So I thought that I would reinvigorate this thread with some further experience that may help prospective Ogryn users.
My most recent use of a 4 Ogryn squad at 1000 points vs
BA. This was used along side 2x 21 powerblobs, plasma/Las
CCS and a vanilla
LRBT.
I wanted to use them as a unit to draw fire while my powerblobs and PCSs advanced on objectives. They were to do this by advancing through cover at my opponents "Castle" (a two storey ruin loaded out with a tactical squad, Hvy Plasma
Devs and Librarian.
I wasn't sure about this approach but I literally had pick a list at random before the game and though what the heck.
I Intially failed to draw the plasma fire I expected but did draw the attention of a misdirected drop pod loaded with a Sternguard squad. A turn of Dragonbolts (2+ to wound - that hurt!) and melta later my Ogryns were down to 2, In spite of cover.
So my initial worries about having a death star unit (160 odd points in
IG counts as a Ds to me
) had drawn the attention of my opponents
DS and got rather badly mauled. Fortunately they passed their
LD roll and slammed into one of the Sternguard combat squads in the hope of tarpitting it while a powerblob moved in to countercharge. Rippers did nothing but he pulled down a marine who held. The next turn this melee drew in the other combat squad and survived another round dragging down most of the initial combat squad.
In my turn the powerblob made it in to combat and wiped out the marines just as the killed the last Ogryn.
Being completely unaware of other armies points values I hadnt realised that the Sternguard unit was over 300 points which represented pretty a pretty good return to me.
I was worried about the low
LD but only facing one test helped. True against a more
CC orientated unit with higher strength kit the outcome may have been differant but the won or drew every combat even at half strength.
Addressing the issue of whether the points would have been better spent else where, the obvious alternative would have been a second
LRBT. I'm a big fan of
LRBT opponents hate them normally and they cry when they are there in quantity. In this battle the one I had killed one tactical marine, my usually deadly scatter diced whiffed nearly every time.
So I have come out of another battle with good things to say about Ogryns. A slight downward points adjustment and/or a cheaper way of increasing their
LD would make Ogryns a must have for me. This experiment will continue...
