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Hey guys. I'm in the process of making a shoota boy squad for my Ork army, and looking over the stats for the ork boyz I became somewhat confused.

The stats for the ork boyz list them as having two attacks, and regular slugga boyz wield both a choppa and slugga, so does that mean they get the +1 attack, for a total of three attacks with four attacks on the assault? Or are the two single hand weapons accounted for in their stats, meaning that shoota boyz lose one and so only gets one attack? The rules say that two single hand weapons give +1 attack, but does that count for Ork Boyz since they come default with two single hand weapons?

I've always played them as only having two attacks +1 on the assault, but it would be nice if I could confirm that this is the correct way to play them.

Never assume the bonus for having 2 CCWs is included in the profile. There are a few cases where it is, but those cases explicitly state that it's included.

So, your Boyz all have 2 attacks base, Slugga boyz get a bonus for 2 CCW, and you can get a bonus for charging. Max attacks of 4.

If a unit has bonus stats added to the profile it's entry will normally say so. Orks have no mention of this being the case - you'll have to add all +1s they happen to get as they happen.

Awesome. Thanks for the quick and informative replies, guys. This'll really improve my chances against those pesky space cowboys.

I've found that in mobs of 20 or more shootas are the way to go with boyz. You can get a round or 2 of fire going in and those casualties usually make up for the loss of an attack vice arming them with Choppas and Sluggas. With that said my Trukk Mobs still get armed with Ch/SL as the trukks are normally hiding or moving forward to unload into HtH so they need the extra attacks.

There's one exception you should know: the Ork Dread has his bonus attack for two DCCWs in his profile. You'd have no way of knowing this until you read the Ork FAQ.

What about other situations where these sluggas that are combat weapons are used?

For example if I take Nobz with big choppas and a slugga, does that nob get an extra attack for the two CCW's?

If you use a 2-handed weapon you do not get a bonus attack for 2 CCW

FCBGames wrote:What about other situations where these sluggas that are combat weapons are used?

For example if I take Nobz with big choppas and a slugga, does that nob get an extra attack for the two CCW's?

You will only ever gain a bonus attack in the ork codex by having a regular choppa and a slugga, due to both PK and big choppa not allowing bonus attacks from extra CCWs.

The only exception would be a bigmek with very unconventional wargear, like Megar-Armour and a second PK or a Burna and a Slugga.