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Had a game last night vs Eldar. My list:

1750 Pts - Orks Roster - The Ghaz-man Cometh

Troops: Meganobz (7#, 495 pts)
1 Ghazghkull Thraka @ 225 pts
5 Meganobz @ 270 pts
1 Trukk

Troops: Boyz (30#, 215 pts)
29 Boyz @ 215 pts
1 Boyz Nob (Power Klaw; Slugga)

Troops: Boyz (30#, 215 pts)
29 Boyz @ 215 pts
1 Boyz Nob (Power Klaw; Slugga)

Troops: Boyz (30#, 215 pts)
29 Boyz @ 215 pts
1 Boyz Nob (Power Klaw; Slugga)

Fast Attack: Warbikers (9#, 265 pts)
8 Warbikers @ 265 pts
1 Biker Nob (Power Klaw; )

Fast Attack: Deffkoptas (2#, 115 pts)
2 Deffkoptas @ 115 pts (Buzzsaw x1; Choppa; Twin Linked Rokkit Launcha x2)

Fast Attack: Deffkoptas (2#, 115 pts)
2 Deffkoptas @ 115 pts (Buzzsaw x1; Choppa; Twin Linked Rokkit Launcha x2 )

Heavy Support: Looted Wagon (1#, 110 pts)
1 Looted Wagon @ 110 pts (Boomgun; Big Shoota x1 )

Heavy Support: Looted Wagon (1#, 110 pts)
1 Looted Wagon @ 110 pts (Boomgun; Big Shoota x1 )


I'm terrible with blow-by-blow replays, but I'll go through what worked & didn't for the Orks.

Worked:
Deffkoptas! Turbo's on the scout move, forward on the first move & popped two transports turn 1. One unit inside ran off the board. I assaulted with them and they got wiped. Next time I'll skip the buzzsaw & just stand off & fire at max range.

Bikes. Ran them as a leading screen and they did exactly what they are supposed to do - shoot stuff, provide a screen, and keep him busy.

Ghazz in a trukk: I assumed that the trukk would get popped right away and it did, but 1 flat-out move got me close enough I could Waaagh from there and get into hth by turn 3, which was the same time 2 mobs of boys made it. Wasn't so pretty for him after that.

Didn't work:
Looted wagons. Got several shots in before one got a weapon destroyed, but they always seem to scatter to the point of being useless. They are out in favor of trying lootas in a battlewagon for next game.

Terrain was so cramped that 1 entire mob never got into hth, but I still think 3 is good.

Jury is still out on the meganobz. They work well, even with slow & purposeful, but it's mostly because of Ghazz's 2-turn waaagh. You could also get some bad rolls for the base movement and end up doing a whole lot of nothing. It worked last night, and they lay out a lot of hurt, but I also managed to roll a lot of 1's :( Just didn't matter for him by then.

dave.

Sounds like a solid game. I agree with dropping the looted wagons. However, you're only gaining 220 points there and that is only enough for a wagon and a very small squad of lootas. Why not just go with lootas in cover?

I actually cut back the bikes to fit them in:

Troops: Meganobz (8#, 575 pts)
1 Ghazghkull Thraka @ 225 pts
1 Weirdboy @ 85 pts
5 Meganobz @ 265 pts
1 Trukk (Big Shoota x1; Grot Rigger; Reinforced Ram)

Heavy Support: Battlewagon (13#, 290 pts)
12 Lootas @ 180 pts
1 Battlewagon @ 110 pts (Big Shoota x4)

Fast Attack: Warbikers (6#, 160 pts)
5 Warbikers @ 160 pts
1 Biker Nob

Boyz & Koptas the same except no buzzsaws.

The one time I tried lootas before they were a giga fire magnet. A tleast in a mobile pillbox-style BW, they are a harder-to-crack giga fire magnet.

I thought about scraping up 10 more points and putting a SAG in place of the wierdboy. Gonna play around with those two. Or 3 more bikes, but I'm not sure I need more than 6 to do what they are supposed to do.

dstrout wrote:

I thought about scraping up 10 more points and putting a SAG in place of the wierdboy. Gonna play around with those two. Or 3 more bikes, but I'm not sure I need more than 6 to do what they are supposed to do.

If it's just 10 points you need then drop two big shootas off that wagon. A SAG+Lootas in a Battlewagon--that could be a helluva good time or it could end in tears.