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IMO klaws are still the best thing you can put on a nob.

Sure, in theory, the big CC monsters are going to challenge you which you can:

1) Avoid for the first round like Mannahin said

2) Simply decline and hope the boyz do the work (or just tarpit if its Mephiston).

PKs are a critical source of ork AT, particularly for AV 13 and 14. It also really helps in putting the extra hurt on resilient, non-assault units such as tacticals where strength 3 is quite underwhelming.

Thanks guys this has reassured me a bit on keeping them.

I was so busy freaking out about just having one character that I didn't realize everything else that boyz squad did to help me out.

I'll keep running them for a while, but we'll see if they end up switched out for big choppas.

If a challenge is lost, does mephiston even get attacks? Because if not.... his strongest melee unit is locking itself down.

 BunkerBob wrote:
If a challenge is lost, does mephiston even get attacks? Because if not.... his strongest melee unit is locking itself down.

No. If no one accepts the challenge, Mephy still fights as normal.