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Hey guys!

So me and a couple of friends have decided to get back into 40k after a 10 year leave.
We are all starting from scratch and I have decided to pick up orks since I have always liked the look of their models and they seem like a fun army to play as well.
We decided to start of at 600 points each, odd number I know, but one guy already bought his minis and thats the number his minis added up to so the rest of us decided to just match his points.

So I have been reading the new codex and put together a 600 points army that I think will work and be fun to play, but seeing as I am a complete noob I would really appreciete any feedback you guys might have

HQ
Big mek, mega-armour, KFF (goes with the boyz)

Troops
20 shoota boyz
10 gretchin

Fast attack:
Blitza-bommer
10 storm boyz (including nob with boss pole)

Heavy support:
2 Mek gunz (kustom mega-kannon)

At low levels planes might be considered abusive.

The KMK is better, but at low points the regular Kannon might fit better.

I would field more Storm than Shootas. You will need bodies in melee, we go last.

Also unless you plan on tanking with the BM having Mega will make your Shootas lose their overwatch.

Orks are very forgiving, so you can run damn near anything in the book.

Sick Bag wrote:
At low levels planes might be considered abusive.

How so?

Sick Bag wrote:
The KMK is better, but at low points the regular Kannon might fit better.

Right, might free up some points for extra storm boyz.

Sick Bag wrote:
Also unless you plan on tanking with the BM having Mega will make your Shootas lose their overwatch.

Well, that was they plan.
Seeing as how squishy the boyz are I am worried that they will be killed rather quickly without the BM there to soak up the damage.
Havent even considered that they would loose overwatch actually... :(
Any other tips for making the boyz last longer without the BM?

I'd replace mek with warboss so you could Waagh

 darkflame182 wrote:
I'd replace mek with warboss so you could Waagh

I was thinking of adding a warboss on a bike with some warbikers when we move up to 1000 points or so.
My thinking was that the warboss really wants to get into melee while the shoota boyz would rather shoot stuff, so the warlord would not have a good unit to go with.