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I am going to try out an Ork army for the first time tomorrow and was hoping to get some advice on my list (this is the first Ork list I've ever put together). I believe my opponent is going to be Eldar and I have no idea what they will be running. I'm sure this list isn't completely optimized but I hope it will give me a solid feeling of what Orks can do. Thanks in advance for any advice!

-Warboss -135
Power Klaw, Combi Skorcha, Boss Pole, Mega Armor

-Big Mek - 85
Kustom Force Field

-6 Nobz - 240 (Warboss and Big Mek here)
Pain boy, power klaw, 2x Big Choppas, 3x Twin Linked Shootas, cybork bodies
- Battlewagon - 120
grot riggas, deff rolla, 2x big shootas, boarding planks

-12 Boyz - 117
Nob, Power klaw, big shoota, boss pole
- Trukk - 45
Armor plates

-12 Boyz - 117
Nob, Power klaw, big shoota, boss pole
- Trukk - 45
Armor plates

-20 Boyz - 170
Nob, Power klaw, boss pole
-Battlewagon - 120
grot riggas, deff rolla, 2x big shootas, boarding planks

-10 Lootas - 150

-10 Lootas - 150

Total: 1,494

you have 6 points left over. no cookie for you

With mega armor you can't take a skorcha, you get a TL shoota and a power klaw, so he should only cost 105. +30 points.

drop the armor from the trukks and go with rams. that saves you +10 points. being open topped the armor will almost never help you, especially since most armies can get the +3 to the roll.

use them to get a waaagh banner for your nobz so they and your IC's hit on 3s. or at least give your warboss a cybork body for when he faces challenges with power fists & mc's.

Other than that I like your list, the best way to beat eldar is to get to them and get into CC with them.

I also wouldn't bother with a lot of the upgrades on the transports (par deffrollas). For the cost of that nob unit, I'd rather take 6 mega armoured nobs. The trukks are just too few and too fragile for me so I'd combine those 2 squads and put them in another battlewagon. If you can scrounge the points, an ADL for the lootas would be beneficial as well.

Thank you all for the help, I'll shore up the list!

I think Something Like this is what your looking for
-Warboss/Mega Armor,Cyb,BP .... 115
-Big Mek/KFF - 85

-5 MegaNobz -200
-Battlewagon - 120
deff rolla, big shootas

-20 Boyz - 160
Nob, Power klaw, boss pole (In BW)

-20 Boyz - 160
Nob, Power klaw, boss pole (in BW)

10 Grots+RuntHerd,Grot Prod (to Man the Icarus)-45

-Battlewagon - 115
deff rolla, big shootas

-Battlewagon - 115
deff rolla, big shootas

-10 Lootas - 150

-10 Lootas - 150

ADL/Icarus Las Cannon 85

morfydd wrote:
I think Something Like this is what your looking for
-Warboss/Mega Armor,Cyb,BP .... 115
-Big Mek/KFF - 85

-5 MegaNobz -200
-Battlewagon - 120
deff rolla, big shootas

-20 Boyz - 160
Nob, Power klaw, boss pole (In BW)

-20 Boyz - 160
Nob, Power klaw, boss pole (in BW)

10 Grots+RuntHerd,Grot Prod (to Man the Icarus)-45

-Battlewagon - 115
deff rolla, big shootas

-Battlewagon - 115
deff rolla, big shootas

-10 Lootas - 150

-10 Lootas - 150

ADL/Icarus Las Cannon 85

That's basically what I was going for, I appreciate the list. Will the Mega Nobs be ok without cybork bodies or a pain boy? With mass shuriken fire a 2+ may not be enough.

Mass Shuriken Pistol and Catapult firee at a Battle wagon will do what?..not a lot ..the Manz will be Assulting so they will have to face some snap fired shuriken .low Str weapons that they get to save against do not phase them much..and even with massed fire its still only snap shots so not a lot of wounds to shrug off ..besides they get their save on all shuriken weapons ..just not the Shreiker cannon ..thats a painfull one

Shuriken Cannon's (all types) are another breed of weapon and should be destroyed at range ..

morfydd wrote:
Mass Shuriken Pistol and Catapult firee at a Battle wagon will do what?..not a lot ..the Manz will be Assulting so they will have to face some snap fired shuriken .low Str weapons that they get to save against do not phase them much..and even with massed fire its still only snap shots so not a lot of wounds to shrug off ..besides they get their save on all shuriken weapons ..just not the Shreiker cannon ..thats a painfull one

Shuriken Cannon's (all types) are another breed of weapon and should be destroyed at range ..

I was thinking more along of the lines of them losing their transport and then getting shot at but I guess in a worst case scenario I could pull a Boyz squad out of their BW and give it to the Nobz.

I'd take a quad gun over an Icarus, even with BS3. I'd also recommend pulling a single Boy from one squad so that the Mek isn't riding with Meganobz.

Would like to note that the warboss can't take a Combi skorcha when taking Mega armor. as said on the mega armor nobz page. You replace your choppa and slugga for mega armor.

(this is unless the option given on the mega armor part but only mega nobz got this :/ )

Charge Wagons to first Assult send any surviving Wagons to go Run over stuff after they have disgorged thier cargo ..(if a unit looks like it can shoot at the Manz ..run over it with a Wagon ..that should keep them busy enough to not shoot at the Manz ..

I suggested the LasKannon over the quad due to pointz and well it pops tanks better and he already has plenty DeffGunz..
nice to have somthing slightly stronger for Av 14..

Buckyeye6 wrote:

morfydd wrote:
I think Something Like this is what your looking for
-Warboss/Mega Armor,Cyb,BP .... 115
-Big Mek/KFF - 85

-5 MegaNobz -200
-Battlewagon - 120
deff rolla, big shootas

-20 Boyz - 160
Nob, Power klaw, boss pole (In BW)

-20 Boyz - 160
Nob, Power klaw, boss pole (in BW)

10 Grots+RuntHerd,Grot Prod (to Man the Icarus)-45

-Battlewagon - 115
deff rolla, big shootas

-Battlewagon - 115
deff rolla, big shootas

-10 Lootas - 150

-10 Lootas - 150

ADL/Icarus Las Cannon 85

That's basically what I was going for, I appreciate the list. Will the Mega Nobs be ok without cybork bodies or a pain boy? With mass shuriken fire a 2+ may not be enough.

Lack of invuls is a big problem for megnobz, but the only way to get them is to take mad dok grotsnik since regular painboyz are only available to regular nobz squads.