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.
Books
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Show History | ||||
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Orks | ||||
| Orks | Faction Pack | 10 | 1.3 | April 2026 |
 Da Red Gobbo’s Tinboy (Warhammer Legends) | ||||
| Da Red Gobbo’s Tinboy (Warhammer Legends) | Datasheet | 10 | October 2025 | |
 Boarding Actions | ||||
| Boarding Actions | Expansion | 10 | 1.1 | July 2025 |
 Munitorum Field Manual | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual | Expansion | 11 | 1.0 | |
FAQ
Faction Pack: Orks
| Q: | If a model has an ability that triggers when you call a Waaagh! and that model is embarked within a TRANSPORT when this happens (e.g. a WARBOSS’ Da Biggest and da Best ability), does that ability take effect? |
| A: | No. Abilities do not take effect while units are embarked within TRANSPORTS unless they explicitly state otherwise. |
| Q: | When using the Conniving Runts Stratagem, to be able to make the Normal move as part of the Stratagem, do I need to roll a 4+ and have inflicted any mortal wounds? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | In the Effect section of the Go Get ’Em! Stratagem there is an additional effect if my unit contains 10 or more models. When do I check if my unit has 10 or more models? |
| A: | This is checked after the attacking unit has shot. |
| Q: | Can a unit equipped with multiple Bomb Squigs use its Bomb Squig ability more than once each phase? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | If a model has an ability that triggers when you call a Waaagh! and that model is embarked within a TRANSPORT when this happens (e.g. a Warboss’ Da Biggest and da Best ability), does that ability take effect? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | If a unit has an ability that checks if the Waaagh! is active for your army in order for that ability to take effect (e.g. the Meganobz’ Krumpin’ Time ability), does that ability take effect if another rule makes the Waaagh! active for that unit (e.g. the Bully Boyz Detachment rule)? |
| A: | Yes. |
Keywords
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- The number in parentheses indicates the number of datasheets containing this keyword. This number represents the total number of datasheets in the faction, regardless of the filter.
- The list does not include named keywords that match the datasheet’s name (unless there are other datasheets with such a keyword).
Introduction
The Detachment rule listed here will apply to either your whole army or to particular units within it. If any additional restrictions or benefits apply to a Detachment, they will be listed here. This can include units your army either must include or cannot include, as well as additional keywords some of your units may gain.
When mustering your army, your chosen Detachment enables you to upgrade CHARACTERS using the Enhancements listed here, as described in the Core Rules (see the Select Units step).
If you are playing a Crusade battle, you can instead use the Renowned Heroes Requisition to give your CHARACTERS Enhancements, as described in the main Crusade rules.
Your chosen Detachment gives you access to the Stratagems listed here in addition to the Core Stratagems listed in the Core Rules. During the battle, you can spend Command points (CP) to use these Stratagems.
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 hundreds or even thousands of greenskin mouths, even the most stalwart warriors fear the onslaught to come.
If your Army Faction is ORKS, once per battle, at the start of your Command phase, you can call a Waaagh!. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, the Waaagh! is active for your army and:- Units from your army with this ability are eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which they Advanced.
- 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.
War Horde
3DP
Get Stuck In
Once an Ork gets stuck into hand-to-hand combat, they quickly overwhelm their enemies through sheer ferocity and an eagerness to give the gitz a good kicking.
Melee weapons equipped by ORKS models from your army have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.Enhancements
Always found at the forefront of an assault, this Ork likes to be the first into the fray. ORKS model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, add 2" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit. |
Grand Warboss Headwoppa and his tribe were last seen charging headlong into a horde of Khornate daemons, but legend speaks of a blood-slick choppa that still turns up occasionally. Though this weapon looks normal, a dark voice is said to growl in the mind of its wielder, driving them on to ever greater excesses of violence. ORKS model only. Melee weapons equipped by the bearer (excluding Extra Attacks weapons) have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability. |
Feigning weakness, this greenskin allows his foes to close in before delivering a brutal flurry of attacks. ORKS model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, that unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back. |
The original owner of this one-of-a-kind endoskeleton became the envy of every Warboss around, and was soon gutted and stripped for parts by a stronger rival. The Supa-Cybork Body has been retransplanted several times since then, filling its new owner with confidence, resilience and a belated hope that the Painboyz gave it a quick clean before shoving it back in place… ORKS model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That destroyed ORKS VEHICLE unit, if you roll a 6 for its Deadly Demise ability. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal or Fall Back move before its Deadly Demise ability is resolved, and before any embarked units perform an Emergency Disembarkation. When making this move, your unit can move over enemy units (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) as if they were not there.
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, do not remove it from play. The destroyed model can fight after the attacking model’s unit has finished making attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a melee attack, an unmodified hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army (excluding GROTS, MONSTER and VEHICLE units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
TARGET: One MOB unit from your army that contains 10 or more models and is not Below Half-strength.
EFFECT: Select one friendly Battle-shocked ORKS INFANTRY unit within 6" of that MOB unit. That ORKS INFANTRY unit is no longer Battle-shocked.
TARGET: One ORKS INFANTRY unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, add 2 to Advance and Charge rolls made for your unit.
Da Big Hunt
2DP
Da Hunt Is On
Spying the largest or most dangerous threats on the battlefield - besides the Orks themselves - Beast Snaggas chase them down with gleeful enthusiasm, mobs racing each other to claim the kill and to snag a worthy trophy with which to proclaim their status as the warband’s greatest hunters. Until, that is, the easily distracted ladz notice their next quarry.
At the start of your Command phase, select one MONSTER, VEHICLE or CHARACTER unit from your opponent’s army. Until the start of your next Command phase, that enemy unit is your Prey:- When a friendly BEAST SNAGGA unit declares a charge, If your Prey is within 12" of that unit, you can use this part of this ability. If you do:
- That BEAST SNAGGA unit can re-roll that charge roll.
- That BEAST SNAGGA unit must end that charge move engaged with your Prey.
- Each time a BEAST SNAGGA model from your army makes an attack that targets your Prey, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Enhancements
Obsessed with being the first to make a kill, this hunter spurs his unruly mount ahead of the warband, coaxing his mob to follow him with the explicit threat of feeding them to his squigosaur if they don’t keep up. BEASTBOSS ON SQUIGOSAUR model only. Models in the bearer’s unit have the Scouts 9" ability. |
This Beast Snagga is an unstoppable engine of destructive butchery who has left the brutalised corpses of his huge prey piled in his wake on world after world. BEAST SNAGGA model only. Add 1 to the Damage characteristic of melee weapons equipped by the bearer. |
Successful hunt leaders are never short of a kunnin' plan to flush out the prey. This sneaky git has mastered the art of ransacking whatever the prey values, luring the quarry in to retaliate or else ensuring they’re cornered, with no bolthole or gear to fall back on. BEAST SNAGGA model only. At the end of your Command phase, if the bearer is within range of an objective marker you control, that objective marker remains under your control, even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn. |
With a lifetime of leading notoriously deadly Beast Snagga hunts behind them, and gnarled hides thicker than Battlewagon armour, this Ork and his favoured Boyz have survived blows that would fell a Gargant. BEASTBOSS ON SQUIGOSAUR model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, each time an attack targets that unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of that unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One BEAST SNAGGA unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. In addition, each time a model in your unit makes a melee attack that targets your Prey, a Critical Hit is scored on an unmodified Hit roll of 5+, instead of only a 6.
TARGET: That BEAST SNAGGA unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit and roll one D6 for each model in your unit: for each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds). If that enemy unit is your Prey, roll three additional D6.
TARGET: One BEAST SNAGGA unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to charge in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back. In addition, you can re-roll charge rolls made for your unit. If you do, your unit must end that charge move engaged with your Prey.
TARGET: One BEAST SNAGGA INFANTRY or BEAST SNAGGA MOUNTED unit from your army that was within Engagement Range of that enemy unit at the start of the phase.
EFFECT: If your unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 6".
TARGET: One BEAST SNAGGA INFANTRY or BEAST SNAGGA MOUNTED unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a ranged attack targets your unit, models in your unit have the Benefit of Cover against that attack. In addition, if your unit has the INFANTRY keyword, until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Stealth ability.
TARGET: One BEAST SNAGGA unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy unit.
EFFECT: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.
Kult of Speed
2DP
Adrenaline Junkies
If there is one thing Speed Freeks love more than racing full tilt towards the enemy, smashing into them and pulling hair pin turns to do it all again, it is loosing incredible amounts of noisy, chugging dakka as they do so.
SPEED FREEKS units from your army are eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.Enhancements
The thrill-seeking Orks at the head of Speed Freeks warbands lead their Kult of Speed brethren right into enemy lines, leaping from speeding Trukks and Battlewagons if need be to plunge into the fight. ORKS INFANTRY model only. Each time the bearer’s unit disembarks from a TRANSPORT after that TRANSPORT has made a Normal move, the bearer’s unit is still eligible to declare a charge this turn. |
This Orks adrenaline-addled mind lurches from one insight to the next, a bone-shaker whose engine only fires on all cylinders when he is in the thick of the fighting. Once there, however, it revs into overdrive. ORKS model only. In your Command phase, if the bearer (or a TRANSPORT the bearer is embarked within) is within 9" of one or more enemy units, roll one D6: on a 3+, you gain 1CP. |
Scaly squig-hide is the perfect material for fast and grippy tyres, able to provide traction even in the mire of blood, guts and oil left over from most Speed Freekfights. DEFFKILLA WARTRIKE model only. Each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes a Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3". |
This warlord’s fanatical devotion to speed is such that he cannot stand being anywhere other than in the heart of the action and he pushes the ladz around him to crank their throttles in order to close the distance with the enemy as soon as possible. DEFFKILLA WARTRIKE model only. In your Shooting phase, after the bearer’s unit has shot, if it is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to 6". If it does, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One SPEED FREEKS or TRUKK unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have a 5+ invulnerable save. If your unit is a VEHICLE unit with an unmodified Toughness characteristic of 8 or less, until the end of the phase, models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save instead.
TARGET: That SPEED FREEKS or TRUKK unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within 9" of your unit. That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test and, when doing so, subtract 1 from the result.
TARGET: One SPEED FREEKS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. While targeting a unit within 9", they have the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability instead.
RESTRICTIONS: A unit cannot be targeted by this and the Blitza Fire Stratagem in the same phase.
TARGET: One SPEED FREEKS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability and, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a unit within 9", a Critical Hit is scored on an unmodified Hit roll of 5+, instead of only a 6.
RESTRICTIONS: A unit cannot be targeted by this and the Dakkastorm Stratagem in the same phase.
TARGET: That SPEED FREEKS unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, each time a model in your unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to the Wound roll.
TARGET: One SPEED FREEKS unit from your army that is within 8" of that enemy unit and is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6".
Dread Mob2DP
Try Dat Button!
Inventive Meks wire all manner of kustomised gubbinz, suspicious extras and inviting big red buttons to weapons or into the cockpits of their clanking kan creations. Eager Orks are always enthusiastic to try out such random innovations to see what sort of destruction they can cause. Sometimes this can be risky, but that’s half the fun!
Each time a MEK, ORKS WALKER or GROTS VEHICLE unit from your army is selected to shoot or fight, roll one D6. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in that unit have the corresponding ability shown in the table below.
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Alternatively, when such a unit is selected to shoot or fight, you can select one of the abilities above instead of rolling the D6. If you do, until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [HAZARDOUS] ability as well.
If a weapon equipped by a model from you army has the [HAZARDOUS] ability from multiple sources, each time you take a Hazardous test for that weapon, it is failed on a roll of a 1-3.
Enhancements
By squinting hard through the mismatched lenses of these goggles, even the sneakiest git can be pinpointed. MEK model only. Ranged weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit have the [ignores cover] ability. |
Impatient for better results, this Mek is an avid advocate of the theory that smashing buttons and cranking dials faster makes kustom guns more shooty. MEK model only. Each time the bearer’s unit is selected to shoot, when rolling to determine which ability that unit’s weapons gain from the Try Dat Button! Detachment rule, roll one additional D6: until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in that unit gain both Button Effects generated by those rolls. If a duplicate Button Effect is rolled, it has no additional effect. |
This loud, fume-belching device wreathes the bearer and his mates in a thick bank of smoke. This is hard for the enemy to see through, but has little detriment on the Orks’ own accuracy. MEK model only. Models in the bearer’s unit have the Stealth ability. |
The Mek cobbled together this strange device in a flash of feverish inventin’. He isn’t sure what it does - and it glows weirdly - but he proudly carries it to battle, eager to know what its big switch will do this time. MEK model only. In your Command phase, select one enemy unit within 18" of and visible to the bearer, then roll one D6: on a 1-2, that enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test; on a 3-4, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; on a 5-6, until the start of your next Command phase, each time a model in that enemy unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ORKS WALKER unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can choose to push it. Until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit and, if you chose to push it, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of those weapons and they have the [HAZARDOUS] ability as well.
TARGET: That ORKS WALKER unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, you can re-roll Advance rolls made for your unit and ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [ASSAULT] ability.
TARGET: One MEK, ORKS WALKER or GROTS VEHICLE unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can choose to push it. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a MONSTER or VEHICLE, add 1 to the Wound roll. If you chose to push it, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of that attack and, until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [HAZARDOUS] ability as well.
TARGET: One ORKS WALKER or GROTS VEHICLE unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Each time you use this Stratagem, you can choose to push it. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. If you chose to push it, you can re-roll the Hit roll instead and, until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [HAZARDOUS] ability as well.
TARGET: One GRETCHIN unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units.
EFFECT: Roll one D6: on a 4+, that enemy unit suffers D3+1 mortal wounds. Your unit can then make a Normal move.
TARGET: One ORKS WALKER or GROTS VEHICLE unit from your army (excluding TITANIC units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is allocated to a model in your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
Green Tide2DP
Mob Mentality
Caught up in the infectious and nigh supernatural belligerence that suffuses such large hordes of Orks on the warpath, the Boyz tend to push through lethal wounds, being too immersed in the energetic riot to worry about such things as long as they have a load of mates to enjoy the fight with.
Each time an attack targets a BOYZ unit from your army, models in that unit have a 6+ invulnerable save against that attack. Each time an attack targets a BOYZ unit from your army that contains 10 or more models, models in that unit have a 5+ invulnerable save against that attack.’Enhancements
Buoyed on by his chanting ladz and eager to smash into his enemies first, this boss leads the way, racing towards one fight after the next. ORKS INFANTRY model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, you can re-roll Advance rolls made for that unit. While that unit contains 10 or more models, you can re-roll Charge rolls made for that unit as well. |
What tactics occasionally pop into this Orks head revolve purely around throwing as many Boyz into the enemy’s face as possible. ORKS INFANTRY model only. In your Command phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield (or is embarked within a TRANSPORT that is on the battlefield), roll one D6, adding 2 to the result if the bearer’s unit contains 10 or more models: on a 5+, you gain 1CP. |
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. Each time the bearer fights, while resolving those attacks, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of the bearers melee weapons. If the bearer’s unit contains 10 or more models, while resolving those attacks, add 3 to the Strength characteristic instead. |
This hulking boss is a focal point of violent enthusiasm. Orks flocking to his bosspole feel emboldened, the boss exuding an energetic dynamism that keeps his ladz at the height of rampaging excitement. ORKS INFANTRY model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, that unit always counts as containing 10 or more models for the purposes of your Detachment rule and any Stratagems you use. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One BOYZ unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, re-roll a Wound roll of 1. If your unit contains 10 or more models, re-roll the Wound roll instead.
TARGET: One BOYZ unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase and is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit is selected to fight, when determining which models in your unit are eligible to fight, any models in your unit that are within 3" of one or more enemy models are eligible to fight. When resolving those attacks, such models can target one of those enemy units that is within 3" of them and within Engagement Range of their unit.
TARGET: Two BOYZ units from your army that are within 6" of each other.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, while those two units are within 6" of each other, they both count as containing 10 or more models for the purposes of your Detachment rule, any Enhancements models from your army have and any Stratagems you use.
TARGET: One BOYZ unit from your army.
EFFECT: Return up to D3+2 destroyed models to your unit (excluding CHARACTER models).
TARGET: One BOYZ unit from your army that has not declared a charge this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit declares a charge, add 1 to the Charge roll and, if your unit contains 10 or more models, you can re-roll the Charge roll.’
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 a surge move of up to D6".
Bully Boyz2DP
Da Boss Is Watchin’
Gathered together into an all-conquering mass of hulking brutes, the biggest Nobz and their even larger bosses are - or so they claim - more Orky than anyone else. Their bellowed war cries are louder, their self-belief, impetus and sheer presence an affront to the senses. Theirs is a violent momentum that can roll through entire enemy armies in an unrelenting wave of aggression.
At the start of your Command phase, in a turn in which you have not called a Waaagh!, if you have one or more WARBOSS models on the battlefield (or embarked within a TRANSPORT that is on the battlefield), you can call a Waaagh! for a second time this battle. When doing so, that second Waaagh! only counts as having been called for WARBOSS, NOBZ and MEGANOBZ units from your army.Enhancements
This warlords bellowing war cry is so loud that it can be heard over the thickest of fighting, rolling outwards in a terrifying bestial roar. INFANTRY WARBOSS model only. At the start of the Fight phase, select one enemy unit within Engagement range of the bearer. That unit must take a Battle-shock test, and when doing so, subtract 1 from the result. |
The bigger the Waaagh!, the bigger the boss must be to exert control. This Ork has countless huge battles under his belt and has grown in stature and aggression to match. INFANTRY WARBOSS model only. Add 2 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic. |
A solid slab of muscle and aggression, this Ork is living embodiment of the undeniable truth of his enemies’ inferiority. INFANTRY WARBOSS model only. Each time the bearer makes an attack that targets a unit that is below its Starting Strength, re-roll a Wound roll of 1. If that unit is Below Half-strength, you can re-roll the Wound roll instead. |
Nothing shocks the enemy like an angry mob of the biggest and surliest Orks imaginable suddenly appearing in a blast of green lightning! WARBOSS IN MEGA ARMOUR model only. Models in the bearer’s unit have the Deep Strike ability. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One NOBZ or MEGANOBZ unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. If a Waaagh! is active for your unit, you can re-roll the Hit roll instead.
TARGET: One NOBZ or MEGANOBZ unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not shot or fought this phase, roll one D6, adding 2 to the result if a Waaagh! is active for your unit. On a 5+, do not remove the destroyed model from play; it can shoot or fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.
TARGET: One NOBZ or MEGANOBZ unit from your army that destroyed that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes a Consolidation move, it can move up to D3+3" instead of up to 3". If a Waaagh! is active for your unit, it can move up to 6" instead.
TARGET: That NOBZ or MEGANOBZ unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit, then roll one D6 for each model in your unit that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit: for each 5+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds). If a Waaagh! is active for your unit, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound for each 4+ instead.
TARGET: One NOBZ or MEGANOBZ unit from your army within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: When that enemy unit Falls Back, all models in that enemy unit must take a Desperate Escape test. When doing so, if a Waaagh! is active for your unit, subtract 1 from each of those tests.
TARGET: One NOBZ or MEGANOBZ unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
Freebooter Krew2DP
Ork Freebooterz are the most selfish, acquisitive and merciless of their kind. Kicked out of their tribes for failing to respect even the brutal structures of Orkoid society, they find their way into the company of equally shifty gits and form Freebooter krewz. Freebooterz typically sail the void aboard kroozers bristling with guns and boarding craft, and take every opportunity to pillage and destroy everything in their path. When Freebooter Krewz gather under the banner of an especially ambitious and cunning Kaptin, they form pirate fleets that can endanger even fortified worlds and full-fledged battle stations. Any manner of Ork can become a Freebooter – though the most iconic of their kind are the gunned-up show-offs known as Flash Gitz – and so their krewz may include mobs of Boyz and Grots, hurtling packs of bad Ork Bikerboyz, piratical Beast Snaggas, fleets of trophy-festooned Battlewagons and more besides. The only unifying features are the Freebooterz’ greed for loot of every kind, and their willingness to do just about anything to get their talons on it.
Here Be Loot
Grabbing loot is a Freebooter’s favourite pastime, followed closely by bludgeoning senseless anyone stupid enough to try to stop him doing so – or, even worse, seeking to take the loot for themselves.
At the start of your Command phase, select one objective marker. Until the start of your next Command phase, that objective marker is your loot objective.Each time a model in an ORKS INFANTRY, ORKS MOUNTED or ORKS WALKER unit from your army makes an attack, that attack has the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability if either or both of the following are true:
- That model’s unit is within range of your loot objective.
- That attack targets a unit within range of your loot objective.
Enhancements
Kaptins are experts in violently motivating their lads in the pursuit of even more loot. WARBOSS model only. Once per battle round, at the start of any phase, you can select one friendly ORKS unit that is Battle-shocked and within 12" of the bearer. That unit suffers D3 mortal wounds and it is no longer Battle-shocked. |
Wealthy Freebooterz can afford augmetically enhanced Git-spotter Squigs to sit on their shoulders and spot gits. ORKS model only. Ranged weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability. |
Bad Meks and Doks are sought after by Freebooterz to provide cybork bioniks for those with the teef to pay. BIG MEK or PAINBOY model only. At the start of the battle, roll one D3 and compare the result to the list below. Until the end of the battle, models in the bearer’s unit have that bioniks ability.
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Stolen from a humie cogboy, this remarkable digital map helps Freebooterz outwit their enemies. ORKS model only. After both players have deployed their armies, select up to three ORKS INFANTRY units from your army and redeploy them. When doing so, you can set those units up in Strategic Reserves, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets an enemy unit within range of the loot objective, you can re-roll the Wound roll.
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army (excluding GRETCHIN units) that is within range of the loot objective.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, the Waaagh! is active for your unit, even if you have already called a Waaagh! this battle.
Designer’s Note: This means that any abilities that are in effect while the Waaagh! is active for your army will be in effect for your unit.
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, 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: One ORKS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit targets an INFANTRY unit with a ranged weapon, that weapon has the [BLAST] ability.
TARGET: One FLASH GITZ unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] ability.
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army that was within engagement range of that enemy unit at the start of the phase and is not within range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6".
Speedwaaagh!
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When a Speedwaaagh! is unleashed, entire planets become Ork speedways. The aliens tear across battlefields and weave through no man’s land at breakneck pace, blazing away at anything in their path. So fast-moving are these Orkoid formations that they often punch clean through the enemy lines before their foes truly realise they are in battle. The Orks then haul their jostling vehicles and turbo-boosted Trukks around, charging back for another pass and then another. As they roar, they fill the air with deafening hails of firepower and choking clouds of dust and fume. Half-blinded, deafened by engines and bellowing, the enemy reels as swarms of light vehicles hit them from every direction. Ordered battle descends into high-octane anarchy as the Orks compete in contests of speed and violence in which their enemies are an unwilling audience and participants. Soon enough, the once-proud ranks of the foe are reduced to mangled ruin and the Orks race onward towards the next battle.
Turbo Boostas
No self-respecting Speed Freek goes to war without highly tuned, Mek-approved turbo boostas to power them to battle. These devices come in all shapes and sizes, but all give their operators a violent burst of speed, allowing them to close with the enemy at breakneck speed and get stuck in.
Each time a SPEED FREEKS or TRUKK unit (excluding AIRCRAFT) from your army Advances, it can use its turbo. If it does, do not make an Advance roll for it; instead, until the end of the phase, models in that unit have a Move characteristic of 24" but can only move in one straight line, and until the end of the turn, ranged weapons equipped by those models have the [ASSAULT] ability and that unit cannot declare a charge.Designer’s Note: When a unit uses its turbo, the models in that unit cannot pivot, and they cannot make a move of two or more straight lines (e.g. to navigate around obstacles). That unit also cannot declare a charge, even if another rule would let it declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
Enhancements
Obtained from a Big Mek for a veritable fortune of teef, this device incorporates a shokk-boosta that enables a Warboss and their steed to take potentially deadly shortcuts through the Warp. DEFFKILLA WARTRIKE model only. Each time the bearer uses its turbo, its unit can move horizontally through terrain features. |
Mekboyz with a penchant for overwhelming firepower can always get some more dakka out of a vehicle’s guns. MEK model only. Each time the bearer uses its Mekaniak ability, until the start of your next Command phase, ranged weapons equipped by the selected VEHICLE model have the [RAPID FIRE 1] ability. |
The highly volatile, Mek-brewed fuel that powers this Wartrike emits particularly large and exceptionally deadly gouts of flame. DEFFKILLA WARTRIKE model only. Change the Attacks characteristic of the bearer’s killa jet – burna weapon to 3D6, and change the Attacks characteristic of the bearer’s killa jet – cutta weapon to 3. |
A talented gunsmith, even by the standards of his Big Mek rivals, this Ork reserves the finest of his creations for personal use. BIG MEK model only. Improve the Ballistic Skill characteristic of the bearer’s ranged weapons by 1. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ORKS 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 shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back or Advanced (unless it used its turbo this turn).
TARGET: That SPEED FREEKS or TRUKK unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks (excluding attacks made with Indirect Fire weapons). Until the end of the phase, each time a model in a SPEED FREEKS or TRUKK unit from your army makes an attack that targets that unit, improve the Strength characteristic of that attack by 2.
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit (excluding Torrent weapons) have the [ANTI-MONSTER 4+] and [ANTI-VEHICLE 4+] abilities.
TARGET: One SPEED FREEKS or TRUKK unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LANCE] ability and, if your unit made a Charge move this turn, until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of those weapons.
TARGET: One ORKS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Benefit of Cover.
TARGET: One SPEED FREEKS or TRUKK unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.
Blitz Brigade2DP
Blitz Brigades consist of as many Battlewagons, Trukks and other wheeled and tracked monstrosities as a Tankboss can cobble together. Hulking constructions festooned with barbaric trophies and vomiting acrid clouds of choking exhaust fumes, these ramshackle vehicles bristle with rokkit batteries, pintle-mounted shootas and massive cannons as crude as they are destructive. Varying widely in size and shape, all drive to war laden with battle-hungry Orks. Thundering forward in a roaring avalanche of jagged scrap metal and burning rubber, Blitz Brigades plough directly into the enemy, tracks, wheels and pulverising rollers throwing up clots of mud and gore. Crude speakers spit out discordant Goffik roars and booming war cries that are in turn drowned out by the thunderous reports of oversized cannons and the jubilant bellows of Boyz as they leap from their transports and hurl themselves into the thick of the fight.
Eager for the Fight
Blitz Brigades thunder into battle laden with eager, belligerent Orks, all desperate to get stuck into the enemy. Clambering from transport compartments or leaping from armoured hulls, these wild-eyed killers descend on the enemy in roaring savagery.
Each time an ORKS unit from your army disembarks from a TRANSPORT, until the end of the turn, you can re-roll Advance and Charge rolls made for that ORKS unit.Enhancements
These squighide boots were looted from the corpse of a particularly nippy Speed Freek. The wearer is utterly convinced that they make him faster. ORKS INFANTRY CHARACTER model only. Each time you make a Charge roll for the bearer’s unit, if that unit disembarked from a TRANSPORT this turn, add 1 to the result. |
Keeping a Blitz Brigade going in one direction is hard enough for most Orks. This particular commander, however, is a master of armoured taktiks. ORKS CHARACTER model only. After both players have deployed their armies, if the bearer’s unit (or any TRANSPORT it is embarked within) is on the battlefield, select up to three ORKS VEHICLE units from your army and redeploy them. When doing so, you can set those units up in Strategic Reserves, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves. |
A few drops of this volatile admixture of Squig oil, rokkit fuel and various other noxious chemicals is enough to provide any engine with increased performance. MEK model only. Each time the bearer uses its Mekaniak ability, until the end of the turn, you can re-roll Charge rolls for the selected VEHICLE model’s unit. |
Big, brash and belligerent, this Ork is resilient in both mind and body. Even the explosion of his transport isn’t enough to shake him. ORKS INFANTRY CHARACTER model only. At the end of a phase in which the bearer’s unit disembarked from a TRANSPORT, if that unit is Battle-shocked, it is no longer Battle-shocked. |
Stratagems
TARGET: One ORKS INFANTRY unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, and one friendly TRANSPORT it is able to embark within.
EFFECT: If your ORKS INFANTRY unit is wholly within 6" of that TRANSPORT, it can embark within it.
TARGET: One BATTLEWAGON, KILL RIG or HUNTA RIG unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, each time a unit disembarks from your unit after your unit makes a Normal move, that disembarked unit is still eligible to declare a charge this turn.
TARGET: One BATTLEWAGON, KILL RIG or HUNTA RIG unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: Select up to two other friendly ORKS VEHICLE or ORKS MONSTER units within 6" of your unit. Until the end of the turn, your unit and each unit you selected are eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which they Advanced.
TARGET: One ORKS VEHICLE unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes an attack that targets a MONSTER or VEHICLE unit, add 1 to the Hit roll and add 1 to the Wound roll.
TARGET: One BATTLEWAGON, KILL RIG or HUNTA RIG unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of your unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
TARGET: One BATTLEWAGON, HUNTA RIG or KILL RIG model from your army that was hit by one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: One ORKS INFANTRY unit embarked within your model makes a disembark move, then makes a surge move of up to D6”.
More Dakka!1DP
A HORDE OF GUN‑CRAZED ORKS UNLEASH A DEVASTATING STORM OF DAKKA INTO THE ENEMY
Dakka! Dakka! Dakka!
Orks have no real concept of ammunition preservation, instead tending to hold the trigger down until their ammunition runs dry or their weapon falls apart in their hands.
- Friendly ORKS INFANTRY units’ ranged attacks have [ASSAULT].
- In your Shooting phase, if the Waaagh! is active for your army, friendly ORKS INFANTRY units’ ranged attacks have [SUSTAINED HITS 1].
Enhancements
Rumoured to have been made by Big Mek Buzzgob, da Dead Shiny Shootas are a set of multi‑barrelled brutes packed full of dakka. The guns kick out a deafening storm of hot lead, much to the enjoyment of the Orks pulling the triggers, their volume of fire so great that even the most inaccurate shooter can land a respectable number of hits. ORKS INFANTRY unit only. This unit’s ranged attacks have:
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Requiring an entire chest of teef to be loaded into its breach before each shot, the Gobshot Thunderbuss’ worky gubbinz plates its unconventional ammunition in gold before firing it in an inescapable cone of fanged death. Not only can this madcap weapon sweep away swathes of enemies with every shot, it also fires a literal fortune in teef every time, proclaiming its owner’s obscene wealth in the process. ORKS INFANTRY model only. This model’s ranged attacks have:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That ORKS INFANTRY unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks have [IGNORES COVER].
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 shoots using snap shooting, but while doing so your unit can only target that enemy unit.
Rollin’ Deff
1DP
LIKE AN AVALANCHE OF RIVETED METAL, HEAVILY ARMED TANKS AND RIGS PLOUGH TOWARDS THE FOE
Thundering Wagons
Like mobile armoured fortresses, little can stop the crushing impetus of the Orks’ hurtling wagons.
- Friendly BATTLEWAGON/HUNTA RIG/KILL RIG units have WAGON.
- 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.
This detachment has the WAGONS tag and cannot be taken with another WAGONS detachment.
Enhancements
Nothing eases the passage of an embarked mob of Orks into the enemy lines than a big plank of rusty metal to stampede down and straight into the fight.
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These sparkly optics and other elaborate gitfindas help focus a wagon’s dakka, but it takes a really clever Mek to know how to work them.
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Stratagems
TARGET: That BATTLEWAGON unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s ranged attacks (excluding attacks made by weapons selected with Firing Deck) have [RAPID FIRE X], where X is that attack’s A.
TARGET: That WAGON unit.
EFFECT: Each enemy unit engaged with your unit makes a battle-shock roll, with -1 to that battle-shock roll.
TARGET: That WAGON unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s melee attacks have [CLEAVE 1].
Taktikal Brigade1DP
EMPLOYING THEIR KUNNIN TO FASHION A BATTLE PLAN, THE BLOOD AXES SURPRISE THEIR FOES
Lissen ’Ere
Blood Axe leaders bellow actual orders to the ladz under their command, coordinating assaults and even fighting retreats in a most un-Orky and alarmingly organised fashion.
- Friendly STORMBOYZ units have BATTLELINE.
- When a friendly BOYZ/KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit is selected to make an advance/fall-back move, that move does not prevent that unit from being eligible to start an action.
Enhancements
Possessed of an exceptionally keen mind – for an Ork at least – this boss matches wits with his opponents, holding his ladz back until an opportune moment arrives. ORKS 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. |
So steeped in the devious ways of the Blood Axe Clan is this Warboss that he can even sneak into battle at the head of a mob of Kommandos. INFANTRY WARBOSS model only (excluding MEGA ARMOUR models). This model has Infiltrators and Stealth. |
Stratagems
TARGET: That KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit.
EFFECT: That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to declare a charge
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 KOMMANDOS/STORMBOYZ unit.
EFFECT: Place your unit in strategic reserves
Equatorial Hordes
COUNTLESS ORKS INFEST ARMAGEDDON’S JUNGLES IN RAVENING HORDES
Jungle Know-Wotz
The Ork tribes of the Equatorial Jungle know their territories all too well, and can always find a kunnin’ trail by which they can sneak up on their quarry
In the Declare Battle Formations step, select up to three friendly MOB/KOMMANDOS units. Those units have Scouts 6" until the end of the battle.Enhancements
It takes both brutality and kunnin’ to stalk the monstrous carnivores of Armageddon’s deep jungles. The same talents can be applied to hunting battlefield foes. BEASTBOSS/INFANTRY WARBOSS model only. (Once per turn, per unit) In your opponent’s Movement phase, when an enemy unit ends a move within 8" of this unit, if this unit is unengaged, this unit can make a normal move of up to D3+3". |
Having survived the perilous jungles long enough to claim rule over Armageddon’s equatorial tribes, this Ork leader has built up an impressive immunity to staying dead. BEASTBOSS/INFANTRY WARBOSS model only. When this model is destroyed, if this unit has not been selected to fight this phase, roll one D6, with +1 to that roll if the Waaagh! is active for this unit:
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Stratagems
TARGET: That MOB unit.
EFFECT: Your unit’s attacks have [LETHAL HITS].
TARGET: One friendly MOB/KOMMANDOS unit.
EFFECT: Your unit heals 2D3 wounds.
TARGET: One friendly MOB/KOMMANDOS unit.
EFFECT: While a visible enemy unit is within 6" of your unit, that unit has +3" detection range.
Crusade Rules
In this section you’ll find additional rules for playing Crusade battles that are bespoke to ORKS units.
Your ORKS Crusade force will grow larger and more dangerous as your campaign goes on - but with that, it will also get out of hand! Orky Ructions await you, but so too does the magnificent power of an Ork Waaagh! tearing across the galaxy.
AGENDAS
Orks units can attempt to achieve unique Agendas in addition to those found in other publications. These represent the factions goals and their particular methods of waging war.
REQUISITIONS
ORKS armies have access to a number of bespoke Requisitions in addition to those found in other publications.
BATTLE TRAITS
As they gain experience, Orks units in your Crusade force can be given one of the Battle Traits in this section instead of one presented elsewhere.
As your Waaagh! grows, you gain access to kustom Battle Traits to enhance ORKS VEHICLES.
CRUSADE RELICS
In addition to the Crusade Relics presented in other Crusade publications, ORKS CHARACTER models can claim one of the Crusade Relics.
BESTEST BOSSLOOT
As well as their Crusade Relics, your Waaagh!boss can gain unique Crusade Relics as your Waaagh! grows, unavailable to other CHARACTERS.
CRUSADE BADGES
Here you will find three Crusade Badges representing goals you can set yourself when campaigning with your Crusade force. Once you have achieved one, you could set yourself a new goal, or take the opportunity to start a new Crusade force.
Launching The WAAAGH!
Waaagh!Boss
When you create your Order of Battle, select one WARBOSS unit from your Crusade force to be your WAAAGH!BOSS. That unit gains the WAAAGH!BOSS keyword, which allows it to take unique upgrades and interact with various other Ork Crusade rules. If your WAAAGH!BOSS is removed from your Order of Battle (e.g. due to receiving too many Battle Scars), your Crusade force loses 20 Stompin’ points, and you must select another WARBOSS unit from your Crusade force to be your WAAAGH!BOSS (adding one to your Order of Battle if it does not already include one).Tracking Stompin’ Points
Stompin’ points are an indicator of the size of your Waaagh!, and the more your Crusade force has, the more unique features you can access. They can be gained through specific events and actions you take, as well as through rules such as Crusade Relics and Requisitions. Keep a tally of your Stompin’ points as you participate in battles and grow your Order of Battle. The standard methods of increasing your Crusade force’s Stompin’ points, and by how much, are listed below.
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Stage Of The WAAAGH!
As you gain Stompin’ points, you move through Waaagh! stages that are approximate measurements of the size of your roving warband. Progressing through these stages allows for access to various new bonuses and other rules, including the possibility of suffering Orky Ructions as your Crusade force gets out of hand. The effects of each stage are listed below, as well as how many Stompin’ points are required to enter that stage.Stage 1: Gathering WAAAGH!
The ambitions of one visionary or especially bloodthirsty individual draw Orcs together into a growing amalgamation of gleeful violence.
- Stompin’ Points: After each battle, gain 1 Stompin’ point.
- Orky Ruction: You cannot suffer Orky Ructions.
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Stage 2: Escalating WAAAGH!
The Waaagh! begins to span entire worlds, as rivalries between mobs, clans and entire tribes drive competition to unleash ever greater destruction.
- Stompin’ Points: After each battle, gain l Stompin’ point.
- Orky Ruction: After each battle, take a Ruction test, subtracting 1 from the result if you lost that battle.
- Kustom Jobs: You can apply one Kustom Job to an ORKS VEHICLE units from your Order of Battle using the Kustom Job Requisition.
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Stage 3: Thunderous WAAAGH!
The Orks mass in numbers that swell with a roar like a savage ocean.
- Stompin’ Points: After each battle, gain 2 Stompin’ points.
- Orky Ruction: After each battle, take a Ruction test, subtracting 1 from the result if you lost that battle.
- Kustom Jobs: You can apply one Kustom Job to an ORKS VEHICLE units from your Order of Battle using the Kustom Job Requisition.
- Bestest Bossloot: Your WAAAGH!Boss can be given one Bestest Bossloot Crusade Relic.
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Stage 4: All-Conquering WAAAGH!
Only an Ork of supreme strength can keep the largest Waaagh! on course.
- Stompin’ Points: You no longer gain Stompin’ Points. The Waaagh! is as big as it gets; try to hold on!
- Orky Ruction: After each battle, take a Ruction test, subtracting 2 from the result if you lost that battle.
- Kustom Jobs: You can apply one Kustom Job to an ORKS VEHICLE units from your Order of Battle using the Kustom Job Requisition.
- Bestest Bossloot: Your WAAAGH!Boss can be given one Bestest Bossloot Crusade Relic.
- Massive Waaagh!: After each battle, your Crusade force gains 2 Requisition points instead of 1. Additionally, you can select one additional unit to be Marked for Greatness after each battle.
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Orky Ructions
When a Waaagh! forms, two things are certain: it will cause immense destruction, and it will be fraught with infighting, risk-taking and unpredictable calamities. After a battle, if your Waaagh! is at Stage 2 or higher, you must take a Ruction test. To do so, take a Leadership test using your WAAAGH!Boss’ Leadership characteristic, applying any modifier that may apply based on your current Waaagh! stage. If that test is passed, nothing happens. Otherwise:- If that test is failed but no double was rolled: You must choose either for your Crusade force to suffer a Minor Ruction (see Minor Ructions table below), or reduce your Stompin’ points by 10.
- If that test is failed on a double (e.g. double 1, double 2): You must choose either for your Crusade force to suffer a Major Ruction (see Major Ructions table below), or reduce your Stompin’ points by 15.
If your Crusade force suffers a Minor Ruction, roll one D6 and apply the relevant Minor Ruction below. If it is not possible to apply that Minor Ruction, re-roll the result.
If your Crusade force suffers a Major Ruction, roll one D6 and apply the relevant Major Ruction below. If it is not possible to apply that Major Ruction, re-roll the result. Each Major Ruction can only occur once per Waaagh! stage, but if you regress to an earlier stage in which that Major Ruction previously occurred, it can occur again.
- Reduce your Stompin’ points by 10.
- Select one WEIRDBOY or WURRBOY model from your Order of Battle; that model gains one Battle Scar.
Agendas
If your Crusade army includes any ORKS units, you can select Agendas from those presented here.Many Meks see enemy heavy-armour formations not as a formidable foe, but as a treasure trove, waiting to be plundered.
Its important for even the most cerebral of Warbosses to get stuck in and show the ladz how tough he is, just to make sure none of them get any ideas about replacing him. Enemy commanders and war machines are valuable targets in demonstrating that he is just as ‘killy’ as ever.
Keen to show off, Orks often make a beeline for the flashiest and most dangerous enemies around.
Each time Da Killiest Gitz unit is reduced to Below Half-strength as a result of an attack made by an ORKS unit from your army, that ORKS unit gains 3XP. If an ORKS unit from your Crusade army destroys Da Killiest Gitz, that unit gains 3XP. At the end of the battle, if Da Killiest Gitz unit is destroyed, your Crusade force gains 3 Stompin’ points.
Orks are known to swarm the battlefield in great waves. To their foes, it can seem as though their hordes stretch over the horizon.
Requisitions
If your Crusade army includes any ORKS units, you can spend Requisition points (RPs) on any of the following Requisitions.Ork physiology is incredibly resilient and even possessed of some regenerative properties. Often, though, the only thing that will make an Ork feel better is to embark on an unremitting rampage.
- Remove the Battle Scar your WAAAGH!BOSS gained just before you purchased this Requisition.
- Your WAAAGH!BOSS gains an additional 5XP.
Whether obsessed with new and more impressive wargear or needing to replace weapons and armour that have failed to stand up to the Ork’s more aggressive tendencies, the biggest bosses make sure they have the best gear for the fights to come.
Much of the scrap taken from enemy vehicles brings with it exciting new technology, ready to be adapted into original forms by the Mek. Many of these forms would undoubtedly give the original crafter nightmares, but their effectiveness cannot be denied.
With the right threats or bribes - or a bit of both - Mekaniaks can be motivated to invent or improve some tasty bit of kit to make their boss even more dangerous.
Battle Traits
When a ORKS unit gains a Battle Trait, you can use one of the tables presented here to determine which Battle Trait that unit has gained.These lunatics have forked out handfuls of hard-earned teefto have their roaring mounts' speed boosted so as to ensure no cowardly enemies can get away.
Nothing fills these Orks with more of a thrill than unloading storms of shots into the enemy at full pelt.
Plumes of exhaust and sprays of dust and chewed up dirt fill the air around these stampeding Orks, obscuring them - and their obscene gestures -from the enemy.
These Orks show a great enthusiasm for battle, even above that of their warlike peers.
These ladz have scrounged enough teef together for all manner of rangefinders, optiks, skopes and targetin’squigs that have been stitched, bolted or stapled into place to improve their aim.
These Orks have learned that if you pour enough firepower into the enemy, it makes the gitz less inclined to start any sneaky nonsense.
These ladz can’t wait to get stuck into the enemy, leaping on any that come near in a surge of green muscle.
These ladz have an instinct for spotting valuable bits of loot. They swarm over likely sites, knowing which bits to bash and which bits to leave in one piece.
The ladz in this mob wear with pride their impressive array of horrific scars.
This Mek always makes sure his customers' vehicles are in full working order, at least when he hands them back.
This Mek has conducted many experiments on his own body.
This Dok stalks the battlefield for 'spare parts' after the battle, ensuring transplants are conducted in a timely manner.
This Dok has conducted plenty of surgery on himself. augmenting his body to fend off customers unhappy with the experimental cybork limbs they don't remember asking for.
Kustom Jobs
Kustom Jobs count as Battle Traits and follow the same rules as Battle Traits.This vehicle is replete with so much additional armour and non-essential extras that landing a telling blow is almost impossible.
Flared ammo feeds, squig-oiled rounds and increased rotary speeds ensure this vehicles guns are even shootier than its rivals'.
Rewired batteries ensure that careless enemies get a nasty surprise if they come too close.
Employing everything from steam-feeds to really big iron springs, these leg upgrades allow walkerz to put on a real burst of speed.
- Add 2" to this model’s Move characteristic.
- Add 1 to Advance and Charge rolls made for this model.
Fermented through entirely unstable processes by specialist brewboyz, potent fungal additives are kept in this thickly shielded injecta system. Just a drop can supercharge any Mek-built engine.
- Add 2" to the Move characteristic of models in this unit.
- Once per battle, you can target this unit with the Smokescreen Stratagem for 0CP.
Crusade Relics
Artificer Relics
Space Marine helmets are the favoured trophy of many an Ork. They proclaim that the bearer has bested one of the finest warriors the Imperium has to offer, and also come in a variety of snazzy colours to collect.
Improve the Leadership characteristic of the bearer by 1. Once the bearer has participated in at least three battles during which its unit destroyed one or more ADEPTUS ASTARTES units, the bearer gains the following ability:’Elmet Rack: Each time this model’s unit takes a Battle-shock or Leadership test, you can ignore any or all modifiers to that test.
These chest plates are crafted from bulkheads salvaged from rugged dropships, and are robust enough to resist orbital descents through the planets atmosphere.
INFANTRY or MOUNTED model only,- Add 1 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic.
- Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, worsen the Armour Penetration of that attack by 1.
Antiquity Relics
This chunk of mechanisms, wires, switches, buttons and strange pulsing glyphs has found its way onto a variety of guns. It never fails to impart all manner of weird lethality to its host weapon. Almost never.
MEK model only.- Add 1 to the Ballistic Skill and Strength characteristics of the bearer’s ranged weapons.
- Add 6" to the Range characteristic of the bearer’s ranged weapons.
- On a 1, the bearer’s unit cannot make ranged attacks this phase.
- On a 2-3, until the end of the phase, the bearer’s ranged weapons have the [Hazardous] ability.
- On a 4+, until the end of the phase, the bearers ranged weapons have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability, and ranged attacks made by the bearer score a Critical Hit on a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+.
Mad Wazgit was an especially unstable Warphead in the employ of Blood Axes Warboss Razdakka da Finka. Razdakka eventually got fed up with Wazgit’s presence giving him headaches when he was trying to come up with da grand plan, and had this dented bowllike artefact nailed to Wazgit’s head to try to contain some of his rampant power. Sadly it had the opposite effect, and the skullkap was the only thing found in the crater after a mighty green explosion consumed Razdakka’s planning hut. This unfortunate event hasn’t stopped countless subsequent Weirdboyz from nailing this device to their head in an attempt try and stop da voices.
WEIRDBOY or WURRBOY model only. Each time the bearer makes a Psychic Attack, add 1 to the Hit roll and if that attack destroys one or more enemy models, the bearer regains up to 2 lost wounds.Legendary Relics
Orkish legend tells of a great choppa - or possibly a massive klaw, Orkish legends aren’t bothered about such details - powerful enough to split mountains with a single blow. In truth, to many this blade wouldn’t appear different to any of the other crude weapons wielded by their species. Many Orks have claimed to possess this fabled weapon over the millennia, and though different bits of it have been repaired, replaced and reworked hundreds of times, this weapon retains its grand destiny. Once it is in the hands of its intended bearer - as decided by Gork and Mork - a direct link to those brutish deities will be established, and the choppa’s true power will be unlocked.
INFANTRY WAAAGH!BOSS or MOUNTED WAAAGH!BOSS model only. Select one melee weapon equipped by the bearer (excluding Extra Attacks weapons). Add 1 to the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of that weapon. In addition, each time you call a Waaagh!, if the bearer is on the battlefield, melee weapons equipped by friendly ORKS models have the [Lethal Hits] ability.Bestest Bossloot Relics
Each Bestest Bossloot counts as a Crusade Relic, and follows the rules for such Battle Honours. Your Waaagh!Boss can only have a single Bestest Bossloot Crusade Relic at once, and you must use the Bestest Bossloot Requisition each time you wish to replace one for another.Badmek Rezmekka formulated a type of paint so red that staring directly at it for too long caused actual retinal damage. So red was Rezmekka’s new colour - artfully named Redder - that he immediately daubed it over his best suit of ’eavy armour. A few pots of this paint have made it onto the open market, so any boss who can afford it can dazzle his underlings and his enemies with eye-bleeding redness.
MOUNTED WAAAGH!BOSS model only. Add 2" to the Move characteristic of models in the bearer’s unit, and models in the bearer’s unit have the Fights First ability.This brutal iron-plated jaw tells all that see it that the wearer is a mighty warlord indeed. If they don’t listen, a single devastating headbutt from the wearer will certainly reinforce the point.
At the start of the Fight phase, you can select one enemy INFANTRY unit within Engagement Range of the bearer and roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds and must take a Battle-shock test.When wired into the boss’favourite choppa, this happy accident of force field technology wreathes his weapon in a crackling cloud of green lightning. On a good day, the energy can rip open armour plating and burn flesh black. The frazzle field has the habit of emitting sparking backdrafts that cause any hair squigs the user wears to go rigid and stand on end. This is viewed as a fashionable extra and serves to make him look even more imposing.
Select one melee weapon equipped by the bearer. That weapon gains the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.Crafted from the heaviest Space Marine vehicles and finished with brutal spikes, this huge suit of armour propels its wearer into (and often straight through) the enemy like a living battering ram. The racks of rokkits fitted to the back of this suit certainly help too.
- The bearer has a 4+ invulnerable save.
- Add 1 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic.
- Each time the bearer’s unit ends a Charge move, select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer and roll one D6: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
A mountain of teef is alleged to have gone into procuring all the components that supplement this impressive looking gun. So has said every Mek to have passed this on to his Warboss. Gyrostabilisers and weird iridescent stones scavenged from war zones, plasma cores and molecular realignment fields looted from watch fortresses, additional ammo-racks and supa-charged boosta barrels have all been tinkered with through millennia of inventive Orky know-wotz. With a good enough aim, it can obliterate the toughest of enemies.
Select one ranged weapon equipped by the bearer. That weapon gains the [MELTA 3] ability.Crusade Badges
When your Crusade force accomplishes specific long-term goals, you can earn the Crusade badges shown below, representing your warriors’ successes over many battles.Ambitious Boss
Your infamy as a ferocious fighter brings mobs flooding to your garish banner as your growing Waaagh! stampedes from one thrilling fight to the next. Cities and voidcraft have fallen to your expanding horde, but this is only the beginning. Your eyes now stray to the stars. Your strength and victories have drawn other Orks in your wake, keen to share in the violence. Coteries of Oddboyz in thrall to your ambitions - and scared of your temper - have given you access to the know-wotz needed to realise your visions of bloodshed. Seize your chance, don’t slow down, just get out there and get stompin’!
- Your Waaagh! has reached Stage 2.
- You have won two or more battles.
Rampaging Bigboss
There seems no stopping the avalanche of slaughter and riotous destruction your Waaagh! visits upon every world your armies reach. What losses and disruptive calamities have occurred among your teeming warbands have been steamrollered into insignificance - where you bother to acknowledge them at all - by your fearsome charisma and timely doses of no-nonsense violence. Roaring tides of Orks, whole blitz brigades of ramshackle war engines, herds of unruly beasts and towering war effigies follow your lead onto new battlefields aplenty, taking up your war cry with each new promise of the best punch-up in the galaxy.
- Your Waaagh! has reached Stage 3
- You have won six or more battles.
Grand Warlord
Your Waaagh! is known and feared amongst the greatest of Ork conquests and your name is chanted on more battlefields than even the brainiest Oddboyz can count. You have forged a trail of truly epic destruction, a warpath so grand it has surely distracted Gork and Mork from their eternal brawling. Warbands flock to your bosspole, eager for the privilege of fighting in the best Waaagh!, bulking your huge horde further, with you as the biggest, meanest and greenest Ork of them all, a hulking idol of brutality!
- Your Waaagh! has reached Stage 4.
- You have won 10 or more battles.
- You have given five or more VEHICLE units Kustom Jobs
- Your Waaagh!Boss has reached Legendary rank
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 WURRBOY model 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 infamous war cry of the Orks is known and feared throughout the galaxy. When it echoes across the battlefield, bellowed from hundreds or even thousands of greenskin mouths, even the most stalwart warriors fear the onslaught to come.
If your Army Faction is ORKS, once per battle, at the start of your Command phase, you can call a Waaagh!. If you do, until the start of your next Command phase, the Waaagh! is active for your army and:- Units from your army with this ability are eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which they Advanced.
- 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.
- That unit is not visible to any other units (units are visible to themselves).
- Any other unit is not visible to that unit.
- Players cannot measure distances to or from that unit (units are within range of their own abilities).
This means units not on the battlefield cannot be selected or targeted by any attack or rule that requires a unit to be visible or within a certain distance (other than their own abilities).
Such units can still use their other rules, and are still units in the controlling player’s army and so can be affected by rules that require a player to select a unit from an army, as well as rules that affect all units in an army.
The controlling player must make battle-shock rolls for units that are not on the battlefield in their Command phase if they are battle-shocked, or if they are at or below half-strength.
- Each model in that unit is within 3" of that TRANSPORT.
- That unit was not set up on the battlefield this turn.
- That unit is eligible to embark within that TRANSPORT, as described on that TRANSPORT’s datasheet.
- That TRANSPORT has sufficient remaining transport capacity for each model in that unit.
When a unit embarks, the active player removes that unit from the battlefield and places it to one side – it is now embarked within that TRANSPORT and is not on the battlefield.
- Not on the Battlefield
The TRANSPORT 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.
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
AFTER MOVING: Your unit must be 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.
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).
- 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.
TARGET: One GRETCHIN unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units.
EFFECT: Roll one D6: on a 4+, that enemy unit suffers D3+1 mortal wounds. Your unit can then make a Normal move.
- 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.
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 a surge move of up to D6".
The AIRCRAFT keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The ARTILLERY 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 FLY keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The FORTIFICATION keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
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.
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 MEK keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The MOB 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 WALKER keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
The WARBOSS keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
There are several categories of Battle Honours that can be bestowed upon a unit, such as Battle Traits, Weapon Modifications and Crusade Relics. Other categories of Battle Honour may be found in other publications. Each time a unit gains a Battle Honour, you can select from any category.
- Once a unit gains enough XP it will gain a rank.
- Only CHARACTER units can gain the Heroic or Legendary ranks.
- Each time a unit gains a rank, it can gain a Battle Honour.
- There are several categories of Battle Honours, which include:
- Battle Traits: New skills and abilities.
- Weapon Modifications: Upgrade an item of wargear.
- Crusade Relic: Gain a rare and powerful artefact.
- Each time a unit gains a Battle Honour, increase its Crusade points total by 1 (or by 2 if TITANIC).
The greatest warriors, most cunning tacticians and seers lead their armies to war possessed of hard-won skills and powerful artefacts that mark them out as legendary commanders.
You can select one Enhancement that unit has access to (if using this Requisition when that unit gains a rank, this is instead of it gaining a Battle Honour). When doing so, that unit has access to any Enhancements described within any Detachment rules that it could use, even though you have not yet started to muster your army and so have not selected any Detachment rules yet.
If the selected Enhancement replaces a weapon that is a Crusade Relic or a weapon upgraded by Weapon Modifications, that Crusade Relic or Weapon Modifications are lost. Recalculate the unit’s points value as a result of gaining this Enhancement and update its Crusade card. You cannot make any changes that would cause you to exceed your Supply Limit.
This Requisition costs 1RP plus 1 additional RP for each other Enhancement that your Order of Battle contains (to a maximum of 3RP).
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.
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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.Some warriors ride to battle atop trusty mounts that gore and trample nearby foes. Others wield combat weapons that deliver a frenzy of additional blows.
Each time a unit containing one or more models with an [EXTRA ATTACKS] weapon fights, those models will make attacks with those weapons in addition to any others. In the Select Weapons step (04.01), for each of those models, you must select:- All of that model’s [EXTRA ATTACKS] weapons.
- One of that model’s other melee weapons, if possible.
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.
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 ORKS and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
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.
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 wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT, and as close as possible to that TRANSPORT. Each model that cannot be set up in this way 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 in this unit 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").
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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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The ORKS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
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.
The BEAST SNAGGA and MOUNTED keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
The BEAST SNAGGA and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
- 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.
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).The INFANTRY and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
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.
EFFECT: No models are moved (either in straight lines or rotated). Units that remain stationary do not trigger any rules that are triggered when a unit starts or ends a move.
If a persisting effect applies to a unit when you place it in strategic reserves or when it embarks within a TRANSPORT, make a note of that effect and its duration; if that unit is set up on the battlefield again, any persisting effects continue to apply to that unit for their full duration.
If you have a rule that specifies when it is triggered (e.g. ‘In the Shooting phase’) and it does not specify how long it is active for, it is only active for the duration of that specified period (e.g. until the end of that Shooting phase). After that period, that effect is no longer applicable/active.
If a rule or effect is given to a unit and it does not specify how long it is active for, it is only active for the phase in which it was given.
If a TRANSPORT model is destroyed, before removing it from the battlefield, the active player must make an emergency disembark move (see below) with each unit embarked within it.
- Rapid/Tactical Disembark: 3"
- Combat Disembark: 6"
- Embarked within a TRANSPORT model that is on the battlefield.
- Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase.
- That TRANSPORT has not made an advance or fall-back move this phase.
BEFORE MOVING: Select disembark mode:
- Rapid Disembark:If that TRANSPORT made a normal or ingress move this phase, you must select this mode.
- Tactical Disembark:Otherwise, If that TRANSPORT remained stationary or has not yet been selected to move this phase, and if you can set up your unit as described below, you must select this mode.
- Combat Disembark:Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit.
- Rapid Disembark:If that TRANSPORT made an ingress move this turn, each model must follow the same rules that TRANSPORT had to follow while resolving that move.
- Combat Disembark:Each model can be set up engaged with one or more enemy units that TRANSPORT is engaged with.
- Rapid Disembark:Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
- Tactical Disembark:Select your unit to make a normal or advance move.
- Combat Disembark:Your unit is battle-shocked and, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.
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 wholly within the set-up distance of that TRANSPORT, and as close as possible to that TRANSPORT. Each model that cannot be set up in this way is destroyed.
AFTER MOVING: Your unit is battle-shocked and, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.
- Hazard Rolls 06.03
- Persisting Rules Effects
The ORKS and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
EFFECT: Your unit moves as described in Moving (03).
BEFORE MOVING: Select consolidation mode:
- Ongoing Consolidation:If your unit is engaged, you must select this mode and select every enemy unit it is engaged with.
- Engaging Consolidation:Otherwise, if your unit is within 3" of one or more enemy units, you must select this mode and select one or more of those enemy units.
- Objective Consolidation:Otherwise, if your unit is within 3" of one or more objectives, you must select this mode and select one of those objectives.
- Ongoing Consolidation:Models in base-contact with one or more enemy models cannot be moved. Each model that is moved must end its move closer to the closest selected enemy unit, and engaged with it if possible.
- Engaging Consolidation:Each model that is moved must end its move closer to the closest selected enemy unit, and engaged with it if possible.
- Objective Consolidation:Each model that is moved must end its move within range of the selected objective if possible, or closer to it if not.
- Ongoing Consolidation:Each model that started this move engaged with an enemy unit must still be engaged with that enemy unit.
- Engaging Consolidation:Your unit must be engaged with all of the selected enemy units. If one or more enemy units engaged with your unit have not been selected to fight this phase, your opponent must select each of those units, one at a time; when each is selected, it becomes eligible to fight and is selected to fight (12.04).
- Objective Consolidation:Your unit must be within range of the selected objective.
- 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.
The GROTS and VEHICLE keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
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.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).Inventive Meks wire all manner of kustomised gubbinz, suspicious extras and inviting big red buttons to weapons or into the cockpits of their clanking kan creations. Eager Orks are always enthusiastic to try out such random innovations to see what sort of destruction they can cause. Sometimes this can be risky, but that’s half the fun!
Each time a MEK, ORKS WALKER or GROTS VEHICLE unit from your army is selected to shoot or fight, roll one D6. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in that unit have the corresponding ability shown in the table below.
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Alternatively, when such a unit is selected to shoot or fight, you can select one of the abilities above instead of rolling the D6. If you do, until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in that unit have the [HAZARDOUS] ability as well.
If a weapon equipped by a model from you army has the [HAZARDOUS] ability from multiple sources, each time you take a Hazardous test for that weapon, it is failed on a roll of a 1-3.
- 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).The WARBOSS and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
Some units make their way to battle via tunnelling, teleportation, high-altitude descent or other extraordinary means that allow them to appear suddenly in the thick of the fighting.
During the Declare Battle Formations step, if every model in a unit has this ability, you can set it up in Reserves instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do, in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases you can set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. If a unit with the Deep Strike ability arrives from Strategic Reserves, the controlling player can choose for that unit to be set up either using the rules for Strategic Reserves or using the Deep Strike ability.- Unit can be set up in Reserves instead of on the battlefield.
- Unit can be set up in your Reinforcements step, more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models.
The ORKS and MOUNTED keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
The PAINBOY keyword is used in the following Orks datasheets:
Grabbing loot is a Freebooter’s favourite pastime, followed closely by bludgeoning senseless anyone stupid enough to try to stop him doing so – or, even worse, seeking to take the loot for themselves.
At the start of your Command phase, select one objective marker. Until the start of your next Command phase, that objective marker is your loot objective.Each time a model in an ORKS INFANTRY, ORKS MOUNTED or ORKS WALKER unit from your army makes an attack, that attack has the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability if either or both of the following are true:
- That model’s unit is within range of your loot objective.
- That attack targets a unit within range of your loot objective.
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.
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.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).
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).
- Unengaged and did not make an advance move this turn.
- Has one or more [INDIRECT FIRE] weapons.
WHILE SHOOTING:
- [INDIRECT FIRE] weapons in your unit can target units that are not visible to the attacking model.
- Each time an [INDIRECT FIRE] weapon makes an attack:
- The target has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).
- You cannot re-roll hit rolls.
- An unmodified hit roll of 1-5 fails, unless your unit remained stationary this turn and the target is visible to one or more friendly units, in which case an unmodified hit roll of 1-3 fails instead.
Indirect fire weapons launch munitions over or around intervening obstacles – nowhere is safe from their fury.
Units containing one or more models with an [INDIRECT FIRE] weapon can shoot using indirect shooting (10.07).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.With the momentum of a warrior at full-tilt, lance weapons are deadly on the charge.
Each time an attack is made with a [LANCE] weapon, if the attacking model’s unit made a charge move this turn, add 1 to the wound roll.The WAGONS tag is used in the following Orks detachments:
The ORKS and MONSTER keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
When all of a model’s ranged weapons have shot, that model has shot.
When all models in a unit that are making ranged attacks have resolved all of those attacks, that unit has shot.
If a unit was selected to shoot and none of the models in it make any attacks, it has not shot.
- Rapid/Tactical Disembark: 3"
- Combat Disembark: 6"
- Embarked within a TRANSPORT model that is on the battlefield.
- Did not embark within that TRANSPORT this phase.
- That TRANSPORT has not made an advance or fall-back move this phase.
BEFORE MOVING: Select disembark mode:
- Rapid Disembark:If that TRANSPORT made a normal or ingress move this phase, you must select this mode.
- Tactical Disembark:Otherwise, If that TRANSPORT remained stationary or has not yet been selected to move this phase, and if you can set up your unit as described below, you must select this mode.
- Combat Disembark:Otherwise, you must select this mode. Make a hazard roll for each model in your unit.
- Rapid Disembark:If that TRANSPORT made an ingress move this turn, each model must follow the same rules that TRANSPORT had to follow while resolving that move.
- Combat Disembark:Each model can be set up engaged with one or more enemy units that TRANSPORT is engaged with.
- Rapid Disembark:Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
- Tactical Disembark:Select your unit to make a normal or advance move.
- Combat Disembark:Your unit is battle-shocked and, until the end of the turn, it is not eligible to declare a charge.
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.
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.
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).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.When all of a model’s selected melee weapons have fought, that model has fought.
When all models in a unit that are making melee attacks have resolved all of those attacks, that unit has fought.
If a unit was selected to fight and none of the models in it make any attacks, it has not fought.
- That model has the INFANTRY/BEASTS/SWARM keyword and is within a terrain area that contains one or more dense terrain features.
- That model’s unit did not make one or more ranged attacks during this turn or during the previous turn.
- 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, 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.
Much of the scrap taken from enemy vehicles brings with it exciting new technology, ready to be adapted into original forms by the Mek. Many of these forms would undoubtedly give the original crafter nightmares, but their effectiveness cannot be denied.
Information uncovered by your forces has revealed the growing importance of this war zone and the increasing threat posed by enemies. In response, high command has acceded to your urgent request for reinforcements.
TARGET: One friendly SMOKE unit.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets either your SMOKE unit, or a unit that is not fully visible to the attacking model because of one or more models in your SMOKE unit, the target has the benefit of cover against that attack (13.08).
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.
- 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.
The MOUNTED and WARBOSS keywords are used in the following Orks datasheets:
With the right threats or bribes - or a bit of both - Mekaniaks can be motivated to invent or improve some tasty bit of kit to make their boss even more dangerous.
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).
Melta weapons are powerful heat rays whose fury is magnified at close range.
This ability always takes the form [MELTA X]. Each time a model makes an attack with a [MELTA] weapon, if the target unit was within half range of that weapon in the Select Targets step, until the attacking unit’s attacks have been resolved, add X to that weapon’s D characteristic.