Editing Warhammer 40,000/5th Edition Tactics/Orks (section)

==Why Play Orks==

WAAAAGGGHHH!!!

Orks are one of the easiest armies to learn Warhammer 40k with. Between dirt-cheap, durable infantry, ease of acquiring Fearless, and exceptionally point-efficient anti-infantry shooting and melee, Orks are initially very forgiving of tactical errors. However, the codex hasn't aged too well; the result of 40k becoming increasingly vehicle-based and Ork ranged anti-tank being sub-par relative to many armies. They aren't as boned as [[Necron]]s '''''WERE''''' in this regard, but Ork armies are increasingly becoming dated. It isn't entirely hopeless though; they excel at lower-point games and still are amazing at shooting infantry and light vehicles dead, allowing them some degree of protection against spam armies. But in all seriousness, these guys should be placing blades through brains in close combat. The only army to be better than orks at swamping enemies in dozens of models and ''hundreds'' of attacks are the [[Tyranids]]. And ''they'' don't have ANY ranged support.

Additionally, you are just about tied with Chaos as the army that gets the most loving from Forgeworld and Apocalypse. In Apocalypse your army transforms from a rather mediocre force when pitted against Matt Ward codices into a God-Tier rape machine that can vomit out more dice than a [[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]] convention ''every turn''. Up yours, Space Marines.