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So I just bought some ork boyz but am having trouble deciding how to build em. Im building a Kan Wall army and currently have a squad of 20 sluggas and choppa boyz and a squad of 20 shootas and cant decide which to finish out. Since Im new to orks and building my army I can't decide which is better. Please help!

Choppas. I don't have a particularly good reason, its just for aesthetics.

Get more Loota/Burnas then put the Loota arms and weapons on your new boys and build the burnas with whats left.

i have enough lootas I need more boyz lol

I always like to have a couple of units and thus a mix of both Slugga Boyz and Shoota Boyz. Variety is the spice of life.

Not sure if it was on Dakka or another WH40K site, but someone crunched some numbers and found that shoota boyz were more "efficient". Even though you needed 5s and 6s, you were shooting a bucket load of dice, like 40-60 depending on 20 or 30 boyz. Those numbers are reflecting a fresh unit of course.

I dunno, I like the pistol and choppa route, that extra attack is good and my shooting dice rolling sucks. If you keep them shielded behind your Kans, they should get to the enemy relatively intact.

PS-I play against space marines a lot, so those shots I do get in, well they usually get saved. Get the CHOPPA if you want to LIIIIIVE!

my 2 cents

Shootas every time, what you lose in assault you more than gain in the preceding shooting phases.
The additional 6" of range adds tactical flexibility.
Never discount 26 boys with Shootas.
that's 52 shots, which kill three marines on average, so you deny the assaulted unit 30% of its strength before you give them a chance to swing.

Common tactics are to put a lot of shoota boyz into foot slogging lists, and a lot of slugga boyz into mech infantry lists.

Im gonna go shootas cuz if Im buying a box of boys I'd rather make shootas. When I get more choppa boyz I'll just buy AoBR off friends or w/e for less.