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I really love the IDEA of what I think playing Orkz is...

When I first started with 40k (like 6 months ago) I wanted Orkz, but the codex was old and the kits were expensive.

Now these new kits look amazing (Holy gak, those Flash Gits though)


but AM really appeals to me to (Orders, fluff, big tanks spewing hot firey plasma at stuff)

The only tipping point is, I love assault, and I want an army it works with, and I don't think AM has that anywhere near the level Orkz do...

I also love the randomness of Orc fantasy armies, and I hope 40k Orkz are similar (Its fun to play with and against, when a random squad can do nothing or annihilate something 3x their points)


WHAT DO I DO?

Do you really need to be told to wait for the new dex?

Also, old orks weren't choppy at all, so don't get too excited over the idea of new Orks being any better. Boys blobs are dead now, courtesy of the Wyvern and co, and only time will tell if trukks, dreads, and wagons can pick up the slack.

Nah, I know to wait for the new dex, but I with it's release just around the corner, I thought I'd ask for the general playstyle differences between the two.


I assumed that the new codex wouldn't drastically change the general strengths and weaknesses of the army.


Besides Ogryns do AM have any interesting CC Troops?

Play AM, use Ogryns

Or

Play AM, use the DKoK list from FW, with Death Riders being good and WS4 guardsmen, you'll do better in assault than you'll do with standard AM. You can still use the plasma spewing tank in either case.