The Space Orks
Mid Game: Tier 2 Boyz

Orky Overview

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With da Boyz Hut, Pile'O'Gunz and 50 Ork Resource (or four Waaagh! Banners), Ork's Tier 2 unlocks. Orks only get one Tier 2 building, da Mek Shop, and its construction heralds the point where the Orks can be at their most powerful during a Standard game. Ork's vehicles and infantry are pretty much independent of each other, although you can't hit Tier 3 without a Mek Shop.

Know your techs!
At 50 Ork Resource, or FOUR Waaagh! Banners...

Nob Squads, and Tankbustas unlock!

Escalate Engagement Research: (Keyboard shortcut: E) researched at any Listening Post, this is Ork's standard Requisition income upgrade, shared with all other races. For 75/250 it increases your global Requisition income by +15%.

Strengthen Power Grid Research: (Keyboard shortcut: U) researched at any Power Generator, this is Ork's standard Power income upgrade, shared with all other races. For 200/40 it increases your global Power income by +33.3%.

Tougher Bosses Research: (Keyboard shortcut: G) researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this is an essential all-in-one Big Boss upgrade button that gives your Nob Leaders +100 hp, MANz +200 hp, da Big Mek +300 hp, and the WarBoss +400 hp. It also increases the min/max damage of the Big Mek's close combat damage by 15% and that of the Warboss's by 30%. It also increases the regeneration rate of the Big Mek and WarBoss by 0.5 hp/s and reduces both their spell recharge rates by 10%. For 100/25 You just can't go wrong with this one!

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At 70 Ork Resource, or SIX Waaagh! Banners...

Big Shooty Boss Weapons Research: (Keyboard shortcut: W) this replaces the Big Mek's Slugga Pistol with an impressive, area effect Mega Blasta. The Warboss's double barrelled Shooter becomes a Kustom Shoota, even though it looks the same as before. Cost: 125/50.

Nob Squad
Primary Ork Heavy Infantry

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Nob Squad Details
Squad	5-10 Nobs + Nob Leader + attachable Boss	Can have up to 10 Power Klaws
Cost	250/75 base squad 45/10 to reinforce (max 475/125)	40/20 each Power Klaw (max 400/200)
Build times	25 seconds to build	7.5 seconds to reinforce 15 seconds adding a Power Klaw!
Armour class	650 hp Marine armour 865 hp ('Eavy Boy Armour: +33% hp) 1150 hp (Super 'Eavy Boy Armour: +33% hp)	Becomes Terminator armour at Tier 3
Morale	600 (restores at 300)	broken for at least 10 sec
Charge	7 range

Nob Squads are, without any doubt, the core of Ork's mid and late game forces. There are very few game situations or strategies that don't rely on them in one way or another.

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Prerequisites	Perks	Pros	Cons

da Boyz Hut Pile'O'Gunz 50 Ork Resource	More Dakka: +15% ranged attack 'Eavy Boy Armour: +33% hp More Choppy: +35% melee attack Even More Dakka: +20% ranged attack (total +38%) Super 'Eavy Boy Armour: +33% hp (total +77.2%) Orky Fort Add-On: Power Klaws and Terminator Armour!!	Solid close combat unit and bullet soak for the Boyz. Useful as an anti-everything unit - the Ork linchpin pin of Tier2 and beyond. Power Klaws effectively triple their attack against just about everything. Resistant to most of those devastating early spells. A fully formed Nob Squad gives itself its own Mob bonus.	Expensive. But you get what you pay for! Adding just one Power Klaw takes a full 15 seconds. By the time you've kitted out one Nob Squad, everyone else will have gone through three full squads of fully formed, fully spammed Terminators, PSM's, Kaskryn's, Warp Spiders, etc. Power Klaws have a 1 second set up time! A fully reinforced Nob Squad with Nob Leader and attached Boss almost takes up a quarter of your Ork Population cap! Even with all upgrades, they can still be inadequate on their own: Nobs need ranged support.

Nob Weaponry

Nob Squad
CHOPPA
Erratic Close Combat Weapon

Does a fair whack of damage, but like all Orky Choppas, offset by inaccuracy. Nobs do surprisingly little harm to God monsters.

DAMAGE per smack	60-70.5/15 ~81-95/15 (More Choppy)
Min Damage	3.25
Range	hand to hand
Rate	1 chop every 1.2 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS	(More Choppy)
stationary	65%	35.4/6	47.8/6

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 Squad
"SLUGGA"
Okay Pistol

Nob handguns are simply a scaled up version of the pokey old Slugga pistol Still, for a melee unit, they're not too shabby - just don't expect them to do very much in Tier 3....

DAMAGE per shot	10-15/2 per shot 11.5-17/2 (More Dakka ) 13.8-20.4/2 (Even More Dakka)
Min Damage	2.5
Range	18
Rate	1 shot every 0.5 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS	More Dakka	Even More Dakka
stationary	65%	16.1/2.6	18.5/2.6	22.2/2.6
moving	30%	7.4/1.2	8.6/1.2	10.3/1.2

Armour piercing (approx) against...
42% builders 55% inf_med 46% inf_high	48% marines 35% terminators 23% Commanders	46% daemons 0% God monsters	6% light vehicles 2% vehicles 0% God vehicles	36% building_low 10% buildings 0% HQ's

Nob Squad
POWER KLAW ADD-ON
Anti-everything Close Combat weapon

Only available in Tier 3, this is better than the Nob Leader's Power Klaw. It effectively triples a Nob's close combat damage against everything. Buts its costly and slow to add to a squad, and there's a one second set up time to annoy you with, too.

DAMAGE per smack	300-370/70
Min Damage	10
Range	hand to hand
Rate	1 blow every 1.5 seconds
Set up	1 second

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	60%	134.2/32

Armour piercing (approx) against...
57% builders 50% inf_med 51% inf_high	50% marines 36% terminators 39%Commanders	51% daemons 15% God monsters	40% light vehicles 31% vehicles 15% God vehicles	16% building_low 17% buildings 14% HQ's

Tankbustas
Ork Anti-Vehicle support infantry

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Tankbusta Details
Squad	3-5 Tankbustas + attachable Boss
Cost	150/30 base squad 50/10 to reinforce (max 150/20)
Build times	20 seconds to build	8 seconds to reinforce
Armour class	400 hp Marine armour 532 hp ('Eavy Boy Armour +33% hp) 708 hp (Super 'Eavy Boy Armour: +33% hp)
Morale	300 (restores at 150)	broken for at least 10 sec
Charge	7 range

Tankbustas are, arguably, the best anti-vehicle unit in the game. Relatively cheap, fairly mobile, and easily massed, its not that hard for your Mob to unleash clouds of Rokkits pulverising vehicles, turrets and bases by the mid game.


Prerequisites	Perks	Pros	Cons

da Boyz Hut Pile'O'Gunz 50 Ork Resource	'Eavy Boy Armour: +33% hp Super 'Eavy Boy Armour: +33% hp (total +77.2%)	Excellent anti-vehicle support unit. Brilliant when mixed in with other Ork units. Great bang for buck Can disrupt infantry and spell casting Bosses	Readily wiped out on their own by most infantry. Especially vulnerable to Heavy Bolters and Plasma. None of the melee or shooty upgrades apply to Tankbustas. Tend to be less effective against regular buildings.

Tankbusta Weaponry

Tankbusta
STIKK BOMB
AV Close Combat Weapon

Tankbustas bash their targets with Stikk Bombs - instead of throwing them. Actually, Tankbusta close combat damage isn't too bad. On paper. In practice, they don't seem to get the chance to do much in hand to hand combat...

DAMAGE per smack	81-87.5/15
Min Damage	3.75
Range	hand to hand
Rate	1 fump every 1.5 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	40%	22.5/4

Armour piercing (approx) against...
32% builders 27% inf_med 21% inf_high	15% marines 10% terminators 20% commanders	12% daemon 70% God monsters	100% light vehicles 89% vehicles 70% God vehicles	25% building_low 10% buildings 10% HQ's

Tankbusta
ROKKIT LAUNCHA
Fantastic AV weapon

The awesome Tankbusta Rokkit. Where would Ork be without these in Tier 2 or onwards? They wouldn't. Not only do they destroy vehicles and help smash bases, they also disrupt infantry very nicely.

DAMAGE per rokkit	234-265/50
Min Damage	10
Range	35
Rate	1 rokkit every 5 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	85%	42.4/8.5
moving	60%	30/6

Armour piercing (approx) against...
9% builders 8% inf_med 0% inf_high	9% marines 4% terminators 3% commanders	9% daemon 24% God monsters	69% light vehicles 69% vehicles 24% God vehicles	30% building_low 17% buildings 11% HQ's

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At 60 Ork Resource, or FIVE Waaagh! Banners...

Mega Armoured Nobs unlock!

Mega Armoured Nobs
Ork Anti-Vehicle support infantry

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Mega Armoured Nobs Details
Squad	1-4 Mega Armoured Nobs
Cost	100/45 base squad 100/45 to reinforce (max 300/135)
Build times	45 seconds to build	45 seconds to reinforce
Armour class	900 hp Commander Armour 1100 hp (Tougher Bosses: +200hp) 1300 hp (Even Tougher Bosses: +200hp)
Morale	400 (restores at 100?)	broken for at least 10 sec
Charge	7 range

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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Prerequisites	Perks	Pros	Cons

Settlement da Boyz Hut Pile'O'Gunz 60 Ork Resource	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.

Mega Armoured Nob Weaponry

Mega Armoured Nob
POWER KLAW
Evil Close Combat Weapon

Does a fair whack of damage, but this time Ork's MAN hits every time. Lethal against infantry, and devastating against vehicles and buildings. Now imagine what four of these buggers do!

DAMAGE per smack	145-165/75
Min Damage	10
Range	hand to hand
Rate	1 whump every 1.2 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	100%	129.2/62.5

Armour piercing (approx) against...
36% builders 77% inf_med 71% inf_high	83% marines 71% terminators 35% commanders	91% daemon 91% God monsters	30% light vehicles 25% vehicles 9% God vehicles	31% building_low 12% buildings 14% HQ's

Mega Armoured Nob
SHOOTA
Powerful Ranged Shooter

A pretty solid ranged weapon.

DAMAGE per burst	85-95/10
Min Damage	20.5
Range	25
Rate	1 burst every second

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	65%	58.5/6.5
moving	50%	45/5

Armour piercing (approx) against...
65% builders 60% inf_med 55% inf_high	50% marines 45% terminators 25% Commanders	45% daemons 10% God monsters	20% light vehicles 20% vehicles 10% God vehicles	25% building_low 15% buildings 10% HQ's