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I've been playing with the idea of having a bunch of bikes and vehicles for an ork army(an anti whitescar kinda hoard if you think about it). I was wondering how practical that is in game, and what special rules/formations come with it. I'm not entirely sure if it would be considered a part of the cult of speed or not, but at this beginning stage I'm just spit balling

It is very feasible, especially if you use the Biker Boss Zhadsnark from FW ( you can download his rules for free from the Dred Mob pdf on the FW site) which makes Ork Warbikers troops. Ork Warbikers are one of the more reasonably costed units in the codex and for their points have a good combination of mobility, reliable dakka and durability with their higher T and jink saves. There's no formations yet but a common tactic is either doing multiple 5-7 man warbiker units supported alongside other elements like MANZ missiles or going full ham and making a biker deathstar with Zhadsnark, another Biker Warboss/Biker Big Mek with the Lucky Stikk, 15 warbikers and a painboy that can scout thanks to Zhadsnark.

One thing you have to keep in mind though is that they're very vulnerable to torrent flamer weapons and high rate of fire guns like S7 missile spam from tau, so deployment and positioning is very important since you lack the wound pool you can rely on from larger mobs of boyz.

They're very good with Zag - a FW biker dude that makes them all troops and has scout + skilled rider for a miniscule ammount of points. Some restrictions but he's still great. The only problem is that you'll be struggling against tau cause they murderize 4+ armor bikers like no tomorrow. Will need VSG and probably trukks to shield the bikers even a bit.

The army looks great but in reality you are just a weaker version of white scars or ravening. If the local meta can handle those list it will murder yours.

Also Da Rippa doesn't have any recent rules any more outside ITC