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Hi guys,

I'm a recent convert to the fun and anarchy of orks and I'm currently building up an army with that being said, I've got a battle scribe list below I've been thinking about.

I'm new to actually fielding warhammer as I previously collected space marines which turned into amorphous blobs once I slathered on the paint haha!

Feel free to provide any critique (brutal works fine haha) with the list below!

Thanks to everyone who does


++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Orks) [97 PL, 10CP, 1,903pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Battle Size [12CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)

Clan Kultur / Specialist Mobs: No Clan / Specialist Mob

+ HQ +

Ghazghkull Thraka [15 PL, 300pts]

Makari [4 PL, 65pts]

Weirdboy [4 PL, 75pts]

+ Troops +

Boyz [12 PL, -2CP, 265pts]: 'Ard Boyz
. Boss Nob: Choppa, Slugga
. Ork Boy W/ 'Eavy Weapon: Big Shoota
. Ork Boy W/ 'Eavy Weapon: Big Shoota
. Ork Boy W/ 'Eavy Weapon: Big Shoota
. Ork Boy W/ 'Eavy Weapon: Big Shoota
. Ork Boy W/ 'Eavy Weapon: Big Shoota
. 24x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa: 24x Choppa, 24x Slugga, 24x Stikkbombs

Boyz [12 PL, 248pts]
. Boss Nob: Choppa, Slugga
. 30x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa: 30x Choppa, 30x Slugga, 30x Stikkbombs

Boyz [12 PL, 248pts]
. Boss Nob: Choppa, Slugga
. 30x Ork Boy W/ Slugga & Choppa: 30x Choppa, 30x Slugga, 30x Stikkbombs

+ Elites +

Meganobz [12 PL, 238pts]
. Boss Meganob w/ PK: Kustom Shoota, Power Klaw
. Meganob w/ Saws: Killsaws (Pair)
. Meganob w/ Saws: Killsaws (Pair)
. Meganob w/ Saws: Killsaws (Pair)
. Meganob w/ Saws: Killsaws (Pair)
. Meganob w/ Saws: Killsaws (Pair)

Painboy [3 PL, 69pts]: Ard as Nails, Grot Orderly (Index), Power Klaw, Warlord

+ Fast Attack +

DeffKopta [2 PL, 35pts]
. DeffKopta: Twin Big Shoota

Megatrakk Scrapjet [10 PL, 220pts]
. Megatrakk Scrapjet: 2x Twin Big Shoota
. Megatrakk Scrapjet: 2x Twin Big Shoota

+ Heavy Support +

Lootas [5 PL, 100pts]
. 5x Loota: 5x Deffgun, 5x Stikkbombs

Mek Gunz [6 PL, 40pts]: Gun, Gun

++ Total: [97 PL, 10CP, 1,903pts] ++

Created with battlescribe

Lone 5 man lootas will do absolutely nothing and even larger squads don't match well with your kind of list. Bring more mek gunz or koptas instead.

Drop the 'eavy armor upgrade on boyz, it's never worth it but consider the Skarboyz stratagem instead to make them S5. You can bring one big shoota every ten boyz so a full blob of 30 can only have 3 big shootas. I'd also drop these upgrades though, big shootas are terrible.

Avoid the ordely on the painboy, total waste of points. You'll roll hundreds of ignore wounds on 6s rolls anyway with all those boyz, having +1 really doesn't add anything.

Overall the backbone of your army is certainly pretty solid.

Thanks for the feedback, I might drop the lootas and focus on loading up a gun line with mek gunz instead! If anything I've got some nifty lootas painted for the display shelf hehe!

I would replace makari with a big mek with force field. You get your 5+ saves on the boyz but as invul.

Kommandos are worth considering as well since 9e is heavy on objective scoring. 2 or 3 5-man units are easy to deep strike out of sight or to pick on weak enemy backfield units.

I think the painboy datasheet in the codex has orderly built in for free since the official model has a grot on his back. What is the reasoning behind him being warlord?

StrikerTommy wrote:
I would replace makari with a big mek with force field. You get your 5+ saves on the boyz but as invul.

Kommandos are worth considering as well since 9e is heavy on objective scoring. 2 or 3 5-man units are easy to deep strike out of sight or to pick on weak enemy backfield units.

I think the painboy datasheet in the codex has orderly built in for free since the official model has a grot on his back. What is the reasoning behind him being warlord?

Sorry mashed the warlord button on battlescribe with my sausage fingers

Grot Orderly (index) also is not an option in 9th, as it's neither in the codex nor in legends.