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So what's useful in 6th ed? With Snapfire rules (including Overwatch, moving and shooting heavy weapons, and shooting at fliers) the name of the game is dishing out buckets of firepower. What does that better than Lootas? And at 2000pts, we get an extra FoC? Brilliant! Consider the implications of an average of 180 autocannon shots per turn. Hitting normally, that's 60 hits, or 30 with Snapfire. That's still stupidly impressive.

Thoughts?

:HQ:
Warboss: Warbike, Power Klaw
Big Mek: Shokk Attack Gun

:Elite:
15 Lootas
15 Lootas
15 Lootas
15 Lootas
15 Lootas
15 Lootas

:Troops:
11 Gretchin
Runtherd

14 Shoota Boyz
Nob: Power Klaw, Bosspole

14 Shoota Boyz
Nob: Power Klaw, Bosspole

13 Shoota Boyz
Nob: Power Klaw, Bosspole


Total: 2000pts, 148 models, 4 Scoring Units

It sounds like it would be a nerve wracking and really fun list to play against. I know little about orks so I really have no constructive feedback for you sorry :-)

This is...THIS IS :beep: SCARY. Having even 30 lootas is scary, 90 is just. Oh god I can't even imagine. Emperor help me.

I think I just threw up in my mouth....that's...SO MUCH SHOOOOTING.

few things:

Armor 14 could ruin your day... You could get a few allies with nice anti-armor units Or replace two loota units with tankbusta's..
meks are characters...so if you pick 3 for every unit with big shoota's you can precision strike those shots towards other characters.

Instead of the big mek I would pick a mega armor warboss. He makes a loota squad "slow but purposeful" so the can walk,shoot and assault..

To tell you the truth... there is so much lead going down range that I think the powerclawz that you have should be enough to deal with the few AV14 tanks you run into.... And if it makes you feel any better, I've playing for 11yrs, my roommater for 8yrs and when we both saw your list we couldnt help but think that we dont even own enough dice between the two of us for one round of shooting for that army...

That looks really devastating but on average you'll only kill 16.6667 MEQ's per turn assuming that you didn't move at all and not a single loota died...

Grimnarsmate wrote:That looks really devastating but on average you'll only kill 16.6667 MEQ's per turn assuming that you didn't move at all and not a single loota died...

Can you imagine killing that many grey knights in one turn?

Gharron wrote:

Grimnarsmate wrote:That looks really devastating but on average you'll only kill 16.6667 MEQ's per turn assuming that you didn't move at all and not a single loota died...

Can you imagine killing that many grey knights in one turn?

Don't get me wrong it's a crap load of shooting to deal with, but killing grey knights... that all depends on whom goes first.

1 Landraider Redeemer with some termies will go ham on this army. Its not terrible infacts its good but you could be hard countered in a couple matches. I think going for 6 units of like 10 Lootas might work just as well and give you more points for maybe another warboss on a bike to deal with heavy tanks

I was going to suggest trimming down some lootas and adding in some Mega Nobz in a couple wagons. You can make them scoring as well, which would be a huge bonus. I mean 90 Lootas is amazing and I would hate to have that much dakka going into my Green Tide, but you could prob be just as effective by trimming it a bit.

All in all, I love how 6th edition allows for some ridiculous army builds!

And this is why I bring 2 Monoliths... This would be an army you can't make too many mistakes against or you'll be packing all your models up in 1 turn .

I've been thinking about it all day and against this list I would have to run an army as follows;

HQ:
2 libbys

TROOPS:
10 scout snipers, missle launcher, camo cloaks, telion
10 scout snipers, missle launcher, camo cloaks
10 tact marines, flamer, missle launcher
10 tact marines, flamer, missle launcher
10 tact marines, flamer, missle launcher
10 tact marines, flamer, missle launcher
10 tact marines, flamer, missle launcher
10 tact marines, flamer, missle launcher

ELITES:
10 sterngaurd vets with combi flamers


and I'd have a leftover points to tool around with.
Sadly i have the models to field this
Are you gonna be a gamesday chicago? I WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME!!

As a Grey Knight and Deathwing player I'll say the most dangerous unit in this army are the gretchins.... dreadful creatures :x.

the problem you will run into is finding a cover for all 90 of your lootas and I know a few pie plates that will be happy to fight so many packed models in a ruin :p

Lootas are elites, you can only take 3 elite choices? ummm huh

Frecklesonfire wrote:Lootas are elites, you can only take 3 elite choices? ummm huh

AT 2k you can double your FOC,,,,ummm huh

Hummmmm huh hic okay

You made my brain cry... Oh it hurts my brain... I'll do what I always do when I'm scared and put 9 Leman Russ Battle Tanks side by side as a wall of death.

This is one of the reasons that 2k pt tournaments will not be as popular. 1850 is king where I am, and will likely remain that way.

I hate lootas. I would charge them as fast as possible...

I have one major question:

What about AV14?

A Leman Russ or 2 would wipe you off the board and you couldn't get to it in time.

Dr. What wrote:I have one major question:

What about AV14?

A Leman Russ or 2 would wipe you off the board and you couldn't get to it in time.

russes wouldn't do gak against this.

The problem is that russes wouldn't do enough damage per shot to make an appreciable dent, while the lootas would shoot the rest of your army off the table.

Dr. What wrote:I have one major question:

What about AV14?

A Leman Russ or 2 would wipe you off the board and you couldn't get to it in time.

Leman Russes only have Side armor of 13, and with 90 lootas someone is getting side armor. Land Raider Redeemer on the other hand...

its a pretty sick list, my buddy who plays orks was considering doing this....we did the math, it'd kill 16 marines standing in the open a round. So even at full strength it'd take 5 rounds (including special weapons), to make up it's point value.

It'd obviously wreck any light tanks in the game and probably most fliers, since snap shot and their to hit rolls aren't that much difference.

I think what made my buddy decide not to do it was 2 things.

- Spending 1350 points to not be able to touch a land raider or the front of a Russ would pretty much mean an automatic loss vs. some armies at 2K points

- 5 of out the 6 new game modes are objective based I think, 6 non scoring units sitting in cover is going to lose you those games unless you table the opponent.

I personally don't think it'd be that fun to play or play against, alot of just rolling dice with no strategy...that's just me though....

The only thing I would sugest to add more this would be giving warbosses mega armor to join the lootas, slow and purposeful transfers to units now, and you got relentless lootas moving 6" and firing away.