[Calaban]

;D i saw this fun-army the other day at my local game store, it was a literal SEA of Gretchin!

basically i think it came down to 6 mobs of 30 gretchin each, and a Slaver with a Power Claw in each (never actually could make out the Boss in the crowd). is that insane or what?

i dunno if its 'beardy' or cheesy (lotta meat shield for the Powerclaws), but it seem to cream the 2 guys it faced (Tau and SM). the SEA of Gretchin added another element of cheese: you ahem.. cant move through an enemy unit, so, what if the enemy units cover 80% of the table??

what do you regular Orky players think of this 'strategy'?

[davydudeman]

I've always hated them. Gretchin , gnoblars, goblins, the whole lot.
Glad I'm not facing that army....

[sneroplex]

Man I'm gonna go out on ebay right now and buy as much as those little cheap gretchin models as I possibly can.. I've browsed through there before and seen some great deals, like 64 of the old models for $5 lol.

That army would in fact be amazing to look at, but you need to appreciate the sheer amount of effort a player would need to put into it. 180 models is... 180 models, think about it.

I think it'd be a better idea to mix up the gear on the slavers though, granted the Ork armoury isn't so amazing a single choice can make a huge difference... power klaws tend to be the best, but I do have a gretchin mob led by a slaver carrying a combi-skorcha, nobody ever sees that one coming >

[Waldo_Pepper]

The all-grot standard list is not terribly competitive. PK slavers are only S6 and so you lose a lot of the advantage of the PK. Similarly, the only real guy who's effective in close combat is that slaver. He must have had quite a bit more stuff than just those gretchin mobs though b/c that's less than 800 points.

I have seen standard ork armies modeled using only gretchin and they were really impressive to see. The one guy had grots driving dreadnoughts and another one in mega-armor.

[Ironman]

Sadly enough I had the missfortune to actually PLAY against just such an army, humph, sea of green indeed. (this is back when i played necrons)
The little buggers held ALL if my units up in close combat, with units to spare to take and hold the objective.....3 turns later and I'm still stuck in close combat with those little maggots and they've taken the objective with a few Komandos, I loose..... very, very dumb for battle, but indeed cool to look at.
wonder how they'd face off against tau?

[Chton]

Oh, I would love to see this army facing my Daemonhunters with inducted space marines.
Think about an Orbital Strike dropping on top of them. And scatter...
Then adding the grenade launchers, rocket launchers and plasma cannons, all them blast markers...
That battle would be fun all the way ;D

[spacecooky]

You could have bad luck. losing 25% in the sooting phase, losing leadership test and uuups they're all gone. It's bad that the head rule isn't counting for gretchins.
My opinion is that one squad is still enough. More would block your way too. And I like playing fast armies.
And your space to place them is also limited. I've already problems with the standard orks. you can place 3 gretchins for the points of 1 ork, so that are many gretchins. For taking all 6 standard squads youll get 240 gretchins for about 720 points (didn't count the slavers). against how many marines? but no match for them. gratchins are annoying for the enemy, but no real danger.

[Spaceknight]

heres a bad thing nids they love your idea lots of snacks

[Kangaroo Joe]

I LIKE fighting nids...always a good ruck!

[Spaceknight]

Yeah I did that it s better in CC I think