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My army has no transports... Yet. Go with shoota boyz only and skip slugga or mix em up? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9024076.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9024076.page GMT Shooter boyz increases your ability to drown your opponent in weight of fire, but you're an Ork: everything shooty in your army has a bucket full of shots due to the low BS.
Slugga boyz gives you an extra attack on the charge plus you still have the weight of pistol shots from a 20 man unit of boyz. But that would be making a cc army in a shooting meta.

It is up to you.
Personally I would go full on cc boyz with a power klaw nob since ork boyz are some of the few worthwhile troop choices, especially for a cc army: 4 attacks on the charge for a 6 point model? Stick them in trukks with boarding planks and your looking at a nasty turn 2 assault phase for your opponent.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9024132.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9024132.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9024196.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9024196.page GMT
Plus it's boring modelling them all the same way]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9024360.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9024360.page GMT Id go half and half too.

If youre footslogging, shootas give you more options tactically. Its easier to bunker down and play a tactic beyond bum rushing the enemy.

Slugga boyz will suffer more from stayin put on an objective because theyre wasting their potential while shoota boyz can still blast something.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9025735.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9025735.page GMT (Note: I use 'half wounds' below to denote when it's about a 50/50 shot of causing a wound, for the sake of math and averaging out results.)

Let's say you have 10 Ork boys versus Space Marines. When you charge, you can either have 20 shots that amount to around 6 hits, 3 wounds, and one dead Marine. Then you charge, lose around 2 Ork Boys, and hit back with 24 attacks. 12 hits, 6 wounds, two more dead marines. A total of three dead guys.
Now, let's try it again with Choppas. You get only 10 shots, amounting to half a dead marine in shooting, but in close combat you get three dead marines, amounting to three and a half dead marines. Is it a huge difference? No, not really, but keep in mind that the Slugga boys are also going to be ten points cheaper for the unit.


However, let's rewind, and assume that instead of being in a trukk, your Ork boys are sitting 18" away from a unit of Assault Marines. Suddenly, Slugga/Choppas don't get any shooting because they're too far away, take 3 wounds from pistols when the Marines shoot, don't do anything with Overwatch, and then lose 6 more Ork Boys in close combat before they can even hit. The last ork boy is only S3, not S4, so he can't really do anything.
Swap in shootas, though, and you DO get to shoot, causing the same wound you did before. Then you cause half a wound with overwatch, and since you killed a couple marines, cause another half a wound before dying. That's still not a GOOD result (Ork boys suck at being attacked one way or the other,) but rather than being wiped out entirely, you caused a little damage. (Also keep in mind that 10 Assault Marines costs over twice as much as the Orks in question.)


So, yeah. Shootas do better if you have no way of reliably getting the charge. If you can, though, go Slugga/Choppa.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9025749.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9025749.page GMT
That and I am Dakkaboss.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9025896.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9025896.page GMT If you want to run a greentide formation (10 squads of boyz combined) go with choppas. If you want to run an oldschool greentide (a bunch of regular squads here and there) i'd suggest to make a centerpiece squad of 30 choppas - put boss and dok in there and the rest could be 20 strong shoota squads with special weapons.
If you're going to run boyz with a megaboss than probably shootas as they can't run anywayz.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9025977.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9025977.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9026197.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9026197.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9026848.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/708531/9026848.page GMT