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Grot Snipers
Move.....T......Sv......W......Ld......OC
6"...........2......6+......1.......7+......1

Ranged Weapons
Grot Blasta [Pistol]
Range......12"
Attacks......1
BS............4+
Strength...3
AP............0
Damage...1

Grot Long Rifle [Precision, Heavy]
Range......30"
Attacks......1
BS............4+
Strength...5
AP............-1
Damage...2

Melee Weapons
Close Combat Weapon
Attacks......1
WS............5+
Strength...2
AP............0
Damage...1

Abilities
Faction: WAAAGH!
Core: Infiltrators, Stealth

Hidden
While this unit has the Benefit Of Cover, it adds +2 to their save rolls, rather than +1.

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Ork "Snipers"
Move.....T......Sv......W......Ld......OC
6"...........5......5+......1.......7+......1

Ranged Weapons
Slugga [Pistol]
Range......12"
Attacks......1
BS............5+
Strength...4
AP............0
Damage...1

Boomy Rifle [Blast]
Range......36"
Attacks......3
BS............5+
Strength...8
AP............-2
Damage...2

Melee Weapons
Close Combat Weapon
Attacks......2
WS............3+
Strength...4
AP............0
Damage...1

Abilities
Faction: WAAAGH!

Hey, Got The Big 'Un!
If a Critical Wound is scored from an attack with the Boomy Rifle, that attack gains Precision.

"Sharp" Shooters
If this unit remains stationary, until the beginning of their turn, ranged weapons score a Critical Wound on a 5+.

These seem pretty reasonable. A couple things that jump out at me:

* Strength 5 on the Grot Long Rifle. This would mean that the grots are packing weapons that wound more reliably than eldar rangers. Then again, ratlings apparently have better AP than rangers. If each species is getting its own slightly different sniper, giving orks a gun with a higher strength is pretty in-character. These grots also have worse BS than rangers and ratlings and *probably* worse special rules, so it all probably evens out fine.

* How expensive did you want the grots to be compared to rangers and ratlings?

* Orks "sniping" with blast weapons is amusing and makes a lot of sense. Being unreliable about putting wounds on specific characters but lethal enough to still be comfortable shooting into a given target is an interesting place to land.

* I haven't crunched the numbers. Is there any concern that the ork snipers might step on the toes of something like tank bustas or lootas?

No clue on points-I’m all ears for suggestions.

Tankbustas have D3, so I’m not worried about their toes.
Lootas possibly, but from what I know Lootas are not in a good spot regardless right now.