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Ork Admiral Kroozin Da Kosmos on Da Hulk






Are you a new player? There is no need to read the entire thread! Just jump to the last page and ask away!

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"Da Great Green Hands demselves have guided us here. Yer can join the Waaagh! or get outta da way."
— Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka


I know, us orks don't like rules, but a couple of things should be said before starting:
- This is supposed to be about actively trying to win games. I know there are a lot of players who just want to toss some dice, watch their beautiful converted models, re-enact battles from the fluff and don't really care about who wins the game. You are all awesome people, but sorry, this thread isn't for you :(
- It's safe to assume that the vast majority of games will be using the newest FAQs, points, all of the matched play rules and the current beta rules. Please don't base tactics on not using the most recent rule set.
- Keep in mind that not everybody has access to forgeworld models or rules.
- Legend rules aren't allowed everywhere.
- Be clear about whether you are discussing army composition (looking for the best options), or whether you simply want to use a unit in an efficient way, even if it's not the best choice.
- Clarify whether you are discussing regular Matched Play or Tournament rules where it matters.
- There are communities and tournaments that do not allow certain things. The people looking for advice here cannot change that, so accept that they have to work around those limitations.
- Do not discuss GW's business practices in this thread.
- Do not discuss the number of releases other armies get in this thread. Especially not beakies.
- It is fine to agree to disagree.
- Back up your arguments.
- Provide links to blogs/videos/podcasts you are referencing
- If you need help with list-building, provide us with a list of models you have available
- Lists in spoilers or we'll krump ya
- Lists not in spoilers are to be responded with ork RP of krumpin the poster
- Orks never lose.
- WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

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Complete list of ork rules (updated 2020-05-20):
Spoiler:
Codex: Orks (mandatory)
Relevant rules: Datasheets, Stratagems, Cultures, Relics, Psychic Powers, Warlord Traits

Saga of the Beast (optional, but you should really get this ASAP)
Relevant rules: Ghazghkull Thrakka, Makari, Big Mek with Kustom Force Field, Kustom Jobs, Specialist Mobs, Clan Psychic Powers, Stratagems

Imperial Armour Compendium (optional, suggested for competitive play)
Relevant rules: Warboss on Warbike, Mek Boss Buzzgob, Grot Tank, Grot Mega-tank, Nobz on Warbikes, Mega Dread, Meka Dread, Big Trakk, Squiggoth, Gargantuan Squiggoth, Kustom Stompa, Kill Tank, Kannonwagon

Warhammer Legends (optional)
Relevant rules: Da Red Gobbo, MA Warboss, Big Mek on Warbike, Painboy on Warbike, Big Guns, weapon options for Mek and Koptas
Link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/7661dd41.pdf

Forgewold Legends (optional)
Relevant rules: Zhadsnark da Ripper, Grot Bomm Launcha, Lifta Wagon, Attack Fighta, Fighta-Bommer, Chinork Warkopta, Deff Rolla Battle Fortress, Kill Krusha
Link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ROlabv2jfo8uNWLJ.pdf

Vigilus Defiant (optional, additional options for narrative play)
Relevant rules: Kult of Speed and Dread Mob specialist detachments, SSAG relic

Prophecy of the Wolf (optional, comes with the box)
Relevant rules: Ghazghkull Thrakka, Makari, MANz, Nobz

Chapter Approved 2018 (optional, open play only)
Relevant rules: Looted Wagons

White Dwarf June 2020 (optional, open play only)
Relevant rules: Grukk Face-Rippa, Skrak's Skull-Nobz, Goff Rokka


What do you really need out of all those to play orks?
1) Codex: Orks, because all the rules are in there
2) Saga of the Beast, because it provides a meaningful upgrade to the existing codex that is both fun and powerful
With those two you have all the rules to play everything you can buy on GW's main website.

Great guide for playing orks competitively on Goonhammer (written for 8th, much is still valid for 9th):
https://www.goonhammer.com/start-competing-orks-tactics/

Color legend
Green Tier - These are great and perform well as long as you include them in a coherent army.
Cyan Tier - These are great in the right army, but they will not work an army that does not support them.
Blue Tier - These do what they are supposed to do, but aren't the most competitive options for their roles.
Yellow Tier - These do work in general but either cost too much for what they do or lock you out of bringing much better choices.
Red Tier - There is no point in bringing these, fielding them will actively cause you lose games.
Mek Workshop Tier - Your army would be better if this were added to your opponent's army instead of yours.

Unit analysis
Last update 2021-03-11

Ghazkgull Thrakka He is fast, buffs boyz around him to insane levels and wrecks pretty much everything in combat. A goff painboy can keep him alive a lot longer, but is not required.
MANz MANz are great for taking and holding objectives, and with the "Hit 'em harder" stratagem not even a knight is safe from them. Dual killsaws are the superior load-out, though a single rokkit can be taken as deathskulls.
Scar Boyz For 1 CP a unit of goff boyz gets S5 strength. The difference between S4 and S5 is huge, since you wound T4 on 3+ and T8 on 5+. Combined with Thrakka and the goff trait these are the most deadly boyz you can get.
Megatrakk Skrapjet Tons of rokkit shots make it great for vehicle hunting that also brings a decent close combat weapon and two big shootas. The kustom job is good, but not mandatory.
Shokkjump Dragsta Good, reliable anti-tank firepower. Their kustom job is decent, but not mandatory. The "Temperamental Shokk Drive" stratagem allows them to drive into dangerous positions to line up shots and them jump to safety.
Smasha gun The smasha gun is nothing short of awesome at destroying vehicles, and the low number of points per model makes them a chore to remove for your opponent. It's also a good tool for destroying gravis and terminators.
Burna Bommer Use the flying 'eadbut stratagem to crash one of these into your opponent's army and shower them with mortal wounds after dropping a bomb for even more mortal wounds. Keep them cheap, as they are unlikely to survive long.
Warboss on Warbike (FW) The boss got more durable and gained an additional attack. The killa klaw alone makes him deadly, but it's also worth bringing him with a killsaw. Always use the Da Biggest Boss stratagem on him when possible.
Kommandos Cheap utility unit to grab/clear objectives and score secondaries like teleport homers behind enemy lines. Skip the nob to dodge the mandatory PK.

Mad Dok Grotsnik When running deff skullz, he is a more durable warboss that provides models around him with 6+++. If you have points to spare, bring him.
Weirdboy A weird boy is a great tool for infantry lists and evil suns vehicle lists. Not mandatory anymore, as da jump is no longer necessary to get into combat. Upgrading to warp head almost always pays off.
Big Mek in Mega Armour A good canidate for the killa klaw if you are bringing Thrakka. With a KFF and the "da kleverest boss" stratagem, he is a more durable warboss that can hold objective on his own.
Big Mek with Kustom Force Field Big meks are the cheapest KFF platforms, but struggle to keep up with vehicle armies. KFFs are no longer mandatory, but still a good option for a cheap HQ.
Tankbustas Powerful but fragile unit that tends to be dead as soon as your opponent can shoot them. If you are running bad moons, this is the unit you want to shoot twice. They can use the "Extra Stikkbombs" stratagem to throw 10 tankbusta bombs.
Boyz 9th is the edition where everyone is fighting in the middle of the board and boyz happen to be great at that. Objective secured, large numbers and decent melee also makes them great for flipping objectives.
Kustom Boosta-Blasta The KBB combines a reliable anti-chaff tool with a solid elite/light armor hunting weapon and a mortal wound ram ability for a discount price. Avoid the kustom job, but the "Burnin' Highway" stratagem is extremely powerful.
Stormboyz Essentially fill the same role as kommandoz, but are slightly more mobile and flexible. They still die to a stiff breeze, so often the extra points spent over kommandoz don't pay off.
Battlewagon Multi-functional transport that can transport up to 20 shooty models, a unit of MANz and/or some boyz into battle. Battlewagons should always be run along with other vehicles. If you are transporting valuable targets, make sure to buy the forktress kustom job.
Deff Dreads Tellyport them in to attack a vulnerable part of your enemy's army, two often fit better than three. For melee weapons, equip just one klaw and keep the rest to saws. Deathskulls can equip their dreads with 1-3 KMBs for extra range damage. All their kustom jobs are great for them, always pick one.
Morkanaut Combines an extra large KFF with decent close combat abililty and anti-tank guns. Don't bring one without the sparkly bits kustom job. Works best with other vehicles, as it either draws a lot of fire from them, or just keeps blasting appart stuff.
Kustom Mega Kannon Basically the budget version of the smasha gun, while slightly less efficient, you get more firepower out of less models.
Wazbom Blastajet Hard to kill and mobile anti-tank platform that also protects your army from alpha-strikes. Keeping the KFF on your army past turn 2 is difficult though.
Trukk With mobility having become much more valuable, trukk boyz are actually a decent choice for troops, as the trukk is fairly durable for its points.
Kannonwagon (FW) Great gun and improved BS combined with insane range. Ork don't have many good weapons with 3 damage, and this fills the niche nicely.
Kill Tank (FW) Low cost, decent shooting, high durabilty, but eats 3 of CP for running them.

Kaptin Badrukk Great shooty HQ that can fit in with any list, even better if he has some flash gits to buff. He mostly suffers from competing with other HQs for his slot.
Snikrot Used similar to kommandoz or MANz, he beats enemy units off objectives and then stays there, near impossible to remove without dedicated shooting. Sadly he is locked into one of the worst klan kulture.
Makari 2++ save, a 6+ FNP aura and the ability to tag along with Thrakka make him decent addition to goff armies, but it's hard to justify bringing him over a big mek or weirdboy.
Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun The SAG is a powerful long-range weapon. You need multiples to get any milage out of them, and they are a bit overpriced.
Deffkilla Wartrike Despite his looks and profile, he isn't actually that good in combat. He works well as a great all-round shooting unit, so keep him safe and shooting. The gork's roar kustom job should always be taken on him.
Warboss If you can't run a warboss on warbike or Thrakka, you can run a warboss. Always upgrade it to da biggest boss if you can.
Nobz Despite not being terrible, Nobz struggle to find a place between MANz and boyz. Dual Killsaws, Big Choppas and double choppas are the preferred loadouts. Equipping multiple combi weapons cost too much for what you get. Be aware that ammo runts might trigger blast rules.
Banner Nob While the buff is powerful, it often seems like pure overkill and therefore not worth its points.
Deffkopta The FLY and VEHICLE keywords enable lots of stratagems to be used on them, and their speed allows them take objectives quickly. They give up VP easily though.
Bonebreaker The bonebreaker powerful in melee and can transport units. The high price is not worth the extra d6 attacks compared to a regular battlewagon. If you run one, forktress is the best kustom job.
Gunwagon The "da boomer" is absolutely mandatory for the gunwagon. The Zagzap isn't terrible either, but don't even bother bringing a gunwagon without either of these kustom jobs.
Flash Gitz Awesome guns that lay waste to light infantry, elite infantry, light vehicles and anything else that's not T7 or higher, decent armor saves, good combat ability and ammo runts to re-roll shots and eat shots or explosions. Sadly, they are a bit too expensive right now.
Gorkanaut Combine the tellyporta with ramming speed to get them into combat. Should always have the slug gubbin kustom job, it's just that good.
Tractor kannon This gun fires an auto-hitting kannon shot. If the target has FLY, it will deal more damage and explode. Not a bad at all, but they are outclassed by cheap smashas.
Dakkajet Good against anything that's not a vehicle (T7+). Can be useful for assassinating characters, as it can jump next to them and unload its guns on them. Killing light infantry isn't ork's main concerns, so there is little reason to bring one.
Nobz on Warbikes (FW) Biker nobz are fast enough to avoid enemy hammer units, hit hard enough to take out enemy objective holders and durable enough to stay there. A bit too expensive, but they get the job done. Make sure to use the datasheet from the FW book.

Painboy Too expensive for the 6+++ he provides, but his mandatory PK sometimes kills something. The medi-squig can be used to heal Thrakka.
Gretchin How the puny have fallen. Cheaper than boyz, but lack the means to defend themselves from anything but other gretchin. Can be used as cheap troop tax, but you should consider getting boyz instead.
'ard boyz a 5+ armor save is rarely worth 2CP. Even if you loot a nearby vehicle, you are now paying 3 CP (and a vehicle) to get a 4+ save, rarely worth your time.
Boomdakka Snazzwagon Not too expensive, but can't compete with Dakkajets or Kustom Boosta Blastas for its primary role, which is clearing chaff. If you want a cheap buggy to sit on an objective and do nothing, this is your buggy.
Warbikes Warbikers are good at killing chaff and have a stratagem to protect them. With squig tires they can manage turn 1 assault, but they are just way to expensive.
Killa Kanz With no buffs from cultures or stratagems their expensive single shot weapons cannot compete with deff dreads or mek guns.
Lootas In order to work, lootas need protection from grot shields, lots of CP and the bad moons culture. Since gretchin are quite expensive, CP have gotten less and bad moons is not the best culture to pick in 9th, lootas are no longer a top pick. The klever spanner stratagem is not great.
Mek Boss Buzzgob (FW) He can now super-charge a goff walker for a turn, so he is a nice addition if you were running a goff dread mob anyways. While interesting and unique, he is a bit too expensive for what he does.
Gargantuan Squiggoth (FW) After its massive price hike barely worth the costs, assuming you can get it around terrain at all.
Kustom Stompa (FW) The lifta droppas on this are some really mean weapons. Support it with an evil suns weird boy to cast visions on it to get some actual mileage out of your stompa.

Zaggstruk A warboss on a bike with a worse PK and no access to relics, stratagems or uesful warlord traits. Skip him.
Burnas Burna boyz are in this weird spot where they're kind of anti horde, kind of anti elite, and kind of way too squishy for their point cost. Their only upside is that their spannas can access KMBs.
Mini Mek Bad gun, bad melee, bad at repairing stuff and dies easily. Avoid.
Runtherd You have to run a lot of gretchins to make runtherds a useful investment, since they cost almost as much as a whole replacement squad of gretchins for the squad you lost because he wasn't there to stop them running away.
Ruckatrukk Squigbuggy The "stay at range and shoot" buggy fails to deliver a decent amount of damage due to terrible guns, not even the kustom job changes that. The mine ability is difficult to use and rarely does something.
Bubble chukka From a fun minigame it turned into something that maybe kills something or not. A one or two rolled for shots or strength will make its shooting phase a waste of time. Avoid.
Blitza-Bommer Bombs are good at causing mortal wounds, perfect for squads of infantry but not that good against vehicles. Unless you expect squadrons of vehicles, use the burna bommer instead.
Stompa The point drop and the buff to its weapons simply wasn't enough. The stompa remains a beatuiful model for friendly games and nothing more. Its kustom job is awesome, always bring it.


Mekboy Workshop A unit can skip shooting and assault get a bonus that is worse than simply not skipping shooting and assault. At least you get one free kustom job and the workshop provides light cover.

Clans
Last update 2021-03-11

Evil Sunz
Red Ones Go Fasta This is a very powerful bonus as the extra inch makes charging from deep strikes extremely reliable and thus ES the best culture for deep striking boyz, MANz or storm boyz. It also allows many fast units to go even faster, as they can now advance and shoot without any downsides or even pull of first turn charges.
Rezmekka's redder armour Sort of an odd relic, getting that +1 to move is probably the big gain here since the mortal wounds happen at the beginning of your movement phase. Meaning you opponent can always back out of combat. Could be worth an extra CP to get this one, but overall there are stronger relics out there, and the squig tire kustom job is better.
Speed Freek Enables your entire fleet of vehicles to hit&run(& hit again). Consider putting this on you warbike/wartrike warlord if you've found them to be too squishy in close combat. Synergises well with units that have rules that trigger of charging like bonebreaker or scrapjets.
Drive-by Krumpin' Enables an Evil Sunz SPEED FREEKS unit to move again at the end of the shooting phase. Allows units like buggies or koptas to get out of dangerous situations and hopefully behind obscuring terrain.
Visions in the Smoke: Low range, a limit to vehicles and the 18 wounds rule make it akward to use. Your best target for this would be a gunwagon. Since you pick the target unit after casting, you can have your weirdboy hang out somewhere between a naut and a wagon and pick depending on your result.

Freebootas
Competitive Streak: Any time a freeboota unit destroys an enemy unit, all other freebootas within 24" add 1 to hit for the phase. The only trait that allows Gretchin units to (indirectly) benefit by causing other non-gretchin freeboota units to gain the +1 to hit. Be aware that some units like dakkajets have inherrent +1 to hit and thus don't benefit from the culture.
Badskull Banner: Being able to ignore morale once per game might be really handy, though there is a chance you don't need it at all, as you can always just spend 2 CP when it matters.
Reputation: Re-roll ones to hit in combat. If you plan on running your warboss warlord with a choppy retinue (even if it's some bonebreaka transporting him), you might want to consider this. The warboss himself will be re-rolling ones to hit, which makes that relic klaw a lot more reliable. Not on Badrukk who is locked into this trait.
Kroozer Broadside: 3CP, D3 roll after you've spent those CP, requires a 5+ or 6+ to do D3 mortal wounds. There are very, very few cases where you'd want to throw this down instead of using the CP for something else, and in those cases you're probably already winning the game and just have CP to burn.
Jolly Ork’s Glare: Situational gimik that often fails to have an impact. 18" range means that many things can still charge or hide even with halved movement.

Deathskullz
Lucky Gitz: 6++ invuln, all infantry gains objective secured, and you may reroll 1 dice per unit per phase to hit, wound, AND damage. Provides excellent benefits for pretty much every ork unit. When playing deffskulls, you should try to put at least single rokkit or KMB on every unit to maximize the benefit you get from re-rolls.
The Fixer Upperz: Gives the big mek repair ability to a model, or improves a big mek's repair ability to automatic 3 wounds. Fun on a deffkilla wartrike to give him regeneration or to repair nearby units, but not actually great.
Wreckers: Allows one unit to re-roll wounds against vehicles. If you really need a big target like a knight gone, use this.
Opportunist: Allows the warlord to reroll 1s to wound vs vehicles and also target enemy characters within 18". Not bad, but big killa boss is usually better for shooty HQs.
Maniacal Seizures: Great power as it debuffs a powerful unit while helping you kill it. At WC7, it is unreliable to cast in a pure vehicle list.

Snakebites
Da Old Ways: 6+++ Feel No Pain. Free painboy aura for everyone - in theory this gives you 16.66% more wound on every unit, in practice variance can make it do nothing for an entire game and doesn't have much impact even if you roll above average.
Monster Hunters: All Snakebites add 1 to wound against a selected enemy model with 10 or more wounds. Good stratagem, but very expensive. If your opponent has a single target, like a knight, and all you want to do is bring it down, this can be good. Otherwise it is a bit niche due to its cost.
Bogrog's Buzzbomb: Single use grenade that causes 3d6 scorcha hits to one target, then another 2d6 to another within 6" of the initial target. Since this is blast now, it will most likely make an entire horde unit disapear.
Surly as a Squiggoth: All models within 6" reroll morale, all gretchin within 12" auto-pass morale. A good trait if your army has a lot of gretchins (particularly more expensive gretchin units like Grot Tanks or Killa Kanz) - but the relatively low power of those units devalues the trait.
Constriction: With 12" range, I see no reason why I wouldn't just cast fists of gork on the weird boy (or a nearby warboss) and half the target's units attacks by smashing it with green fists.

Bad Moonz
Armed To Da Teef: Bad moonz have a fairly mediocre trait, combined with DakkaDakkaDakka it roughly equates to getting +1 to hit on BS 5+ units. For units with less than 12 shots, this inferiror to the deff skulls trait.
Showin' Off: Arguably the best clan-specific stratagem out there, great with tankbustas, lootas, and shoota boyz.
Da Best Armor Teef Can Buy: Excellent if combined with the Supa-Cybork to make an actually surprisingly durable biker HQ or Deffkilla Wartrike. Bad Moonz are typically taken for their shooting units, but this gives them a very interesting tool in their belt.
Gobshot Blunderbuss: Slap it on a Kombi-scorcha to give your HQ model an assault 3d6 heavy flamer.
Gleamin’ Gear: Can be used to give a walker or forktress a 2+ save. In addition, until errataed, it give MANz a save that only fails on ones, irrespecitve of enemy AP.

Blood Axes
Taktiks: While orks rarely find themselves outside of 18", the gives vehicles a 3+ save and walkers a 2+ save during the first turn. Falling back and charging or shooting is only useful on a few units like koptas or bonebreakers as most ork units either don't survive two rounds of combat, the enemy wants to get out of combat ASAP or the orks annihilate whatever they have charge anyways, leaving nothing to fall back from.
Dead Sneaky: Allows an INFANTRY unit under 8PL to deep strike for 1CP. It can deep strike units of 20 boyz or 10 tankbustas (+4 squigs). Also useful for deep striking characters. Otherwise, totally redundant with Tellyporta.
I've got a Plan, Ladz: Refund a CP if you use a stratagem on a 6. Might yield one or two CP over the course of the game, so you might be better off with "Follow Me, Ladz!" and another kulture instead.
Morgarg's finkin cap: Gives the bearer a warlord trait. Basically a relic-for-warlord trait swap. Orks have some great warlord traits so this could be a good option. Basically free if you buy it of 1 CP if you pick Follow Me Ladz! or I've got a plan, Ladz!
Clever Talk: Infinite range and having it last until your next turn makes this quite decent and allows you to pile on a powerful melee unit without the danger of it killing something before all the orks have fought.

Goffs
No Muckin' About: DakkaDakkaDakka in melee as well as shooting. Certain units like nauts synergize extra-well with Goffs, and even a few boyz can turn cause a deadly flurry of attacks.
Skarboyz: The big thing Goffs bring to the table besides their special characters is Skarboyz. 1CP for S5 Boyz is huge. For just one CP even upgrading a unit of trukk boyz might be worth it.
Proper Killy: Proper Killy is slightly worse than Brutal But Kunning. So there is no reason to give a warlord Proper Killy by choice, however, it still makes sense to give Ghazghull the trait if you do take him in your army because it is a significant boost to his killing power.
Da Lucky Stikk: If you're running classic footslogging goffs, you probably have a gaggle of characters in the center of your green tide: Ghazghull, a Painboy, a KFF mek, and a Waaagh Banner nob. It also give re-rolls to the one carrying the stikk, so it works well in combination with a killsaw.
Bull Charge: In case you want to charge a repulsor across multiple obstacles, this might come in handy. It protects your from failing a charge, that reliability might be more immportant than having extra attacks or fists of gork on a charcter.

Subcultures
Boomboyz – Blow It Up! You can build around this culture by maxing out on units like kanz, gunwagons, scrapjets, tank bustas or koptas. Can't compete with deathskulls, but you can make it work if you want.
Feral Orks – Wildboyz If you own a second edition-style army and just want to have a ton of boyz and nobz barrel down the field, this is your clan kulture. I'd rather take goff though.
Flyboyz – Crucial Velocity A slightly better version of the useless Blood Axes traits, minus all the benefits of fielding actual blood axes and it only works for a few units which don't really care about their armor save or getting charged.
Grot Mobs – Cheeky Zoggerz This is the only way to give gretchin a culture, and it's not a bad one either. Might be good enough to shell out those 2 CP for a patrol detachment.
Huntas – Sneaky Devils Could have been decent if terrain wasn't forbidden from being placed on objectives. Then again, having a KFF and a real clan is better than this.
Madboyz – Frantic Roll a d3 to see if you get 1) worse blood axes 2) worse goff or 3) nothing. Oh, and it's infantry and bikers only.
Pyromaniacs – Arsonists There are enough decent units affected by this to build a list around it that will work well enough. Not competitive though.
Tin ’Eads – Krush ’n’ Krump! All the units affected hit hard and benefit a lot from having +1 to hit. It also affects kanz, so if you have a bunch of stompy walkers and some MANz, this might be a culture for you.

Kustom Jobs
Last update 2020-08-03

Blitza-Gatler: Turns the gatler into what it should have been from the beginning. Still far from enough to make the stompa worthwhile.
Da Boomer: With the periscope from a gunwagon it can be shot twice, making an otherwise useless unit powerful enough to compete with mek guns.
Dirty Gubbinz: Can make shooty kanz or deppstriking dreads more surviveable. If you are looking to get into combat, you should use pistons instead.
Forktress: If you want a deff rolla wagon to kill stuff combat or you want to transportprotect valuable cargo, this is the best kustom job to do so.
Gog Klaw: Neither naut needs its minor help in combat, and other kustom jobs are vastly better than this.
Gork’s Roar: The burna upgrade allows you reliable take out infantry, while the melta gets more range which allows you to stay safe while killing vehicles. No trike should go without.
Gyroscopic Whirligig: This job allows your shokk-jump dragsta to jump every time they advance, however you still get -1 to hit to shooting unless you are running evil suns.
Korkscrew: Fighting twice with such a good weapon is pretty powerful, but often enough a scrapjet never gets to fight even once.
Nitro-powered Squigs: You can tell how bad a unit is if a powerful buff like +1 to wound has almost no impact on it. Should you ever be running a squig buggy for any reason, pick this up.
Orkymatic Pistons: Increases the speed of dreads or kanz by a lot and allows them to actually move up the board.
Pincha: A fun upgrade for trukks, but currently broken because of +1 to hit cap.
Red Rolla: Upgrading d6 to 6 hits is not worth a CP unless you have no other kustom jobs left to put on your wagons.
Sizzly Rivets: Even with 3 kustom boosta-blastas it does not happen often enough to have a meaningful impact. Instead spend the CP on burnin' highway.
Slug Gubbin: Great upgrade for Gorkanauts, allows you to completely wipe out any infantry that gets in your way.
Souped-up Speshul: Allows you to downgrade a terrible gun into a worse one, all for the price of one CP.
Sparkly Bitz: Turns the morkanaut into an insane shooting platform that eats a LRBT for breakfast. If you don't have a naut, dreads with multiple KMB can also use this.
Squig-hide Tyres: Can be put on pretty much every model with wheels. Despite being extremely flexible, 2" isn't that game changing. Scrap jets, bonebreakers or biker bosses probably have the best use of this.
Zagzap: By far not as good as da boomer, but automatic hits allow for some pretty reliable damage on things you need dead.

Specialist Detachments
(from Vigilus Defiant)
Note that Specialist Detachments are no longer legal for tournament play. There is no limit on using them in regular matched play games.

Kult of Speed
Any SPEED FREAK model in the detachment gets the KULT OF SPEED keyword, which is everything on a bike (including warboss), buggies (including the wartrike) and koptas.
Quick Ladz! (Warlord Trait) - Friendly KULT OF SPEED units within 12" of your Warlord in the morale phase automatically pass Morale tests if they Advanced in the same turn. Unfortunately the rules writers put "turn" instead of "battle round" hence this ability is practically useless. It only operates in your Morale phase (not your opponenets) and it's unlikely you're going to be taking a ton of casualties then anyway.
Skargrim's Snazztrike (relic) - Deffkilla Wartrike only, the bearer gains +1 T and a 5++. T7 vs T6 can be nice and the 5++ is welcome but in reality the Cybork Body is better. The Deffkilla Wartrike tends to race up the board and get into combat ASAP. Few weapons are affected by the difference between T6 and T7 and while you can invest a warlord trait to make a Deffkilla T8, we have other warlord traits which are much more impact.
Turbo Boostas (Stratagem) - For 2CP a KULT OF SPEED unit doubles its movement when advancing instead of rolling a dice. Useful to guarantee a first turn charges with large units of bikes or koptas.
Charge through 'em! (Stratagem) - For 2CP a KULT OF SPEED unit consolidates 2d6" instead of 3". If you roll a 5"+ consolidation move it is likely you open up possibilities to tie units in combat, tri-point them, or otherwise deny the opponent movement, which can be game winning. If you roll higher still then you can ruin your opponents plans on your first turn and potentially (though this won't be obvious at the time) win the game. It just might do nothing though.

Overall:
Kult of Speed requires investment into mostly mediocre Speed Freek units, but the stratagems can allow those units to perform much better than they normally would and in some cases win you the game. Both stratagems can be game winning but they are hard to use properly and might end up doing nothing but waste your CP because of bad dice rolls.

Stompa Mob
Overall:
You need three super-heavies to upgrade a single stompa with things that still don't make it worth running, so I won't bother typing this out.

Dread Waaaagh!
All big meks, kanz, dreads and nauts get the DREAD WAAAGH! keyword.
Dread Mek (Warlord Trait) - Repairing stuff happens rarely enough, no need to waste a warlord trait on it.
Da Souped-Up Shokka (relic) - shortly called the SSAG, this is an extremely powerful gun when combined with the big killa boss warlord trait.
Kustom Ammo (Stratagem) - Shoot a SSAG, morkanaut or a unit of kanz twice. Has high potential to be absolutely devastating.
Mek Connections (Stratagem) - Increases the chance of getting a consolidation price for powering down one of your DREAD WAAAAGH! units for a turn.

Overall:
Great specialst detachment that encourages you to bring a SAG and a morkanaut just to use the powerful relic and stratagem.

Blitz Brigade (from Vigilus Defiant)
Any warbosses (including Thrakka and Zardsnark) and battle wagon variants (including the lifta wagon and Battlewagon with Supa-Kannon) gain the BLITZ BRIGADE keyword
Back-seat driver (Warlord Trait) - As long as your warlord is embarked on a BLITZ BRIGADE TRANSPORT it gains +1" movement and 'ere we go. Since only warbosses can gain this trait and they need to be inside the wagon during the charge phase for 'ere we go, the only real application I see is stacking it with Rezmekka's redder armour to get a bonebreaka with 15" movement speed.
Blitz Shouta (relic) - A character inside a BLITZ BRIGADE BATTLEWAGON (so not gunwagon or bonebreaka, but any of the FW ones) projects a 6" aura which give re-roll ones to hit against a target in sight during shooting. So you would need a warboss (other characters can't be BLITZ brigade) with the relic inside a battlewagon which is somehow within 6" of other BLITZ BRIGADE members which are worth shooting. Unless you have multiple supa-kannon wagons, this relic is a waste of time since the lifta-droppa hits automatically and all codex options don't shoot well enough to sacrifice a relic, a battlewagon and a warboss on them.
Opening Salvo (Stratagem) - For 1CP a gun wagon can double its range during the first turn, meaning you can usually shoot without moving and thus shoot twice. I guess if you brought a gunwagon and bought this detachment, there is no reason to not use it, but it's by no means a reason to get either a gunwagon nor this detachment. Solid meh.
Krush 'em (Stratagem) - For 1CP you get to roll 2d6 for your bonebreaka ram and pick the highest result. It's basically a CP re-roll for the ram with slightly higher average but you need to use it before rolling. Not terrible, but not a reason to pick the detachment.
Hold on, Boyz! (Stratagem) - For 2CP a battlewagon (not gunwagon or bonebreaka) can pick up a unit of infantry within 3" of it and drop them within 3" after moving, more than 3" away from enemy models but it cannot charge that turn. Note that the infantry unit can move (and advance) before using this stratagem, so a battlewagon can sling a unit to where it's needed. There are some cute tricks, like mobbing up the dragged unit into combat, taking units out of combat or dropping buff characters where they are needed. Besides that, it's basically stratagem version of Da Jump.

Overall:
The Blitz Brigade tries to coax you into fielding a mix of battlewagons, bonekrushas and gunwagons, but sadly fails miserably at doing so since you can't both go slow and shoot and go fast and krush stuff while hanging around a central command tank. Even if you are running multiple bonekrushas and/or battlewagons, you are better off just using your CP for re-rolls, ramming speed and a relic SAG rather than this specialist detachment.

Top tournament lists

September 2020, Shane Watts, Labor Day GT, Second Place
Full analysis here: https://www.goonhammer.com/tournament-report-labor-day-gt/
Spoiler:
Goff Battalion, 2000 points, 7CP starting

Big Mek in Mega Armour: Kustom Force Field, Kustom Mega-blasta, Power Klaw, Grot Oiler, Warlord, Da Killa Klaw, Da Kleverest Boss, Follow Me, Ladz!,

Ghazghkull Thraka

Weirdboy: 2. Warpath, 3. Da Jump, Warphead

29 Boyz: Skarboyz, all boyz with Slugga/Choppa, Nob with 2x Killsaw, Tankbusta Bombs

29 Boyz: Skarboyz, all boyz with Slugga/Choppa, Nob with 2x Killsaw, Tankbusta Bombs

29 Boyz: Skarboyz, all boyz with Slugga/Choppa, Nob with 2x Killsaw, Tankbusta Bombs

28 Boyz: Skarboyz, all boyz with Slugga/Choppa, Nob with Big Choppa/Choppa, Tankbusta Bombs

5 Kommandos: Tankbusta Bombs
5 Kommandos: Tankbusta Bombs

3 Meganobz: all with 2x Killsaws
3 Meganobz: all with 2x Killsaws

Painboy: Power Klaw

Trukk: Big Shoota
Trukk: Big Shoota


August 2020, Seth the Mad, Giga-Bites IV, Third Place
Spoiler:
Battalion Detachment Deffskullz

HQ: Warboss, Killa Klaw, Biggest Boss (-1CP)

HQ: Weirdboy, Warphead (-1CP)

Troops: 9 shoota boyz, Killsaw nob

Troops: 10 shoota boyz, Killsaw nob

Troops: 10 shoota boyz, Killsaw nob

Troops: 10 shoota boyz, Killsaw nob

Troops: 10 Gretchin

Troops: 10 Gretchin

Elites: 4 Kommandos, Power Klaw Nob

Elites: 4 Kommandos, Power Klaw Nob

Elites: 4 Kommandos, Power Klaw Nob

Fast: 3x Kustom Boosta-Blastas

Fast: 3x Shokkjump Dragstas

Fast: 3x Megatrakk Skrapjets

Dedicated: Trukk

Dedicated: Trukk

Dedicated: Trukk

Dedicated: Trukk


August 2020, Stephen Mitchell, Giga-Bites IV, Winner
Spoiler:

Battalion Goffs

HQ: Ghazghkull

HQ: Big Mek with KFF, Grot Oiler

HQ: Warboss, Attack Squig, Kombi-Rokkit, Brutal But Kunnin, Killa Klaw

Troops: 29x Choppa Boyz, Power Klaw Nob

Troops: 29x Choppa Boyz, Power Klaw Nob

Troops: 28x Choppa Boyz, Power Klaw Nob

Elites: 5x Meganobz, Power Klaws

Elites: 5x Meganobz, Power Klaws

Elites: Waaaagh Banner Nob

Heavy: Smasha Gun


Heavy: Smasha Gun


Heavy: Smasha Gun

Patrol Detachment Goffs

HQ: Weirdboy (Warphead)

Troops: 10x Gretchin


August 2020, Andy Penn, Adelaide GT, Winner
Spoiler:
CLAN - DEATHSKULLS

OUTRIDER (-3CP)



HQs

WARBOSS on BIKE [110] (100) Relic :- da Killy Klaw (10) WARLORD - MIGHT IS RIGHT

(-1 CP) da Biggest Boss (+ 1 Att and wound & +4 inv)

DEFFKILLA WARTRIKE [125] 2nd Relic (- 1 CP) da Fixer Upper



FAST ATTACK

3 MEGATRAKK SCRAPJETS [330] (90 each) 2 twin big Shootas (20)

3 MEGATRAKK SCRAPJETS [330] (90 each) 2 twin big Shootas (20)

SHOKKJUMP DRAGASTA [110] (100) rokkit (10)

KUSTOM BOOSTA BLASTA (90)

BOOM DAKKA SNAZZWAGON [90] (85) big Shootas (5)

10 WARBIKERS [280] (270) Nob w/ Power Klaw (10)



HEAVY SUPPORT

BONEBRAKER [195] (160) Deff Rolla (20) 2 big Shootas (10) Rigger Grots (5)

(- 1 CP) FORTRESS (+3 save +5 inv)

BONEBRAKER [185] (160) Deff Rolla (20) Rigger Grots (5)



FLYER

BURNA BOMMBER [155] (125) 2 Super shots (20) Twin big Shootas (10)



Army total 2000

Spend six pre game CP on OUTRIDERS, FORTRESS, DA BIGGEST BOSS & a 2nd relic

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7 Ork facts people always get wrong:
Ragnar did not win against Thrakka, but suffered two crushing defeats within a few days of each other.
A lasgun is powerful enough to sever an ork's appendage or head in a single, well aimed shot.
Orks meks have a better understanding of electrics and mechanics than most Tech Priests.
Orks do not think that purple makes them harder to see. They do think that camouflage does however, without knowing why.
Gharkull Blackfang did not even come close to killing the emperor.
Orks can be corrupted by chaos, but few of them have any interest in what chaos offers.
Orks do not have the power of believe. 
   
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Gretchin Our stratagems are good. To use stratagems we need CPs. To generate CPs, gretchins are very efficient. In addition, Grot Shields is incredibly powerful as stratagems go, so you should definitely bring a lot of gretchin.


change this text to: "How the mighty have fallen"
   
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tulun wrote:

Gretchin Our stratagems are good. To use stratagems we need CPs. To generate CPs, gretchins are very efficient. In addition, Grot Shields is incredibly powerful as stratagems go, so you should definitely bring a lot of gretchin.


change this text to: "How the mighty have fallen"


Wouldn't it rather be "how the puny have fallen"?

On a more serious note, lots of things have moved around and while I started changing and adding things yesterday it was getting really late and I wasn't even halfway through the list.
Instead of a rushing this now, I'd rather take care of it properly.

The color codes for the Kustom Jobs and Clan Powers are done already, in case you lads want to start fighting about something.

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7 Ork facts people always get wrong:
Ragnar did not win against Thrakka, but suffered two crushing defeats within a few days of each other.
A lasgun is powerful enough to sever an ork's appendage or head in a single, well aimed shot.
Orks meks have a better understanding of electrics and mechanics than most Tech Priests.
Orks do not think that purple makes them harder to see. They do think that camouflage does however, without knowing why.
Gharkull Blackfang did not even come close to killing the emperor.
Orks can be corrupted by chaos, but few of them have any interest in what chaos offers.
Orks do not have the power of believe. 
   
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YAY for the new thread

I would lower down Red Rolla in Kustom Jobs. Only one that stood down "wrong" in the list.
   
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You know what? I agree. I somehow remembered it better than it actually is. Going from 6+d6 attacks to 12 attacks isn't as much of a buff as it sounds.

7 Ork facts people always get wrong:
Ragnar did not win against Thrakka, but suffered two crushing defeats within a few days of each other.
A lasgun is powerful enough to sever an ork's appendage or head in a single, well aimed shot.
Orks meks have a better understanding of electrics and mechanics than most Tech Priests.
Orks do not think that purple makes them harder to see. They do think that camouflage does however, without knowing why.
Gharkull Blackfang did not even come close to killing the emperor.
Orks can be corrupted by chaos, but few of them have any interest in what chaos offers.
Orks do not have the power of believe. 
   
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I'd argue the Pincha is (at best) yellow as well. It's basically what a grabbing klaw should be, but wasting a CP on one attack seems like it'll rarely be a sound investment. Especially since it's currently wonky with + to hit modifiers and those are also coming with specific conditions (only monsters and vehicles).

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PiñaColada wrote:
I'd argue the Pincha is (at best) yellow as well. It's basically what a grabbing klaw should be, but wasting a CP on one attack seems like it'll rarely be a sound investment. Especially since it's currently wonky with + to hit modifiers and those are also coming with specific conditions (only monsters and vehicles).


I have found it hilarious to put on trukks, but true, the +1 to hit cap killed it. Another clear case of "PA was written with 9th in mind"

7 Ork facts people always get wrong:
Ragnar did not win against Thrakka, but suffered two crushing defeats within a few days of each other.
A lasgun is powerful enough to sever an ork's appendage or head in a single, well aimed shot.
Orks meks have a better understanding of electrics and mechanics than most Tech Priests.
Orks do not think that purple makes them harder to see. They do think that camouflage does however, without knowing why.
Gharkull Blackfang did not even come close to killing the emperor.
Orks can be corrupted by chaos, but few of them have any interest in what chaos offers.
Orks do not have the power of believe. 
   
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Well, you get to negate all those super common occurrences of your opponent stacking -2 to hit in melee.

Have you thought about how you want to deal with certain units, like the gunwagon, which is currently red but has a really good build with da boomer? Should it stay yellow/red but the text simply recommends the kustom job, or should it be teal in assumption that you took it?
   
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Sorry to break the seal on asking stuff, but my question was at the very end of the last thread!

What is the best loadout for a BW?

I'm planning on running three with boys and MANz inside each and wanted to get the best bang for my buck.
   
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Both bonebreakas and battlewagons are good choices IMO (don't give them any big shootas though and always opt or the "Forktress" kustom job on one of them). It's really dependent on if you need the extra 8 transport slots and have the points to spare.

The gunwagon is only ever really good with "Da Boomer" kustom job and, to a much lesser extent, the "Zagzap" kustom job.

   
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PiñaColada wrote:
Both bonebreakas and battlewagons are good choices IMO (don't give them any big shootas though and always opt or the "Forktress" kustom job on one of them). It's really dependent on if you need the extra 8 transport slots and have the points to spare.

The gunwagon is only ever really good with "Da Boomer" kustom job and, to a much lesser extent, the "Zagzap" kustom job.

my major gripe with the gunwagon is that it has a ard case. would be great if it were open topped and you could put some shooty stuff inside.

but since it only moves 5,9" it failes at beeing a delivery vehicle... so the space inside always feels kinda wasted
   
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Basically the Gunwagon with Da Boomer is an alternative of a battery of Mek Gunz. Choose between 4 Smasha Gunz and Da Boomer. Depending on what the enemy has they have basically the same damage output (Da Boomer is a bit more killy but it's also +15 points and costs 1 CP) and the same durability.

Between Bonebreaka and Battlewagon I prefer the BW, of course with the 'ard Case and Deff Rolla. It's 25 points cheaper, which is significant and the extra transport capacity IMHO is more valuable than +D6 attacks with the rolla.

If you conisder a T7 open topped BW for large units of Tankbustas or Flash Gitz just split them into two Trukks instead.

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the 25pt difference between the BW and bonebreaker is usually the reason i use the BW. Often i find i need to shed a few points...and D6 extra attacks that gets denied if someone charges me first isnt that appealing.

An ork with an idea tends to end with a bang.

14000pts Big 'n Bad Orkz
6000pts Admech/Knights
7500pts Necron Goldboys 
   
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The color coding gets harder to parse when it's divided into Clan access. I think it'd be better if you had sections for "Clan Kulturs"(could include the new specialist kulturs here too, though most of them would inevitably be red), "Warlord Traits", "Relics", "Stratagems", "Psychic Powers" and included the clan specific options in those with a note as to what they belong to. That way the hierarchy in each is as plain and clear as it is in the units and kustom jobs sections.

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Madjob wrote:
The color coding gets harder to parse when it's divided into Clan access. I think it'd be better if you had sections for "Clan Kulturs"(could include the new specialist kulturs here too, though most of them would inevitably be red), "Warlord Traits", "Relics", "Stratagems", "Psychic Powers" and included the clan specific options in those with a note as to what they belong to. That way the hierarchy in each is as plain and clear as it is in the units and kustom jobs sections.


How much effort is worth it when megathreads are going to be banned though? This is temporary thread anyway

2024 painted/bought: 109/109 
   
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 Jidmah wrote:


Wouldn't it rather be "how the puny have fallen"?

On a more serious note, lots of things have moved around and while I started changing and adding things yesterday it was getting really late and I wasn't even halfway through the list.
Instead of a rushing this now, I'd rather take care of it properly.

The color codes for the Kustom Jobs and Clan Powers are done already, in case you lads want to start fighting about something.


Love it.

Yeah I was mostly kidding -- like, even if we changed stuff now, it's really preliminary.

Vineheart01 wrote:
the 25pt difference between the BW and bonebreaker is usually the reason i use the BW. Often i find i need to shed a few points...and D6 extra attacks that gets denied if someone charges me first isnt that appealing.


Capacity too. If Trukks are looking like really common takes for your boys, you basically save 65 points by taking a Battlewagon.

Heck, if you compare two trukks to a Battlewagon w/ Deff Rolla, it's only 25 extra points for a much better chassis (130 vs 155), considering you can also give it a 3+, 5++ for 1 CP.

I think Battlewagons are going to be very highly rated in this edition. And Trukks, too.
   
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I noticed in the 40k app the KFF ability on big mek in mega armor and the Morkanaut are the same ability as the new KFF rule from the saga big mek w/kff on their datasheet, but the wazbomb is still the old KFF wording.
   
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Can you use Mega trakks as psuedo Deff Dreads?

I've been thinking that Deff Dreads might be decent. The typical load out of 2x CCW, 2x KMB is looking solid as DS, and even a CC focused one with 6 attacks, or 5 and 1 skorcha, doesn't seem too bad at 100 and 105 respectively. There are even some interesting kustom jobs (+movement, -1 to hit range, +1 BS) to make them stronger.

But let's compare this to the Mega Trakk with Korkscrew. It is 5-10 extra points per model, depending on likely loadout of the Dread.

Megatrakk -
Shooting potential: Baked in, 20 points of Big Shootas, half of which hit on a 4+. Averaging 5 rocket attacks a round (50 points), one of which hits on a 4+ against vehicles.

CC potential: 8 attacks, hitting on 4's, with STR8, AP-2, Dd3 damage. (as a net benefit, can get 2 hit and 2 wound and 2 damage re-rolls to smooth out their damage potential with death skulls).

Deff Dread: Shooting varies. Likely only getting a skorcha or 2 KMB.

CC: Varies. 4-5 attacks in all likelihood, albeit with a better profile (STR 9/10, AP-2/3, D2/D3), hitting on 3's, with 1 re-roll to hit and wound.

Defensively contrast: Megatrakk is +1 wound, -1 T, -1 Save. It also has a massive base, which is good and bad (hard to maneuver, but also a better screen for blocking an objective).

The Megatrakk also Moves 10" default, which is basically the +movement kustom job on a Deff Dread for free.

The Mega trakk looks really solid. It gets you a ton of guns baked in (~70 points worth on average), and in CC it's probably doing roughly as well or BETTER, because it can get bonus re-rolls from fight twice. The tradeoff is a weaker defensively profile, which I think can partially be made up for by KFFs, which you should have nearby anyway.

The madman in me wants to see a Waaaagh banner near the Mega Trakks when they fight in CC which would really make them shine, but I dunno how you'd realistically pull this off.
   
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idk

the problem with dreads is... they are slooooow... mixing ranged weapons with them makes them even slower as you're kinda inclined to shoot with them instead of advancing.

a skorcha would be a decent addition if it wasnt so damn overpriced.

the only way i could make them kinda work.. .was putting three of em in the teleporter. and even then they were medicore at best. because 300+ points are usually a big chunk of your army

EDIT
also dont forget the MW of the scrapjet

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Some predictions for 9e:
- MSU Deffkopta squads will be great for denying overwatch
- Mek Gunz still going to be amazing
- Da Jumping 30 sized gretchin squads to deny reinforcements (t1, on their board edge) will be meta
- Mekanized lists, as the new FAQ to "Open Topped" allows units inside to benefit from buffs twice
- Stompa still useless
- Moving "Death star" bad moon lootas in from reserves will be meta
- More Mek Gunz
   
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tulun wrote:
Can you use Mega trakks as psuedo Deff Dreads?

I've been thinking that Deff Dreads might be decent. The typical load out of 2x CCW, 2x KMB is looking solid as DS, and even a CC focused one with 6 attacks, or 5 and 1 skorcha, doesn't seem too bad at 100 and 105 respectively. There are even some interesting kustom jobs (+movement, -1 to hit range, +1 BS) to make them stronger.

But let's compare this to the Mega Trakk with Korkscrew. It is 5-10 extra points per model, depending on likely loadout of the Dread.

Megatrakk -
Shooting potential: Baked in, 20 points of Big Shootas, half of which hit on a 4+. Averaging 5 rocket attacks a round (50 points), one of which hits on a 4+ against vehicles.

CC potential: 8 attacks, hitting on 4's, with STR8, AP-2, Dd3 damage. (as a net benefit, can get 2 hit and 2 wound and 2 damage re-rolls to smooth out their damage potential with death skulls).

Deff Dread: Shooting varies. Likely only getting a skorcha or 2 KMB.

CC: Varies. 4-5 attacks in all likelihood, albeit with a better profile (STR 9/10, AP-2/3, D2/D3), hitting on 3's, with 1 re-roll to hit and wound.

Defensively contrast: Megatrakk is +1 wound, -1 T, -1 Save. It also has a massive base, which is good and bad (hard to maneuver, but also a better screen for blocking an objective).

The Megatrakk also Moves 10" default, which is basically the +movement kustom job on a Deff Dread for free.

The Mega trakk looks really solid. It gets you a ton of guns baked in (~70 points worth on average), and in CC it's probably doing roughly as well or BETTER, because it can get bonus re-rolls from fight twice. The tradeoff is a weaker defensively profile, which I think can partially be made up for by KFFs, which you should have nearby anyway.

The madman in me wants to see a Waaaagh banner near the Mega Trakks when they fight in CC which would really make them shine, but I dunno how you'd realistically pull this off.


I've been trying both out and I'm finding Megatrakks to be good in general but not as good in melee as I had expected. I did the mathhammer and its a bit of a mouthful. The tl;dr is Korkscrew elevates the damage output to be comparable to the Deff Dread but the Deff Dread often comes out on top against tougher targets. The Megatrakk will eke out an extra hit from two sets of re-rolls and the number of unsaved wounds will be better against chaff but about the same in general. Even if its slightly ahead in unsaved wounds it is still d3 damage. If you're pummelling into infantry with 1-2 wounds then you'll be getting some work done. If you're pummelling into Infantry with 3 wounds or vehicles/monsters then you'll find the Deff Dread to be more valuable.
Both of them will benefit from buffs like the Goff Kultur, Ghaz's re-roll aura, or a +1 to hit but they'll still have their preferred targets. Getting auras off on the buggies would be cool but I think it's hard to pull off due to their greater mobility to our support characters.
The real benefit of the Megatrakk over the Deff Dread is it provides mobility and flexibility. Even though the Deff Dread will tear through armour easily, the Megatrakk can still get stuck in and chip away at it and force your opponent to fall back or stay engaged. The Megatrakk is also valid at clearing chaff. The use of the Deff Dread will be a lot more focused and its usage will be dependent on its load out.
With that said, I've mostly ran these in seperate lists and am now eager to run a list with 3 of each so I can have a direct comparison.

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Lots of pts of Orks
3000 pts of AdMech and punchy-choppy Knights
Ork Shooting Probability feat. Dakka Dakka Dakka, re-rolls, and More Dakka 
   
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A thing I noticed was how gently FW units were treated.
Very soft price increases, a lot of weapons became free, heck Zhadsnark just plain dropped 10%.

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 Diakos wrote:
A thing I noticed was how gently FW units were treated.
Very soft price increases, a lot of weapons became free, heck Zhadsnark just plain dropped 10%.


well squiggoth got canned (for no good reason, since there was a model avaiable) and zhadsnark has become a regular warboss (without any special rules for all we know + 20% price increase 85 to 100)
   
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Curious as your guy's thoughts on this. Is it possible to run Ghaz in a Mechanized Goffs list? Or is still spamming Boys the way to go? Was considering the following Ideas:

-Trukk Spam: Everything that can goes into a Trukk for mobility and a little more survivability, Tankbustas for main Anti-Armour/Gunwagon perhaps.

-Battlewagon Rush: Take as many Battlewagons with Killkannons and Deffrollas.

Also is the Bonebreaker worth taking over the Battlewagon now? Sorry total noob with CC oriented Orks

19th Krieg Siege Army 7500pts.
40k/HH Night Lords 5000pts.
Orks Waaaghmacht Spearhead 2500pts.
 
   
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 gmaleron wrote:
Curious as your guy's thoughts on this. Is it possible to run Ghaz in a Mechanized Goffs list? Or is still spamming Boys the way to go? Was considering the following Ideas:

-Trukk Spam: Everything that can goes into a Trukk for mobility and a little more survivability, Tankbustas for main Anti-Armour/Gunwagon perhaps.

-Battlewagon Rush: Take as many Battlewagons with Killkannons and Deffrollas.

Also is the Bonebreaker worth taking over the Battlewagon now? Sorry total noob with CC oriented Orks


idk about trukks... seems still overpriced for 65 points. its basically a roadblock capable of grabbing objectives.

Maybe the holy trinity of battlewagons? a deffrolla with forktress, gunwagon with boomer and a battlewagon with shooty guys inside... would've loved to field a squiggoth instead of a battlewagon filled with flashgitz or lootaz though :/
two KFFs inside the wagons, mekgunz for backfield fire and buggys (KBB comes to mind) zipping around to provide support. could work...
   
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RedNoak wrote:
 Diakos wrote:
A thing I noticed was how gently FW units were treated.
Very soft price increases, a lot of weapons became free, heck Zhadsnark just plain dropped 10%.


well squiggoth got canned (for no good reason, since there was a model avaiable) and zhadsnark has become a regular warboss (without any special rules for all we know + 20% price increase 85 to 100)


The three "missing" units are just GW print-team quality control working as usual, they are all in the App version (Naturally the KFF Mek is missing in that one.)

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I doubt the squiggoth was removed, its still being sold.
Legends is for models that are no longer sold and havnt been updated.
Plus it got updated in the FW FAQ. Which none of the legend FW models did that i could see.

Its both amusing and infuriating how listbuilding works now. I have been fielding what feels like way too few troops (2-3 units) yet at the same time i feel like i dont have the points to try what im thinking about lol. Man its gonna take awhile to get used to this...

An ork with an idea tends to end with a bang.

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People have looked at the points and been very discouraged about orks, but I'm starting to believe we might have a chance.

Just got to change your mind space from killing everything they have to playing so your opponent cant win.

There is alot more counter play possible, even if it just be through shadey reserve choices after the opponent picks their secondaries.
   
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Oh goody That's right

Well... Then I think I'm gonna try a triple list... Gunwagon with Nobz, deffrolla with manz and a squiggoth with either gitz or lootas, a burnabomba and maybea kopta with tankbustaz inside.
   
 
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