Editing Warhammer 40,000/8th Edition Tactics/Orks (section)

=== Keeping Characters Alive ===
Like most armies characters are the main force multipliers in Ork armies. The death of any character from Warboss to Painboy is a huge blow. 
==== General Advice ====
* Keep characters behind other units. Characters can't be targeted unless they are the closest model.
* Be careful when characters are in melee, since enemy units can target them regardless of closeness.
==== Avoiding Snipers ====
* Keep characters out of line of sight. Sometimes ya gotta be sneaky.
* In the case of Line of Sight ignoring enemies, such as Primaris Eliminators, keep characters in transports. This will keep you from benefiting from the character's auras, but at least the character can help later.
* Engage snipers with other units. They can't snipe in melee.
* One other trick is to give your valuable KFF Big Meks or Shokk Gun Meks a Grot oiler. This gives them a cheap ablative wound that can easily be used for a random multidamage shot like a Vindicaire sniper round or other multi-damage snipers.