9 Killa Kans and a Deff Dread?

[Unholy_Martyr]

Last night was the weekly gaming night and I ran into a particular situation that seemed rather confusing. I was facing an Ork player who was rolling with 2 Big Meks, 2 Mobs of 30 Boys each, 9 Killa Kans, 6 Defkoptas and 1 Deff Dread.

If I am not mistaken, you are limited to only 3 units of Heavy Support for the Force Organization Chart. Am I wrong in thinking he took an extra Heavy or is the Deff Dread an Elites choice?

(Obviously, I know very little about the newer Orks Codex...the last time I played against them was in 4th Edition)

[Cryl]

The Big Mek lets him take the deff dread as troops so the list is legal.

[Unholy_Martyr]

Thanks for the clarification.

[stevebailey]

I play a Bad Moon army (badly) using the Big Mek = Deff Dread as a troops choice option. Great fun but still lose to my brothers Black Templars, mainly because I can never reach the objectives in time to benefit!

[Gotthammer]

Vehicles can't claim objectives, even if they are troops (rulebook pg 90).

Still useful for something like Planetstrike if you don't want to run a bunch of Boyz to fill the FOC up.

[Stormlord Aeirling]

Yeah, gotthammer is right. the big mek's rule merely allows you to purchase a deff dread as a troops choice, but it still does not count as scoring.

[Cryl]

Yeah, gotthammer is right. the big mek's rule merely allows you to purchase a deff dread as a troops choice, but it still does not count as scoring.

yup good point, I should have mentioned that before