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Post by sonofsparky on Feb 1, 2005 0:41:05 GMT -5
I think the average boyz are pretty dang good just because they are five points for a strenght 5 unit that can take on anything that is charges. Get wide and deep units, about 6x5, (150 points then command?) and they should be able to take on quite a bit and you shouldn't feel bad about using them to take the charge from a unit of chaos knights and then using another unit to flank charge.
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Post by Warrior Ryka on Feb 1, 2005 20:06:15 GMT -5
I think the average boyz are pretty dang good just because they are five points for a strenght 5 unit that can take on anything that is charges. Since when could you give an orc boy a great weapon to make him str 5? And the base cost of an orc is 5 points with just a hand weapon and light armour. The only options for orc weapons are spear (+2 pts) and additional hand weapon (+2 pts). |
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Post by sonofsparky on Feb 2, 2005 0:46:11 GMT -5
Don't ork boyz come with a choppa? they get +1 strength when they charge using that don't they?
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Post by Warrior Ryka on Feb 2, 2005 19:24:17 GMT -5
True...yet orc boyz have a base str of 3 so having a choppa on the charge would only give them a str of 4
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Post by sonofsparky on Feb 3, 2005 1:57:26 GMT -5
My bad but str 4 is still pretty good. you could just make an army of those guys and use bigger units to charge and smaller ones to flank. I'm thinking kinda like a 30 man center unit and a minimum size unit on the side so when you get charged by those pesky chaos chosen knights of korne you can flank and possibly break them. wouldn't that be awesome? Ork grunts breaking one of the strongest units in the game...
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Post by Warrior Ryka on Feb 3, 2005 19:22:38 GMT -5
Yet the bad thing about choppas are that you can not have an extra hand weapon and...it only gives you +1 str on the CHARGE. So if you get charged by the KCKoC you only have str 3 with your big unit and with a LD of 7, you're running.
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Post by sonofsparky on Feb 4, 2005 0:26:36 GMT -5
so you have a big unit take the chage (preferrably ork boyz) and then use other orks to flank (preferably something like a chariot or str 4 or higher unit) Chariots rock. In fact I change my vote from regular boyz to chariots...of any type.
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Post by Warrior Ryka on Feb 4, 2005 21:15:24 GMT -5
Chariots are a cheap, useful and one of the most underestimated type of unit. I had a boar chariot one time charge a empire swordsman unit, made it break and then caught up with them (i got 3d6) and sluaghtered the whole unit. Now that is getting your points back...yet something that cheap can't always be the most reliable (especially compared to a beefy unit of Black Orcs). That's where my vote went, toward the Black Orcs. Not just because of their str 4, but they let you reroll animosity tests for units within 6 inches. Now that's useful and worth its points.
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Post by SenatorGregory on Feb 4, 2005 22:14:52 GMT -5
hey ryka, aint it squig herd not squid herd? ;D
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Post by Warrior Ryka on Feb 4, 2005 22:28:29 GMT -5
Yes it is a squid herd. Squid was just a typo and me not really paying attention. Unfourtunatly I can not edit my own poll so it's just going to be like that.
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Post by Samwise on Mar 12, 2005 1:32:37 GMT -5
It's been a while since anyone said anything about the orcses so.............. LET THERE BE SPAM!!!!!!!!!!!
Does anyone think a goblin has ever killed an orc?'
If so was he recognized or just killed?
Do you think the goblins in the doom divers volunteer themselves?
If an orc gets shot by a wood elf in the woods and no one is around to hear him, does he make a sound?
If not it's probably because he got shot through his jugular!
I think a treeman and a giant should fight and then we'll see which race has the better rare units.
Wouldn't an orc just eat its boar on site? how can they resist if they have a meat cleaver in their hand?
What does an ORC sound like when he hiccups?
What does a GOBBO sound like when he hiccups?
Do either of them even get hiccups?
What color does an orc turn when he's feeling sick?
I'll bet it's hot pink!
If i shot Ryka in the woods and everyone was around to hear, see, feel, and taste it would they even care?
I went to the Flogging Molly concert while Ben and Joshua missed it!
I'm wearing the shirt right now!!!!
Do orcs listen to punk rock or heavy metal or the jazz?
Do orcs even have any other passion besides war?
My cat just sat on my lap!!!
If Ben and I were to fight in a duel of fistacuff would he still cheat?
If Ben is such a reverend and priest of the Ecclesiarchy why does he play so many cultist armies?
You know i'm not gonna stop...
Do orcs eat vegitables or fruits or beans or just meats.
Do orcs have a system of currency in the badlands i.e. Rupees, Dollars, Pounds, Yen, Rubels, Shells, Human Heads, Other human body parts, whole humans, Gil, Franks, Pesos, Schillings, etc, etc, etc.........
What if me and Ben had a duel of Pistols at ten paces? Would he still Cheat?
How many orcs does it take to screw in a light bulb?
18476395327102837572823278202396123230982310298516123098123987123409871250612308971234098612095612309871324061450981623409812634019324123074861312954861459861016104650172346501560239865120374610987262089576214306213581239423650198236512743061829321930549826347210958176248912392036582937418932682093762198364109823741289365012893746128396182934712398561653209560325131062309586123095816230974182356182634712083542315897123598612309861230958612389651230958612350986123509816235098612350986 orcs to screw in a light bulb.
One last question... how much is bus ticket to Alabama?
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Post by Warrior Ryka on Mar 12, 2005 14:02:05 GMT -5
Thanks a lot for significally lengthening the topic, stupid!
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Post by Samwise on Mar 13, 2005 2:01:23 GMT -5
That's why i'm here ;D
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Post by Sean_Dutcher on Mar 8, 2006 20:27:50 GMT -5
Black orcs. You get to re-roll a failed leadership test if the Black orc unit is within 8 in. of the unit that failed.
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