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Hi all,

What are the common mistakes and pitfalls to an Ork army?

I'm not fussed about being uber competitive. The army looks like a lot of fun to play and convert.

I'm just looking for advice on building an Ork army and what units I should use.

Thanks.

Large units of boyz to take advantage of mob rule are the core of the army.

I wouldn't say very many units are bad, they all seem to fit well. I've never seen someone use the stormboyz or flash gitz actually. Everything else I've seen used to pretty devastating effect. The common slogan is boyz before toyz.

Boyz. Bring lots of Boyz. Boyz with shootas, and a nob with PK and Bosspole. If you put them in a trukk, make sure you have at least 3+ of them.

Other phenominal Units:
HQ:
BikerBoss (Warboss with warbike, PK, bosspole, attack squig, cybork) Put with nob bikers if you have them

Big Mek with KFF

Elites:
Lootas

Burnas (put in a battlewagon)

MegaNobs (put in a transport, probably with a MegaWarboss for morale and scoring purposes)

Nob Bikers (Painboy, 1-2 PKs rest Big Choppas, Bosspole, Cybork) Very Expensive, bring with a biker boss if possible for morale and scoring

Fast Attack:

Dakkajet with extra supa shoota

Heavy Support:

Battle Wagons: Put a Deffrolla on and I also like to add RPJ and 1 Big Shoota to soak up wepon destroyed results


Theres alot of other units in the codex that are really fun like the SAG, StormBoyz, Big Gunz, Looted Wagons, WeirdBoyz etc but are less than great, but still very fun options (I personally am a fan of stormboyz). These above are your basic good units that will help you krump real good.


Bring Boyz.

I think I want to go for a Freebooter themed force so I can include the most amount of stuff from the Codex in the army.

Either that or Bad Moons, but I'm not a fan of Mega Armour.

I prefer my Ork Nobs in Eavy Armour as the models look totally bad ass.

Might go for Ork Nob Bikers too, but I don't know how well they'd fit in either a Freebooter or Bad Moon list. Same goes for Shoota Mobs in Trukks - is this something that works?

The army looks like a lot of fun to play and convert

Freebooters or Bad Moons

You sound like me man. I'm painting up my Nob bikers as Speed Freeks though - just say they've been hired by the Bad Moons!

You can make a pretty mint Nobs Only Freeboota force with the right unit selection. Ally in Codex: Dread Mob from forgeworld to either get a Big Mek or a Painboss (read: Painboy) alongside two Warbosses and fill your army with Nobs, MegaNobs, and Flash Gits. Maybe a few Grots to do the boring jobs (fixing things, cooking, holding objectives). Battlewagons or Big Trakks are optional - they'll make your army quite a bit stronger, but may not fit a Freeboota theme - though it fits Bad Moons like a glove! Put the Painboss on a unit of MANz or a giant blob of boys if you do take him, in order to give them feel no pain - honestly this guy is so useful it may be worth taking Dread Mob as the main force so you can have two of him! If you do take the Painboss, you can put cybork on a 'Spanna Boys' mob (aka standard boys, max unit size 20, led by Mek) for 3 points each which can be pretty effective (I'd take it over 'ard boys in most cases) and also fits with either of the themes you want.

People often put their Shoota Mobs in Battlewagons, I don't know how effective Trukk mobs of that type would be. Personally I would be putting Sluggas into Trukks rather than Shootas, take advantage of their ability to close the distance and of the attached Nob.

Edit: Have you heard of the Big Trakk? Its a forgeworld unit thats like a lite edition of the Battlewagon, I cannot recommend it enough man, you can get two of these for the price of a battlewagon with change. Could be a much better option than trukks for shoota boys.

Got some good fluff on Freebooterz and they can take practically anything, which is awesome.

I'm a big fan of the old Gorkamorka game, so I want to include vehicles, but also include the kool stuff like Lootas and Deffkoptas.

Basically looking to do more of a themed list than a competitive one.

Might even base them off the Bandits from Borderlands. So no Bikes and just a load of Boyz with some vehicles thrown in.

Yup... I think I got an idea.


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This isn't to any particular points level (although it comes in at 2799), but this is an idea of what models I want to use:

Warboss: 120
PK, Slugga, Eavy Armour, Cybork Body, Attack Squig, Boss Pole.

Big Mek: 85
KFF.

9 Nobz and Painboy: 465
2 PK, 7 Huge Choppas, Sluggas, Eavy Armour, Bosspoles, Cybork Bodies.

5 Nobz and Painboy: 500
2 PK, 3 Huge Choppas, Sluggas, Warbikes, Bosspoles, Cybork Bodies.

12 Ork Slugga Boyz inc Nob: 117
Big Shoota, PK, Bosspole.
Trukk: 40
Reinforced Ram.

12 Ork Slugga Boyz inc Nob: 117
Big Shoota, PK, Bosspole.
Trukk: 40
Reinforced Ram.

30 Shoota Boyz Inc Nob: 235
3 Big Shootas, PK, Bosspole.

30 Grots + 3 Herders: 120

10 Lootas: 150
10 Lootas: 150

3 Warbuggies: 105
Twin Linked Rokkits.

3 Deffkoptas: 135
Twin Linked Rokkits.

Dakkajet: 130
Ace, 3 Twin Linked Supa Shootas.

Battlewagon: 140
Killkannon, Deff Rolla, Kannon, 4 Big Shootas.

Looted Wagon: 115
Boomgun, 2 Big Shootas, Ard Case.
Looted Wagon: 115
Boomgun, 2 Big Shootas, Ard Case.