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Hi all, I would appreciate advice on this starter list for Orks.

HQ:
Big Mek, KFF, bosspole, heavy armour 95

Troops:
20 shoota boyz, 2 big shootas, nob with PK + bosspole 170
20 shoota boyz, 2 big shootas, nob with bosspole 145

Fast Attack:
Deffkopta with TL rokkits 45
Deffkopta with TL rokkits 45

This totals 500 exactly. The bosspole and armour on the Big Mek were mainly to use up the remaining 10 points I had.

I intended to run the Mek with the PK nob boyz so he could decline challenges and allow the PK to be used in combat. General tactics would be advance while shooting infantry, with the koptas trying to take out any armour. The PK would be ready to engage anything heavier that the rokkits couldn't deal with before they died.

Any advice or hints for this list would be greatly appreciated.

Dropping the bosspole from mek and big shootas from boyz would give you another PK.

you don't really need another powerklaw unless your really worried about a LR in 500 points, Id drop the boss pole on the mek and give a Big choppa to the other nob it'll do fine against light vehicles if need be.

Solid list , I like to run 5 Lootas personally
Deftcoptas are next on the list for me aswell.
Are you planning on outflanking the coptas or just scouting up?

I did give consideration to lootas, but was worried it would cost me too many bodies. What would you drop, in order to take them?

As for the koptas, I wouldn't be able to say for sure what my usage of them would be as I would probably change it depending on the terrain I have to play with.

I would definitely go for the second PK at the expense of the Bosspole and Armor on the Mek as well as a Big Shoota or two.

Lootas are very good, and you could exchange the Deffkoptas for a smaller unit of them. Otherwise the list is fine if you get that second PK.

Don't try and edit your list around gaining an extra PK, chances are it'll probably die before it even gets a chance to be used, personally I would try and squeeze in a big choppa if you could, although not as powerful, still gives +2S, (S6 and S7 on the charge!) I would swap out the Rokkits for TL BS on the deffkoptas, bit more reliable.

Good list so far, I dig it.

If I remove the rokkits from the koptas, and drop the excess stuff from the Mek, I would gain more anti-infantry firepower and a second PK, but loose mobile anti-armour firepower/distraction. Those modifications leave a list like this:




Alteratively, I could loose the koptas entirely, put in 5 lootas, and still have enough points left over to buy a PK for the other nob if I strip the extra stuff from the Mek.

So it could look like this, at exactly 500 points:



For either list I would hope the mob with the KFF can engage the heavy infantry / characters to avoid the PK nob getting challenged out, while the other mob with PK looks for armour.

What do you think about the modified lists?

(On the other hand, as I will eventually be adding lootas to the force at higher points, getting them now and switching between them wouldn't hurt at all!)

Delakar wrote:

HQ:
Mek, KFF - 85

Troops:
20 shoota boyz, 2 big shootaz, nob with bosspole and PK - 170
20 shoota boyz, 2 big shootaz, nob with bosspole and PK - 170

Elite:
5 lootaz - 75[/spoiler]

I like this list a lot. This is what I would take. The loota's range and potential for shot volume make them a great choice at this level. Plus, you get the second PK!