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i like mek themed ork armies with a few walkers mixed in there. on the occasion ive had a walker (deff dredd) in assault and a mek (not in assault) behind him makeing on the fly field repairs. some of my opponents have thought this a little cheese, but i see nowhere in the rules that prohibit this. the repairs are done in the shooting phase (like they are supposed to), and the mek (or bigmek) is not involved in the assault, thus freeing him to stick a wrench and a grot oiler right into that freshly ruptured carburetor.

even though its a little cheese, i think its a great piece of ork flavor for our armies, and shows the expertise and robust nature of ork mekaniks.

anyone have any thoughts please share?
if there is something about it in the rules please list the page or section.

Sounds legit to me. I'll have to try that with my meks.

The simple way to counter it would be to change the mek.

Yep, and you can do the same thing with Techmairines and Knights. It's more fluffy for orks, though (I can totally see a mek repairing things literally in the middle of a melee).

thank you for your impute. just wanted a 3rd opinion.

Wouldn't it be possible even if the (Big) Mek/other model like it were in combat?

 Ond Angel wrote:
Wouldn't it be possible even if the (Big) Mek/other model like it were in combat?

If it's anything like the AM Enginseer's "Blessing of the Omnissiah" (repairs vehicles) ability, absolutely not. You're repairing the vehicle instead of firing the enginseer's weapons. You can't shoot when you're in combat. Therefore, you don't have the option to replace your shooting with repairing (as you don't have any shooting to replace).

P.S. I don't have the new Ork codex, so take my words with a pinch of salt.

Mallich wrote:
P.S. I don't have the new Ork codex, so take my words with a pinch of salt.

You're spot on.
"Instead of firing his own weapon"

Mallich wrote:

 Ond Angel wrote:
Wouldn't it be possible even if the (Big) Mek/other model like it were in combat?

If it's anything like the AM Enginseer's "Blessing of the Omnissiah" (repairs vehicles) ability, absolutely not. You're repairing the vehicle instead of firing the enginseer's weapons. You can't shoot when you're in combat. Therefore, you don't have the option to replace your shooting with repairing (as you don't have any shooting to replace).

P.S. I don't have the new Ork codex, so take my words with a pinch of salt.

grendel083 wrote:

Mallich wrote:
P.S. I don't have the new Ork codex, so take my words with a pinch of salt.

You're spot on.
"Instead of firing his own weapon"

Whoops. I forgot about that part.
I even have the Ork & SM 'dex in front of me.

Mallich wrote:

 Ond Angel wrote:
Wouldn't it be possible even if the (Big) Mek/other model like it were in combat?

If it's anything like the AM Enginseer's "Blessing of the Omnissiah" (repairs vehicles) ability, absolutely not. You're repairing the vehicle instead of firing the enginseer's weapons. You can't shoot when you're in combat. Therefore, you don't have the option to replace your shooting with repairing (as you don't have any shooting to replace).

P.S. I don't have the new Ork codex, so take my words with a pinch of salt.

By that logic any model without a ranged weapon cannot Run, as they don't have shooting to replace.

True, if taken literally.
Personally I go with "able to fire" rather than "has a weapon to fire".

I'd have to double check the codex, I always thought that you could repair if in combat.

As memory serves, mek's tools only say that in the shooting phase, you may attempt repairs instead of shooting. If he's in combat in his shooting phase, he may not be able to fire but he may still be able to repair.

I don't have the rulebook in front of me, so I'd have to double check.

But, logically, just because he's incapable of firing doesn't mean he cannot repair. For example, if he's in a morkanaut, he cannot fire a weapon, but he can still repair (I believe even if the walker is in combat).

Though......it honestly does seem a bit cheesy for a mek to say "Time Out!" in involved in a combat to go repair a deff dread.

I'd need to double-check the exact wording of the rule.

But for the OP, if the dread is in combat, and the mek isn't, you're 100% golden. No question in my mind that the not-in-combat mek could repair a vehicle that is.

Logically? It's hard to unscrew a panel and replace a gear, when you're ducking a chainsword

 grendel083 wrote:
Logically? It's hard to unscrew a panel and replace a gear, when you're ducking a chainsword

That's true, but now I'm imagining an Ork Big Mek ducking every time a Space Marine tries to chop his head off, while fixing a Stompa.

Short answer is that, "Yes", he can repair as long as the Mek isn't locked in combat.