The Space Orks
da Pile'O'Gunz

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The second half of Ork's Tier 1, Tier 1.5, sees the arrival of Ork's version of the Armoury: the Pile'O'Gunz (or PoG). This crude tent is one of the essential linchpins of Ork's upgrade path. It unlocks all of your infantry upgrades and Nob Leaders. Ork players who aren't constantly upgrading their troops are generally dead players, unless they somehow hard-tech straight to Tier 2, skipping Orks and upgrades along the way, they'll be underpowered for the mid game once everyone else catches up. It almost goes without saying that the Boyz must have their upgrades. Unlike other armies, nearly all of the Pile'O'Gunz upgrades affect all your Orks right throughout the game. Even the powerful Nob Squad will fail you in Tier 2 if you haven't started researching improvements well before then.

Unlocked by the presence of the first Waaagh! Banner and Da Boyz Hut, the Pile'O'Gunz becomes available at 20 Ork Resource. Unless you skipped building the Big Mek (unlikely in most games) you'll need a Plasma Generator to buy one in a Standard Skirmish. Almost more important than some of the upgrades, the Pile'O'Gunz unlocks Nob Leaders and the Boyz' heavy weapons: Burnas and Big Shootas. PoG techs will be described further on in these Orky pages as they are unlocked by ever increasing numbers of Waaagh! Banners.

Like da Boyz Hut, the Pile'O'Gunz doubles as a vital teching building and a reasonably solid turret. Its armed only with a twin Shoota, but its health points (1200hp) and any surrounding Banners make it a very effective defence, especially if you deploy some Orks to engage any attackers. A lot of player position their PoG very aggressively at the front of an outpost, to strengthen an outpost, clog up a choke point or block an access ramp with it.

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At 20 Ork Resource, or ONE Waaagh! Banner...

More Dakka Research: researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this is one the earliest and cheapest general purpose upgrades to your Ork infantry. For 60/20 it increases the ranged attack on all Slugga Pistols (standard Ork hand guns) and Shoota Boy Shootas by a modest 15%. It also upgrades all Shoota turrets on your standard Ork Buildings by 15% as well. Waaagh! Banners and Listening Posts are unaffected. This is the first of two general Dakka upgrades. The second appears in Tier 3.

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With a Pile'O'Gunz and 30 Ork Resource, or TWO Waaagh! Banners...

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'Eavy Boy Armour Research: researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this is one of the essential upgrades to your Ork infantry, allowing them to keep up with the burgeoning destructive power of the Marine races. It increases the health points on the Boyz (everyone except the Bosses, Nob Leaders and Mega Armoured Nobs) by a hefty 33%. This is the first of two general Armour upgrades. The second appears in Tier 3. Its good value at 75/25.

Stormboy Speed Boost Research: researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this simple enables your Stormboy squads with the Turbo Boost special ability (keyboard shortcut: B). When enabled, the squad briefly gets a 50% speed increase for 10 seconds. The ability recharges after 45 seconds. Cost: 50/50.

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At 40 Ork Resource, or THREE Waaagh! Banners...

More Choppy Research: researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this is an essential tech to buy if you have a melee-heavy Ork force. It increases the bludgeoning close combat power of Ork Choppas carried by Slugga Boyz, Storm Boyz, and Nob Squads by 35%. Just as importantly, it also replaces any Nob Leader's giant Choppas with ferocious Power Klaws, that can mince just about anything, including vehicles and buildings. A solid upgrade for 100/50.

Blastier Research: researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this seriously boosts Shootas and Big Shootas across the board. It increases the ranged attack of Shoota Boyz and their Big Shootas by 50%. On top of that, it boosts all Big Shootas on Listening Posts, Waaagh! Banners and the Wartrukk by 15%. Another solid upgrade for 100/25.

Kustom Gadjits Research: researched at the Boyz Hut, this tech equips da Big Mek with a force field (adding 10% defence bonus to all ranged fire within a range of 20 to the Big Mek) and the Tank Zzzaaappper, a one-shot, anti-vehicle spell which stuns vehicles in a small radius for a short time. The Zzzaaappper is a great way to stall any nasty tanks for those few precious seconds (very few seconds) and allow your Boyz to take 'em down - or run away. More good value for 75/75.

Nob Leader
Ork Squad Sargeant

Nob Leaders

Squad Leader
for:

Sluggaboyz
Shootaboyz

Nob Squads
Nob Squads

Cost

75/25

Build times

25 seconds

Repair Rate

+20hp/sec

repair cost: 20%

Armour class

900hp marine armour
1000hp (Tougher Bosses: +100hp)
1100hp (Even Tougher Bosses: +100hp)

Morale

550 (breaks at ??)

broken for at least 10 sec

Attached Squad

adds +150 morale, +2 morale regen

Charge

7 range

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Prerequisites	Perks	Pros	Cons

Pile'O'Gunz 31 Ork Resource	Power Klaws: anti-everything munching melee that comes with More Choppy Research	Awesome guy - probably more valuable than the entire Slugga squad you attached him too... Monster melee and bullet soak - Nob Leaders stop your Boyz from being mown down in droves The equivalent of three Ork Boyz for only 2 Ork pop Delivers big chunks of damage from his Choppa and his Slugga pistol Gains Power Klaws from the Extra Choppy Upgrade Adds +150 morale to the squad he's attached to	Uses 2 Orky pop Very slow to reinforce - sometimes you can lose the entire squad before he has time to appear Very expensive, requiring a good chunk of power early in the game

Nob Leader Weaponry

Nob Leader
CHOPPA
Solid but Wobbly Close Combat Weapon

Nob Leader Choppas are their best asset until Power Klaws come along. Again, like all Orky Choppas, they're wildly inaccurate by fairly powerful. The Stormboy Nob Leader's version is identical to the regular Nob Leader's version.

DAMAGE per smack	60-70/15
Min Damage	3.25
Range	hand to hand
Rate	1 chop every 1.2 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	65%	35.4/8.1

Armour piercing (approx) against...
55% builders 55% inf_med 55% inf_high	55% marines 55% terminators 25% commanders	51% daemon 0% God monsters	21% light vehicles 15% vehicles 0% God vehicles	25% building_low 16% buildings 0.5% HQ's

Nob Leader
SLUGGA PISTOL
Orky Hand Cannon!

It only looks like a "Slugga" handgun. Actually, its a fine weapon that can wipe out low end units or take bits off a Terminator. Unfortunately, Nob Leader's shoot slower, this gun has absolutely no upgrades, and Nob leaders are few and far between. The Stormboy Nob Leader's version is identical to the regular Nob Leader's version.

DAMAGE per shot	45-55/4
Min Damage	5
Range	25
Rate	1 shot every second

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	50%	25/2
moving	40%	20/1.6

Armour piercing (approx) against...
62% builders 83% inf_med 71% inf_high	69% marines 60% terminators 30% Commanders	27% daemons 0% God monsters	27% light vehicles 23% vehicles 13% God vehicles	94% building_low 33% buildings 46% HQ's

Nob Leader
POWER KLAW UPGRADE
Anti-everything Close Combat

The Extra Choppy upgrade replaces the Nob Leader's Choppa with a Power Klaw. Klaws doubles a Nob Leader's close combat damage, especially against infantry. It quadruples morale damage.

DAMAGE per smack	124-151/80
Min Damage	10
Range	hand to hand
Rate	1 blow every 1.5 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	60%	55/32

Armour piercing (approx) against...
53% builders 82% inf_med 59% inf_high	71% marines 55% terminators 36%Commanders	72% daemons 8% God monsters	27% light vehicles 21% vehicles 8% God vehicles	68% building_low 28% buildings 15% HQ's