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Starting an ork army and wanting to stay away from the firepower base right now. (I know how good looters are... can always add them.)
No one is trying the pure speed freek in our area so thought this would be a good base...

HQs: Nob w PK, eavy Armor
Big Mek w KFF, eavy Armor

Troops: 1 Nob: PK, eavy Armor
19 Boyz w Choppa/Slugga

1 Nob: PK, eavy Armor
18 Boyz w Choppa/Slugga

1 Nob: PK, eavy Armor
18 Boyz w Choppa/Slugga

1 Nob: PK, eavy Armor
11 Boyz w Choppa/Slugga
Trukk w Ram and Red

1 Nob: PK, eavy Armor
11 Boyz w Choppa/Slugga
Trukk w Ram and Red

1 Nob: PK, eavy Armor
11 Boyz w Choppa/Slugga
Trukk w Ram and Red

Fast: 1 Deffkopta: Rokkits and Buzzsaw

1 Deffkopta: Rokkits and Buzzsaw

1 Nob Biker: PK
8 Bikers(Lose these to keep below 1850)

Heavy: 3x Battlewagons with Deffrolla


Area tends to play at 1850 so that is what I am gearing it towards. Figure between 3 wagons and 3 trukks I have a simple fast delivery system. The kamikase koptas can alpha strike vehicles or be used to outflank otherwise it is looking at 96 orks in your front grill on turn 2 with 9 bikes backing it up.

I am figuring 3 wagons and 3 trukks will really cut down ot loota fire lanes so they are not the first choice but thinking stormboyz, kommandoes, burnas, nobz and/or nob bikers might be a good add on. From my experience against orks, as is this should be a heavy hitter but trukk units especially tend to be one-hit wonders as they have no staying power. So any thoughts where I should go from this base? Add what and remove what...

What is your point total without the bikers?

If it is pretty tight, I'd say go with adding a few weapons on the BWs so weapon destroyed rolls don't become immobilized rolls.

The HQ NOB?!?!?!?! Did you mean Warboss?

Turn all Nob 'eavy armor upgrades into bosspole. Bosspole is Ork Boyz under 11 model morale savior.

Because you have so many troop options, I'd say to remove a unit of boyz from a BW and add burnas. It gives you more versatility when dealing with horde armies.

As you know, your trukk boyz won't last long. Your primarily going to throw them at one unit and that is it.

May want to turn two BW units of boyz (aside from turning one unit into Burnas) into shoota boyz. They have really decent fire power when massed together and allows you more range in terms of moving and shooting if they get their BWs popped.

If you take Bikers, might as well take NOB bikers. They become a troop option with a warboss and are a solid unit when attached a painboy for FNP. Make sure each model is different in terms of gear for wound allocation, ect.

Bosspoles are needed.

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Wagons without shootas become immobilsed on weapon destroyed, you may want to add a big shoota to each one.

Also orks in small numbers fail without boss poles.