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So my group has recently just gotten back into 40k after playing through most of 5th. Took me awhile to find the army I truly loved (I have like 5) and it was Orks. Anyway after coming back to the game from 5th we have all come to realize that assault armies have it pretty damn rough. My friends Imperial Guard army has 0 problems tabling me in 2 turns and I havent really been able to figure out anything that gives me a fighting chance. His list is something like this.
Company Commander with squad in chimera
(master of fleet and ordnance)
3-4 Vet squads with Heavy Flamer, Flamer, and Melta in chimeras
All chimeras have multi Laser and Heavy Flamers
1-3 (im assuming Vet squads) in Vendettas
All Vendettas have 3 TL Lascannons and drop troops immediately on entering
1-2 Leman Russ standard
2 Wyverns

My question is there a feasible way to beat this list. Assaulting chimeras does not work as I get overwatched with 2 flamers and lasgun arrays. Wreck the vehicle, then cannot consolidate so im an easy BBQ for the Vet squads. Having 3 Battlewagons filled with 20 boys also doesn't work because all he has to do is touch the open topped with his flamers and he gets that ridiculous flamers in enclosed spaces rule (D6 hits on occupants). Mek Gunz wont work because Wyverns (literally the most overpowered thing I have ever faced). Sorry for the rambling post but I am honestly stumped about facing this list.

Well it's worth noting that vs shooting attacks Mek Gunz are T7, even the crewmen. They're pretty solid against Wyverns.

I'd say your best bet is to use Tankbustas, knock out a couple chimeras early, and charge the contents.

Straight up assaulting doesn't work so well anymore. Orks have good units, but you need to pick your battles. Think like Mork. Tankbustas, Mek Gunz (formerly Big Gunz), Deffkoptas, Warbikers, Mega Armor Warboss with Da Lucky Stikk, Warboss on a bike, MANz, Weirdboyz... Taken in the right combinations, Orks are powerful. Send in a solo Deffkopta to eat Overwatch, then charge your Boyz in. Send in a MANz missile or two, and let him deal with that. Include a Painboy for extra fun. Outflank some Skorcha trakks and roast him inside his own transports. Include a Weirdboy in a unit as a force multiplier; their powers aren't too stellar on their own, but they can add some real punch to nearly any unit. My personal favorite is still a Warboss on a bike. Nothing like a T6 fast PK to put your opponent on the defensive.

Check out this huge thread with lots of great advice:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/643980.page

How is he fitting vet squads in vendettas? Their transport cap is 6 and vets have a min squad size of 10. Maybe you're thinking of tempestus scions?

Well first off, he's kinds cheating although he may not know it. The carrying capacity of a vendetta is 6 models not 12 like the valkyrie. So he definitely can't carry a full veteran squad inside of a vendetta. Maybe he has 6 man special weapon squads but even still he first must bring the mandatory PCS and 2x IFS.


Edit: someone already beat me too it, yes MT's would fit.


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Also, taking out his command squad is usually pretty easy, and can be crippling to IG.

It must be a heavy weapons team or Scions, they're 6 man squads with 3 meltas in them. Would mix and matching Smasha guns with Traktor Cannons be worth fielding? I feel like all Traktor cannons would be useless until the Vendettas showed up.