Games Workshop Warhammer 40k - Ork Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy

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A large Ork balances precariously by the pen, stuffing a squig into the heavy squig launcher he’s wrestling into position. Below the flatbed are 2 fuel tanks – not especially well protected from impact – and a set of saw blades either side, perfect for shredding tyres and enemies. Probably a fine way to score points, most of the time, if you were planning to bully the other army in melee anyway, or if they have no significant punching threats. Really, really good when you’re on the hero-hammer plan too, as your opponent frankly isn’t going to take out multiple Squigosaurs in a fight in one turn. Ever. Really just no. Get Da Good Bitz (Shadow Operations)

Tankbustas also get a boost to their weapon baseline, with their rokkit launchers going up to heavy d3 Blast, but pay for it with their re-rolls against vehicles becoming +1 to hit, and not having access to the old version of the Dakka Dakka Dakka strat. Mounting a whole unit of these in a Trukk for drive bys still seems maybe interesting, but they’re one of a few units in the book that’s now in rough competition with how absurdly pushed the buggies are – taking ten of these ahead of two Scrapjets (for only 10 more pts) is a tough sell. Kommandos Wings Note: Strategically, things are mostly unchanged. You’re still going to want Da Jump and Warpath in a list running lots of Boyz, and probably still have better ways to invest in damage than a Weirdboy tuned to throwing mortals (possibly including a Wurrboy). However, Fists of Gork goes up in value quite a bit, because the things you can do with characters in this book are deeply, deeply unpleasant. Beasthead Powers

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less than the Kill Rig and higher transport capacity, but no Wurrtower, no Psychic might and no CHARACTER keyword. The price differential to upgrade to the Kill Rig is small enough that it seems very unlikely you want to take this version. It’s certainly not a terrible unit, it’s just that the Kill Rig is outrageously, meta-bustingly good. Deff Dreads Focus on the Orks riding the Squigbuggy. Use something like Warboss Green or Warpstone Glow for their green skin. Highlight with Moot Green for a vibrant effect and use a wash like Biel-Tan Green for shading. T5, AP-1 Stormboyz? Yes please! That’s kind of all that needs saying – these sure are useful, and now that Kommandos scout deploy, this is your source of cheapo units with deep strike for Actions. Fantastic in Deathskulls in particular for ObSec, but just a generically useful utility unit that fills a role you need. Deffkoptas

Though some Snakebite crews have been known to fire everything from Buzzer Squig pots and bellow-lunged Screech Squigs to the truly revolting -- and panic-inducing -- Bowel-torrent Squigs, three types of living ammunition are particular common: Bitey Squigs, Bile Squigs and Boom Squigs. Any list on the old-school Boyz plan absolutely wants a Weirdboy 100% of the time – Da Jump and Warpath are still super spicy things you want in every list. The Wurrboy is a bit more of a question mark – some builds might want one, but there’s another extremely strong way to get access to Beasthead powers that we’ll cover later on. PainbossStrong performances abounded in this team, honestly, with most lists only dropping a single game and only the Be’lakor army having a rough time of it. For that one, while Be’lakor is extremely tough his defences are different to the rest of the list, and slotting him into a Death Guard army does add a vulnerability to D2 weaponry that isn’t otherwise there. Given that durable armies often get shuffled into a Defender position, I’d guess that while on paper Be’lakor and the Furies add some all-rounder capabilities to the Death Guard setup, for the role it ended up playing they were a hinderance.