Looking into 9 th, this is just flat out a method you’re notįactor is the change to “’ere We Go!” Instead of allowing the Ork warlord toĬhoose which die to reroll, we’re like everyone else again, rerolling both dice Needed! Why walk through the battlefield getting shot at when you can just Of wide-scale use of the Teleporta and Da Jump to transport your boyz – no footslogging One turn faster, skipping out on an extra turn of being shot at.

It doesn’t matter at all what your save is if you get to the target In 8 th Edition, Evil Sunz (and ever so briefly Feral Orks)īecame the way to play hordes of Boyz because they cleared the distance fasterĪnd better. The reddest Orks have always been best, always Of grindy math, but I hate to break it to you, none of this actuallyĨ th vs 9 th, or really any edition in truth, the biggestįactor has never been your chances of getting wounded or your ability to make a You’ve stuck with me this long through a bunch Valuable in protecting 120 Boyz (8 th Edition costs) vs. We can naturally see how a Painboy is more Big Meks, Painboys, Waaghīanners, Weirdboys and Warbosses all increase in their effective value if you With horde play, critical mass is a major factor. There’s a lot of hidden costs here as well. Sounds like a squad of pesky Space Marines! How many Rolls and present a real situation – imagine you’re against a unit with a ballistic Lists won’t even bring one now, so if you’re hit by any -1AP firepower, you’reįirst, let’s presume you brought the KFF anyways, or you have the Snakebite The KFF has been brutallyĭowngraded to a 6++, gutting the horde save.

So the Big Mek became an integral part of every list. Large units are too big to fit behind almost all terrain objects, Table and advance them across the field without being under the constant protection In 8th Edition, it would have been unthinkable to deploy Boyz on the Looking at this 9 th EditionĬodex, the biggest largely unacknowledged change is to the Kustom Force Field How other changes effected an Ork Boy’s survivability, especially as this doesn’tĪccount for the Boyz’ actual save. The stat line in a vacuum is ultimately a useless comparison. People are viewing, especially those who didn’t cut their teef running big waves of Boyz in 8th and 9th Edition. This “to wound” math was the look that most Under the Watchful Eye of the Waaagh’s Big Mek

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