Orks
The Orks are the most belligerent and resourceful race in the galaxy. Rampaging across the void in their billions, the greenskins devastate everything in their path with their ramshackle weapons and war machines, taking brutish glee in wanton destruction and revelling in warfare for its own sake.
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Show History | ||||
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Orks | ||||
| Orks | Faction Pack | 11 | 1.2 | August 2026 |
 Boarding Actions | ||||
| Boarding Actions | Expansion | 10 | 1.1 | July 2025 |
 Munitorum Field Manual | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual | Expansion | 11 | 1.4 | |
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Army Rules
Waaagh!
The infamous war cry of the Orks is known and feared throughout the galaxy. When it echoes across the battlefield, bellowed from countless toothy maws, it galvanises the Orks and riles them into a raucous state of excited aggression.
Friendly ORKS units with this ability can:- Re-roll advance rolls.
- Become riled up, as stated in other rules.
While a unit is riled up:- That unit has 5+ InSv.
- That unit’s ranged attacks have [ASSAULT].
- When that unit is selected to make an advance move, that advance move does not prevent that unit from being eligible to declare a charge.
Da Boss
Whether capable of kunnin’ strategy or favouring something far less complicated, the biggest Ork tends to have a voice as aggressive and brutal as the rest of him. His bellows can be heard over the thickest fighting and his reputation ensures the ladz do as they’re told.
At the start of the battle round, if a model with this ability is your WARLORD, gain 1CP.Unstable Energies
Ork psykers – Weirdboyz and their unsavoury ilk – release the painful build-up of Waaagh! energy in sudden discharges of power, usually with spectacularly lethal results.
ORKS PSYKER units with this ability have a psyker level of 1 or higher, specified in that unit’s abilities. Each psychic ability has a psychic level of 1 or higher, specified in that ability’s name.In a battle round, a friendly ORKS PSYKER unit can use a number of psychic abilities whose total psychic level does not exceed that PSYKER unit’s psyker level.
Special Move Types
The following are special move types that certain or all of your units are eligible to make.EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (Core Rules, 03).
BEFORE MOVING:
- Make a pulse roll by rolling one D6.
- Ignore all vertical distance for the purposes of how far your unit has moved.
- Your unit can move through all types of model.
- Your unit can move horizontally and vertically through all categories of terrain feature.
- Your unit must be unengaged.
- Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge or start an action.
- Until the start of your next turn, attacks that target your unit have -1 to hit rolls.
- Embarked within a TRANSPORT on the battlefield
- Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase
- That TRANSPORT has not made an advance/fall-back move this phase
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT.
War Horde
3DP
RIOTOUS MULTITUDES OF ORKS AND RAMSHACKLE VEHICLES HIT THE FOE WITH DISORDERED BRUTALITY
Get Stuck In
Joyously anarchic and recklessly destructive, all Orks eagerly get stuck in to every fight.
Friendly ORKS units’ melee attacks have [Sustained Hits 1].Enhancements
Tribal legend speaks of a blood-slick choppa once owned by Grand Warboss Headwoppa - last seen charging headlong into a horde of daemons - that turns up occasionally across the galaxy in different forms. Though it looks normal, a dark voice is said to growl in the mind of the weapon’s wielder, driving them on to ever greater excesses of violence. ORKS model only. If this unit made a charge move this turn, this model’s melee attacks have +1 AP. |
This war leader is a glowering incarnation of violence, his brutality so contagious that when he bellows his blind fury and releases his pent-up aggression, Orks nearby are excitedly swept along with him. ORKS model only. (Once per battle, per army) In your Movement phase, you can use this ability. If you do, this unit is riled up until the start of your next turn. |
Feigning weakness, this Ork allows his foes to think he’s legging it before suddenly piling back into the fight and delivering a brutal flurry of attacks. ORKS model only. When this unit is selected to make a fall-back move, that fall-back move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to shoot/declare a charge. |
Always found at the forefront of an assault, this Ork likes to be the first into the fray with his mob close on his heels to join in the violence. ORKS model only. This unit has +2" M. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ORKS INFANTRY unit. You can target that unit with this stratagem even though it is battle-shocked.
EFFECT: Roll one D3:
- Your unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the result.
- Your unit is no longer battle-shocked.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Lethal Hits].
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: When a model in your unit is destroyed, if your unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6, with +1 to that roll if your unit is riled up:
- On a 4+, do not remove that model from the battlefield. When your unit has fought, or at the end of the phase (whichever comes first), that model is removed from the battlefield.
TARGET: That ORKS VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have:
- [Cleave 1].
- Or: If that attack already has [CLEAVE], +1 to the value of that [CLEAVE] (e.g. [CLEAVE 1] becomes [CLEAVE 2]).
TARGET: That ORKS MOUNTED/VEHICLE unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has +2" M.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:
- [Rapid Fire 1].
- Or: If that attack already has [RAPID FIRE], +1 to the value of that [RAPID FIRE] (e.g. [RAPID FIRE 1] becomes [RAPID FIRE 2]).
Green Tide1DP
BELLOWING ORK INFANTRY IN UNRULY MOBS HIT LIKE AN AVALANCHE OF MUSCLE
Mob-handed Brutality
In the massive fights that Orks enjoy, the only way to ensure a slice of the action is to fight harder.
- Friendly BOYZ units’ melee attacks have [Sustained Hits 1].
- If a friendly ORKS INFANTRY unit made a charge move this turn, that unit’s melee attacks have [Lethal Hits: non-Monster/Vehicle].
Enhancements
This brutal fighter is even more dangerous with a raucous audience of chanting Orks, as he displays his violent abilities as a warning to all. ORKS INFANTRY model only. This model’s melee attacks have:
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Orks with enough teef - or muscle - can acquire extra scrap iron plates collectively referred to as ‘eavy armour, which is battered into shape so that it roughly fits the wearer. BOYZ unit only. This unit has 4+ Sv. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That BOYZ unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have +1 A.
TARGET: One friendly ORKS INFANTRY unit of 13+ models.
EFFECT: Select one visible friendly ORKS unit within 12" of your unit. That unit’s battle-shock rolls are automatically successful.
TARGET: That BEAST SNAGGA BOYZ/BOYZ unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has +2 to advance rolls.
Bully Boyz1DP
WITH HUGE MUSCLES, WEAPONS AND EGOS, ORKISH VETERANS CAN KRUMP ANYONE
Displays of Savagery
Nobz have a position of dominance to maintain, and do so in vicious eruptions of violence.
Friendly MEGANOBZ/NOBZ units’ melee attacks have [Sustained Hits 1].Enhancements
Any snivelling gitz attempting to back away from a good fight with these arrogant Nobz get a good kicking to see them on their way. NOBZ unit only. When an enemy unit engaged with this unit is selected to make a fall-back move:
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This Ork has bullied his way into possession of a mostly functional tellyporta pad, and has so far survived being thrown through the Warp towards the best fights. MEGA ARMOUR model only. This unit (excluding VEHICLE units) has Deep Strike. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That MEGANOBZ/NOBZ unit.
EFFECT: When a model in your unit is destroyed, if your unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6, with +1 to that roll if your unit is riled up:
- On a 4+, do not remove that model from the battlefield. When your unit has fought, or at the end of the phase (whichever comes first), that model is removed from the battlefield.
TARGET: That MEGANOBZ/NOBZ unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks can:
- Re-roll hit rolls of 1.
- If your unit is riled up, re-roll hit rolls.
TARGET: That MEGANOBZ/NOBZ unit.
EFFECT: Ranged attacks that target your unit with a S greater than your unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls.
Runt Swarm
1DP
SNEAKY AND GITTISH GRETCHIN ARE SURPRISINGLY EFFECTIVE IN LARGE NUMBERS
Sneaky Little Gitz
Given no position of importance, Grots find their niche as sneaks, thieves and mischief-makers.
- Friendly GRETCHIN units have BATTLELINE.
- When a friendly GRETCHIN unit is selected to make an advance/fall-back move, that move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to start an action.
Enhancements
A lifetime of evading the attentions of Orks and even other runts has honed these Grots’ sneakiness to preternatural levels. GRETCHIN unit only. This unit has -3" detection range. |
Rebellious, lazy or just plain unlucky Gretchin are driven into dangerous vanguard duties. These runts scarper forward with the hope of making it through as quickly as possible. GRETCHIN unit only. While this unit is not embarked, this unit has Scouts 6". |
Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly GRETCHIN unit that was just destroyed. You can target that unit with this stratagem even though that unit was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Add a new GRETCHIN unit to your army identical to your destroyed unit, in strategic reserves, at its starting strength, with its full wounds remaining.
TARGET: That GRETCHIN unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of:
- Up to D6".
- Or: Up to 6" instead if your unit is an attached unit.
TARGET: One friendly GRETCHIN unit within 3" of that ORKS INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: When a hit roll for that enemy unit’s ranged attacks that target that ORKS unit results in a hit, if a model in your GRETCHIN unit is on the battlefield, end the attack sequence for that attack and your GRETCHIN unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
Shoota Boyz1DP
DAKKA-ADDICTS GLEEFULLY UNLEASH EAR-SPLITTING FUSILADES OF FIREPOWER
Dakka! Dakka! Dakka!
Always hunting for something to kill, when Orks spot a target they saturate it with dakka.
Friendly ORKS INFANTRY units’ ranged attacks have:- [Assault].
- While this unit is riled up, +3" R.
Enhancements
The Mek who cobbled together this strange dakka accelerator isn’t sure exactly what it does - and it glows weirdly - but its new owner proudly carries it to battle, eager to know what its big switch will do this time. ORKS INFANTRY model only (excluding WEIRDBOY models). This model’s ranged attacks have:
[SUPA-HAZARDOUS]: Each time a unit is selected to shoot, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make two hazard rolls for that unit for each [SUPA-HAZARDOUS] weapon you selected in the Select Weapons step. |
With a couple of these boggle-eyed varieties of Squigs on hand, even Ork shooting has a chance of hitting distant targets, helped by squinting really hard. BIG MEK/BIGBOSS/WARBOSS model only. This unit’s ranged attacks (excluding [Torrent] attacks) have +3" R. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ORKS INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks that target a unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE units) have +1 to wound rolls.
TARGET: That ORKS INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks that target a unit within 9" have +1 AP.
TARGET: That ORKS INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [Sustained Hits 1].
Taktikal Brigade1DP
BACKSTABBERS AND ROKKITEERS SPRING DUBIOUS BUT VIOLENTLY EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
Suspiciously Well Organised
An un-Orky compulsion for discipline can wrongfoot enemies expecting anarchic disorder.
- Friendly STORMBOYZ units have BATTLELINE.
- When a friendly BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit is selected to make a fall-back move, that fall-back move does not prevent that unit from being eligible to declare a charge.
Enhancements
LEADER: KOMMANDOS Possessed of exceptional kunnin’ and a weird obsession with sneakin’ about, this powerful Ork leader loves nothing more than creeping through enemy defences before carving a bloody path through their lines. BIG MEK/WARBOSS INFANTRY model only. While this model is part of an attached unit, this model has:
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Veterans of the relatively organised butchery of well-protected targets, these distrusted Orks make excellent forward assassins. KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit only. This unit’s melee attacks have [Lethal Hits: non-Monster/Vehicle]. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit.
EFFECT: Select one objective your unit is controlling. That objective is secured.
TARGET: That BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to start an action.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit that was engaged at the start of the phase.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of up to 6".
Wreckas1DP
DESTRUCTIVE LOOT-GRABBAS DESCEND ON PRIZED TARGETS WITH VICIOUS GRINS
Wreckin’ and Lootin’
Whether piratical or merely larcenous, Orks with an eye for loot react forcefully to rival claims.
In your Shooting phase, when a friendly BREAKA BOYZ/FLASH GITZ/TANKBUSTAS unit is selected to shoot, if any of the following apply, that unit’s attacks can re-roll hit rolls of 1:- That unit is within range of an objective.
- The target of that attack is within range of an objective.
Enhancements
LEADER: FLASH GITZ This impressively ostentatious piece of headgear signifies that whoever nicked it last controls a fleet of kroozers and invasion landers, ideal for the rapid redeployment of loot-hungry Orks. BIG MEK/WARBOSS INFANTRY model only. When both players have deployed their armies, you can redeploy up to three friendly ORKS INFANTRY units. When doing so, you can set those units up in strategic reserves, regardless of how many units are already in strategic reserves. |
Coils of sparking wires, unstable propellant and throbbing power cells are just some of the extras which Flash Gitz rivet onto their snazzguns to kill the enemy in more over-the-top ways. FLASH GITZ unit only. This unit’s Snazzgun weapons have [Rapid Fire 1]. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ORKS TRANSPORT unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks with weapons selected for the Firing Deck ability have +1 to hit rolls.
TARGET: That BREAKA BOYZ/FLASH GITZ/TANKBUSTAS unit.
EFFECT:
- Your unit can make a normal move of up to 6", and must end that move within range of an objective.
- Your unit is not eligible to declare a charge until the end of the turn.
TARGET: One friendly FLASH GITZ/TANKBUSTAS unit hit by those attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using normal shooting, but while doing so your unit can only target that enemy unit.
Da Big Hunt1DP
THE GROUND TREMBLES WHEN STAMPEDING BEAST SNAGGAS CONVERGE ON THEIR PREY
Da Hunt is On
Beast Snaggas fanatically hunt the biggest targets and are experts in finding their weak spots.
Friendly BEAST SNAGGA units’ attacks that target a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit have +1 AP.Enhancements
When bigger prey is sighted, nothing can keep this hunter from it. With a roar of glee, lesser gitz are swiftly forgotten in his enthusiasm to pile into a greater challenge. BEAST SNAGGA model only. When this unit is selected to make a fall-back move, that fall-back move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to declare a charge. |
The monstrous resilience - and odour - of this Beastboss’ hulking mount has inspired many lurid tales of its origin. BEASTBOSS ON SQUIGOSAUR model only. This model has +1 T. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That BEAST SNAGGA unit.
EFFECT: When an enemy unit engaged with your unit is selected to make a fall-back move, that enemy unit must use the desperate escape mode. If that enemy unit is a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit, that enemy unit makes three additional hazard rolls for each BEAST SNAGGA unit it is engaged with, with -1 from those hazard rolls if that enemy unit is battle-shocked.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged BEAST SNAGGA unit that lost a wound as a result of those attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a surge move of up to D6". If your unit is riled up, it can re-roll that D6.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged BEAST SNAGGA unit within 6" of a battlefield edge.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves.
Madcap Meks
1DP
TECH-SAVVY TINKERERS UNLEASH INSANE CONTRAPTIONS AND ANARCHIC GUBBINZ
Unpredictable Genius
Meks haul all manner of weird bullets, unstable power cells and kustomised extras to battle.
In your Shooting phase, when all of a friendly BIG MEK/MEK GUNZ/MORKANAUT/WAZBOM BLASTAJET unit’s ranged attacks target a single enemy unit, roll one D6:
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TARGET: That MEK GUNZ unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:
- [Lethal Hits].
- Or: [Sustained Hits 1].
- Or: [Hazardous], [Lethal Hits], [Sustained Hits 1].
Enhancements
This Big Mek’s obsession with feverish inventing and his dreams of ludicrous technological destruction are infectious, inspiring other Orks to excitable aggression. BIG MEK model only. This unit is riled up. |
Shokk attack guns are notoriously unreliable, and even with a supposedly enhanced set of worky bits, this Big Mek is never certain what will happen when he sets the thing off. BIG MEK WITH SHOKK ATTACK GUN model only. In your Shooting phase, when this unit is selected to shoot, you can roll one D6:
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These kustom jobs incorporate an oversized suction device, drawing in nearby runts aplenty, as well as Squigs, loose scrap, and even poorly fastened pieces of the gun itself. The Mek’s targets - those that survive - end up infested with countless screeching Snotlings. BIG MEK WITH SHOKK ATTACK GUN model only. When this unit has shot, select one enemy unit hit by those attacks. That unit is infested with Snotlings until the start of your next turn.
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Dread Mob1DP
RAMSHACKLE WALKERS STOMP INTO THE FOE IN A CLANKING KNOT OF GUNS AND KLAWS
Try Dat Button!
Inviting Mek-wired buttons offer varied and erratic lethality.
In your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when a friendly ORKS WALKER unit (excluding TITANIC units) is selected to attack, you can use this ability. If you do, roll either one D6 or two D6 (keep re-rolling duplicate results). This unit’s attacks have the relevant rule(s):
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If you rolled two D6, when this unit has attacked, this unit makes one hazard roll.
Enhancements
This Mek’s extra bioniks help him keep up with his Kans. BIG MEK/MEK model only. This model has +2" M. |
This Mek is deft at avoiding his creations’ feet and klaws. BIG MEK model only. While this model is within 3" of a friendly ORKS WALKER unit (excluding BIG MEK units):
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Stratagems
TARGET: That ORKS WALKER unit.
EFFECT: When a model in your unit is destroyed, if your unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6, with +3 to the result if your unit has
- On a 4+, do not remove that model from the battlefield. When your unit has fought, or at the end of the phase (whichever comes first), that model is removed from the battlefield.
TARGET: One friendly ORKS WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Your unit is riled up until the start of your next turn.
TARGET: That ORKS WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Your unit has MOBILE.
Blitz Brigade1DP
IN A THUNDERING MASS, HEAVILY ARMED TANKS AND RIGS PLOUGH TOWARDS THE FOE
Unstoppable Momentum
Like mobile armoured fortresses, little can stop the crushing impetus of the Orks’ hulking wagons.
- Friendly WAGON units can re-roll charge rolls.
- When a friendly WAGON unit is selected to make an advance move, that unit can change advance rolls to a 6.
Enhancements
These sparkly optiks and other elaborate gitfindas help focus a wagon’s dakka, but it takes a really clever Mek to know how to work them. WAGON unit only. While a BIG MEK model is embarked within this unit:
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Fitted with speakin’ tubes linked to deafening projectors, this noisy ride allows an important Ork to boss his ladz around while on the move. WAGON unit only. While a WARBOSS model is embarked within this unit, this unit has that WARBOSS model’s Intimidating Motivation/Keep Huntin’ ability. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly unengaged ORKS INFANTRY unit that was eligible to fight this phase and is wholly within 6" of a friendly TRANSPORT unit that INFANTRY unit is able to embark within.
EFFECT: Your INFANTRY unit embarks within that TRANSPORT unit.
TARGET: That WAGON unit.
EFFECT: Units embarked within your unit can make an assault disembark move.
TARGET: That WAGON unit.
EFFECT: Each enemy unit engaged with your unit makes a battle-shock roll, with -1 to that battle-shock roll.
Kult of Speed
1DP
SPEED-ADDLED LOONS HURTLE INTO BATTLE IN AN EXHAUST-CHOKED DEATH RACE
Adrenaline Junkies
After smashing into the foe at full tilt, a Speed Freek will pull hairpin turns to do it all again.
- Friendly WARBIKERS units have BATTLELINE.
- When a friendly SPEED FREEKS unit is selected to make an advance/fall-back move:
- That unit’s ranged attacks have [Assault] until the end of the turn.
- That move does not prevent that unit from being eligible to declare a charge.
Enhancements
These loud, fume-belching devices wreathe those in the Speed Freeks’ wake in a thick bank of obscuring smoke. SPEED FREEKS unit only (excluding AIRCRAFT units). When an attack targets a unit that is not fully visible to the attacking model because of a model in this unit, the target has the benefit of cover against that attack. |
This Speedboss despises the thought of coming anything less than first in a race to reach the biggest fights. DEFFKILLA WARTRIKE model only. This unit can re-roll charge rolls. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One friendly RUKKATRUKK SQUIGBUGGIES unit.
EFFECT: Select any number of friendly ORKS INFANTRY units within 3" of your unit. Each selected unit heals 3 wounds.
TARGET: That SPEED FREEKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [Sustained Hits 1].
TARGET: That SPEED FREEKS unit.
EFFECT: Ranged attacks that target your unit fail on an unmodified hit roll of 1-3.
Flyboyz1DP
TRIGGER-HAPPY ORK PILOTS ATTACK FROM THE SKIES IN BLITZING AERIAL ASSAULTS
Skyborne Loons
When attacking en masse, crazed and excitable Flyboyz unleash torrential quantities of dakka.
- Friendly ORKS AIRCRAFT units do not count towards the combined points value of your strategic reserves units.
- While a friendly ORKS AIRCRAFT/DEFFKOPTAS unit is riled up, this unit’s ranged attacks have +1 to hit rolls.
Enhancements
Brutish aces who have survived enough dogfights to rise to positions of superiority, Flybosses inspire other Ork aviators to heights of psychotic enthusiasm. ORKS AIRCRAFT unit only.
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Despite claims of scoutin’, this aircraft’s screaming dive ahead of its pilot’s mates is purely for the thrill of attacking first. ORKS AIRCRAFT unit only. In your first Movement phase, this unit can make an ingress move. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit does not have the Deadly Demise ability. Select one enemy unit within 12" of your unit and roll eight D6:
- For each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.
TARGET: That ORKS AIRCRAFT/DEFFKOPTAS unit.
EFFECT: When your unit’s ranged attacks target a FLY unit, those attacks can re-roll hit rolls.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged DEFFKOPTAS unit within 8" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a normal move of:
- Up to D6".
- Or: If your unit is riled up, up to 6".
Brute Bosses1DP
BELLIGERENT GENERALS AND LIVING EMBODIMENTS OF ORKDOM LEAD THE RAMPAGE
’Ard as Nails
The largest Orks have risen to their position through strength, savagery and being harder than anyone else.
When a friendly WARBOSS model is destroyed, if this unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6, with +1 to the roll if your unit is riled up:- On a 3+, do not remove this WARBOSS model from the battlefield. When this unit has fought, or at the end of the phase (whichever comes first), this WARBOSS model is removed from the battlefield.
Enhancements
With a lifetime of picking fights with the galaxy’s most lethal fighters behind him, and a gnarled hide thicker than Battlewagon armour, this Ork has survived blows that would fell an Ambull. INFANTRY WARBOSS model only. (Once per battle, per army) At the end of a phase in which this model is destroyed, roll one D6:
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What tactics occasionally pop into this Ork’s head revolve purely around how hard he needs to wallop his enemies to send their skulls flying. WARBOSS model only. This model’s melee attacks have +1 D. |
It is said this Ork bleeds Squig oil and his growl is that of a revving engine. Certainly any vehicle he rides to war seems to respond powerfully to his presence. WARBOSS model only. A TRANSPORT unit (excluding WALKER units) this unit is embarked within has:
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This unstoppable brute is an engine of destruction whose welts of scars have been won in countless victories. WARBOSS model only. This model can re-roll hit rolls of 1. |
Thanks to the tangle of stolen empyric electrodes wired into this helmet, a powerful Ork wearing it is capable of thinking a little further ahead than his next fight. WARBOSS model only. (Once per battle, per army) At the end of your opponent’s Movement phase, if this unit is unengaged, this unit can make a normal move of:
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Firing gold-plated teef as its unconventional ammunition, da Gobshot Thunderbuss proclaims its owner’s obscene wealth even as it sweeps away swathes of enemies. WARBOSS model only. This model has the following weapon:
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Wurrband1DP
WEIRDBOYZ VENT SUPERNATURAL ENERGIES IN A STORM OF PRIMITIVE WAAAGH! POWER
Powers of da Waaagh!
Surrounded by mobs of excitable Orks, Weirdboyz’ shamanic powers build to spectacular phenomena.
Friendly ORKS PSYKER models’ [Psychic] attacks have:- +1 S.
- +1 S for every 5 models in this unit (or embarked within this model).
Friendly ORKS PSYKER models have the following psychic abilities:
- On a 1, this unit is battle-shocked.
- Select one enemy unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE units) within 12" of this unit. That enemy unit makes a battle-shock roll, with -1 from that battle-shock roll for every 10 models in this unit.
- On a 1, this unit is battle-shocked.
- This unit has Fights First.
Enhancements
Roiling energies frequently erupt from this Weirdboy’s eyes, solidifying above the enemy into the huge green foot of Gork (or Mork) himself, which repeatedly stamps on the foe. ORKS PSYKER model only. This model has the following weapon.
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Known for yelling ‘Kop dis, ya zogger!’ at his chosen target beforehand, this Weirdboy is in the habit of projecting a bolt of raw power from his forehead which splatters the victim’s brains across a wide area. ORKS PSYKER model only. This model has the following weapon.
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Where most Weirdboyz would quite like to be left alone, so-called Warpheads become addicted to the danger, intentionally supercharging their tortured minds and revelling in venting dangerously unpredictable powers. ORKS PSYKER model only. This model:
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Boarding Actions
Introduction
Within the following pages you will find numerous Boarding Actions Detachments that can be used in your Boarding Actions games. Each lists which units you can include in your army, any modifications to those units’ army rule as presented in their Codex or Index, a Detachment rule unique to that Detachment, and a number of Enhancements and Stratagems that you can use.A keyword that will be shared by all units in your army.
MUSTERING RULES
Which units you are allowed to include in your army.
FORMING BOARDING SQUADS
Any additional rules that will apply in the missions Form Boarding Squads step. Note that not all Detachments will have these.
RULES ADAPTATIONS
Some units will be unable to use certain abilities in Boarding Actions battles. Where this is the case, these units and their relevant abilities will be listed here.
Due to the distinct nature of close-quarters battle in Boarding Actions, most army rules require some modifications to their effects. Where this is the case, these will be described here.
DETACHMENT RULE
Each faction will have a number of different Detachments to choose from, each with its own Detachment rule to reflect the unique fighting methods of such forces.
ENHANCEMENTS
Further Enhancements that you can give to CHARACTER models from your army, beyond those(Boarding Actions Enhancments), will be found here.
STRATAGEMS
Additional Stratagems that you can use, in addition to those (Boarding Actions Stratagems), will be found here.
Ramship Raiders
When Ork void fleets attack enemy shipping, they often lead the assault with ramships. These pugnacious craft slam headlong into the foes’ vessels, burying themselves in the superstructure of larger enemy ships before filling them with rampaging Ork boarders.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):- BEASTBOSS
- BIG MEK
- BIG MEK WITH SHOKK ATTACK GUN
- BOSS SNIKROT
- INFANTRY WARBOSS
- MEK
- PAINBOSS
- PAINBOY
- WEIRDBOY
WURRBOY- ZODGROD WORTSNAGGA
- BEAST SNAGGA BOYZ( 10 models)
- BOYZ (10 models)
- BURNA BOYZ (5 or 10 models)
- FLASH GITZ (5 or 10 models)
- GRETCHIN (11 models)
- KOMMANDOS (10 models)
- NOBZ (5 models)
- STORMBOYZ (5 or 10 models)
Forming Boarding Squads
- Do not split GRETCHIN units into separate units in the Form Boarding Squads step.
- When splitting a KOMMANDOS unit, select one of the resulting Boarding Squads to gain the Distraction Grot token (if equipped with one). The Boarding Squad without the Distraction Grot token loses the Distraction Grot ability.
Rules Adaptations
- The BIG MEK model loses the Shokk-boosta ability.
- The BOSS SNIKROT model loses the Kunnin’ Infiltrator ability.
- The BOYZ unit loses the Get Da Good Bitz ability.
- The KOMMANDOS unit loses the Sneaky Gitz and Bomb
SQUIGabilities. - The STORMBOYZ unit loses the Deep Strike and Full Throttle abilities.
- The WEIRDBOY model loses the Waaagh! Energy’ and Da Jump abilities.
- The
WURRBOYmodel loses the Unstable Oracle ability. - The ZODGROD WORTSNAGGA model loses the Special Dose ability.
Void WAAAGH!
For all the noise and mayhem of a boarding action, it can be harder to build up a full head of steam when trying to navigate sealed bulkheads and winding corridors.
Units from your army with the Waaagh! ability retain that ability and gain this one.Once per battle, at the start of the battle round, you can call a Void Waaagh!. If you do, until the start of the next battle round, the Void Waaagh! is active for your army and:
- Add 1 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models from your army with this ability.
- Models from your army with this ability have a 5+ invulnerable save. A Void Waaagh! counts as a Waaagh! for any datasheet abilities.
Detachment Rule
Belligerent Boarders
Between the excitement of smashing their way through the all-too-lootable interior of an enemy warship and their natural tendency to overlook their own mortal hurts - sometimes for hours at a time - Ork boarding parties can prove nightmarishly tough.
Each time an attack targets an ORKS unit from your army (excluding GROTS units), if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of that ORKS unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.Enhancements
Living Battering Ram There is something uniquely terrifying to the foe about a nine-foot-tall, four-hundred-pound Ork who prefers to open hatchways with their head while running full tilt and bellowing like a battle tank. Each time the bearer attempts to operate a closed Hatchway, your opponent cannot try to prevent it. In addition, each time the bearer opens a Hatchway, each enemy unit within 6" of that Hatchway and wholly on the opposite side of it from the bearer must take a Battle-shock test. |
Scarred Brute A veteran of many boarding actions, this monstrous Ork has been shot, stabbed and ejected into hard vacuum many times, and has all the toughened scarring and bionik wotnots to show for it. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit has the Fights First ability.
TARGET: One BOYZ unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced and each time your unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll; instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in your unit.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make an Advance move.
TARGET: One BOYZ unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Your unit can make an Enraged Rush move. To do so, roll one D6: your unit can be moved a distance in inches up to the result, but must end that move as close as possible to the attacking unit. When doing so, those models can be moved within Engagement Range of that enemy unit, but only that enemy unit.
Kaptin Killers
Regardless of the wider objectives of a void war, once a Warboss and his best Boyz get aboard an enemy ship their top priority is nearly always finding the enemy shipmaster and beating them to a pulp. If that leads to capturing the vessel in the process, so much the better!
Void WAAAGH!
For all the noise and mayhem of a boarding action, it can be harder to build up a full head of steam when trying to navigate sealed bulkheads and winding corridors.
Units from your army with the Waaagh! ability retain that ability and gain this one.Once per battle, at the start of the battle round, you can call a Void Waaagh!. If you do, until the start of the next battle round, the Void Waaagh! is active for your army and:
- Add 1 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models from your army with this ability.
- Models from your army with this ability have a 5+ invulnerable save. A Void Waaagh! counts as a Waaagh! for any datasheet abilities.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):- BIG MEK IN MEGA ARMOUR
- INFANTRY WARBOSS (excluding WARBOSS IN MEGA ARMOUR)
- WARBOSS IN MEGA ARMOUR
Rules Adaptations
- The BIG MEK IN MEGA ARMOUR model loses the Fix Dat Armour Up ability.
- The MEGANOBZ unit loses the Krumpin’ Time ability.
Detachment Rule
Comin’ Through
Very little can prevent a hulking Ork from smashing a path through a voidship’s decks to wherever he is trying to go. It is generally considered deeply unwise bordering on suicidal to try...
In your Movement phase, Desperate Escape tests taken for ORKS models from your army are automatically passed and each time an ORKS unit from your army makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, it can move through other models as if they were not there, provided those other models have a lower Toughness characteristic than it.Enhancements
Tellyporta Employing madcap tellyporta arrays, Ork Meks can beam massively armoured Nobz through the warp and onto an enemy vessel, much to the horror of the defenders. In the Deploy Armies step, select one MEGANOBZ unit from your army. Until the end of the battle, models in that unit have the Deep Strike ability. |
Gnasher Squig Crates This Warboss has ordered his ladz to bring armoured crates of vicious gnasher squigs aboard. Upended into strategically vital areas, they create a dangerous infestation that enemies will struggle to remove. WARBOSS model only. In your Command phase, you can select one NOBZ or MEGANOBZ unit from your army (excluding Battle-shocked units) that is within 6" of the bearer and is within range of an objective marker. If there are no enemy models within range of that objective marker, it is Secured by your army. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the battle, that Hatchway cannot be closed. Until the end of the turn, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit has the Fights First ability.
TARGET: One WARBOSS model from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your model is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can fight as if it were the Fight phase, but when doing so, models in your unit can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target) and each time a model in your unit makes an attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 6 is required to score a hit.
The AIRCRAFT keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The BATTLELINE keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The BEAST SNAGGA keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The BIG MEK keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The DEDICATED TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The EPIC HERO keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The EXPLOSIVES keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The FLY keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The FORTIFICATION keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
- Place a well-defined boundary (such as a base or mat) in each location you want to furnish with terrain, then place one or more terrain features wholly within that boundary.
- Place one terrain feature directly on the battlefield.
- Place two or more terrain features directly on the battlefield in such a way that together they define the boundary of an area.
In each case, the area of the battlefield occupied by that boundary or terrain feature is known as a terrain area. A mission’s deployment map may define the location and dimensions of each terrain area. Otherwise, players must agree on this before the battle.
FAQ
| Q: | Are models that are within the boundary of a terrain area, but not on the ground floor of a terrain area (e.g. overhanging parts of FRAME VEHICLES or models on terrain features that are within that terrain area) within that terrain area? |
| A: | Yes |
When rotating a FRAME model as part of a move, if that model does not have a base, turn it any amount around its central axis, while keeping it upright.
FAQ
| Q: | Are models that are within the boundary of a terrain area, but not on the ground floor of a terrain area (e.g. overhanging parts of FRAME VEHICLES or models on terrain features that are within that terrain area) within that terrain area? |
| A: | Yes |
The FRAME keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The GRENADES keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The GROTS keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The JUMP PACK keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The MEGA ARMOUR keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The MOB keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The MOBILE keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The MOUNTED keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The ORKS keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The PSYKER keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The SMOKE keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The SPEED FREEKS keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The TITANIC keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
- The attacking model is on a section of a terrain feature that is 3" or more in height.
- The attacking model has the TOWERING keyword and the target unit is within 12".
The TOWERING keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The VEHICLE keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The WAGON keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The WALKER keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The WARBOSS keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
- While a friendly model is within engagement range of one or more enemy models, those models – and the units they belong to – are engaged with each other.
- While a unit contains no engaged models, that unit is unengaged.
FAQ
| Q: | Does my model or unit become engaged while moving through a enemy units engagement range during a move? |
| A: | No |
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Make an advance roll by rolling one D6.
AFTER MOVING:
- Your unit must be unengaged.
- Until the end of the turn, unless otherwise stated, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge or start an action.
When a model is destroyed, first resolve any rules that are triggered when it is destroyed, then it is removed from the battlefield. If any such rules apply, and if the model was destroyed as the result of an attack, unless otherwise stated, those rules are only resolved and that model is only removed after the attacking unit’s attacks have been resolved. Unless otherwise stated, destroyed models and units cannot use abilities or be selected or targeted by rules.
Some rules only trigger if an enemy model or unit was destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army. This means that the enemy model or unit was destroyed by an attack made by a model from your army, or by a player rule you have. Enemy models or units that are destroyed by any other means are not destroyed by you, or by a model or unit from your army.
- Create Groups: Divide all models in the target unit into the following groups, as many times as required:
- One group for each CHARACTER model.
- One group for all other models with the same W, Sv and InSv characteristics.
- Allocation Order: Declare the order in which those groups will have attacks allocated to them, applying all of the following:
- If a non-CHARACTER group contains a model that has lost one or more wounds, that group must be first in the allocation order.
- No CHARACTER group can be earlier in the allocation order than a non-CHARACTER group.
- CHARACTER groups containing a model that has lost one or more wounds must be earlier in the allocation order than CHARACTER groups containing no wounded models.
- Make Save Rolls: The opposing player makes one save roll for each attack that wounded the target by rolling one D6.
FAQ
| Q: | When declaring the allocation order of groups in my unit I have more than one non-CHARACTER groups that contain a model with a missing wound, how must I select the order? |
| A: | Those groups can be selected in an order of your choosing but must be in an order that makes them come before any non-CHARACTER groups that do not contain a model with a missing wound. |
| Q: | I have a unit being attacked with weapons that will modify some of their save rolls to be worse then 6 should I make those save rolls? |
| A: | Yes, because other models in your unit may have Sv’s that are better those models you’ve mentioned, this means that enough save rolls could be allocated to the those models that the rest of the results are not greater then the Sv’s of the other models in your unit. |
| Q: | Can I group or allocate a wound to a destroyed model? |
| A: | No. |
- Unengaged and made an advance move this turn.
- Has one or more [ASSAULT] weapons.
WHILE SHOOTING: You can only select [ASSAULT] weapons to make attacks with.
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
Folding stocks, shortened barrels or lightweight construction enable some weapons to be easily fired on the move.
Units containing one or more models with an [ASSAULT] weapon can shoot using assault shooting (10.05).- Psychic Abilities with a Psychic Level (22.03.01)
Many deadly weapons can inflict fatal injuries on any foe, no matter their resilience.
Each time an attack made with a [LETHAL HITS] weapon results in a critical hit, you can choose for that attack to automatically wound the target.Other models and units can be either visible or fully visible to the observing model, as shown below. Note that terrain applies additional rules to visibility (13.07).
FAQ
| Q: | When checking line of sight from one model to another, is this drawn between the bases of those models, or between any part of them? |
| A: | Line of sight is drawn from any part of the observing model to any part of the model being observed. |
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
- You can only target one visible enemy unit within 24" of your unit (and only if it is an eligible target).
- Each attack only hits on an unmodified hit roll of 6 (irrespective of the attacking weapon’s BS characteristic or any modifiers).
- You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
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FAQ
| Q: | My attack has a rule that means it results in a critical hit on a hit roll of 4+. Does this work when snap shooting? |
| A: | Unless otherwise stated, no: when snap shooting, each attack only hits on a roll of 6. |
| Q: | My attack has a rule that means it results in a critical hit on a hit roll of 4+, and I would otherwise need a 5+ to hit. Does a 4+ hit? |
| A: | Yes, except when snap shooting: when snap shooting, each attack only hits on a roll of 6. |
Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder and those that stand beside them.
Each time a unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make a number of hazard rolls (06.03) for that unit equal to the number of [HAZARDOUS] weapons you selected in the Select Weapons step.- Select Model: Select one model in that unit by following the first instruction below that applies:
If a non-CHARACTER model in that unit has lost one or more wounds, you must select that model. Otherwise, if that unit contains one or more non-CHARACTER models, you must select one of those models. Otherwise, if one or more CHARACTER models in that unit have lost one or more wounds, you must select one of those models. Otherwise, you must select one CHARACTER model in that unit. - Resolve Damage: The selected model loses 1 wound. If this reduces that model’s remaining wounds to 0, it is destroyed.
MORTAL WOUNDS AND NORMAL DAMAGE
When resolving attack dice, if those attacks inflict a mixture of both mortal wounds and normal damage, resolve all of the normal damage first, then resolve all of the mortal wounds.
- Normal Damage 06.02.01
FAQ
| Q: | I have a rule that triggers when a mortal wound is allocated to a model, when does this happen? |
| A: | When you select a model in the Select Model step of Mortal Wounds (06.02). |
FAQ
| Q: | I failed hazard rolls from [Hazardous] weapons, do those mortal wounds have to be allocated to the models with the [HAZARDOUS] weapons? |
| A: | No, you allocate the mortal wounds to the unit as per Mortal Wounds (06.02). (This represents Bob the guardsmen picking up his fallen squad mates plasma gun or that the twisting power of James the Chaos Sorcerer pulling his followers into the warp.) |
| Q: | If a rule says my unit must make a hazard roll does every model in the unit make a hazard roll? |
| A: | No, the unit would make 1 single hazard roll. |
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select fall-back mode:
- Ordered Retreat: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you can select this mode.
- Desperate Escape: Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit (06.03).
- Desperate Escape: Each model that is moved can be moved through enemy models.
- Your unit must be unengaged.
- Until the end of the turn, unless otherwise stated, your unit is not eligible to shoot, declare a charge or start an action.
- Desperate Escape: If your unit is not battle-shocked, you must make a battle-shock roll for your unit (01.07).
Some weapons possess a punishing rate of fire, or can land devastating flurries of blows, tearing the foe apart with relentless ferocity.
This ability always takes the form [SUSTAINED HITS X]. Each time an attack made with a [SUSTAINED HITS] weapon results in a critical hit, that attack results in a number of additional hits on the target as denoted by X.The infamous war cry of the Orks is known and feared throughout the galaxy. When it echoes across the battlefield, bellowed from countless toothy maws, it galvanises the Orks and riles them into a raucous state of excited aggression.
Friendly ORKS units with this ability can:- Re-roll advance rolls.
- Become riled up, as stated in other rules.
While a unit is riled up:- That unit has 5+ InSv.
- That unit’s ranged attacks have [ASSAULT].
- When that unit is selected to make an advance move, that advance move does not prevent that unit from being eligible to declare a charge.
The ORKS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
The ORKS and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
With sufficient might or skill, warriors may sweep blades or talons through their foes in long lethal arcs.
This ability always takes the form [CLEAVE X]. Each time you gather attack dice for a [CLEAVE] weapon, if you only selected one target for all of that weapon’s attacks, add X additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down).The ORKS and MOUNTED keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
Rapid fire weapons are capable of long-ranged precision shots or controlled bursts at nearby targets.
This ability always takes the form [RAPID FIRE X]. Each time you gather attack dice for a [RAPID FIRE] weapon, add X additional attack dice if the target unit was within half range of that weapon in the Select Targets step.Example: If a [RAPID FIRE 1] weapon with an A characteristic of 1 targets a unit that is within half range, you would gather one additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of two for that weapon).
- If that roll succeeds, that unit does not become battle-shocked.
- If that roll fails, that unit, and each model in it, is battle-shocked.
While a unit is battle-shocked:
- The Objective Control (OC) characteristic of all of its models is modified to ‘-’ (02.02).
- Its controlling player cannot target that unit with stratagems (15).
- It is not eligible to start an action (16), and any action it has started cannot be completed.
- Battlefield Morale 01.07.01
- Battle-shock Test 01.07.02
FAQ
| Q: | If a unit has a rule that allows it to start an action when it is battle-shocked can it also continue doing that action if it becomes battle-shocked after starting an action? |
| A: | Yes |
| Q: | If a unit becomes battle-shocked after starting an action does it stop performing that action? |
| A: | Yes |
EFFECT: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
BEFORE MOVING: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
WHILE MOVING: Set up your unit wholly within the set-up distance of one or more battlefield edges and more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units.
- Before the Third Battle Round: While doing so, no models can be set up within your opponent’s deployment zone.
There are many ways by which to deploy troops to the field of battle including tunnels, teleportation devices and other esoteric means of transportation.
Each time this unit makes an ingress move (20.04), if every model in this unit has this ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units, even if that is within your opponent’s deployment zone.The most potent weapons strike with such power that they make a mockery of armour and can cleave through several foes.
Each time an attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon results in a critical wound, the attack sequence for that attack ends and the target unit suffers a number of mortal wounds equal to the D characteristic of that weapon. These are inflicted after resolving any normal damage inflicted by those attacks.Mortal wounds inflicted by [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapons can damage a maximum of one model for each critical wound; any remaining mortal wounds inflicted by that attack are lost.
- If the target unit is an attached unit, use the highest T characteristic amongst bodyguard models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
- Use the highest T characteristic amongst models in that unit that are on the battlefield.
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- Multiple Toughness Characteristics 05.02.01
- That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area that contains one or more light/dense terrain features.
- That model’s unit did not make one or more ranged attacks during this turn or during the previous turn.
Errata
Scouts form the vanguard of many armies. Unnoticed by the enemy, they range ahead of the main force.
This ability always takes the form Scouts X". In the Resolve Pre-battle Abilities step, if every model in a unit has this ability, you can do one of the following:- If that unit is in strategic reserves, you can set up that unit anywhere that is wholly within your deployment zone.
- If that unit is wholly within your deployment zone, it can make a scout move (see below).
- If that unit is embarked within a DEDICATED TRANSPORT that is wholly within your deployment zone, and if every model embarked within that DEDICATED TRANSPORT has the Scouts ability, that DEDICATED TRANSPORT can make a scout move.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units.
Some rules refer to units being below starting strength, or at – or below – half-strength. The meaning of these terms varies depending on a unit’s starting strength, as shown below.
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EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be unengaged.
Certain weapons are the bane of particular foes.
This ability always takes the form [ANTI-X Y+]. Each time an attack is made with an [ANTI] weapon, if the target unit has the keyword denoted by X, an unmodified wound roll of Y+ is a critical wound.Torrent weapons project clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances that few foes can hope to evade.
Each time an attack is made with a [TORRENT] weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.The WARBOSS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
Many armies employ reconnaissance units who can sit concealed, waiting for the right moment to strike.
During deployment, if every model in a unit has this ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 8" horizontally from your opponent’s deployment zone and all enemy units.- That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area.
- That model is not fully visible to the attacking model due to one or more intervening terrain features and/or one or more intervening obscuring terrain areas (see below).
Each time a ranged attack targets a unit that has the benefit of cover against it, worsen the BS characteristic of that attack by 1.
FAQ
| Q: | When my unit shoots at another unit, how does it work if some models in the target unit are fully visible to some models in my unit, while others are within a terrain area/not fully visible? |
| A: | For each attacking model in your unit, determine whether the target unit has the benefit of cover, as described in Terrain and Visibility. In this scenario, the target unit will likely have the benefit of cover against some of the attacking models, but not all. This means that, in an example unit where all attacking models are using the same weapon, when you get to the Resolve Attacks step of the Attack Sequence, you will collect dice for attacks made by models against which the target unit has the benefit of cover separately from the dice for attacks made by models against which the target unit does not have the benefit of cover. |
The stealthiest warriors can evade the attentions, and the bullets, of their foes.
If every model in a unit has this ability, each time a ranged attack targets that unit, that unit has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).FAQ
| Q: | If my unit has taken control of an objective at the end of my movement phase and that unit has as an ability that secures an objective they control, can they secure that objective? |
| A: | Yes |
The ORKS and TRANSPORT keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
Some weapons are so rare, or so complex and slow to reload, that they can only be used once.
Each weapon with this ability can only be selected to make attacks with once per battle.If a destroyed model is returned to a unit, all of its [ONE SHOT] weapons that have already been selected to make attacks with during the battle cannot be selected to make attacks with again.
If a new unit is added to an army, all [ONE SHOT] weapons in that unit can be selected to make attacks with once per battle.
Some transports have dedicated platforms or firing ports from which embarked passengers can lay down a withering hail of munitions.
This ability always takes the form Firing Deck X. In your Shooting phase, each time this TRANSPORT is selected to shoot, if one or more units are embarked within it, resolve the following sequence:- Select up to X models embarked within this TRANSPORT (excluding models whose units have already been selected to shoot this phase).
- For each selected model, select one of its ranged weapons (excluding [ONE SHOT] weapons).
- Until this TRANSPORT has resolved all of its attacks, it has all of those selected weapons in addition to its other weapons.
- Until the end of the turn, units embarked within this TRANSPORT are not eligible to shoot.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
AFTER SHOOTING: Until the end of the phase, your unit is not eligible to start an action.
- If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to a unit or model you must end that model’s move in base contact with that unit or model if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
- If a model is already as close as possible to a unit or model when it is instructed to make a move as close as possible towards a unit or model, that model cannot be moved, but still counts as having made the move in question.
- If a rule instructs you to move a model as close as possible to an objective you must end that model’s move within range of an objective if its move is sufficient to do so without breaking any other restrictions (such as coherency), or as close as you can achieve if its move is not sufficient.
- If that model is already within range of an objective it can move up to the maximum distance of that move but must end its move still within range of that objective.
- The rule allowing this move type has been triggered.
- Your unit is not battle-shocked.
- Your unit is unengaged.
- Your unit has not moved this phase.
BEFORE MOVING: Select the closest enemy unit to be the surge target.
WHILE MOVING:
- Each model must end its move engaged with the surge target if possible.
- Each model that cannot end its move engaged with the surge target must end its move as close as possible to the surge target.
- Your unit cannot be engaged with one or more enemy units that were not the surge target.
- Your unit cannot move again this phase.
Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder and those that stand beside them.
Each time a unit is selected to shoot or selected to fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, make a number of hazard rolls (06.03) for that unit equal to the number of [HAZARDOUS] weapons you selected in the Select Weapons step.Assassins and other covert agents are difficult to pinpoint in the storm of battle.
Unless part of an attached unit, this unit is not visible to enemy models unless they are within 12" of this unit, and it cannot be targeted by [INDIRECT FIRE] weapons unless the attacking model is within 12" of this unit.If this ability takes the form Lone Operative X", unless part of an attached unit, this unit is not visible to enemy models unless they are within X" of this unit, and it cannot be targeted by [INDIRECT FIRE] weapons unless the attacking model is within X" of this unit.
Some weapons are designed to root enemy formations out of entrenched positions.
Each time an attack is made with an [IGNORES COVER] weapon, the target cannot have the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08), including from rules that give a model or unit the benefit of cover (e.g. Stealth).- Embarked within a TRANSPORT on the battlefield
- Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase
- That TRANSPORT has not made an advance/fall-back move this phase
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT.
- If that unit has one or more models that does not have its full wounds remaining, select one of those models; that model regains one lost wound.
- If all models in that unit have their starting number of wounds, but one or more models from that unit are currently destroyed, revive one of those destroyed models (excluding CHARACTER models), with one wound remaining.
If a rule states that a model heals or regains a number of wounds, only that model can regain wounds up to its starting number of wounds. Any excess regained wounds are lost and do not cause a destroyed model from that unit to revive.
EFFECT: Your unit is set up as described in Set Up (03.02).
BEFORE MOVING: Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit (06.03).
WHILE MOVING: Set up each model in your unit: (1) Wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT, and as close as possible to that TRANSPORT. OR: (2) If the above is not possible while remaining unengaged, set up that model wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT, as close as possible to that TRANSPORT, and engaged. Each model that still cannot be set up is destroyed.
AFTER MOVING: Your unit is battle-shocked and, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.
From detonating ammo stores to corrosive innards or frenzied death throes, some targets are deadly even in defeat.
This ability always takes the form Deadly Demise X. Each time a model with this ability is destroyed, after the units embarked within it (if any) have made their emergency disembark moves, roll one D6. On a 6, that model suffers a deadly demise; each unit within 6" of that model suffers a number of mortal wounds denoted by X (if this is a random number, roll separately for each unit within 6").Some weapons can channel the bearer’s psychic might to empower their blows.
Each time an attack is made with a [PSYCHIC] weapon, you can ignore any or all modifiers to that attack’s BS or WS characteristic and any or all modifiers to the hit roll. Attacks made with [PSYCHIC] weapons are known as psychic attacks (this can be important for the triggering of other rules).Those possessed of lightning-fast reactions may strike before the opponent can react.
While every model in a unit has this ability, that unit is a Fights First unit.See the Resolve Fights First Combats step in the Fight phase (12.04).
High-explosive rounds can fell several warriors in a single blast, but firing them too close to comrades is unwise.
Each time you gather attack dice for a [BLAST] weapon, add one additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down).If this ability takes the form [BLAST X], each time you gather attack dice for such a weapon, add X additional attack dice for every five models that were in the target unit in the Select Targets step (rounding down) instead.
Precision attacks can pick high-value targets out in a crowd.
While resolving attacks made with one or more [PRECISION] weapons, at the start of the Allocation Order step (05.03), if the target unit contains one or more CHARACTER models visible to one or more of the attacking models, the active player can select one allocation group that contains one of those visible CHARACTER models. If they do, until those attacks are resolved, or until that CHARACTER group is destroyed (whichever happens first), that CHARACTER group is the current allocation group.The PAINBOY keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The hardiest warriors refuse to be laid low, even by wounds that should by all rights prove lethal.
This ability always takes the form Feel No Pain X+. Each time a model with this ability would lose a wound, roll one D6: on an X+, that wound is not lost.The WARBOSS and MEGA ARMOUR keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets: