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Hello,

I haven’t played for a few years and new to the 6th Edition (the rule book on the side waiting for me to read). I’m going to get back into it with an Ork force combined with CSM allies.

I’m not sure if this is the best combination but I’ve got a large ork force and the Demon Prince model is outstanding and must be shoe-horned into any army.

List: 2000 PTS

HQ:

Warboss
TL Shoota
PK

Big Mek
KFF

Demon Prince
MZ
Bolt

Elites:

6 Chaos Terminators
2 PG
1 CF
1 HF
1 CF
1 CM

5 Lootas

Troops

9 Nobz + Painboy (+ The Big Mek)
2 PK
1 BC
Trukk

11 Slugga Boyz (inc Nob) + The Warboss
PK
Trukk

10 Marines
Champion
PW
x2 MG
Rhino

20 Shoota Boys

20 Slugga Boys (inc Nob)
PK

10 Gretchin
Herder

Ork Dredd
Big Shoota
Skorcha

Fast Attack

3 Deff koptas
TW ML
1 Buzzsaw

Heavy Support

3 Kills Kans
Big Shootas

3 Big Gunz
Herder

The basic plan is:

Pop the lootas, kans and big gunz on the flanks and go for side armour or troops. Push the kans up to try to get rear armour.
Koptas go after the armour or pile in to add numbers into assaults.
Gretchin Objective sit

Then against a shooty army:
The rest of the force forms a rush in two waves, trucks and rhino first; with the option to peel marines off to hunt armour. Boys, dredd and prince following;
Terminators deep strike

Against a fighty army:
Sit back and shoot a few turns
Terminators start on the table and support troops to objectives,

Any suggestions about the composition are welcome.

In the past my opponents have tended to have balanced SM, IG, Tau and Nids armies but I’m concerned about meeting heavily mechanized opponents particularly the 10-12 chimera IG armies or 9 LRBT IG armies doing the rounds.

I'm just not seeing the point in your CSM choices. Just because you can? Or....

Awful lot of points for not a lot of bang.


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Also, 5 lootas? What are you planning on doing with 5 lootas?

Yep the CSM are because the demon prince model is awesome, and a monsterous creature wandering around is always a tourist attraction.
I do like the idea of the terminators being able to drop in behind LRBTs, ice one with fire (inc combi melta) and assualt any others in the formation.

Agree to some extent about the lootas, I was short on points and opted for some big gunz to go with them so I could pentrate lighter armour easier and glance the heavier tanks, and bypass power armour saves. If I'm lucky I can always get 15 shots a turn out of them.

Then by all means, field that bad ass demon prince!

I am not loving the chaos terminators.

I feel orks will want more melta and plasma, they would love to have some.
Also plague marines are awesome, if they can find a place.

Any chance your daemon prince can be slaneesh?

The list has all sorts of units but little that is going to work together.

What models do you own?
I think rhino+trukk spam would some how best suit your list with the units you are showing.

The prince is Tzentch, mainly for the improved ward save, I know I have not made the most of the additional power but in the past the save has let him stand up to a charge from 10 nobz + warlord inc 4 power claws; I was very lucky, but it let a unit of plague marines and a defiler charge in and swing it for me.

The only models I need to complete the list are the CSM and a chaos rhino although I probably convert a half finished razor back for that; I think you have a point about the plague marines I'll go away and have a fiddle with the points, scrap a few killa kans and try to get some lower AP fire power into the mix.

I'll stick with the terminators for a few games and see how they work out, I've not played with the new rules yet and I hear they have gotten better due to the weakening of power weapons.

Thanks for the advice.