capable of taking on tough tanks like landraiders and monaliths (a14) with their S10 cc weapons.

yes i'm using the warboss for flanking
I'm dropping the rokkits for big shootas because like you said the kans have anti tank pretty much covered
and about those kans, they're going to be made from actual cans, like i said money isnt flowing right now

iamthecougar wrote:The big shoota was cause i had exactly 5 points left and i couldnt think of anything else, so i'll rework the guns.
The hq's are like that cause i already have a warboss and a wierdboy and money isnt flowing at the moment so their probably going to stay the way they are.

Ah ok I thought you were trying to make a good tactical list not a list just based on things you happen to own.

The stormboyz in my head arent going to be near the main forces if i can help it, they're supposed to be just so i can take out some indirect fire or ranged oriented units if possible, but i was considering kommandos so maybe.

If they aren't near your main forces that's even worse. They probably aren't getting cover without dangerous terrain tests. This will present a problem as you will have a 280 point boyz investment getting fragged with a 6+ armor save. They'll be running off the table after taking fire from 2 units. It's a waste of points.

iamthecougar wrote:

19 boys shoota 2 rokkit launchas
nob pk bosspole

19 boys shoota 2 rokkit launchas
nob pk bosspole

This is actually illegal. You need 10 boyz per special weapon. You would need 20 boyz in a squad for 2 rokkit launchas if you wanted to go that route.

If you would, go back and edit your list to reflect some changes that have been suggested here (such as making your list legal =p )

Its hard to give your army feedback without knowing what your want to do. Orks need a theme. An Ork army can do anything better than any other army if you dedicate your orks to doing it...what is it that you want to do with your Orks? Shooty Orks? Assaulting Orks? Mobile Orks? Hard to kill Orks? Mobile Orks? Green Tide Orks?

When I build an army list, I decide what kind of list I want to build (I favor mobile Orks right now), then I work towards that theme.

I can't tell what you want to do with your army. =p Let me know, and I'll give you some specific feedback.

s1gns wrote:

iamthecougar wrote:

19 boys shoota 2 rokkit launchas
nob pk bosspole

19 boys shoota 2 rokkit launchas
nob pk bosspole

This is actually illegal. You need 10 boyz per special weapon. You would need 20 boyz in a squad for 2 rokkit launchas if you wanted to go that route.

I don't have the codex in front of me but I think it's legal since the Nob counts as an Ork Boy. He has 19+1 in each unit and therefore meets the requirements.

s1gns wrote:

iamthecougar wrote:

19 boys shoota 2 rokkit launchas
nob pk bosspole

19 boys shoota 2 rokkit launchas
nob pk bosspole

This is actually illegal. You need 10 boyz per special weapon. You would need 20 boyz in a squad for 2 rokkit launchas if you wanted to go that route.

the codex says "for every ten Orks in the mob" orks not boyz, so 19 boyz and 1 nob is twenty, so yeah it is legal

Dashofpepper wrote:

I can't tell what you want to do with your army. =p Let me know, and I'll give you some specific feedback.

i'm going for huge numbers with the shootas firing while the cans and sluggas advance



and heres an updated list


HQ 240
warboss pk cybork body
old zogwort

elites 150
10 lootas

troops 660
19 boyz choppa
nob pk bosspole

19 boyz choppa
nob pk bosspole

19 boyz shoota 2 big shootas
nob pk bosspole

19 boyz shoota 2 big shootas
nob pk bosspole

heavy support 450
3 killa kans 3 rokkit launchas

3 killa kans 3 rokkit launchas

3 killa kans 3 rokkit launchas

Can i get some kind of feedback on the new list?

I like the theme of the build, i picked up Old Z and working on a list for him my self. I Wonder though where the warboss is going because he will be slow and if he tags along with sluggas he will slow them down too. May be better to just give him eavy armor 'n C body, just my opinion. Some may say your loota squad may be a little small, but I used them at 10 and they diddent kill as much as i would have liked with them to, but they did keep the middle of the table clear of unwanted skimmers and walkers and worked as a distraction for the gun lines, so who's to say. Other than that, it looks good. Some where down the line a Bigmek with a KFF you could always convert one from the loota/burna box and make a KFF and would be great for the list, but till then this list looks to be solid and fun to play. Good luck

iamthecougar wrote: yes i'm using the warboss for flanking
I'm dropping the rokkits for big shootas because like you said the kans have anti tank pretty much covered
and about those kans, they're going to be made from actual cans, like i said money isnt flowing right now

I'm still getting used to 5th Edition, and I don't understand how you can outflank with your Warboss and his unit. Don't you require one of the "scout", "infiltrate", or "deep strike" abilities in order to outflank?

Have all the boyz be Shoota Boyz.

Combine one of the boyz squads to get 30/30/20 squads.

Then take out your HQ choices in favour of KFF Meks. Or at least replace the Warboss with one, you can keep the weirdboy if you want to use it (I recommend converting it into something more useful).

Then use the remaining points in more Lootas.

I'll switch the shoota boyz to sluggas and make fewer larger mobs, but i was wondering if dropping the warboss for more boyz would be a better idea i need to do the math, but with the extra points from the big shootas and one of the nobz not being there i might be able to get three mobs of 30. Should i do that or just convert it to a KFF mek?