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Hopefully a simple question.

I play Orks where multiple HQ options allow Non-troops to be used as a Troop choice (i.e. Warboss allows Nobz, Big Mek allows a Deff Dread, etc.)

Is this reclassification only for the warlord of the army or is it for each HQ?

For example, if I run a Warboss (Warlord) and a Big Mek, could my 2 Troop choices be a unit of Nobz AND a Deff Dread? Or, would it only be the Nobz since my Warboss is the army Warlord?

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: yep, that's perfectly legal.

SJ

Does the HQ entry (or FAQ) say his option only works if he's the Warlord?

I can't recall any HQ that makes non-troops troops only of it is the warlord. If a HQ allows you to field some other unit as troops you can mix them. Just like chaos marines can take a Nurgle HQ and a Slaanesh HQ both noise marines and plague marines would be troops.

Being the warlord has nothing to do with it. Warlords were not even a thing when the ork codex was written.

Good to know!

Thanks everyone

The newer codexes like dark angels have a specific requirement for Belial, Sammael, and azrael to be part of the main detachment for the non-troops to be troops. Other than that no restrictions I've ever seen.