Codex Orks (Warhammer 40,000)

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The box of 29 minis contained a small forcefor each faction, and two brand new character miniatures to lead them: Castellan Crowe for the daemon-hunting Grey Knights, and the new Infernal Master character model for the Egyptian-loving warp wizards. They take a little more chip damage from random D1 stuff sure, but chip damage is never going to accumulate sufficiently to deal with a wall of T5+ hulls. There’s some extremely strong support for Beast Snaggas in here, with a bunch of stratagems that really stand out. Using it now burns out the force field for the rest of the game, turning it useless (and the strat itself is still once per game even if you bring two).

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Given that the codex comes with a whole heap of ded killy new rules, we thought we’d dive into dakka today. Similarly removed is the old version of Get Stuck in Ladz (changed to enhance pile-ins), so your Boyz (and others) aren’t Fighting Twice in an emergency any more.Since the opening of the Great Rift, Ghaz’ has careened across the galaxy, drawing ever more Orks to his apocalyptic crusade. It also contains a “comprehensive Crusade section”, 56 unit datasheets, an army of renown for Be’lakor, 25 warlord traits, 24 relics, and 36 stratagems.

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Although when I do rebuild my list, if I do go down the Speed Freekz path and go vehicle heavy, then Kunnin’ Stuntz will be an auto-include in every game.Being at S5 base when it really matters (or S6 for Beast Snaggas) obviates the need for their old Skarboyz upgrade stratagem, and they instead get Unbridled Carnage, which for 2CP on a CHARACTER or CORE unit pushes their extra attack trigger to 5+. Likewise, the Gorkanaut’s deffstorm mega-shoota moves from a Heavy 18 to a frankly alarming Dakka 30/20. Speed Freekz units do Stuntz by completing the Kunnin’ Stuntz action, which requires you to choose an eligible Speed Freekz unit that advanced this turn and ended at least 6” from where it started. Condit note: Maybe not at S24, but the S18 could be relevant if your opponent somehow manages to get a Warlord Titan on the table. Even the humble Boyz get a considerable boost, with big shootaz moving from a perfectly decent Assault 3 to Dakka 5/3, and regular shootaz switching from Assault 2 to Dakka 3/2, making them significantly more lethal at close range.

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Thenew T’au Empire codex arrived next, in early February, followed bythe Eldar codex in March; Tyranidsin April; and both Imperial Knightsand Chaos Knights in May.Greggles: I’m guessing the best way to model this would be to give your warboss a reaper chainsword off an imperial knight. During the Movement phase, pick an Orks infantry unit; it gets +2 to Advance and Charge rolls this turn. Dakkaladz can turn off overwatch if they score even a single hit with a Dakka weapon, something which, for most mobs, will be a statistical certainty. June 2021 brought us the Adepta Sororitas codex, and July provided the Orks as well – at least if you got it as part oftheir Beast Snagga army box. While we’re glad to see them fix this dumb bullshit so they can’t do Stupid Ravenwing Tricks, we remain perplexed as to why they would create an agenda that requires you to complete Activities with units who have moved in such a way as to render them ineligible to perform Activities.

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Beanith: The Scraps mechanic is a bit of a damp squig unless you’re going Vehicle heavy in your Crusade Force but judging by our review of the Codex that could very well be the case. These are meaningful boosts, certainly, and let Shoota Boyz or Lootas (the latter in particular) rack up some big numbers, but our suspicion is that ranged gunplay from this book is going to be mostly driven by Vehicles rather than massed infantry Dakka. Combined with the loss of single-dice re-rolls on ‘Ere We Go this makes Evil Sunz a lot less able to lean on easy charges out of Da Jump and Tellyportas to get things done, but luckily for them the general uplift in the quality of Vehicles across the board does a lot to mitigate that.Boosta gives you most of the old magic back, increasing the radius to 9” and the save to 5++, but there’s a catch. Monster Hunterz got previewed, boosting the wound rolls of three of your units against enemy vehicles, and even after the probable FAQ to actually have an end clause it’s still incredibly good if you want to gank a high value target. If you’re saturating the table with Ramshackle Vehicles, partially closing down Mortals as an alternative way to go after them can help too. A lot more, including an explosive new episode of Angels of Death, an action-packed Battle Report from the 41st Millennium, yet more pro painting guides from the Citadel Colour Masterclass, and a whole bunch of fresh material in the Warhammer Vault – all of which will turn up on Wednesday, with even more coming every subsequent Wednesday. But the rulebooks’ release cycle was delayed on December 4 2020, when GW put the release of the Death Guardcodex on ice due to “unavoidable delays to crucial shipments”.