SPECIAL Warhammer 40k Battle Report: Can anything stop 120 Orks Boyz?!

The Green Tide. The Sea of Krump. The Mighty Waaaagh!
Through out the Warhammer 40k universe the very idea of the, Green Tide, strikes fear into the hearts, of xenos and human a like…
The new Green Tide detachment has seriously powered up the Ork Boyz, and with 120 of them rampaging across this battlefield can anything stop them!
3 valiant combatants will make a stand and attempt to find the answer to the ultimate question in the galaxy - Can anything stop 120 Ork Boys…
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[@dmeep]

A painting requirement is decent at stopping 120 boyz

[@tabletoptactics]

It’s quite the bulwark! 😂 - Bard

[@trevorchadwick7649]

Slapchop has entered the room

[@RTRStreams]

No one said you have to paint them good. Green skin. Black clothes and lead Belcher weapons. Ugly but legal.

[@JunkfoodZombieGuns]

​@@RTRStreamsOrks are never ugly, you git! 😂

[@krisbusby4354]

Problem is the real ork players more tha likely have more than 120 boys painted up 😂

[@noctocell9558]

This is a certified “Brothers, get the flamers. The heavy flamers” situation

[@destroyer-dv6jv]

yes

[@cjanquart]

The twin-linked heavy flamers

[@michaelrussell3890]

Or Sisters...⚜️

[@bpwargaming7807]

It's why I made the jump from guard to tsons

[@cruelmole]

And then you lose to bully Boyz...

[@SimonClark]

On the one hand the armoured company should be the hard counter... ... but on the other hand Bard _is_ rolling the dice for them...

[@KingBobbito]

I'd love to see you convert 120 boyz to your hawaiian theme, how many have you got so far?

[@IndianaSmallmouth]

Or move away and shoot. tactics? Nah.

[@quincykunz3481]

to be fair, the armor will hold up better against the horde than most things as well, and the flamers can just keep cooking while engaged no problem.

[@Ms.Whiskertoria]

I think one could probably do it with the right selection of Russes

[@hansw15]

There were also 4 Heavy stubbers and 6 Hunter Killer missiles which are now baked into the base cost of the guard tanks that they ignored. If they really wanted to make a counter with armour, they could get 3 Leman Russ Punishers and 2 Eradicators along with a tank commander armed with a Punisher gatling. 4 Punisher gatling is 80 shots, with 2 Eradicators firing d3+6 shots. 6 Heavy Stubbers gives an additional 36 shots and for ease of math say each has 3 heavy bolters for an additional 54 shots. The Plasma Cannon sponsoons has a higher max output with blast, but Blast also has diminishing returns as Orks die off, and the math becomes complicated.

[@seanreusing4409]

Bard- Who can stop 120 boys Me- two squads of Steel legion guardsmen, three sisters of battle, and...SQUAD GRIMALDUS TAKE HEART BROTHERS! FIGHT IN THE EMPEROR'S NAME!

[@sirscallywagmcmuffin5394]

Played against the green tide running 120 boys using firestorm space wolves and scraped a 50.50 draw on Wednesday

[@jacksonpierce943]

firestorm space wolves using what?

[@DaSkwire]

If you've been affected by the events in this programme, please call 0800-WAAAGH.

[@tabletoptactics]

Bahahahaha

[@jormasteelhail948]

What can defeat 120 Orks? 1000 grots FOR THA REVOLUSHUN!!!!

[@LA-hx8gj]

Thought that, too. Too bad they aren't battleline.

[@jarheadbarrel8813]

​@@LA-hx8gjAu contraire! Little do you realize the so called "dread mob" detatchment is secretly THA REVOLUSHUN IN DISGUISE! Mek boss never saw it comin

[@jarheadbarrel8813]

​@@LA-hx8gjAu contraire! Little do you realize the so called "dread mob" detatchment is secretly THA REVOLUSHUN IN DISGUISE! Mek boss never saw it comin

[@KingBobbito]

@@LA-hx8gj but they ARE battleline in Dread Mob :)

[@LA-hx8gj]

@@KingBobbito oh, nice!

[@tristianmartinez3238]

This is exactly the sort of rules-crunch, story, and personality that makes your edited content top tier. Thanks for asking these important questions.

[@philtomkinson7956]

It's a sad day when Iron Warriors don't have enough firepower 😂

[@imperialdoctor]

How about ... 120 boyz? I'd love to see 240 boyz on the board! :D

[@tabletoptactics]

Keep your eyes peeled 👀 - Bard

[@WilhelmScreamer]

Make it 360 bugs. 120 hormagants, termagants, and gargoyles in endless swarm

[@Frostea]

@@WilhelmScreamer Bugz vs Boyz!

[@Kill3rballoon]

That ending was so beautiful 🥲 I can really see the joy in Stig’s impassive expression

[@tabletoptactics]

It was quite something 😅 glad you enjoyed!! - Bard

[@stig4983]

👀😂

[@aurumworks]

"You're going to need a bigger dice tray"~JAWZ or something.

[@tabletoptactics]

Hahaha amazing! - Bard

[@Calamityclown09]

I used to run 90 boys in 8th (3x30) and it was great fun so seeing a tide of green again makes me a very hapoy warboss

[@AB-ql5vp]

Absolute sin that the Astra Militarum didn't take 120 guardsmen with Castellens and Command squads for the Fix Bayonets charge

[@tabletoptactics]

We would have given that a go if we had those models - I think the maximum we can run is 7 squads of 10 guardsmen. ❤️🕷️

[@AB-ql5vp]

@@tabletoptactics Fair enough, keep up the great reports!

[@inspiron96]

I've got a couple of hundred guard.

[@matthewcheeseman6453]

Tyranids have a great counter to this, Barbgaunts! You could easily fit in 3 full units, pumping out a minimum of 5 shots per model against a full strength boyz unit. On average, you are looking at 70 St5 shots per even before sustained hits. And you are slowing the Orks down, which is never a bad thing!

[@Lord_Aba]

Raveners kill 16 boys in melee too. Would be a perfect 1-2 punch: 3 units of barbs, 3 units of pyros, and 3 full units of raveners.

[@HiveOne]

And Shooty Warriors and Melee Warriors, probably Mawloc for the remaining points

[@Lord_Aba]

@@HiveOne Melee Warriors and Raveners work because of 6-7 attacks each and twin-linked. Shooty Warriors won't do anything against the tide.

[@HiveOne]

@@Lord_Aba think they will. They shoot 2d3+8 shoots with 9/-2/2, 2d6+10 shoots with 6/-1/1 and 6 shoots at 5/-1/1; After that, they still have 30 attacks at 5/-1/1… for 130 points they are definetly able to kill a 20-mob in one turn

[@Lord_Aba]

@HiveOne No... shooting warriors kill 14 between shooting and charging. Then they are stuck in combat. Melee warriors and ravenous also kill 14 models on the charge, but can fight back much better. I'll have to check the rules they are following, but it seems like shooting models aren't charging, which makes the shooty warriors much less effective, only killing like... 6-7 models.

[@RiverRibble]

That ending was sensational 😂

[@tabletoptactics]

Hahaha the power of the waaaagh took hold! 😂 - Bard

[@RiverRibble]

I think Drukhari could give it a good go. 60 kabalites, lelith and wyches...many many pain tokens 😅

[@AllThingsCubey]

​@@RiverRibbleFor 1000pts Drukhari would probably field: Lelith (85) Beastpack (105) Beastpack (105) Succubus (45) Kabalites with shredder +splinter cannon (110) Kabalites with shredder +splinter cannon (110) Kabalites with shredder +splinter cannon (110) Kabalites with shredder +splinter cannon (110) Kabalites with shredder +splinter cannon (110) Kabalites with shredder +splinter cannon (110) That's exactly 1000pts, and I believe is the most powerful into pure Ork horde with no leader abilities, no detachment rule or army rule, just purely using datasheets. Beastpacks actually have a huge volume of attacks for their cost, and naturally re-roll 1s to hit. 18 attacks, sustained 1, S3, AP0 from the birds 8 attacks, lethal hits, S5 AP0 from the dogs 5 attacks, dev wounds, S5, AP-1 from the clawed fiend 3 attacks, anti-infantry 3+, AP-1 from the beastmaster... Even a little anti-infantry 3+ shooting too... For 105pts with built in re-rolls... 60 Kabalites with shredder and splinter cannon is outputting 30 shots of sustained 1, anti-infantry 3+, AP-1 from the cannons, 6D6 torrent shots at S6, AP0 from the shredders, and 48 shots of anti-infantry 3+ AP0 from the splinter rifles. Then it's 108 basic melee attacks and 18 at anti-infantry 3+, AP-1 from the sybarites. Lelith is sustained 2, anti-infantry 2+, AP-2, with 12 attacks. Enough said. A single Succubus just fills the last points out nicely, with 6 attacks at anti-infantry 3+, AP-2, and a pistol shot, for a bargain price. I'm not mathing all that out but I think it's likely the best damage output in the game, assuming no army/ detachment rule, for 1000pts, against a green tide with no painboys, etc.

[@78Showboat]

This was your Blackadder Goes Forth moment. Beautiful.

[@bigbigbear58]

Played against 49 terminators last night. That stopped the boyz.

[@turtlehead8386]

Oof, how many Boyz did each terminator kill? Or kill ratio.

[@amandag.6186]

Guess ypu can say they were *Termimated*

[@irshale]

best thing about this, its not even the final form of the greentide, with the warboss, painboyz, and weirboyz in the units plus strats, get your games in ladz before the nerf bat commeth

[@Orkimedes-sc8ef]

Painboy gives 5+++ and makes the Boyz even harder to kill, yeah... you're gonna run 3 of them for sure in Green Tide

[@locarno24]

Plus the unholy meganobz unit of doom. Big Mek in Mega Armour with Raucous Warcaller makes the unit INSANE.

[@horuslupercal2385]

The Ork Invulnerable Save will end up being rolled back to a 6++

[@taytonclait]

Such a showcase on a great ork army. All the head and weapon swaps and extra gubbins to make a huge mob of boys look properly apocalyptic and characterful. Really love this army. The icing on the orky cake is getting a bright green to work on green models. Fantastic!

[@dorzimm]

The segment from 24:00 onward absolutely made my weekend. Haven't laughed so hard at 40k video ever, ha.

[@tabletoptactics]

Hahah amazing! So glad you enjoyed buddy! - Bard

[@simonwiltshire3674]

That was a very cool slightly silly episode for a Saturday morning. Love it, especially the slightly mad outro

[@judgemoffatt4326]

I was not expecting Beard in glasses! Handsome with and without 'em!

[@aidanhaig1961]

that warmed the cockles of my little orky heart. Loved jinx rocking in th corner.

[@mikeg0007]

This is the best content in 40k out right now

[@gatencancino1160]

3 Baal predators and a bunch of infernus in firestorm would have been cool

[@DegorothAmon]

Here's my take against this style of a fun experiment. Mirroring Beard a little but: CSM. 1 Sorceror- just need a warlord really for the sake of it being a legit list. 3 units of 5 havocs, all nurgle with reaper chain cannons. 3 units of predator destructors, all nurgle with the bolters. 1 helbrute, slaanesh with dual fists and heavy flamers. Bunch them altogether as close as you can with the helbrute in the centre and watch as the sustained and lethal death star proceeds to mince ork into green mist. I'd love to see it in action hahaha.

[@madnessbydesign1415]

To those we lost to the Green Tide... we salute you...

[@jamespatterson8643]

That was hilarious. I lost it at the end. Very good show! Y'all ought to do a couple more rounds of this.

[@tabletoptactics]

Hahaha so glad you enjoyed buddy! - Bard

[@jakew5115]

That was just a lot of fun to watch and it seems like it was fun to make. More content like this in the future would be great!

[@weaselstonk6780]

The ending had me in tears. Well done!

[@skyeranger]

I am a bit disappointed ! This was THE opportunity to take 3 Leman Russ Punishers with triple Heavy Flamer !!!

[@brendanmckenna7613]

This was very enjoyable to watch. I wouldnt mind seeing more experiments like this.

[@JeRicotta]

That ending lmao ! Im so happy Greentide is back as scary as it should, its the reason i started Orks !!!

[@ser-Ike]

I always appreciate the camera work on these videos, bravo!

[@neilg6675]

Painting the armour green too looks amazing, but that must have tested your patience to the limit. Nice job

[@simonbailey585]

'Nuke it from orbit...it is the only way to be sure' (showing my age)

[@tabletoptactics]

I like it ❤️ 👽 🕷️

[@joelburger9226]

Ooooo so my 120 boys I have painted up will actually see the table this edition ❤

[@stuart5350]

this was hilarious!! great work on the editing

[@tabletoptactics]

Thanks Buddy!! Glad you enjoyed - Bard

[@slow_runner]

I quite simply loved this. Thanks, folks!

[@robertreyes6959]

Slide whistle is number 1 grim dark themed musical instrument

[@michaelkirkbride724]

lol that montage at the end, this is the best video you have ever done

[@damnitmimsy]

I just started playing 40k over the past month and i'm so glad i chose Orks, everything in the new codex seems like so much fun

[@williamk1000]

I loved this! I feel like I'm with friends having a great time! Thank you

[@zigzagarisen]

What can men do against such reckless hate? - RIP Bernard Hill

[@glirzaum]

They can only be stopped by 110 Black Templars Crusaders with their feel no pains

[@FrayedBristles]

If only they cost the same as boys...

[@intzbk1]

This was a pleasure to watch! Thank you! 😁

[@pwnguin4]

I’d love to see more videos like this! Wacky skew type builds and a test to see what, if anything can beat them!

[@locarno24]

Great fun! And nice to see the orks being as tough as they should be...

[@Joe_of_Arc_]

For 985 pts, you can field 18 Kataphron Breachers with torsion cannons and arc claws, 10 Skitarii Vanguard with radium carbines, and a Skitarii Marshall in Rad-Zone Corps. Assuming all 3 units of Kataphrons stay within 6" of the Skitarii, everything remains stationary, the protector is active, everything gets into melee range, and the Marshall uses their free stratagem ability to give the vanguard lethal hits in shooting, you can kill an average of 85 Ork boys in 1 turn. TLDR: A Min-Maxed Admech Anti-Boy list can kill 85 Ork boys in 1 turn.

[@slydiogenes8796]

30 hearthguard and a few judgement tokens will kill 105 boyz on average. and that's for 960 points

[@uselesspocketwatch]

Marshall doesn't get a free stratagem, just another use.

[@oldmate86]

The metal work on the Ork titan looks amazing!

[@robclarke1098]

Yet again, a highly entertaining battle report from some of the funniest presenters on YT. Please, Please, Please do more of this!

[@iandoddsblah]

That was very silly, I loved it.

[@endhope]

I have this list ready to go. Needs painboys! And weirdnobs! And ghazz for lethals!😂😂😂

[@alastairlindley51]

Surely the hard counter to this is Sisters? What other faction can put out cheap but still relatively tough units en mass with S5/6+ flamers and reliable volume in melee, re-rolling wounds on basically everything. 6 x mortifiers with flamers and flails 6 x penitent engines with flamers and flails 3 x warsuits with blades/bolters/flamers Vahl giving out rerolls for everything to the suits and having 13 attacks on CC with her once a game ability

[@Morrodin182]

It would be thematical if sisters are the Xenos killers... they might need a miracle though ;)

[@intzbk1]

I think you may be right, and don't call me Shirley.

[@joeharrington7170]

Love the ending! Well played!

[@coldhotpocket8226]

The green tide with green armor is genius. Love that paintjob.

[@bladedush]

How have I never found your channel before?! this is awesome content!!!

[@tabletoptactics]

Welcome to the show :)

[@WilhelmScreamer]

that was one hell of an ending

[@Nubgan]

This is the content we all live for :D

[@tabletoptactics]

Yasss!! So glad you enjoyed buddy! - Bard

[@sluggaboyzWC3]

Ran a theoretical of this with a friend over the weekend two solutions they get the 120 combat innefective is, for admech and gsc in turn, 60 vanguard, 40 rangers, 1 marshal w/ sustained fire upgrade, and 10 flying boys with flecget rifles, powered by lethal hits along with the marshal in a vanguard unit. Vanguard veung all rad and rangers having the fixings. Gsc is 3 10 man demo acolyes w/ hflames and an icon, 3 primuses, and 3 reducto sabos. I call it, the michael bae experience. ;D

[@nofuxgivens2797]

I did the same with a buddy but I used Dread Mob. 2 bigmeks with shokk attack guns w/ git finder goggles on one and press it fasta on the other. Both leading a 3xMek Gunz/bubblechukkas 2 Meks babysitting 2 Gorkanauts After 2 turns he had 40ish boyz left in 3 units. 1 gorkanaut was at 3 wounds the other was at 12.

[@TheTronmon]

That ending was glorious. The boiz iz back in town indeed

[@tabletoptactics]

Guess who just got back today! Those wild eyed 120 boys that had been away 😂 - Bard

[@TheTronmon]

@tabletoptactics if the boys wanna fight you better let em! You all are great 😊 thanks for all you do

[@voodooface6290]

Omg i can finally use all my boys, they all have red boots

[@varethiustariel]

This was the best. Y'all the best.

[@tabletoptactics]

You’re the best! Glad you enjoyed the show! - Bard

[@Cursedsama]

That Hallmark Christmas at the end had me cracking up lol

[@h1vemind815]

120 Hormagaunts and 120 termagants in Synaptic Link giving them a 5++

[@Kindarya]

for 1k you can only fit 60 hormagaunts sadly

[@zellcrs]

get the flamer, the heavy flamer

[@marshall104]

I want to see Green on Green violence, ALL DA BOYZ vs The Teddy Bears with Flamers, Orks vs Salamanders!

[@thetrueteebs1338]

I would love to see more id this lol. All armies vs 120 boys

[@thereadherring2364]

Nuffle was definitely with the Orks today.

[@bud2838]

You played fair and didn't put any painboy with those boys ^^.

[@TheSniped117]

Really no pain Boyz? Well that's not a great representation lol

[@rooktheriddler2607]

Would’ve loved to see the nasty death guard try with all their flamers and manreapers. Great video, was a great bullet storm by the CSM

[@TheEldarGuy]

When the Orks were updated to 30 Boyz per squad, I wanted to see 180 Ork Boyz on the table... that's when I knew I wanted to play an Imperial Guard army to counter that. I'd love to take that challenge, Sir.

[@johannesbuchholz3293]

Damn, it feels good to be an Ork.

[@steelmanf339]

My entry would start with 60 Tau Breachers, 3 of them led by a Cadre Fireblade, guided to allow them to reroll 1's to hit, getting reroll wounds either from Stealth Suits guiding or the orks counting as being within range of an objective, in Kayoun turn 3 for Sustained Hits 2, equipped with gund drones and support turrets. Fill in with some battlesuits or something for a little extra firepower and screening as whatever rules you were using allow.

[@sirscallywagmcmuffin5394]

Here we go !!!!

[@Goober2289]

Loved that ending haha. I feel like the sisters of battle are a great counter to the green tide. Castigators, Mortifiers/Penitent Engines and Arco Flagellants all tear boyz apart.

[@DanielGafner]

I have actually wondered how a proper green tide like this would. Cheers tt

[@strategossable1366]

"What can men do against such reckless hate?" "Tanks" Damn that one cracked me up

[@Larnth]

It's been a long while since I've had a Tabletop Tactics video come through my feed, and this one did NOT disappoint.... I do wonder how B Bone is doing, if he's still around.

[@rsauchuck]

Please do more videos like this.

[@AnthonyPaoliMasakiSays]

Those concerted Blood Bowl lads are 11/10 cool as hell

[@Basil_Ghothickovitch]

I love the Orks made from the Blood Bowl Orcs teammodels! I have to steal this idea. I also need to do something with the older BB models of the previous version that I have..💚

[@Deliverance90]

Need moar tesla immortals 👀

[@matthewkranitz2159]

Annihilation barge would be fun too

[@bbwizard2941]

Would've loved to see Angron take a swing at it

[@stryder8460]

If I added up right that was only just 1020pts. THAT IS INSANE!!!!!

[@kingkrawdad5295]

Fun video this week, a good change of pace!

[@nightlordAL]

Very entertaining, this made far more sense to me than a competitive batreps 🤘🎲

[@adept5500]

Funny enough, statistically 6 units of Skitarii Vanguard with 3 Martials getting out of transports is upward of 100 dead orks

[@AllThingsCubey]

Is that even counting the transports themselves shooting? I'd just point out that they played 1000pts and 6x Vanguard, 3x Marshalls, and 6x transports is 1095pts, but that's still insane

[@urosbrkic3370]

I'd almost want to try a game of 120 boys vs my guard infantry :D If nothing else, it would look awesome on the table xD

[@tabletoptactics]

Hahaha that would be quite the spectacle!! - Bard

[@TomWestonz]

I played my first game into bullyboyz yesterday and not as many models but damn they’re so hard to beat!

[@larmoth401]

Feel like Sisters may have been the choice for this one, Morvenn Vahl, 3x Paragon Warsuit Squads and 3x Retributor Squads. Drown them in Heavy Flamers.

[@idaeus5949]

I would love to take this challenge on! Personally: 10 infernus marines led by a captain. 10 infernus marines. 10 infernus marines. 10 assault intercessors led by a judiciar. 10 assault intercessors led by a judiciar. Exactly 1000 points. Which is approximately the same points as 120 ork boys. And before anyone asks; yes, I own the above units. The list itself is no guaranteed win, but I'm confident about how to play it, from what I've seen. I really enjoyed this video, I don't suppose you could make these sorts of situations into a series? :-3 ❤

[@zestfulzest4394]

I was able to kitbash 3 painboys out of the new kits shoota boys. Also bought about 70 slugga choppa old kits online. Will be running 80 and some meganobs in a wagon. Just need to get 2 more warbosses

[@etherd]

waiting for all that dice to roll beats this list lol

[@morromenos1016]

I feel like this is the origin story of the All Guardsmen Party

[@safkhalid1533]

my solution, 30 barbgaunts, 18 raveners, 3 pyrovores, and a neurotyrant

[@jorgelimon328]

This is a certified salamanders problem to deal with

[@plummyplum2990]

It does indeed clearly krump

[@GlennM53]

A very angry and zealous Reaver Titan. Even if not it'd be epic!