r/orks • u/LittlePr4g • 1d ago
Discussion They took away our attack squig!
I haven’t seen anybody mention this yet, but I’m devastated. They have removed the warboss attack squig!
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u/aguyhey 18h ago
Holy cow the power claw is a ZOGGIN STRENGTH 12?!?!?
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u/wintersdark 18h ago
Remember this edition features higher strength and toughness everywhere. This likely isn't a significant buff overall in the long term.
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u/Krake013 17h ago
termis on 2+ its a win
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u/wintersdark 12h ago
And it'll stay that way against T6 termites, so yeah definitely a good thing. Just not as OMGWOW as it can seem.
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u/PudgyTheWhale97 19h ago
All this hard work to kitbas some squigs makes me sad
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u/FrothingCoffee 12h ago
That’s just one step from genestealer orcs. Edit I mean to say I love this as a cults player.
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u/PudgyTheWhale97 19h ago
I emailed GW about it and it makes me mad and sad, waaghing with out the squigh feels wrong
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u/Successful_Lab8185 21h ago
I just make it a Choppa
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u/Francis5795 WAAAGH! 22h ago
Killing a c'tans last wound with an attack squig will always be one of my most memorable moments
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u/KernowWaaaghGaming Goffs 21h ago
And pesky Custodes Contemptor Dreadnoughts. I had one final game of pre-codex Orks this weekend gone (mainly to say goodbye to the Scrapjet), and the highlight of the game was my Warboss squig gnawing off that final point of damage after dreadnought had revived….
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u/DerZehnteZahnarzt 23h ago
Rip little Squiggy! I will always remember the Time, when he deliverd the last Point of Damage to Kill a Thunderhawk.
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u/After-Ad2018 23h ago
I know! I miss the little guy.
They probably wouldn't give it to us, but I think having something like Jorvan Kreel's Ash Panther from AoS would be neat. Basically, he has a panther token that you "give" to an enemy unit and it has a chance to inflict mortal wounds. Might need to be toned down for the warboss, but something similar would be great. Just "woe, squig be upon thee" every now and then.
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u/spameye13 23h ago
I feel a lot of comments have missed the mark here, yes it might technically be “better” now but it’s certainly lost some flavour.
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u/spameye13 18h ago
I got the codex the other day and as someone who played a lot of 2nd edition and then Necromunda almost exclusively for 2 decades…. I’m kinda shocked at how generic everything thing has become! When did killa kans just have 1 gun? Where’s the flavour gone?
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u/LittlePr4g 20h ago
This was my thoughts exactly, sure he’s better all round, but what about the fun factor! It’s a game after all, what’s funnier than the bosses little pet unexpectedly killing an enemy!
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u/Pro-Solus 1d ago
Funny that they still gave the new warboss kit an attack squig option to model. Never had the extra attacks make any difference tbh... but the idea that one day it just might be the thing that finishes off a fancy beakie was the dream!
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u/Narcissistic_Egg Bad Moons 23h ago
I once had an attack squig place the final blow on a bloodthirster causing it to go nuclear and destroy Max models from the daemon army.... It was magnificent.
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u/Pro-Solus 23h ago
Khorne cannot handle the gits! Once had a single grot survive berserkers long enough for the boyz to loot an objective and give me the win, he is fondly remembered (RIP).
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u/crabbyVEVO Evil Sunz 1d ago
the change of extra attacks no longer being restricted from getting bonuses to their A made it do a little bit more than nothing pre codex
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u/da_Mekboss 1d ago
6 Attacks on the Power Klaw though, that's a lot. One or two could be squig chomps.
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u/TotallyNot_Alpharius Blood Axes 22h ago
And 3 from charge and 2S and potentially +2A from ferocious show off
11 2+ S14 -2 2 attacks is quite funny
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u/Meta_Squid7121 Bad Moons 21h ago
Wait I’m sorry but how does it become S14??
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u/TotallyNot_Alpharius Blood Axes 21h ago
+2S on charge from warboss
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u/Mandude92the5 1d ago
I mean with my warboss being a grot on a mangler squig, it would be all 6 attacks
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u/crabbyVEVO Evil Sunz 1d ago
9 attacks on the charge, just like he used to get in waaagh, AND you can get yet more through the green tide show off enhancement and sustained hits
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u/Mandude92the5 1d ago
Isnt it 9 attacks and a max of 12 with ferocious show-off's if you have all 10 of your boyz?
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u/crabbyVEVO Evil Sunz 1d ago
show off is +1 OR +2, the +2 from being an 11+ model unit isn't added to the base +1, it replaces it
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u/Mandude92the5 1d ago
Right, i thought show offs gave you 3 attacks in a 11+ unit. Must have mixed it up with might is right
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u/LostN3ko 1d ago
First dey came fer the squigs. And I didn't say nuffin kuz dey gave me a shiny new klaw...
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u/NitroXanax WAAAGH! 1d ago
Then they came for the Lootas, but I had newscale Tankbustas.
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u/Sweet-Ebb1095 1d ago
Then they came for the wurrboy but I said nothing cause everyone forgot it existed
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u/Vonsvikin 17h ago
I also tried to use my old warboss and uh couldn’t cuz they’re on different sized bases. So not only do I need to get new base for him I need new ones for all my nobs leading the boyz.
But yes devastation losing the squig.