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Looking to build a new feral ork army and need some advice as to the better build (or any suggestions). All my trukks and buggies will be modelled with animals, and all rokkits will be modelled as spear chukkas stapped with dynamite)

Debating between two list:

List One - Nob heavy feral list (BC=big choppas, all nobz have them)


List option 2 - All cyborked (using savage ork Wards/Paint to 'cout as' cyborked like fantasy savage orcs)


Basically it is a question of getting more nobz but no invulnerable saves on everyone, or a universal 1/3 save on every ork.

Which?

Also, am I missing having enough heavy hitting power (over Str8)? Land Raiders etc could be an issue.

You will love having kff. Also go for more trukks and buggies as many as possible.

Let the warbosses travel with boyz to spread your threats.

At the very least you can save a load of points by reducing the number per nob squad. 10 is a huge percentage of your points.
Nob squads need wound allocation as well, klaw, painboy, cyborg bodies, banner.

How many points are these armies?

Do not worry about landraiders

Thanks MFletch,

Right now both of those lists are 2000pts, but I have similar build split option debate with both reduced and larger versions.

I know KFF would be a great choice - but with the Feral theme I was hesitant to take a Mek. I suppose I could "count as" the Mek to be a shaman type blessing the vehicles/animals but given the theme I was drawn to either warbosses or warpheads (shamans).

I had considered spreading the bosses into the boyz trucks and I agree that I should do that (thanks).


What then is the optimal Nob unit size?
I am trying to limit the # of Klaws or special weapons for the Feral theme.


And the big question: Is converting Mad Dok into a Shaman and granting every ork in the army the 5+ invulnerable save worth it?
My thoughts were that as this is a 90% melee based army and since power weapons etc are common, it would basically reduce my casualties by 33% and thus greatly increase chances of winning assaults and forcing fall backs (and avoiding my own). It would also help during kill-point missions during which the larger force would give up many more points (more trukks and more deaths).
- In the 2000pts list this means 10 less nobz, one less trukk, and one less buggy
- in the larger 2500pts list this mean switching 2 nobz group for 2 boyz groups (same number of bodies on the field)

Have you considered a squiggoth or two?

Yep, I have indeed.

I guess I should specify that the above lists are aimed to be regular 40k allowed into tourneys and the like with a few "counts as" conversions.

Opening up armageddon brings in a few more possibilities. I am also planning to get a few Battlewagon style monsters/squiggoth conversions.

I was just thinking, you could use the normal sized squigoths as counts as battlewagons.

Alright, switching bosses etc into boyz and spreading out threats, also trying to get some battlewagon (squiggoths) in

Option 1: all Cyborked


Option 2: More wagons, no cybork


So now it is against:
A) All cyborked Orks
B) 2 more batltewagons (over trukks), with lots more big shootas and 3 more wartrakks, but no cyborks