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Hi, I'm currently at work so I can't do a search so I apologise if this has already come up but when playing as Orks what is the best vehicle or weapon to use to destroy SM Predators and other vehicles?

As a SM player I'd say :

"long" range :
Deffkoptas with t-l rokkit launchas
- Can scout/outflank to get to the side armor
- If that fails, they can still move long distances and still fire

My friend keeps immobilizing my land raider with these guys ;(

Can use lootas against some lighter vehicles I guess.


cc range :
Stuff with powerklaws
Nobz get Str 9 on the assault
Warboss Str 10

Which is enough to beat anything, probably need to get them on bikes or transports to get them in range thought.


Thats my 2 cents

all thats a good idea, and don't forget that the boarding plank allows you PK nob to safely assault a vehicle, while still inside the trukk.

Tankbustas are a great way for taking out vehicles.

Tankbustas in a battlewagon are a great way for taking out vehicles.

Tankbustas in a battlewagon that is equipped with a grabbin' klaw and a boarding plank is the best way to take out a vehicle!

Lootas mess up anything that is AV 13 or less.

PKs can crak open AV14.

Rokkits can be useful, especially if they are TL on Koptas (even better if the Koptas have a Buzzsaw for assaulting rear armor).

That's great, thanks guys. It's payday and I've got some spending to do so I think I'll invest in some more Lootas and a squad of Tankbustas as I don't have any of those yet. I'm also considering getting another AoBR set for the Koptas for me and also as I need some SM to give to my young cousin to get him started up.

I like Kanz with Rokkits, lootas, or a small suicide deffkopta squad for ranged. For up close it's all about PKs or Deff Dread CCW.

My advice if you want tank bustas:

Buy a box of Warhammer Fantasy orks.

There are plenty of bodies in there for you to make orks with, and I used the maces to make spiky rokkit pistols. Cut off a mace head and glue it to a slugga, and voila. Every box of ork boyz / AoBR / nobs / Lootas / etc....comes with a tankbusta bomb or two, and you can cut/sand/fit the bombs into someone's hand.

I use Kans, dreads, PK's, and hope on the occasional rokkits to immoblise or destroy.

If they faq the deathrolla issue, that could be a great way to kill tanks.

Wyrdboy Warpheads are a particularly effective Anit-Tank choice but admittedly that does rely upon you rolling the correct psychic power.

Don't forget that you can mounted a Zzap Gun on a Battlewagon and also give it a mess of Rokkit Launchas.

tankbustas + weirdboy to tellyport them = death of baneblades. =(

1. Powerklaw it to death. Nobs and Warbosses have enough attacks to handle it, especially WBs, who have S10 Klaws.

2. Deffkoptas with TL-Rokkit Launchas and/or Buzzsaws can deal with lighter vehicles, but so can Lootas.

3. Tankbustas in a Battlewagon with a boarding plank, grabbin' klaw, and deffrolla will make a mess of most vehicles, especially if the Tankbustas have tankhammers.

Yeah like pretty much everybody said PKs, Lootas, tankbustas, boarding planks, and deffkoptas.
Also a couple cheap wagons or trukks with grabbin klaws has potential for holding things down while you get a PK or a tankhammer on them, this is also a good way to get kans and dreads into cc
Also like saint and commisar said weirdboys are good for anti tank, they have the best anti tank weapon in the entire ork codex, S10 auto hit melta, they are also unreliable and on occasion counter productive but hey you play orks get used to it.
I'm surprised no one else has said this, but a SAG mek can be a godsend, fair warning however, random strength is not always your friend, S4 hit on your front armor of... 11... well he's with the lootas for a reason...
Also for i believe 60 points you can have a looted wagon that is a tank with red paint, isn't open topped, and for the purposes of ramming has an front av of 15. I think thats a decent anti vehicle weapon in and of itself and thats before you add any weapons to it.
Also, big gunz have the potential to be anti armor, lobbas not really, but zzap guns have the potential for S10 hits, and kannons are S8, and both have a grot's BS3. Kannons are also adaptable, as they have what is basically frag missles and krak missles.

I did a test game with nobs w/PK's and assaulting my land raider. It took 4 turns to even get a damage roll and I counted the furious charge in each turn just to see what would happen if they always used S 9.

Simple

Kannons, Tankbusters, Lootas, warboss, nobz (of all kinds!)

and now Battlewagons with deff rollas!