Startin' up a Waaagh!

[Pyrotechnics]

Right, lissun up ya grots! I'm finkin' of startin' me own Waaagh! Already messed around wiff da humies 'n' dere flashlights but I want somefin a bit more orky!

So, ya stinkin' squigs are gonna help me, right? I dunno what kinda boyz to bring to da fight! You lot got any suggestions? I like da look of da Stormboyz and I'd like to put lotsa feet on da board. Mainly raidin' places wiff few of da marines, chaos boyz (dey like dem berserkers 'n' rhinos), tau, eldar 'n' dere might be 'nother clan sproutin' up soon.

Which of da boyz are da best to start a Waaagh! wif? Finkin' of gettin' a Big Mek to lead dem but I don't know much 'bout da boyz in general. Ain't gots a codex yet but I'll get one wen I call in da boyz you recommend. If it helps I'd like to have lotsa boyz and drown da enemy in da green tide but I'd also like a warband dat if I unnerstand correct is known as da speed freeks warband, da one wif lotsa bikes and other fast movin' things.

Fanks in advance. If you can't unnerstand dis, tell me 'n' I'll translate to humie.

[emptyhat]

Everyone loves shoota boyz but I think that a big mob of slugga boyz in the mix is pretty good too.

[Pyrotechnics]

I'll start my army with two boxes of boyz and a Big Mek. What should I get from there? I mainly play 500 - 750 point games.

[emptyhat]

What are you putting on your Big Mek? Is he going to be a cheap boss man or an expensive one?

In small games though lots and lots of boyz really works well.

[treadiculous]

Lots of boys, with a weirdboy here and there can be a lot of fun, suddenly a mob of 30 shoota boys deepstrike behind you...

Trukks N Bikes look great, add a few Rokkit Buggies and its a kult of speed, and will make you happy! .. much as I love stormboys (remember the extra D6 movement they get each time they boost... yay!.... no Waargh though... boo)... they aren't really cost effective unless your playing across dense terrain.

Killa Kans and Big Meks with Kustom Force Fields are a common sight for good reason too.

Shoota boys are the best shooty unit, aside from killa kans with rokkits, or buggies with their twin-linked rokkits... I'd be wary of flash gits n Lootas as I think they cost too much (same goes for the shokk attak gun).

Orks need to get in there fast n Ram or Chop stuff to bits, shootin is fer wimps or fer when cover slows you down on route to the enemy.

Hmm .. you got me thinking.. I might make meself a speed freeks list n post it up in bit...

skratch dat, I did - here it is: commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=hoard&thread=14588&page=1

[emptyhat]

Also if you happen to be lucky enough to be playing against infantry guard loads of cheap big shootas can do quite a bit of damage to them in the shooting phase whilst you advance.

[The Hawk!]

Jan 4, 2012 3:15:36 GMT -5 emptyhat said:

Everyone loves shoota boyz but I think that a big mob of slugga boyz in the mix is pretty good too.

Empty..... No! JUST NO! I would reccomend having the majority of your Boyz as Slugga/Choppa armed boyz. Have 30 Boyz with Choppa's and Slugga's and a Nob with Power Claw, Slugga and Bosspole..... More than likley to hit the enemy pretty damn hard, my own squad of these pulled 2 of Gabriel Lupus' tanks apart before meeting fire...

Another bit of advice of mine would be to take a warboss... He will allow you to take Nobz as troops instead of elite's. Nasty stuff.

Ardboyz are a good unit aswell.....

Anyhow, thats about all the advice i can give as a generally shun armour with my Orks

Dave

[Pyrotechnics]

Fanks, ya grots. Speakin' of those little gretchin buggers, dey any use? Finkin' of usin' 'em as mobile cover to get any footsloggas to da battle wit'out dem gettin' dere face shot fulla holes.

Finkin' my first purchase will be a big mek, boyz and a box of grots which I'll get when I buy some more 'umies an' dere machines to save on postage because I only got so many teef, which'll be when my teef regrow an' I have more to spend.

Also, what you grots fink of warbikers?

[treadiculous]

Warbikers can be very fragile, i've seen a tactical squad of marines wipe them out in one round of bolter shooting without breaking a sweat... but if you want a warboss with klaw and a few nobs (with goodies and painboy) getting to the action first, then there's little better!.. just don't spend too much on a potentially disposable unit.

I've not liked grots since they got given pistols instead of guns, now they just get in the way and use points that are bettter spent elsewhere... the only good grot is in a killa kan with rokkits on.

[emptyhat]

Jan 5, 2012 0:45:28 GMT -5 Pyrotechnics said:

Fanks, ya grots. Speakin' of those little gretchin buggers, dey any use? Finkin' of usin' 'em as mobile cover to get any footsloggas to da battle wit'out dem gettin' dere face shot fulla holes.

Finkin' my first purchase will be a big mek, boyz and a box of grots which I'll get when I buy some more 'umies an' dere machines to save on postage because I only got so many teef, which'll be when my teef regrow an' I have more to spend.

Also, what you grots fink of warbikers?

In small units they can be very unreliable, that said in the meet up game against Shostak I had ten of the little fellas who soaked up some firepower killed about five guard in a shoot out followed by a charge and bought enough time for the boyz behind them to get into combat with far fewer casualties.

If you get yourself a big unit or two then you have some mobile cover for your Green Tide.

Also Big Gunz can be pretty underated and you can just switch the models from your grot mob to grot crew so if you scretch build the guns then they are as cheap as whatever spare parts you have.