Editing Stompa (section)

==In 8th/9th Edition 40k==

In standard games of Warhammer 40,000 the Stompa is a severe threat, but considering what you have to sacrifice in order to field one its actual battlefield performance can be rather underwhelming. For starters, a Stompa lacks a built-in invulnerable save and is therefore only marginally more durable than an Imperial Knight, despite having 40 wounds. Its wound tracker isn't doing it any favors either, because it starts losing capability after only 10 points of damage and is basically incapacitated if it has 10 wounds remaining or less (this is now less true in early 9th since the Stompa's wound table was adjusted to not be as severe as it was). Of course, as a Lord of War the Stompa also requires you to burn 3 non-refundable CP on a super-heavy detachment just to field one in the first place.

This is not to say that a Stompa can't one-shot entire enemy units from clear across the map, or turn something like a Hive Tyrant into paste in one turn of melee. It totally can. However, it had serious problems.

For these reasons the consensus over the last couple of editions has been that the Stompa was greatly overpriced in points. In pre-9th meta a Stompa could be considered a wonderful centerpiece and an occasional participant in friendly games or campaigns, but little more. Unfortunately GW seemed content with that status quo for many years. As of early 9th Edition, however, the Stompa sits at 675 points, weapons included, which is about right if you ignore the CP cost. Therefore although it's debatable whether it is tournament-competitive it is certainly a unit worth considering again. Furthermore, it can be quite brutal if taken with other Ork Lords of war like [[Gorkanaut]]s and [[Morkanaut]]s, especially since most people won't expect an Ork army to consist primarily of Titanic units and therefore won't be prepared for it. Of course, be prepared to burn friendships if you do this in friendly games without informing your opponent in advance.