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Mekboy wrote:Rokkits are terrible against tanks?

Like Space Marine and Guard Missile launchers, meltas over half range and other str. 8 guns?

As an ork player with 3 20 strong shoota boyz mobs, I always take rokkits. Only one in 3 hits, but thats still 2 str. 8 hits on a tank, which can do some decent damage. Besides, I'd only save 30 pts, and that isn't really much.


Well, I was exaggerating. But in comparison, SM MLs hit twice as often, IG MLs hit 50% more often, and both have the flexibility of firing frag when your best target is infantry. Meltas are much deadlier because you CAN get them into half-range, so they have a better upside and are probably toted by a BS3 or BS4 model. Lascannons have better range, higher S and a higher BS. I could go on. Among all tank-killing weapons in the game, the rokkit doesn't stack up all that well.

Personally, I also found I sometimes had to pass up shooting opportunities at tanks with shoota boyz because I wanted to charge an unit of infantry, etc. in that assault phase. Of course, the rokkit is what the Orks have, and you probably can't really go wrong with either rokkits or BS.

Although if I was fielding rokkits, I'd probably rework my list so that I can spam them rather than include a handful.

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