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I have been agonizing over this question for some time now so I have decided to bring in the big guns. Dakka, what do you think would be the best ally for a green tide Ork player and a C:SM army which I commonly play as a combat squadded troops for the Special Weapons adaptability.

My opponents are usually Tau, DE, IG, Necron and CSM armies with 1000 points. Our play group allows proxy’s of all types so models aren’t really an issue and I have no problem with the One Eye Open rule.

The list is:
Dark Angles
Dark Eldar
Eldar
Grey Knights
IG
Tau
Each other
Space Wolves
Tau

Edit: I should mention that while we commonly play 1000 points, we are looking to up it to 2000+ points over the xmas break. This may change your helpful advice.

So whom would you choose and why?
Thanks in advance!
Kremlin

This really depends on what your list is like. Why are you looking for allies? What roles are they going to filll?

In 1k points I don't feel like you need allies.

Yeah at 1000 points, another HQ is a real big investment, I doubt it is worthwhile.

If you only want to collect one allied force then I would go with guard. They are the best allies for marines and orks. If you go with two allied forces then get some tau to go with your orks. Tau and orks have great synergy.

Couple of railguns sounds a good idea.

Guard makes great allies; so many options.

But until you and your mates make the jump to 2k points, I'd not even bother with allies.

Too steep of an investment that decentralizes your points a lot.

Awsome - thanks for the responses everyone! I've had a look at Eldar and DE, and I really liked the idea of broadsides; but I was considering IG quite highly so thanks for your input all!

I personally go with guard as my allies for my orks. I won't touch allies until 1850 pts however. With guard there are a lot of great units that help orks. Marbo is a nice cheap unit that causes a lot of pain if you opponent likes to hide in a clump back field. Vendetta is a must and some melta vets certainly give orks one weapon they are missing. Manticores, LRBT are also good options.