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Sofar I have

5 defcoptas, 1 truck, 1 looted wagon, 5 bikers, 1 stompa, 12 slugga boyz

I have about 50 more boyz to build ATM but can't decide on slugga or shoota, I am new to the game so any help is appreciated.

Well 6th is coming out tomorrow. I suggest you take a look at those rules. I am having a hard time believeing that Orks will be good as an assault army.

I have been using Shootas pretty much all through 5th and they have not failed me. I am seeing that they will be the winners in 6th as well.

with what you have you still have alot to buy. You don't have an HQ as of yet. You still don't have your 2 troops. Built anyways. A stompa? Why did you buy that so soon? I have been playing Orks for 13 years, and have just bought a stompa (or made one that is).

You have to figure out what you want to do with them. Do you want mechinizesd(in transports), do you want Tide( Lots of boys) kan wall.( you have nothing for this as of yet, lots of kans with dreads and lootas and meks for supports) Right now you can go any of the ways I suggested, but I can tell you want you want to play.

Good Luck!

Regaurdless of what ever edition you need 2 things shoota boys and lootas

You picked a great time to start playing. 6th edition is comming out soon so you'll be learning the rules right along with everyone else. Now I don't know anything about 6th ed yet so the only advice I can give is based off of 5th.

Orks have many different play styles, an important thing to remember is orks are not very skilled at what they do, so what ever they lack in ability they gain in numbers. In other words you want to take big numbers of what ever you bring. Also deciding if you want a Mobil army or a foot soothing army is a pretty big one. Generally speaking if you go armored you want everything that can be in a transport in one. Otherwise if you have both you will be attacking in waves which orks don't excell at, you want everything attacking and assulting as close to the same time as possible.

Playing orks you are going to learn to love boyz, they are the heart, soul, and back bone of any proper waagghh!. They should always be upgraded with a nob, boss pole, and a power klaw. They are generally ran in 12, 20, or 30 man mobs. 12 is only any good in a trukk, their low numbers and extremely flimsy armor makes them very likely to get wiped out fairly early in the game. 20 has a bit more staying power as foot sloggers, and its the max number that can fit in a battle wagon. 30 man units are very survivable although a lot clumsyer to move around the board. As for sluggas or shootas, it is really personal taste, would you want to move forward not as fast but putting massive numbr of shots into your enemy before beating them to death with your rifle, or would you rather just rush and start choppin eads off?

Keep in mind that I am no expert by any means, just trying to share the bit of knowledge I know from experiance and countless hours of reasherch and watching battle reports lol. Hope this helps bro.

Boys always more boys is what you need as Orks. Then loota.
You will fare alrigth as a Ork player in 6th I think, from what I have read it dose seem that you will manage a okay result with a decent plan and good dice rolls.

Im into modeling first and will eventually play... the stompa is custom built/WIP cause i just wanted to build it. my plan is an evil sons army with lotsa wheels so i was thinkin shootas but maybe i will magnitize um so i can change um up as needed. thanks for all the info guys!

@balsak... bro. Where are your pics? You've given me such good advice on my orks and you have a new stompa?! You have ZERO gallery images. Sorry to call you out... but MOAR PICTURZ!!!!!

@OP I do best with shootas, but my tide list is 50/50 split between shootas and sluggas. I agree with balsak, looks like shooting will dominate 6th edition.

I just never took pictures. As most of my stuff is not painted. I hate painting. lol I am also not sure how to add picts to the Gallery. Sounds noobish but true. lol