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hi everyone i started 40k a few months ago with necrons and am enjoying them but Orks have always appealed to me so have spent some doller on a fair few models to get started .
if anyone could guide me on what type of models i should get that are mainly fun but others that will not get me crippled all the time XD.

so far i have:
1 warboss with attack squig
1 Snikrot ( i liked and wanted to paint him.)
50 boys
5 nobs
5 stormboys
12 lootas
12 burnas
6 bikes
3 killa kans
2 trukks


i intend to play games up to 1000 points atm.. I also really only play against my friends atm and them are Tau, Eldar and Dark eldar.

Any orky insight you guys can offer would be awsome.


Thanks

i would try ether getting there fast or trying to take so many boyz no one can kill'em all before they get there and putting killa kans up front maybe get a mek and just march?

Or throw boyz in your trukkz (id get like another one or 2 tho?) dont really like burnas if im honest, lootas tho i always love.

yeah, i dont really know cause what your fighting is going to be a challenge to beat with orks.

ok so here is my first list 500 points of orkyness.

1 big mek with KFF and ammo runt
20 sluggas with nob, powerclaw and bosspole.
20 sluggas with nob, powerclaw and bosspole.
6 lootas

comes to 497 points

Honestly man, if you can convert those sluggas to shootas you won't regret it.

Sluggas can be alright in mech lists, but they fail hard compared to shootas when on foot

Big shootas are your friend. Also templates. Ground their speedy units and carve up the squishy things inside. Shoota boyz are the better option until further notice.

big shoota in boy squads are a waste to me

If you want to use snikrot, stick him with some kommandos and give two kommandos burnas. They come in wherever you want and you can drop a couple templates on someones objective campers. If they survive the return fire he is pretty good in cc.

i am surprised to hear shootas are better then sluggas seeing the ork BS. i have always thought you really wanna play to the ork CC skills especially against armies like tau.

on my list over the next couple of months are 2 boxes of kommados
aswell as bik meks, a weirdboy and pain boy and deffdred ( 1st attempt at magnetizing.)

i have also been looking at meganobs if they are worth it?

so far youhave:
1 warboss with attack squig - A must have if you are going to take Nobz. Needs a power klaw
1 Snikrot ( i liked and wanted to paint him.) - I haven't played him but bought him for the mini too... guilty.
50 boys - I'd go mostly (or all) shootas as dakkamite says, but 4 attacks on the charge is FIERCE. Shoota boys just outclass them point for point.
5 nobs - Give at least 3 power klaws for your army (2 attached to boyz mobs and one for the nob squad)
5 stormboys - Dunno yet.
12 lootas - YES
12 burnas - YES
6 bikes - YES with a caveat: Make them Nob bikers with at least one power klaw and you have one of the best units in the game attach a painboy biker and WATCH WHAT THEY DO!
3 killa kans - I ran a kan wall for a while but they just blow up and kill boyz too easy. They are dead killy up close though. Very little can take what they can dish out. I like the grot zooka the most. x3. In a 1000 point battle. 130-150 points for all 3 makes them an auto include IMO for very low point games (750ish).
2 trukks - 2 truks were my first vehicle purchase as well for the boyz. I've used them seldom but I think they're gonna see some more action with my up coming list.

What I suggest:
Battlewagon (1 or 2): truks are flimsy but fun and fast. Battlewagons w/ a rolla on the other hand are scary good. $50 well spent.
Big Mek with KFF: (1 or 2): Easily one of the (if not THE) best ork HQ
Boyz: 10: Just One more box.... (Bwahahahah). Seriously though then you've got 2 full foot squads
Mega-armored Warboss (1): Expect big things from Ghazghul Thrakka in the next ork codex / dataslate, if not a Megaboss is just that: MEGABOSS!
Grots: 10: Good and cheap. Arm the FLGS's ADL or the one you already have.
Wraiths- (9): Yup I said wraiths Necrons and Orks have good synergy as allies. 9 Wraiths will be huge for your Crons and Orkcrons or Necrorks
Ghost Arc-(1-2): for the above reasons
Night Scythe (1-2): again for the above reasons.

Welcome to the underbelly of 40k! We have the worst army in the universe, but it's pretty fun to play!


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Hold off on the wierd boy (not that great) and the meganobz rumor says they're going plastic and may (dare I say it) see a price drop.

thats awsome dok thanks.
the reason i want a weirdboy is i want to play the odd random fun game XD.
meganob i will hold out on for now tho i was toying with the idea of converting a centurion squad into meganobz.
i forgot to mention that i already have a grot squad which i was thinking of using with some big gunz.

i will be doing allies for sure with my necros as they rock.
my necron army is:
most of the HQs/lords/cryptechs
50 warriors ( will add more)
10 immortals
8 scarabs ( will add more )
10 lychguard (WS)
3 wraiths ( will add more)
1 Ghost ark ( will add more )
2 Annihilation barges
1 doom/NS
1 monolith
1 tryarech stalker
1 nightbringer
3 tomb blades

so i got a good base for allies .

as far as boys my end goal is 120. 60 shoota ans 6o slugga, the 50 i have are all built as slugga with don't make much diff in friendly's.
battlewagons i want
deffdred mainly i like the model and i want to break into magnetizing.
more kans they seem fun in small games.
i would like deffkopta's but i don't want to pay that much for metal models.
i have also been toying with the ideas of buying different tank models from other armies to make looted wagons.