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My local FLGS is starting an escalation league this week, and I'm having trouble deciding to register as orks or chaos. I have never really played at a points level this low, and wanted some opinions from people who have.
The league starts at 300 pts then goes to 500, then 250 more each week after that. At first it starts with 1 troop mandatory, then 1 hq mandatory the next week, then it follows the FOC at 750 pts.
I know with orks I can field 50 shoota boyz at 300 pts, but cultists leave me points to bring some other nasty things.
What's all your opinions on this?

Plague Marines and Obliterators would be horrific at that point level. Just have a cheap Cultist unit, then spend the rest on a 5 man Plasma plague squad and a single Oblit if you can fit him in.

That's kill team levels of points.

I agree with the above poster. A lot of armies will struggle, but with access to plague marines? You'll shred the opposition. Try to get a few special weapons in there.

Yeah I've been constantly thinking that orks would be awesome for the sheer amount of boyz, but you guys are making me realize that with chaos it leaves me with more options and more tactics other than "tarpit everything."
Now that you've said it, plague marines would be nigh unkillable in such low point games.

Orks and Chaos are both amazing armies, but I'd have to say that Orks are the king of low points.

If you think Orks want to tarpit stuff at that level, your thinking about it the wrong way. We want to drop a metric shittonne of dakka on them. Shoota Boys and Big Guns all the way man.

Hmmm that's a good point.
40 shoota boyz + 3 kannons would be pretty nasty...
This is a really tough choice

If you really want to screw with people, use the Black Legion supplement and take a CL with some artefacts and Nurgle Chosen.

Odds at, at a low point cost, you are going to face a lot of infantry. You can take 5 flamers with the Chosen, which is going to ruin anyone's day.

So I signed up as CSM, and I think I'm going to bring 3 Nurgle Obliterators (in separate squads) + a squad of cultists.
It's a very low model count but most armies probably can't deal with 6 T5 2+ wounds at that level (only space marines, tau, and space wolves were signed up so far).
Plus 3 obliterators have an answer to everything, so at the very least it will help me send out feelers to see the meta.

i have no idea what i would bring as Orks at THAT low a point level lol. 500pts is easy, 300pts? Barely even a full squad of boyz lol (with the nob)

A warboss on a bike and a minimal nob squad maybe?

Warboss with bike, PK and cybork plus two vanilla nobz and a painboy. They'll wreck any comptition during your first games for sure
(Do not take this advice seriously )