[Scathainn]

The story behind this army list (if you really want to read it all, open the spoiler, otherwise list is below):

I was very bored the other day so I started thinking of ideas for interesting army lists I write up. I've printed off PDFs for every codex in existance (with the exception of Necrons, DE, and Inquisition), so when I'm bored I simply flip through the codexes in search of ideas.

I then heard from various sources about "deffwing." For those unfamiliar with the term, it's a sort of "reverse orks" list. No boyz, all meganobz, a small but dead 'ard army. How effective this will be, I have no idea, but it seems like a fun army both to play and to model.

I'm tempted to continue this trend and create more "reverse armies", that is, armies that completely reverse the most commonly held axiom of the army. Methinks my next step will be a CCQ-focused Guard army :laugh:

The other thing I like about this army is a bit of background I came up with it. I started the idea of two five-man meganobz squads, each lead by a mega-armoured Warboss, and tried to run with it fluff-wise. Looking at more examples of duality in ork lore, I decided that the army would be two warboss brothers, each emphasizing aspects of ork kultur. The first warboss, Smashface Facesmasha, a.k.a "Da Blue Boss", is the "Gork" of this army; fighty but kunnin', straightforward and ready to krump some humies! The other warboss, Wazshaka Zogteef, a.k.a "Da Yellow Boss" is the "Mork" of the army, kunnin' but fighty; he's the smarter of the two, manuvering his boyz to the fightin' all smart-like. Note how the two coexist, however: Blue and yellow together make green :biggrin:

Tactics for this army are straightforward: Load up da boyz, charge with the battlewagons, krump anything they come across wiv' da deffrollas, and the meganobz wipe up any survivors. If I were to go bigger with this army (say, 1500), I'd probably add either more mega-ladz or some Killa Kans for fire support.

HQ

Warboss: attack squig, cybork, bosspole, mega-armour
130

Warboss: attack squig, cybork, bosspole, mega-armour
130

Troops:

Meganobz: 3x Kombi-Skorchas
Battlewagon: Armour plates, deffrolla, riggers, 2x big shootas, 2x rokkits
370

Meganobz: 3x Kombi-Skorchas
Battlewagon: Armour plates, deffrolla, riggers, 2x big shootas, 2x rokkits
370

Total 1,000

Comments and criticism wanted, keep in mind this would be a very casual army (if I even decided to make it), so it doesn't have to be the best, just not absolute garbage :biggrin:

 

[Tossy]

Personally I would take the rokkits and the armour of both wagons and add another meganob to both squads

apart from that, This lis will be hard to win with... but not impossible.

If you were to take it to 1500 i would add another squad (especially because of your fluff)

 

[lsarofeen]

why a bosspole on the warboss? inflict the wound on himself?

 

[Scathainn]

Sorry about if I didn't mention that the bossess are in the same squads as the meganobz.

Also removing that stuff won't get me more meganobz as they are 40 points each, not 35.

 

[Tossy]

yes it will... 4 rokkits = 1 meganob
4 armour plates = 1 meganob

I am trying to say this without violating HO's ToS

 

[Scathainn]

Drat, you're right. Just goes to show how much I suck at math... :biggrin:

 

[Tossy]

actually you are right. You only have 2 armour plates. I meant take a bigshoota and riggers off aswell... I forgot to type it though

 

[laegim]

You could always drop those upgrades in favor of some gretchin instead of another meganob. It might actually give you a chance at taking an objective or two if you've got some tiny gretchin squads running around on the field. Kind of breaks the theme of an elite unit Ork Army, but hey, gretchin are slaves anyhow.

 

[Scathainn]

I actually did contemplate having some grots to help with da boyz, and that works for me in terms of fluff and army composition. Essentially, I just want an army with no boyz.