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So I want to run a unit of guns, bow I can't decide if Big Guns or Mek guns and which ones are worth it? and what loadout would you do. I'm thinking of running 6 guns or 3 mek guns

Personally I would go big guns, specifically Kannons. They have the diversity to deal with both anti tank and mobs (krak/frag) will generally out perform all the other options available and for less points.

I prefer KMKs since big guns are too fragile. Units of 1-2 since they're not cheap anyway and their range could be an issue. Orks artilley is just a decent objective camper, don't rely too much on big gunz/mek gunz shooting.

It doesn't really matter - their damage output is not worth the points. You take them for objective camping.

 Marklarr wrote:
Personally I would go big guns, specifically Kannons. They have the diversity to deal with both anti tank and mobs (krak/frag) will generally out perform all the other options available and for less points.

The frag grenade will literally do less damage than a single boy in combat. It is extremely useless.


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 koooaei wrote:
It doesn't really matter - their damage output is not worth the points. You take them for objective camping.

Kannonz will do roughly the same damage to rhinos as tankbustas in a truck. Choppas, of course, are much more efficient. But sometimes you need a bit of shooting, even if it is bad

You need 373 pts of kannonz to kill a rhino in the open.

Kustom Mega-Kannons are the most efficient Ork artillery piece, though Lobbas offer a fairly different role as well.

A boys effective range is within an 1" compared to kannons 36", plus this wasn't what the op was asking.

You need 247 pts of KMK to kill a rhino in the open. It's quite similar to tankbusta's damage output - you need 229 pts of rokkit tankbustas. See, ork shooting as a whole is pretty bad for points. Don't focus on damage - it's going to disappoint you. Focus on other uses. Shooting is really an afterthought for big/mek gunz, for example. They're pretty ok for backfield scoring, however. And you need backfield scoring.

KMK are the most efficient https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/159O-47YPQZjfr_N-J4oopmcAPREn5aZY7CXiWbIU_Mg/edit#gid=0