“We will drive the machine of war
with the sword and the spear and the Iron Fist of the Orc”
Saruman
In a few weeks time I will be attending
another tournament, and yet this time I am hit with a slightly
different dilemma. What to take? I could take my Space Wolves, but
they've moved up to occupy the 1,750pts+ spot (this event is 1,650).
I could take my Chaos Marines, but they suffer from a similar
problem, and I'll have to scavenge a load of models plus I've not
actually used the list before, could be a laugh though. Instead I've
decided that I'm probably going to go old school with what I take.
Back in 5th edition, I was
predominantly an Ork player, but have struggled to make them work
since the release of 6th, and so have been using my Wolves
a lot more. This was because my Ork list consisted of 3 Trukks, full
of Nobz ploughing forwards and krumpin' stuff. Around the same time,
my brother was also playing 40k. He was a reasonably strong player amongst our player group but after a
while became disillusioned with the hobby and so dropped out, selling
me his Necron army.
Around the drop of the 5th
edition Necron Codex, I decided to update the Necrons, picking up a
Command Barge and Imotekh, with me finally completing this process in
January with a couple of Crypteks.
So, as a tribute to 5th
edition, and as a bit of a laugh as it's not a big event, I'm going
to be taking Orks with Necron allies. Behold the stupidity!
HQ:
Big Mek (Warlord): 95pts
-Shokk Attack Gun
Warboss: 120pts
-Cybork Body
-Attack Squig
-Kombi-Skorcha
-Power Klaw
-Bosspole
Elites:
6 Lootas: 90pts
6 Lootas: 90pts
Troops:
10 Gretchin: 45pts
-Runtherd with Grot Prod
30 Shoota Boyz: 215pts
-3 Big Shootas
-Nob with Big Choppa and Bosspole
12 Slugga Boyz: 137pts
-Nob with Big Choppa and Bosspole
-Trukk with Reinforced Ram and Red
Paint Job
7 Nobz: 330pts
-Cybork Bodies
-Kombi-Skorcha
-Waaagh! Banner
-Painboy
-2 Power Klaws
-3 Big Choppas
-Trukk with Reinforced Ram and Red
Paint Job
Allied HQ:
Imotekh the Stormlord: 295pts
-Harbinger of Despair with Nightmare
Shroud and Veil of Darkness
Allied Troops:
10 Necron Warriors: 130pts
Fortifications:
Aegis Defence Line: 100pts
-Quad Gun
Total: 1,647pts
Ok, starting from the top. Firstly, the
Shokk Attack Gun. It was the first Ork model that I owned and I
personally find it hilarious, especially when you have a chance of
blowing your Warlord up every turn. Definitely not strategically
sound but a good laugh none the less.
The Warboss is in there to allow me to
take my trademark Nobz squad as Troops. One of my Ork lists without
at least 1 Nobz squad in the Troops section is not one of my Ork
lists. They fly forward and start bashin' 'eadz.
The 2 Loota squads are there just to
provide a little bit more Dakka. There aren't too many flyers around
Oxford but just in case I have so many S7 shots that I'm ready for
them. I plan to stick these guys behind the Aegis Line for the
mostpart.
The Grots also go behind the Aegis
line, whilst one of them wields the Quad Gun, taking advantage of
their BS3. What's also quite useful about these guys is that the Aegis Defence Line actually blocks line of sight to the Grots in places, good luck
shooting them off objectives (although Heldrakes may pose a problem).
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| Designed for Gretchin |
If you're not shooting them off
objectives then you're certainly not charging them either. The 30 Ork
Boyz squad provides an excellent screen when I need it, and when I
don't it gets propa Orky and moves forward with the rest of the Ladz.
The Trukker boyz are like a mini
version of the Nobz squad, just there to pick off smaller squads or
bail out the Nobz if they get tied down. I haven't actually used a
squad like this in years but I have the models so I figured I might
as well break them out again.
Finally the Necron allies. I'm taking
Imotekh to provide some cover for my Trukks, they're not the best
built of things however if they can get up close they hit well. I can
rely on his Night Fight for the first couple of turns even without
the Chronometron (which I would have taken but I can't break 2
members of the Royal Court into the same squad). Instead I took the
Veiltek, who will be used to make my Troops selection useful, Deep
Striking them across the board to pick up the Relic or take useful
secondary points like Linebreaker.
And that's it for the list. I'm only
taking it with the expectation of having a laugh, I'm not expecting
to win the event. However the more I think about it, the more I like
it. We'll see how it goes though, I still haven't practised with the
thing so it will be a learning experience too. Now that spell check
took a while.
PS: Greg got battered.
I'd take a Warboss in Mega Armour with Cybork Body instead, and if possible replace the Nobz with Mega Nobz.
ReplyDeleteStandard Nobz are ridiculously overpriced, you only need to buy a power klaw and they already cost just as much as a Mega Nob and more than a Terminator.
I would agree with that. To be honest it's a model problem, and I'm not willing to invest in more Orks at the minute.
DeleteI would disagree with Nobz being ridiculously overpriced however. Granted, they're not as good value for points as Meganobz. However, they're not bulky so I can take more of them with their transport, and if I do want a larger squad I don't have to invest in a Battlewagon. So I get a few more attacks and I'm able to chase down units, meaning that they're more effective when it comes to dealing with horde units.
However, as I say I agree with you, Nobz have a couple of things going for them but the Meganobz have much more. If I had the models I'd take them.