The Space Orks
Late Game: Tier 3

Orky Overview

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Orky Fort Add-On

Tier 3 is reached when the Orks build their only HQ upgrade to their Settlement: the Orky Fort Add-On. For some reason, reaching Tier 3 as Ork always seems to be quite an effort. But if you look at the relative costs of the Ork tech tree compared to other races, its not that different in cost. Its no more slower or expensive as any one elses. However, in the Ork economy, its impoissible to upgrade your Listening Posts to LP3's or apply the second level of resource upgrades until Tier 3; all other armies may have built or applied them by Tier 2. Orks don't seem to get very much at all in this tier: certainly no specialised units, except for the Warboss and Mad Doks. Even though your powerful Nob Squads score an automatic armour upgrade in Tier 3 (although there has been much fan discussion that this doesn't actually happen) and can each be upgraded with a Power Klaw, it takes long minutes and much expense to fully equip your squads. Meanwhile, all other armies are enjoying cheaper, faster, better armoured, more numerous and more ready made Tier 3 armies to wipe the floor with you. Much expense for little reward, and Orks must rely on mixed forces and massive Mobs in order to save the day.

Know your techs!
Orky Fort Addon, 60 Ork Resource, or FIVE Waaagh! Banners...

Extra Vehicle Armour: Researched at the da Mek Shop, this is the upgrade that unlocks Ork's Tier 4 Looted Tanks and Squiggoth God unit! Its hideously expensive (at 400/400) and takes ages (3 minutes, 12 seconds) to research. You must have the Orky Fort Add-On for your Settlement. Oddly enough, this requires less Ork Resource than this Add-On. For all your troubles, you get a piddly 10% armour upgrade on all your Orky vehicles. Gee.

Know your techs!
Orky Fort Addon, or 70 Ork Resource, or SIX Waaagh! Banners...

Mad Doks and the Warboss unlock!

Biggest Listenin' Post Add-On: finally you can upgrade your Listening Posts all the way to LP3's, adding +6 Req income from the point. Unlike all other armies, the Orks can't upgrade to LP3's before Tier 3, although they can upgrade to LP2's long before anyone else. This increases your LP's health to 2380, and equips it with a competent anti-vehicle Rokkit turret. The level of damage they can inflict on infantry is roughly the same as the Orky LP2 with its twin Big Shootas, except now they can disrupt as well. They even help guard against Deep Striking Dreadnaughts; and on top of all that they actually work as an anti-God defence.

Full Scale War Research: researched at any Listening Post, this is Ork's second standard Requisition income upgrade, shared with all other races. For 100/350 it increases your global Requisition income by +20%.

Plasma Battery Storage Research: researched at any Power Generator, this is Ork's second standard Power income upgrade, shared with all other races. For a round 350 Req it increases your global Power income by +20%.

Even More Dakka Research: researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this is the second all purpose ranged upgrade for your Ork infantry to keep up in Tier 3. It increases the ranged firepower on the Slugga Pistols of Slugga Boyz, Shoota Boyz, and Storm Boyzby another 20%. This is the second of two general Dakka upgrades. Cost: 80/40.

Super 'Eavy Boy Armour Research: researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this is the all purpose armour upgrade to scale your Ork infantry into Tier 3. It increases the armour on the Boyz (everyone except the Bosses, Nob Leaders and Mega Armoured Nobs) by another hefty 33%. This is the second of two general Armour upgrades. I've read in the forums that Nob Squad armour becomes Terminator armour, but I'm yet to confirm this. Cost: 75/25.

Even Tougher Bosses Research: researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this is the second essential all-in-one Big Boss upgrade button that gives your Nob Leaders +100hp, MANz +200hp, da Big Mek +300hp, and the WarBoss +400hp. It also increases the min/max damage of the Big Mek's and WarBoss's close combat damage by 20%. This helps scale your Bosses into Tier 3. Unhappily, Mad Doks are completely unaffected by this upgrade. Cost: 125/50.

More Sluggaz: researched at the Pile'O'Gunz, this juicy little tech will, for a mere 200Req, gives you the notorious Free Slugga Free Win button! SluggaBoy squads can be produced for free, although it will still cost the usual 30Req to reinforce them. With a few Boyz Huts endlessly churning out fresh squads for nothing, you can pretty much overwhelm anything with an endless stream of Slugga while you build and tech up elsewhere.

Mad Dok
Ork Healer Boss

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Mad Dok

Attachable to:

Sluggaboyz
Shootaboyz
Nob Squads

Tankbustaz
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Cost

50/50

Build times

15 seconds

Healing Aura

+4hp/sec

10 effect radius

Armour class

500 hp Commander Armour

Morale

300 (breaks at 30

broken for at least 10 sec

Attached Squad

adds +200 morale, +2 morale regen

Charge

7 range

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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Prerequisites	Perks	Pros	Cons

Settlement Orky Fort Add-On	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!

Mad Dok Weaponry

Mad Dok
INJECTOR
Erratic Close Combat Weapon

Mad Dok's are awful healers, not good fighters. Their instruments can extract a nasty wound, but a Tier 3 leader that fight little better than a Sluggaboy is not someone you let fight Terminators on their own.

DAMAGE per smack	63.3-77.3/15
Min Damage	3.75
Range	hand to hand
Rate	1 chop every 1.5 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	40%	18.8/4

Armour piercing (approx) against...
48% builders 74% inf_med 53% inf_high	64% marines 54% terminators 19% commanders	47% daemon 0% God monsters	16% light vehicles 0% vehicles 0% God vehicles	27% building_low 7% buildings 0% HQ's

Mad Doc
SLUGGA PISTOL
Pathetic Pistol

After all that effort getting to Tier 3, having an attachable leader with a handgun that'd embarrass a Sluggaboy is a little bit of a letdown. Too little, too late.

DAMAGE per shot	15-19/2 per shot
Min Damage	2.5
Range	25
Rate	1 wild shot every 0.5 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	35%	11.9/1.4
moving	27.5%	9.35/1.1

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 9% buildings 0% HQ's

Warboss
Ultimate Ork Boss

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The Warboss

Attachable to:

Sluggaboyz
Shootaboyz
Nob Squads

Tankbustaz
Flash Gitz

Cost

190/60

Build times

50 seconds

Armour class

2240hp Commander Armour
2640hp (Tougher Bosses Research: +400hp)
3040hp (Even Tougher Bosses Research: +400hp)

Morale

700 (breaks at ??)

broken for at least 10 sec

Attached Squad

adds +200 morale, +2 morale regen

Charge

7 range

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

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Prerequisites	Perks	Pros	Cons

Settlement Orky Fort Add-On	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?

Sluggaboy Weaponry

Warboss
POWER KLAW
Ultimate Combat Weapon

Crikey! You wouldn't want to get caught in this thing! It'll munch anything. Especially big, end game units, Space Marines, Terminators and those pesky Demons. Best of all, the Warboss's Klaw never seems to miss.

DAMAGE per smack	180-220/80 180-286/80 (Tougher Bosses) 180-343/15 (Even Tougher Bosses)
Min Damage	10
Range	hand to hand
Rate	1 chop every 1.5 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS	Tougher Bosses	Even Tougher Bosses
stationary	100%	133.3/53.3	155.3/53.3	174.3/53.3

Armour piercing (approx) against...
36% builders 77% inf_med 71% inf_high	83% marines 71% terminators 35% commanders	91% daemon 68% God monsters	30% light vehicles 25% vehicles 68% God vehicles	31% building_low 13% buildings 14% HQ's

Warboss
SHOOTA
Ultimate Ranged Hand Weapon

An suitably powerful weapon for the biggest Boss in the game. Great against everything, except headquaters and giant Tanks(!).

DAMAGE per burst	149.6-182.9/4
Min Damage	3.5
Range	25
Rate	1 wild shot every 0.7 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	65%	154.4/3.7
moving	55%	130.6/3.1

Armour piercing (approx) against...
52% builders 72% inf_med 50% inf_high	78% marines 50% terminators 23% Commanders	50% daemons 18% God monsters	29% light vehicles 14% vehicles 0% God vehicles	38% building_low 10% buildings 0% HQ's

Warboss
KUSTOM SHOOTA
Ultimate Ranged Hand Weapon Mk II

With the Big Ranged Boss Weapons upgrade, the Warboss gets the Kustom Shoota: less damage, but more firepower. Its a better all round gun, especially adept at popping Heroes, Daemons, all Infantry and Light Buildings.

DAMAGE per burst	80-97/12
Min Damage	1.5
Range	35
Rate	1 burst every 0.3 seconds

	Accuracy	base DPS
stationary	65%	191.9/26
moving	55%	162.3/22

Armour piercing (approx) against...
52% builders 72% inf_med 50% inf_high	78% marines 50% terminators 38% Commanders	75% daemons 18% God monsters	29% light vehicles 14% vehicles 0% God vehicles	58% building_low 10% buildings 0% HQ's