But no Ork player in their right mind ever sends out their Big Mek to fight alone, unless their very skilled or have some devious trick in mind. In most games, he's sent out into the field attached to a gang of Slugga Boyz or Nobs - who act as a buffer against other foes and defences. Attaching him to an early Slugga squad improves his - and their - chances of survival no end, and the combination can make him one of the hardest bosses to deal with early in the game.

The Big Mek relies on a lot of sync kills in close combat to get by - if you recall, sync kills in the game render the killing unit temporarily invincible - and fighting early infantry there's usually no shortage of flasghStill, if you do lose him, he's one of the cheapest Bosses to replace. although his build times are quite substantial these days.

The Big Mek gets all kinds of upgrades and perks, and as Bosses go he's probably one of the most versatile out there. One of the best upgrades for him is the Kustom Gadjits upgrade (available from

Kustom Gadjits equips the Big Mek with the Kustom Force Field that permanently grants a +10% defensive bonus to all Orks within a 20 unit radius; and the Tank Zzzaaappper.

Tougher Bosses: +300hp; +0.5hp regen; +15% melee attack; -10% spell recharge time

Even Tougher Bosses: +300hp; +0.5hp regen; +20% melee attack; -10% spell recharge time

Big Shooty Boss Weapons equips the Big Mek with the Mega-Blasta, a powerful area effect weapon.

Counts as 3 Orky pop when calculating the Mob Bonus!

Comes with an in-built one shot teleport.

Good early melee boss - if you know how to keep him alive.

Very cheap as bosses go.

SPOTS infiltrated units.

Counts as 3 Ork Pop for the Mob Bonus!

Frequent kill animations keep him alive for some time.

Can repair Ork buildings and vehicles at 20hp/sec.

Repairs at 20% of the original unit cost!

Guaranteed to lose in any 1v1 duel with another boss on his own.

Uses 2 Orky pop.

Takes 12 seconds longer to build with Kustom Gadjits Research.

Mega Armoured Nobs are sometimes just called da MAN (plural: MANz). This was Ork's extra unit added with the Winter Assault expansion. Essentially, its a Nob Leader clumping around in a powered suit made of tank armour, a sort of Warboss-Lite. You only get one squad of them, and you can have no more than four in the squad, but they're worth their weight in gold. A four man MAN squad can do some serious damage all by itself, and leading the charge (or rather trailing, they're rather slow) they can crash through most major defences and help the Boyz overwhelm their enemies.

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Tougher Bosses: +200hp

Even Tougher Bosses: +200hp

Lots of special melee attacks!

Monster melee and bullet soak, great for leading an Orky charge or helping out when things get rough.

Full squad can handle just about anything.

Great against God monsters like the Squiggoth, Avatar or Bloodthirster.

Limited to just one squad.

Morale breaks very easily - although it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

Slow to move; a third slower than yer standard Ork.

Slow to build and reinforce.

Using Power Surge erodes a little bit of health.

Usually snuffs it in most situations if there's only one in the squad.

MAN Shootas and Power Klaws unaffected by any Boss upgrades.

This is the Orks equivalent of Space Marine Apothecary. You only get four, and they attach to any Ork squad except the Grots, MAN and the flying Storm Boyz. Doks emit a healing aura that helps keep your Boyz alive, and like Apothecaries, they're not too shabby at fighting, although they'll die very fast all alone.

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Fightin' Juice works as a cut price version of the Space Marine's Word of the Emperor spell

Adds +4hp/s Healing Aura to all Orks within a small radius

Can SPOT hidden units and minefields

Hard capped to 4 units

Healing Aura does not stack.

Fightin' Juice spell is far more fiddly to use and far less effective than the Librarian's Word of the Emperor spell

They seem to come too late for most Ork online games - assuming you can even reach Tier 3, that is.

No Ork upgrades seem to affect them!

The WarBoss is the ultimate Boss in the game. He is a tank.

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Power of the Waaagh! a Warboss spell that grants all Orks in a wide radius temporary morale immunity and a xx% attack bonus

Tougher Bosses: +400hp;+0.5hp regeneration; +30% max melee attack

Big Ranged Boss Weapons: equips the Warboss with the Kustom Shoota

Even Tougher Bosses: +400hp; +20% max melee attack

Absolutely monster on the field

Anti-everything boss

Can withstand colossal amounts of punishment

Solid God unit counter

I'm trying to think of some. Umm... a bit slow? Appears in Tier 3?