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I'm working on a solid 500pt Ork army list. I have it pretty much nailed down but am having 2 issues specifically - First, here is my army:

Deathskulls - DREAD WAAGH! DETACHMENT

HQ:
1 Weirdboy
1 Big Mek with SAG w/ grot oiler)
1 Big Mek (Warlord) with SSAG w/ grot oiler

TROOPS:
30 Boyz (type ???)
10 Gretchen
10 Gretchen

Where I'm getting stuck is 1. Do I go Sluggas and Shootas or just Shoota pistols for the Boyz? I'm thinking Slugga and Shoota pisol so I have diversity in ranged attack and melee attack (so I can Da Jump/charge or be a wall for my Meks) but would love feedback here. Keep in mind I'll primarily be playing against my friends' space marines/imperial fists.

and 2. As far as Nobz go how/if I should incorporate them to take the place of a boy(z) and if so how many Boyz should I replace with a Nob? Still trying to figure out the dynamic between Boyz and Nobz when army building.

Thank you in advance for the feedback and help!!

If you're going DS. Deff Dreads are worth considering - when they deploy, they become separate units, so each has the DS re-rolls.

If I did a Deff Dread I would have to lose a SAG and Weirdboy and I honestly don't want to do that. The real only question I need help answering is which type of Boyz to pick and how many to replace with a Nob and just how that dynamic works in general because if a unit has 20 boyz (in my case 30) if you replace them with a Nob it takes away a Boy. Just trying to understand that aspect fully in context to using Boyz and their traits to build an army list.

Normaly mixed squads are en vogue nowadays i heart because of the fact that rarely all boys can get into melee range so that the gunners still can do something and also as ablative wounds.