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Hi guys, I’m going to participate to my first local tournament next week, and I decided To bring orks: I know they’re not the most competitive army out there, but I always have great time with them, plus I’m almost the only ork player in my meta.
I need some advice on my list:

++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (Orks) [72 PL, 1067pts] ++

+ HQ +

Big Mek [5 PL, 75pts]: Choppa, Kustom Force Field

Big Mek on Bike [6 PL, 101pts]: Choppa, Kustom Force Field

+ Troops +

Boyz [13 PL, 181pts]
. Boss Nob: Power Klaw, Shoota
. 27x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa

Boyz [13 PL, 181pts]
. Boss Nob: Power Klaw, Shoota
. 27x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa

Boyz [13 PL, 181pts]
. Boss Nob: Power Klaw, Shoota
. 27x Ork Boy W/ Shoota

Boyz [13 PL, 181pts]
. Boss Nob: Power Klaw, Shoota
. 27x Ork Boy W/ Shoota

+ Fast Attack +

Stormboyz [9 PL, 167pts]
. Boss Nob: Big Choppa
. 19x Stormboy

++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Orks) [16 PL, 247pts] ++

+ No Force Org Slot +

Gametype: Matched

+ HQ +

Warboss [4 PL, 62pts]: Attack Squig, Headwoppa’s killchoppa, Shoota

+ Elites +

Nob w/ Waaagh! Banner [4 PL, 79pts]: Kustom Shoota

Painboy [4 PL, 53pts]: Power Klaw

Painboy [4 PL, 53pts]: Power Klaw

++ Supreme Command Detachment +1CP (Orks) [12 PL, 186pts] ++

+ HQ +

Weirdboy [4 PL, 62pts]: 3. Da Jump

Weirdboy [4 PL, 62pts]: 3. Da Jump

Weirdboy [4 PL, 62pts]: 2. Warpath

++ Total: [100 PL, 1500pts] ++

I own 120 boyz, 30 stormboyz, 3 weirdboy, no lommandos and just a normal warboss without bike, so i cannot change the list so much.
My real questions are:
- should I take out the waag banner in favour of Max boyz units and more stormboyz?
- Would you recommend PK or Big Choppas on boys nobs?
- Should I add any other unit like thankbustas or Ghaz?

If you have any other suggestion please feel free to share, thanks everybody in advance

- surely big choppas... but you lack anti tank option (30 boyz are an anti-tank unit but...) so PK are kind off usefull if you don't take tank busta)
- ghaz should replace your boss i think and IMO for that quantity of boyz the whaaaag banner is a really good idea

But i'm no tournament expert and they are better advices here than mine

Hi, your list is already quite competitive

I'm not a fan of the banner to be honest and having more bodies IMHO it's better. I prefer pks over big choppas.

However the stormboyz will always be priority target number one, so a big choppa is ok on their nob.

Ghaz is not needed, way to expensive at 1500 points and the bustas don't really perform in a footslogging list, avoid them completely. Remember that orks don't need to kill stuff, their goal in competitive games is trying to score points and avoid getting tabled.

Some artillery could be nice though, you lack backfield objectives since there are no gretchin and no min squad of kommandos that can show up wherever they need to be. If you really want to add something just go with KMKs and eventually kannonz. I know they're an anti tank target but for 42 points you'll get 11W, don't forget that those 5 grot gunners can be useful as objective grabbers if the gun dies.

I'd also give the warboss a bike, but even the footslogging one is ok.

With the models you have I'd just bring more boyz and/or stormboyz squads cutting the banner nob.

I'm liking this list. I would drop the banner though. Always more boyz!

Thank you very much for the answers.
I went for PK instead of BIg Choppas because I lack of anti tank option, but I like both option, they’ve got their pros and cons.
I considered in the first place to add some thankbustas in a trukk (they’re too easy to kill without a veichle) but I decided to nerf all my opponente anti-tank option, I want them to play with less effective points possible. That’s the same reason why I decided not to bring KMK (and also because I don’t own any of them ahahahah).
I’m not quite sure abiti the banner either, so Iade another list with one more weirdboy I managed to find. Do you see any change I can make to add 2 squad of gretchins for backline objectives?

++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (Orks) [59 PL, 898pts] ++

+ HQ +

Big Mek [5 PL, 75pts]: Choppa, Kustom Force Field

Big Mek on Bike [6 PL, 101pts]: Choppa, Kustom Force Field

+ Troops +

Boyz [13 PL, 187pts]
. Boss Nob: Power Klaw, Shoota
. 28x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa

Boyz [13 PL, 187pts]
. Boss Nob: Power Klaw, Shoota
. 28x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa

Boyz [13 PL, 181pts]
. Boss Nob: Power Klaw, Shoota
. 27x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa

+ Fast Attack +

Stormboyz [9 PL, 167pts]
. Boss Nob: Big Choppa
. 19x Stormboy

++ Supreme Command Detachment +1CP (Orks) [12 PL, 186pts] ++

+ HQ +

Weirdboy [4 PL, 62pts]: 3. Da Jump

Weirdboy [4 PL, 62pts]: 3. Da Jump

Weirdboy [4 PL, 62pts]: 2. Warpath

++ Patrol Detachment (Orks) [29 PL, 415pts] ++

+ HQ +

Warboss [4 PL, 62pts]: Big Choppa, Shoota

Weirdboy [4 PL, 62pts]: 2. Warpath

+ Troops +

Boyz [13 PL, 181pts]
. Boss Nob: Power Klaw, Shoota
. 27x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa

+ Elites +

Painboy [4 PL, 55pts]: Killsaw

Painboy [4 PL, 55pts]: Killsaw

++ Total: [100 PL, 1499pts] ++

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Add just one unit of gretchin if you really want it. You can just cut 5 boyz, or the bike on the big mek (plus the killsaws on the painboyz) if you have a second footslogging KFF dude.

Power klaws in big units of boyz that can also benefit from the warpath buff are so better than big choppas that are basically an auto take, I wouldn't remove them.

Actually you cannot take PK off the painboyz, otherwise I would have done it

I meant to say take the pk instead of the killsaw, you save 2ppm. Painoby with killsaw is 55, with pk is 53. You have two of them, so 4 points spared. Plus cutting the bike you save other 26 points and you can afford the gretchin squad.