Orks – Stormboyz
RANGED WEAPONS | RANGE | A | BS | S | AP | D | |
| Slugga CLOSE-QUARTERS LETHAL HITS: non-MONSTER/VEHICLE | |||||||
| Slugga CLOSE-QUARTERS LETHAL HITS: non-MONSTER/VEHICLE | 12" | 1 | 5+ | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
MELEE WEAPONS | RANGE | A | WS | S | AP | D | |
| Choppa | |||||||
| Choppa | Melee | 3 | 3+ | 5 | -1 | 1 | |
| Kustom Choppa | |||||||
| Kustom Choppa | Melee | 4 | 3+ | 5 | -2 | 2 | |
| Power Klaw | |||||||
| Power Klaw | Melee | 3 | 3+ | 10 | -2 | 2 | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS
- The Nob can have their Kustom Choppa replaced with 1 Power Klaw.
| CORE ABILITIES | Deep Strike |
| ARMY RULES | Waaagh! |
ABILITIES
Rokkit Charge: When this unit is selected to fight, if this unit made a charge move this turn, you can use this ability. If you do, this unit’s melee attacks have:
- +1 A and S.
- [Hazardous].
UNIT COMPOSITION
- 1 Nob model
- 4-9 Stormboy models
Every Stormboy is equipped with: 1 Choppa; 1 Slugga.
| YOUR UNIT COSTS | |
| 5 models | 70 |
| 10 models | 140 |
KEYWORDS: INFANTRY; EXPLOSIVES; FLY; JUMP PACK
FACTION KEYWORDS:
ORKS
ORKS
STRATAGEMS
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Core
C
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Core
C
FIRE OVERWATCH
1CP
Core
C
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core
C
EXPLOSIVES
1CP
Core
C
HEROIC INTERVENTION
1CP
Core
C
COUNTEROFFENSIVE
2CP
Core
C
KEEP IT RUNNIN'
1CP
Blitz Brigade Stratagem
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed
BA
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic
BA
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy
BA
MOB MENTALITY
1CP
Green Tide Stratagem
EAGER TO FIGHT
1CP
Ramship Raiders – Strategic Ploy
PILE THROUGH
1CP
Ramship Raiders – Strategic Ploy
GLOWIN' DAKKA
1CP
Shoota Boyz Stratagem
KUSTOM DAKKA
1CP
Shoota Boyz Stratagem
NEVER ENOUGH DAKKA
1CP
Shoota Boyz Stratagem
DUBIOUS RESTRAINT
1CP
Taktikal Brigade Stratagem
MIND MOSTLY ON THE MISSION
1CP
Taktikal Brigade Stratagem
WHILE THEIR BACKS ARE TURNED
1CP
Taktikal Brigade Stratagem
BREAKIN' HEADS
1CP
War Horde Stratagem
CLOSE-RANGE DAKKA
1CP
War Horde Stratagem
HIT 'EM HARDER
1CP
War Horde Stratagem
ORKS IS NEVER BEATEN
1CP
War Horde Stratagem
LED BY
This unit can be led by the following unit:
DETACHMENT ABILITY
ENHANCEMENTS
Throat-slittas
15
The EXPLOSIVES keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
Battleline
The FLY keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry
Mounted
The GROTS keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
Infantry
Walker
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
The JUMP PACK keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry
The ORKS keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Monster Epic Hero
Mounted Epic Hero
Infantry Character
Monster Character
Vehicle Character
Dedicated Transports
The TITANIC keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
Monster
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
Dedicated Transports
Fortifications
03.04 Engagement
A model’s engagement range is the area of the battlefield within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of it.
- 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.
WHAT IS ENGAGEMENT?
While opposing models are within each other’s engagement range, they are able to fight in vicious melee, so unless they are seeking to make melee attacks, models should keep out of their foes’ reach.
ENGAGEMENT
These two units have at least one model within 2" of the opposing unit, and are therefore engaged with each other.
FAQ
| Q: | Does my model or unit become engaged while moving through a enemy units engagement range during a move? |
| A: | No |
ADVANCE MOVE09.06
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Advance roll + your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is on the battlefield and unengaged.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.
05.04.04 Destroyed
Throughout a battle, models will suffer damage, lose wounds and be destroyed. When every model in a unit has been destroyed, that unit is destroyed.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.
Save Rolls
The opposing player resolves the following sequence:- 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. |
[LETHAL HITS]24.23
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.Designer’s Note: Choosing to automatically wound the target means that no wound roll is made for that attack. You may decide against this, as it means that attack cannot result in a critical wound and so cannot trigger other abilities such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS].
06.01 Visibility
Line of sight is used to determine visibility between models. For an observing model to have line of sight, it must be possible to draw an imaginary straight line, 1 mm wide, from any part of that model to any part of the model being observed. This line is the line of sight. While doing so, other models in the observing model’s unit and in the observed model’s unit are ignored.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).
Model Visible
If any part of another model is visible to the observing model, that model is visible.
Model Fully Visible
If every part of another model that is facing the observing model is visible to the observing model (so the only thing blocking visibility to any part of that other model is that model itself), that model is fully visible.
Unit Visible
If one or more models in a unit are visible to the observing model, that unit is visible.
Unit Fully Visible
If every model in a unit is fully visible to the observing model, that unit is fully visible. When determining this, the observing model can see through other models in that unit.
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. |
SNAP SHOOTING15.09
ELIGIBLE IF: As stated in the rule allowing this shooting type.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
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.
Hit Roll
Make one hit roll for each attack dice by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a hit by matching the first condition below that applies:
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CRITICAL HITS
Critical hits are still hits. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical hit, such as [LETHAL HITS] (24).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. |
[HAZARDOUS]24.15
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.06.02.01 Normal Damage
Normal Damage is damage that was inflicted on a model as a result of a weapon’s D characteristic, rather than by other means such as mortal wounds. Mortal wounds dealt in addition to normal damage from an attack are part of that same attack.
06.02 Mortal Wounds
Some attacks or rules inflict mortal wounds on units. Each time a unit suffers one or more mortal wounds, its controlling player must resolve the following sequence for each of those mortal wounds, until either all of them have been inflicted or that unit is destroyed:- 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.
SEE ALSO
- 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). |
06.03 Hazard Rolls
To make a hazard roll for a unit, roll one D6: on a 1-2, that roll fails and that unit suffers 1 mortal wound, or 3 mortal wounds instead if each model in that unit is a MONSTER/VEHICLE model. If more than one hazard roll is required for a unit, make all of those rolls simultaneously.
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. |
FALL-BACK MOVE09.07
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is engaged.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).
[SUSTAINED HITS]24.36
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.Example: An attack made with a [SUSTAINED HITS 2] weapon results in a critical hit. That attack therefore hits the target three times (once from the critical hit, and twice more from the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability).
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.
War Cry (Once per battle, per army): At the start of the Command phase, you can use this ability. If you do, friendly ORKS units with the Waaagh! ability are riled up until the end of the next turn.
The ORKS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
Infantry Epic Hero
Infantry Character
[RAPID FIRE]24.30
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).
01.07.01 Battlefield Morale
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.
01.07 Battle-shock Rolls
To make a battle-shock roll for a unit, its controlling player makes a leadership roll for it (see above).- 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.
SEE ALSO
- Battlefield Morale 01.07.01
- Battle-shock Test 01.07.02
BATTLEFIELD MORALE
The morale and organisation of troops can waver and break during battle. This is checked using battle-shock rolls, most commonly in the Command phase. Failing such a roll represents the unit’s courage faltering due to taking casualties or through other disruption, reducing its battlefield effectiveness. Similarly, some rules will require you to check a unit’s readiness by making a leadership roll.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 |
01.05.01 Automatically Successful/Passes/Hits/Wounds
When a dice roll or test is automatically successful or automatically passes/hits/wounds, do not roll the dice and instead move to the next step of the sequence for that roll as if the required result had been rolled. Any rules that take effect on a particular dice result or roll result do not take effect.Example: If a hit roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Wound Rolls step for that attack. Such a hit roll is not a critical hit.
Example: If a wound roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Save Rolls step for that attack. Such a wound roll is not a critical wound.
INGRESS MOVE20.04
SET-UP DISTANCE: 6"
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is in strategic reserves (excluding units that are embarked within TRANSPORTS that are themselves in strategic reserves).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.
DEEP STRIKE24.09
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.[DEVASTATING WOUNDS]24.10
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.
Example: An attack made with a [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] weapon with a D characteristic of 3 results in a critical wound against an Intercessor Squad, so inflicts 3 mortal wounds. The first 2 mortal wounds are sufficient to destroy 1 Intercessor model, so the remaining mortal wound is lost.
05.02.01 Multiple Toughness Characteristics
When resolving attacks that target a unit in which the models have two or more different T characteristics, follow the first instruction that applies from below:- 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.
Wound Roll
Make one wound roll for each hit by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a wound by matching the first condition below that applies:
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CRITICAL WOUNDS
Critical wounds are still wounds. In addition, other rules can be triggered by a critical wound, such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] (24).SEE ALSO
- Multiple Toughness Characteristics 05.02.01
NORMAL MOVE09.05
MAXIMUM DISTANCE: Your unit’s M characteristic.
ELIGIBLE IF: Your unit is on the battlefield and unengaged.EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be unengaged.
14.03 Secured Objectives
Some rules allow an objective to be secured by a player’s army. When an objective is secured by a player’s army, that objective remains under their control – even once they no longer have any units within range of it – until their opponent’s level of control over that objective is greater than theirs at the end of a phase.
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 |
[HAZARDOUS]24.15
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.18.02.01 Able To Embark
A unit is able to embark if it meets all of the conditions in Embarking (18.02). Note that one or more of these conditions may be modified by other rules, in which case a unit must satisfy those modified conditions in addition to any unmodified conditions to be able to embark.
Before selecting targets for this weapon, select one of its eligible profiles to make attacks with.
FIGHTS FIRST24.13
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).
[BLAST]24.05
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.
Example: If a [BLAST 2] weapon with an A characteristic of 3 targets a unit containing 12 models, you would gather four additional attack dice for that weapon (for a total of seven for that weapon).
02.02.03 Random Characteristics
Random Movement: When a unit with a random M characteristic is selected to move, determine the entire unit’s move distance by rolling the indicated number of dice.Random Attacks: If a weapon has a random A characteristic, that characteristic is determined when generating attacks for that weapon at the Resolve Attacks step (04.03). If several weapons with random A characteristics are making identical attacks, generate the attacks for each of those weapons individually, and group them all together.
Random Damage: If a weapon has a random D characteristic, then each time an attack made with it inflicts damage, the controlling player determines that weapon’s characteristic when the opposing player has selected a model in the target unit to allocate that attack to.
When determining a random D characteristic, the dice roll made is called a damage roll.
Where a D characteristic includes an operator (e.g. a ‘+’, as in D6+1), the value after the operator is part of that D characteristic – it is not a modifier.
Other Random Characteristics: For all other characteristics, roll to determine the value on an individual, per-model or per-weapon basis each time that characteristic is required.
COMMAND RE-ROLL15.02
1CP
Core Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you make one of the following rolls for a friendly unit or model:
TARGET: That unit or model.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll. If you are rolling more than one dice together, select one of those dice to re-roll (excluding charge rolls, which you must re-roll in full).
- Advance roll
- Charge roll
- Damage roll
- Hazard roll
- Hit roll
- Save roll
- Wound roll
- A roll to determine the number of attacks generated with a weapon.
TARGET: That unit or model.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll. If you are rolling more than one dice together, select one of those dice to re-roll (excluding charge rolls, which you must re-roll in full).
INSANE BRAVERY15.04
1CP
Core Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just before you make a battle-shock roll for a friendly unit.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: That battle-shock roll is automatically successful.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem more than once per battle.
TARGET: That unit.
EFFECT: That battle-shock roll is automatically successful.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem more than once per battle.
SNAP SHOOTING15.09
ELIGIBLE IF: As stated in the rule allowing this shooting type.
EFFECT: Your unit shoots as described in Making Attacks (04).
WHILE SHOOTING:
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.
FIRE OVERWATCH15.08
1CP
Core Stratagem
A hail of fire can drive back advancing foes.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit (excluding TITANIC units).
EFFECT: Your unit shoots using snap shooting.
RAPID INGRESS15.07
1CP
Core Stratagem
Be it cunning strategy, potent technology or supernatural ritual, there are many means by which a commander may hasten their warriors’ onset.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.
TARGET: One friendly unit that is in strategic reserves (excluding AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Your unit makes an ingress move (20.04).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem during the first battle round.
TARGET: One friendly unit that is in strategic reserves (excluding AIRCRAFT).
EFFECT: Your unit makes an ingress move (20.04).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this stratagem during the first battle round.
HEROIC INTERVENTION15.11
1CP
Core Stratagem
Voices raised in furious war cries, your warriors surge forth to meet the enemy’s onslaught head-on.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Charge phase.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit within 12" of one or more enemy units. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Resolve a charge with your unit (11.02). While doing so, before making the charge roll, you must select one of the following modes:
TARGET: One friendly unengaged unit within 12" of one or more enemy units. You can only select a VEHICLE unit if it is a CHARACTER/WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Resolve a charge with your unit (11.02). While doing so, before making the charge roll, you must select one of the following modes:
- Leap to Defend: When selecting charge targets, you can only select enemy units that made a charge move this phase and are within the maximum distance.
+1CP
- Into the Fray:
- When making the charge roll, if the result is greater than 6 (after modifiers), change it to 6.
- When selecting charge targets, you can select any enemy units that are within 6" of your unit and within the maximum distance.
COUNTEROFFENSIVE15.12
2CP
Core Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight step of your opponent’s Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has resolved its attacks.
TARGET: One friendly unit that is eligible to fight.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability and it must be the next unit you select to fight (12.04).
TARGET: One friendly unit that is eligible to fight.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability and it must be the next unit you select to fight (12.04).
KEEP IT RUNNIN'
1CP
Blitz Brigade Stratagem
The crews of the Orks’ hulking transports maintain a high level of readiness for when the ladz get bored and rapidly clamber back on board to look for a new fight.
WHEN: End of the Fight phase.
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: 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.
COMMAND RE-ROLL
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
A great commander can bend even the vagaries of fate and fortune to their will, the better to ensure victory.
WHEN: Any phase, just after you have made a Hit roll, a Wound roll, a Damage roll, a saving throw, an Advance roll, a Charge roll, a Desperate Escape test, a Hazardous test, or just after you have rolled the dice to determine the number of attacks made with a weapon, for an attack, model or unit from your army.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
TARGET: That unit or model from your army.
EFFECT: You re-roll that roll, test or saving throw.
INSANE BRAVERY
1CP
Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
Indifferent to their own survival, these warriors hold their ground against seemingly impossible odds.
WHEN: Battle-shock step of your Command phase, just after you have failed a Battle-shock test taken for a unit from your army.
TARGET: The unit from your army that Battle-shock test was just taken for (even though your Battle-shocked units cannot normally be affected by your Stratagems).
EFFECT: Your unit is treated as having passed that test instead, and is not Battle-shocked as a result.
TARGET: The unit from your army that Battle-shock test was just taken for (even though your Battle-shocked units cannot normally be affected by your Stratagems).
EFFECT: Your unit is treated as having passed that test instead, and is not Battle-shocked as a result.
EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
1CP
Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
A well-placed explosive munition in confined shipboard spaces can cause bloody carnage.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one model in your unit that is equipped with a weapon with the [BLAST] ability. Until the end of the phase, when determining how many models are in the target unit for the purpose of that ability, include models that are not visible to the attacking model. In addition, attacks made with that weapon can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
TARGET: One unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one model in your unit that is equipped with a weapon with the [BLAST] ability. Until the end of the phase, when determining how many models are in the target unit for the purpose of that ability, include models that are not visible to the attacking model. In addition, attacks made with that weapon can be allocated to models that are not visible to the attacking model.
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
2CP
Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
In close-quarters combat, the slightest hesitation can leave an opening for a swift foe to exploit.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has fought.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and that has not already been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit fights next.
MOB MENTALITY
1CP
Green Tide Stratagem
With volleys of wagers, threats, insults, dung and the occasional rock, large mobs bolster the spirits of others in the most Orky ways possible.
WHEN: Start of the Battle-shock step of your Command phase.
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: 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.
EAGER TO FIGHT
1CP
Ramship Raiders – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Impatient from being bottled up aboard their voidships with no one to clobber, this mob cannot wait to get stuck in to a proper scrap.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, in the Reinforcements step, just after an ORKS unit from your army is set up in an Entry Zone.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make an Advance move.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make an Advance move.
PILE THROUGH
1CP
Ramship Raiders – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Orks react to the sudden availability of a good scrap with immediate and enthusiastic aggression.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after an ORKS unit from your army opens a Hatchway.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit has the Fights First ability.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit has the Fights First ability.
GLOWIN' DAKKA
1CP
Shoota Boyz Stratagem
Semi-molten or radioactive slugs; frazzle bullets; shokktastik shells; Orks will try anything they can afford to crack open enemy armour in style.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ORKS INFANTRY unit is selected to shoot.
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 that target a unit within 9" have +1 AP.
KUSTOM DAKKA
1CP
Shoota Boyz Stratagem
Extra speshul ammunition is hoarded by those Orks obsessed with dakka, ready for the ideal target when it is splurged in an impressively killy display.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ORKS INFANTRY unit is selected to shoot.
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 (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE units) have +1 to wound rolls.
NEVER ENOUGH DAKKA
1CP
Shoota Boyz Stratagem
Squeezing the trigger until their weapon stops firing or falls apart in their hands is a standard tactic for many Orks, and their horrifically wild bursts eventually find their mark.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ORKS INFANTRY unit is selected to shoot.
TARGET: That ORKS INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [Sustained Hits 1].
TARGET: That ORKS INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [Sustained Hits 1].
BREAKIN' HEADS
1CP
War Horde Stratagem
Sometimes even the most enthusiastic Orks need a little ‘encouragement’ to stay in the fight.
WHEN: Any phase, when a friendly attached ORKS INFANTRY unit becomes battle-shocked.
TARGET: That ORKS INFANTRY unit. You can target that unit with this stratagem even though it is battle-shocked.
EFFECT: Roll one D3:
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.
CLOSE-RANGE DAKKA
1CP
War Horde Stratagem
Many Orks think it’s a waste of time blazing away at long range, when it’s more fun to see the effects of potent dakka up close.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly ORKS unit is selected to shoot.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have:
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]).
HIT 'EM HARDER
1CP
War Horde Stratagem
Even the weediest Orks possess great strength, and need little persuasion to bring it to bear.
WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly ORKS unit is selected to fight.
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Lethal Hits].
TARGET: That ORKS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [Lethal Hits].
ORKS IS NEVER BEATEN
1CP
War Horde Stratagem
So resilient is Ork physiology - and so slow are Orks on the uptake - even death can take time to register.
WHEN: Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly ORKS unit (excluding TITANIC units).
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:
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.
Get Stuck In
War Horde Detachment
Joyously anarchic and recklessly destructive, all Orks eagerly get stuck in to every fight.
Friendly ORKS units’ melee attacks have [Sustained Hits 1].Mob-handed Brutality
Green Tide Detachment
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].
Belligerent Boarders
Ramship Raiders Detachment
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.
CLOSE-QUARTERS SHOOTING10.06
ELIGIBLE IF: All of the following apply to your unit:
WHILE SHOOTING: Models in your unit can target enemy units your unit is engaged with.
- Engaged and did not make an advance move this turn.
- Has one or more [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons or is a MONSTER/VEHICLE unit.
WHILE SHOOTING: Models in your unit can target enemy units your unit is engaged with.
- MONSTER/VEHICLE Models: Each time a MONSTER/VEHICLE model in your unit makes an attack:
- Unless that attack is made with a [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapon and targets a unit your unit is engaged with, subtract 1 from the hit roll.
- If that attack is made with a [BLAST] weapon, it still cannot target a unit your unit is engaged with.
- Non-MONSTER/Non-VEHICLE Models: You can only select [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons to make attacks with and you can only select enemy units that are engaged with your unit as targets.
[CLOSE-QUARTERS]24.07
Weapons designed for close-quarters fighting can be wielded effectively even in the press of melee combat.
Units containing one or more models with a [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapon can shoot using close-quarters shooting (10.06).When using another shooting type, for each model in that unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE models), you can only select one of the following to make attacks with:
- One or more of its [CLOSE-QUARTERS] weapons.
- One or more of its other ranged weapons.
EXPLOSIVES15.05
1CP
Core Stratagem
Priming grenades or other explosives, these warriors draw back and hurl death into the enemy’s midst.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One friendly unengaged EXPLOSIVES/GRENADES unit that is eligible to shoot and did not make an advance move this turn.
EFFECT: Resolve the following sequence:
TARGET: One friendly unengaged EXPLOSIVES/GRENADES unit that is eligible to shoot and did not make an advance move this turn.
EFFECT: Resolve the following sequence:
- Select one EXPLOSIVES/GRENADES model in your unit.
- Select one unengaged enemy unit within 8" of and visible to that model.
- Roll six D6: for each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (06.02).
Errata
Grenades Stratagem
The Grenade Stratagem is the same as the Explosives stratagem.
DUBIOUS RESTRAINT
1CP
Taktikal Brigade Stratagem
A few Orks, particularly those of a rebelliously disciplined outlook, can resist their destructive urges just long enough to prioritise strategic gains.
WHEN: Start/end of your Movement phase.
TARGET: One friendly BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit.
EFFECT: Select one objective your unit is controlling. That objective is secured.
TARGET: One friendly BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit.
EFFECT: Select one objective your unit is controlling. That objective is secured.
MIND MOSTLY ON THE MISSION
1CP
Taktikal Brigade Stratagem
When there’s a dirty job needs doing, Orks with strange compulsions get a kick out of causing such trouble sneakily or swiftly.
WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit is selected to make an advance/fall-back move.
TARGET: That BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to start an action.
TARGET: That BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to start an action.
WHILE THEIR BACKS ARE TURNED
1CP
Taktikal Brigade Stratagem
With the gitz they were fighting having scarpered, mobs with a plan exploit the sudden lull to press towards whatever target has next caught their eye.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.
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".
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".
Suspiciously Well Organised
Taktikal Brigade Detachment
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.