Meganobz are Looking Scary! How Strong are the Orky Elite Now? 

I really like how they shout "Itz Krumpin time!" and then krump everywhere

Orks looking more Custodes than Custodes

Of all the Datasheets in Codex Orks, i did not expect Meganobz to be the one that starts flexing into different roles in different detachments. You know, like how Stormboyz played very differently depending on wether you played them in Goffs, Blood Axes or Deathskulls.

Huh, I think Orkz are probably the only army this entire edition no one has really vocally complained about in be it weak, unfun, or broken; or maybe the Codex will be gross in a month then Orkz iz best.

For those of you who want a fun kitbash project, AoS Brutes could make for some sick savage Meganobs

You can fit Makari into the Battlwagon with two meganobz, it's on Ghaz's datasheet that he counts as part of Ghaz's transport capacity

Damn, GW really wants to clear out their old meganobz from their warehouses. Probably gonna get squatted or updated soonish

MANZ with a Big Mek in Mega Armor with KFF are a massive anvil that benefits from the detachment rule of 4/6 detachments (if you play the enhancement in Green Tide)

And what´s the worst (or best), you can easily field 3 of these units, one with Ghazkull, one with a Warboss, one with a Big Mek. With two rounds of Waaaagh!, the opponent will get a serious problem to get rid of them.

I really like the meganobz and I'm very happy to see them being solid as I was in the middle of painting my units when the new rules dropped. Prolly wanna try squeezing them into the mek detachment as it seems most fun detachment out of all

I'm happy for the Ork player's out there 👍 congratulations boys you got a good codex in 10th wow 😮

Thanks! Great info as always

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The problem with Meganobz in 10th has tended to be that for all their apparent threat, they feel a bit pillow-fisted. Between hitting on 4+ in melee, (which is daft given that powerfist Terminators don't get the same effective -1), a low number of base attacks, lowish Strength and only 2 damage, you'll often charge them in, kill a few models and be left with an 'is that it?' feeling. Running them with the Mek is great for the durability and getting back up, but you really need the Warboss to make them competent. Their mediocre shooting also makes it a bit too easy to screen them with chaff units. Their real Kryptonite, though, is Redemptor Dreads with that -1 damage rule which they really struggle to kill and which hits back hard enough to make a big dent in the squad. Unfortunately Orks in 10th tend to struggle with tough vehicles in general outside of Beast Snaggas. They'll be fun in Dreadmob, where a Mek-led unit might well distract big guns that could otherwise make nasty holes in Orky walkers, and I'm sure they'll do work in Bully Boyz, if perhaps not as much as you might hope.

Meganobz are a poster child for resin printing. The proxies available are WAY cooler than GW plastic.

Meganobz in that detachment are basically Custodian Wardens in Shield Host, but at about half the cost and being able to do all the 'once per battle' things Custodes can do (Shield host melee buff detachment rule, the 4+ FNP, blade champion advance and charge), TWICE, releasing this at the same time as the Custodes codex is an even bigger FU to Custodes players than the codex was.

I'm excited about these guys - convinced me to start a Bully Boyz army.

Orks: =D Custodes: D'=

Cant wait for this codex. Just started my own warhammer channel. And I've had a Bully Boyz army since around the mid 2000's. So I'll definitely be doing Battle Reports featuring the Biggest baddest orks 😁😁😁😁😁😁

thanks for the deep dive boss. 5, big mek and a trukk are my go to. Drop them off on a point and have gone back and picked up other units in the trukk.

These guys with ghaz wound near everything in the game on 2s with those saws. Love these guys

I was already trying to push up my Meganobz numbers from the index and I'll continue, but I'm more looking in the Orruk range from Age of Sigmar for cheapest models that can be kitbashed with the many bits in the Meganob box (lot of klaw/Buzzsaw/ranged weapon options)

I've often wondered if a pure mega-armor Ork army would be viable, using just mega armor units, dreadnoughts, killa kans, battlewagons and stompas.

Love them or hate them you always get a nice close fight against the Orks.

Ork terminators! My brother's orks constantly took L's til he got these boyz and a Mek in MA. Used to be fun running them against my DW Command Squad at the start of 10th as we'd be constantly reviving a model every turn in a good old scrap. Belial would help eventually delete the mek though with precision. Looking forward to future games now!

I have no idea on rules in 10th but it sounds like you need a leader for each detachment so could you run gaz + 6 mega then da jump them into a fun spot and still charge?

I have a bunch of the old metal ones. Going to be fun modding some killsawz on a few of them.

probably gonna run some space marine terminators as them to try them out, they're so expensive if you want a couple big squads

MegaNobs were awesome in the Index. With all the Detachment options, they are even better!

I went from thinking my 12 meganobz (3 are magnetized for big mek loadouts) was a lot and now I need 6 more lol

I literally spent last night doing all the math theory you showed here today.

I think that Warcaller enhancement will get FAQ'd to limit 'treated as' unit size to its starting strength.

yes its the time of the mega boys :). cant wait to get my hands on my unit of meganobs on table

If you equip them with one claw and one saw each, can they attack with both of them in cc or do they have to choose since they don´t have extra attacks?

About darn time , waaaagh !

Meganobz with Big Mek were slept on during the index. They were awesome and now it seems even better! Hopefully they don’t increase the points too much

Hmmmm I wonder, is the big mek+meganobz combo more tanky than the technomancer+wraiths combo in necrons?

Before the codex update I currently have 2 meganobz captained by Ghazghul Thrakka on a battlewagon. I'll be interested to see how the new codex affects this strategy.

They hit harder than castellans in melee. Fuck, maybe I should play orks they seem good this edition.

The $70 cost of the kit is half of why I plan on kitbashing a bunch of them. That said, the squad of them I do have has done quite well when I do pop them in a trukk.

I really wish they had replaced the "during the waagh turn" abilities for orks. If the meganobz get a points nerf it will likely make them terrible for all the detachments that aren't the bully boys.

yo echo de menos que las kombiarmas tuvieran dos perfiles de disparo (pudiendo disparar ambos con un -1 a impactar), de manera que los meganobles pudieran llevar kombi-achicharrador y así tener lanzallamas para enfrentar las hordas

I think theyll be strong at first, people will adapt and then we'll move on. They're not the hardest hitting unless you invest tons of points and CP. Most any unit in the game can get crazy when you're investing so much. I like that you have to choose, either they're mad tanky, or get pretty dead killy. Being versatile like this is what makes Orks, Orks and why i think MANZ will be strong in a good fun way.

I'm thinking about running 6 meganobz with big mek in my dread mob. Not quite as good buffs, but still some. Plus, they can jump out of morkanaut and that's just evil.

So I got a problem now. Warboss or Megamek to lead them? If I had a Gazz, I would have a even larger problem on who to take lol.

So OP Orkz time will came.

I feel like every list will have at least 1 group of meganobz in there either being led by a big mek or ghaz. Its just an auto include

As a DA player i am tempted to start a Deff'wing army.

These Orks getting DG-level resilience.

Really hoping meganobz get some kind of model update. They just don’t have the look and ferocity it feels they should have, and I care more about looking cool than being good.

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Orkstodes doing better than the golden bois.

This feels like the 6x crisis suit block problem all over again.

Kind of want to kit bash some in Custodes plate... or is it too soon?

But its a 4 model kit per the box, dont forget the grot oiler dang it. :) Someone in sales was smoking something good.

I wish they get new plastic models soon. Same for Killa Kans, Dreads...

Ork Death Wing... Or as I will now call it... DORKWING

These will be very points dependent

Orkz? This is a Grot Army.

I think every ork is a little unhinged

They will be nerfed to oblivion. Enjoy them while you can!

fr fr straight unhinged no cap fam

Haven't meganobz always been good? Correct me if im wrong.

Sucks I have to repaint my Deathskulls meganobs gold now.......

Surely GW learnt from past with necron codex, and knows giving free Fnp to units like wraiths and Ctans means points have to be hiked right?…right? 😂

These point costs are ridiculous

WAAAGH

I’m gonna buy terminators and just put ork heads on them to save some money

The meganobz kit is fantastic, full of bits and gubbins for kitbashing, the sculpts themselves are absolute trash though, just three dudes stood upright with their arms out in front, id wish for an update, but then you'd lose all the good stuff in there

kinda a noob here, but why cant they take 4 specifically?

I still hate what they did to Combi-Weapons this edition. Who decided to do that? Who thought that was a good idea, who asked for anything remotely like the utter damp excuse we got? Horrendous :(

As soon as I saw the 4+fnp I knew theyd be an auto include. Its really too much. For 2 of the most game deciding battlerounds, a 4+fnp on a high save, three wound model with an invuln is insane and a bit of an over adjustment. Makes me think the rules team didnt do the basic math on that one.

Why is everything more terminator tough than terminators? Terminators only T5

When do we get the lady Orks?

Megaknobz get +4 FNP but Death Guard get nothing...

WAAAAAAAAAGH!

Wow. Thats way too much $$$$

Explains why theyre sold out everywhere then lol.

Auspex has been getting 0 sleep lmao

That datasheet with the support from detachments they look like they should cost 150 points per 3 at minimum Looking at aggressors with a worse save and a lot less support for 110 points per 3 feels really bad

But what about the female orks gw? retcon them in for the esg score!

I think the points is reasonable. They don't hit that hard in reality.

But when do we get female orks???

waaagh

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shame they cost a mortgage for three

now they need a new model, current model looks very outdated

Just to empty the stock so they can release new sculpts.

It won't last. Gw allways nerf Orks thats to good

Elite i knew another faction that was supposed to be elite once rip custodes

Far too strong with double Waaagh.

Second!!

I feel the codex has a lot of very potent choices and meganobz seem to be real winners of this one. Sadly though the mini itself are horrendously ugly and clunky. I get that GW wants make orks goofy and grim at the same time but meganobz just look like very cheap children toys next to updated/new minis. I mean older mini lile burnas, lootas, killa kans etc are still holding up quite well (and are sometimes favourable over the new boyz) but meganobz are such a downer, i feel like GW forces you to by the necromunda ambots or sinilar kits to convert them 😅

didn't introduce yourself as orkspex tactics this time, video ruined, 0/10

meanwhile terminators crying in garbage damage output.

Where are the women????!!!111

First

She mega on my nob 'til I WAAAGH

GW clearly wants to sell more Orks. That combo is broken and I dont even need to play test it.

I feel like every list will have at least 1 group of meganobz in there either being led by a big mek or ghaz. Its just an auto include