Simplycasualgaming wrote:So I’m thinking about getting into orks and I just have a couple of questions.
1) Have they released the new war boss on squig model and if not, do we know about how big it will be?
2) Do all the models but boys and a couple of other suck like in 8th Ed? I don’t need tournament level, just don’t like knowing I have auto lost at army selection.
1. The warboss on squig is out, he's roughly Ghaz/deff dread sized.
2. Most choices are good fortunately, I'll do a brief rundown.
HQ - All flavours of warboss and mega armoured Mek are good. The standouts are the Squigboss, Wartrike and Bikerboss (
FW). The foot warbosses work well as Trukkboys.
Elites - Kommandos rule the roost here, easily the best elites choice. Burna boys are a good cheap alternative to boys if you max on kommandos. Nobs and
MANz are both usable with Trukkboys. I haven't really tried the characters or tankbustas, so I can't give an opinion on those.
Troops - Easily the weakest slot we have. Gretchin are trash but make for okay speed bumps. Boys work well as Trukkboys in an alpha strike list. Snagga boys are worth taking if you're taking kill rigs and need to fill troop slots.
Fast Attack - Everything here is great. The buggies are all good, with the stand outs being the rukkatrukk and the scrapjet. Warbikers, deffkoptas, and squighogs are all good too. If you're taking squighogs it's worth taking the smasha squig as well. Stormboys are great for scoring secondaries. Basically only the Nobz on bikes are bad here.
Heavy support - Kill Rigs are the best in slot here easily but should be taken in pairs. Mek guns are still good (
KMKs being the best all around choice), and there's definitely space for battle wagons and their derivatives, in particular the kannon wagon. Dreads are also fairly good, and kans are so-so.
Lord of War - if you're taking a
LoW, it should be probably be a Kill Tank. They're very cheap for what they offer and are far more splashable than the others. Gorks/Morks aren't great, and the squigs need a list tailored to work with them.
If you want a more in depth run down and analysis, Jidmah has made a great thread on Orks over in the Tactics subforum and I advise you check it out.