A friend of mine bought this kit when it went for $300 back in 2012 here in Australia. Unfortunately he died before he could get to build it, and I inherited the kit. It's built and painted now, sitting in pride of place on my shelves. He'd be delighted to know it finally has decent stats. Vale Chris.
Dude, I preordered the Custodes box at my LGS and I was so expecting the Praetors to be getting a buff, like knock 25-30pts off both the Praetor and the Shield Captain on Jetbike, a new rule, better statline, something and we got nothing. EVERYONE was expecting the Stompa to be a joke, something that Ork players were getting because it's an easy way to fill out the box and it's not gonna be viable competitively but it'll be funny to walk up with your army and be like "Oh yeah, here's my army, and here's a hunk of plastic that saunters up the board." Little did we know, the OPPOSITE was gonna happen. Praetors weren't touched, they didn't even have a detachment that specifically focuses on like advance and charge or anything, whilst the Stompa got benefitted from the new box and codex so well. It's honestly really funny because I was like "well, I'm gonna have a full set of Praetors and Jetbike Captains, so it's gonna be really fun walking up to my LGS and dropping them all on the table, because someones gonna sit there and die laughing as they charge in, kill a bunch of shit, and die to the seven other units that are swarming them with like 10 models each"
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME!! DAYS, WEEKS OF WAITING FOR THE STOMPA TO GET GOOD!! PEOPLE I PLAY LOCALLY LITERALLY KNOW ME AS STOMPA MAN AND MY DAY FINALLY COME!! THANK YOU SO ZOGGIN MUCH GAMES WORKSHOP
I remember the stompa mob in 9th edition where you could designate a Stompa as your warlord and you could give it a shield for invulns. There was also a Stompa teleporter stratagem that cost 4 CP so you could deep strike your stompa. But you had to have 3 Lords of War for that detatchment, and of course any kind of refined anti tank would wipe you off the board.
There was a character stompa in an old imperial armour that was a carrier for deffkoptas. It was your warlord, I think, but if it died, it would spawn a deffkopta that would be your warlord representing the mekboss getting out of dodge before his stompa went boom
Given that the Beast was many different Orks, it's a very real possibility. Some Ork somewhere decides to call themselves the Beast. If they're sufficiently huge and impressive, it would work.
I think I remember seeing people who've made 2 stompas out of the one kit by using different weapons and heads on each one and then basically splitting the remaining parts between them and building out the rest with plasticard and kitbashing
The transport ability lets the stompa poop out a unit (maybe a full grot squad) on an objective turn 1/2. But you can also carry a screening/anti screen unit to save yourself from getting caught up on chaff
What is Stompa going to get caught on as far as chaff units? Most armies will only engage with its melee once it has been weakened enough to be in kill range. Orks, World Eaters, and Custodes are the only armies I can think of that will actively try to charge the Stompa as their main way to focus it.
I prefer skorchas for dealing with weak infantry, and Rokkits for trying to break tougher stuff. The grotzooka really doesn't fit great unless against t3 hordes with low saves, and even then the Scorcha probably does as good or better. The KMB, while nice, is a bit too risky and not quite as general purpose as the rockets.
@@Rexir2 Yeah, nvm. I thought about buffing them with +1 to wound and damage now that they're -1AP ignore cover, but that's against vehicles or monsters only. Would've been a great marine killer. Rokkits it is.
Noice! as a new ork player (only got assualt on black reach and boarding patrol) I picked up the battleforce for £115 online today so I'm pysched for this.
Can I just say, love the fact Big was capitalised in big choppa. Also I love the twin Stompa idea, for some reason I thought of Marley and Marley from the muppets Christmas carol
FUN FACT (!!!) With Mek for the +1 to hit and the two stratagems for full to hit rerolls and +1 to wound and +1 damage and sustained hits you could theoretically make up to around 400 (!!!) damage with all weapons in one round. Still a lot of random factors here, but on paper extremely threatening!
It needs the fight on death strat from the index detachment. It's essential. In my last game Canis Rex killed me so I fought on death and killed him back. I didnt get my points back but Canis off the board helped big time. If your opponent is great at combat, you basically guarantee their death if they charge you.
Biggest problem I have had was the points in previous editions. I quit running it when the blast markers went away, it was always more fun to lay a 7in blast marker down and hit everything under it and you just needed to roll to wound.
It fells so Orky to push the buttons and maybe in Turn 3 Waaagh, Advance and shoot, Dakka, Dakka, Dakka and Bigger shells for Bigger Gits for an Titanic unit that goes crazy and deals massive damage to itself.
So, I look at this in much the same way I looked at Baneblades; I know they aren't the best, simply by being the biggest, and GW will even make efforts to KEEP it from being too competitive, but it is finally entering a space where, under certain circumstances, it CAN be viable, and I think that's wonderful.😅
The unspoken downside to such big models is that the size prevents it from maneuvering on the battlefield due to cluttered terrain. I'd love to throw a Baneblade on the table now and then but the GW obsession with melee over shooting forces these big models to sit at home. If you could play a game with player placed terrain, it might be feasible.
On everything from the Terminator down the +1 to hit from the mek and firing all the guns seems to about equal the the +1 to hit, and also push the button, and only firing the three main ones. And it's not a huge increase vs vehicles, but it is noteworthy. Obviously, the added stratagems push this into absurdity.
Love vids on the big non meta stuff... Any chance of a vid were you compare each armies big titanic, like the stompa/ hierophant and the Tua 800 point titan models.
At least it is finally playable with all that support! But I don't see it in competetive lists, because it can be outplayed easily, you get a lot for those 800 points and good players can avoid it most of the time...
Can run 3 Gorkanauts for just 40 points more. It just cost way to much. I like it, but it alone didn't get buffed. Everything that Dreadmob did to make Stompa good also boosted the other walkers
@@whichDudeFunny thing: For 2CP and a Mek you can make an absolutely shooting monster, that hits on rerollable 4s, getting +1 to wound and +1 damage on all weapons and sustained or lethal hits. You can theoretically make up to around 400 damage (!!!) in a round. Could easily shoot out worth its points, but good players simply deny good targets or shoot the Stompa too easy! Still quite funny!
@@Silverdragon83X Again though all the same good bonuses Stompa gets applies to Gorkanaut and Morkanaut which are way cheaper, and easier to move up the board
Needs to drop about 400pts before it even becomes remotely usable, I have no idea why GW ever thought it was worth 800pts or why they refuse to bring it down in points so its usable.
So your telling me i can actually use that stompa i got cause it was cool and its good? This fuckin codex is the best I've had for my army. People called me crazy for running all walker orks, now whos crazy?! Honestly probably still me.
Also, i think it should be 650-700 points. But im still going to run mine, bought him way back in 5th edition and him being remotely playable is all the excuse i need to dust him off
I don't think the Dread Mob Hazardous is worth using since it triggers on 1s AND 2s, not only on 1s. That would significantly increase the MW you are taking. Using 3 guns mean on avarage you take 3MW per round, not 1 or 2.
A friend of mine bought this kit when it went for $300 back in 2012 here in Australia. Unfortunately he died before he could get to build it, and I inherited the kit. It's built and painted now, sitting in pride of place on my shelves. He'd be delighted to know it finally has decent stats. Vale Chris.
considering the battle force, I had a feeling the Stompa was finally getting its day
lmao, good luck it's sold out pretty much everywhere
@@charliebohnsack3461 lol woops already building my stompa 😂
@@jacket2848Good luck, I've seen the instructions for that thing!
Dude, I preordered the Custodes box at my LGS and I was so expecting the Praetors to be getting a buff, like knock 25-30pts off both the Praetor and the Shield Captain on Jetbike, a new rule, better statline, something and we got nothing. EVERYONE was expecting the Stompa to be a joke, something that Ork players were getting because it's an easy way to fill out the box and it's not gonna be viable competitively but it'll be funny to walk up with your army and be like "Oh yeah, here's my army, and here's a hunk of plastic that saunters up the board."
Little did we know, the OPPOSITE was gonna happen. Praetors weren't touched, they didn't even have a detachment that specifically focuses on like advance and charge or anything, whilst the Stompa got benefitted from the new box and codex so well. It's honestly really funny because I was like "well, I'm gonna have a full set of Praetors and Jetbike Captains, so it's gonna be really fun walking up to my LGS and dropping them all on the table, because someones gonna sit there and die laughing as they charge in, kill a bunch of shit, and die to the seven other units that are swarming them with like 10 models each"
They sold me 15 dark angels terminators then made them shit
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME!! DAYS, WEEKS OF WAITING FOR THE STOMPA TO GET GOOD!! PEOPLE I PLAY LOCALLY LITERALLY KNOW ME AS STOMPA MAN AND MY DAY FINALLY COME!! THANK YOU SO ZOGGIN MUCH GAMES WORKSHOP
GORK AND MORK HAS BLESSED US TODAY LADZ! WAAAAAAGH!!!
😂 Love it, hope you have a blast with the Boyz.
The Squiggoth losing access to ‘Ard as Nails hurt, but this will make up for it. Time for a big Dread Mob! WAAAGH!!!
Get smashin' lad
@@EmperorNapoleon1815 ZOGGIN RIGHT LAD! GRETCHEN GIVING US BOYZ SOME GOOD STUFF! WAAAAGH!!
"might get ignored while the enemy takes down the rest of your army" thats why i bring 2 stompas
Look, it`s simple, I see an Ork video, I comment WAAAAAAGGH! like the video...bosh!
Me finks u right
WAAAAAAGGH
Hah, me think 'u are brutal but cunning... thats great, soo ere we go... WAAAAGH!
FINALLY i can play a double stompa list
"dakka dakka dakka" said with your straight, level voice is so funny to me.
It had me cracking up
Bought mine back in 2009 for $75, Gave him an Evil Sunz paint job.
Makes quite a spectacle to look at when displayed amongst an Ork Army.
I to, got mine in 09, pre-order and I store collection for £50, I have since paint stripped it, got 2 more, and now kitbashing all 3 of them
I was thankfully successful in pre ordering the stompa battle box today.
Same here, ImpsGaming saved me from having a bery bad day 😅
Let's go!
Glad you brought back the image of the old ‘mek stompa’ from 4th. Love the first stompa model concepts.
The flame graphic was on point.
I remember the stompa mob in 9th edition where you could designate a Stompa as your warlord and you could give it a shield for invulns. There was also a Stompa teleporter stratagem that cost 4 CP so you could deep strike your stompa. But you had to have 3 Lords of War for that detatchment, and of course any kind of refined anti tank would wipe you off the board.
There was a character stompa in an old imperial armour that was a carrier for deffkoptas.
It was your warlord, I think, but if it died, it would spawn a deffkopta that would be your warlord representing the mekboss getting out of dodge before his stompa went boom
@@christophernixon1423 Back when comp wasnt everything
The greatest irony is that Stompa getting good is also a reason for every owner of a Shadowsword to be happy.
Baneblades vs Stompas will now be common! Glorious
Auspex saying “Dakka Dakka Dakka” is strangely meditative
I chubbed up
Is this the sign of the beasts return in lore perhaps
Given that the Beast was many different Orks, it's a very real possibility. Some Ork somewhere decides to call themselves the Beast. If they're sufficiently huge and impressive, it would work.
Impossible, as the beasts were all killed and the Orks aren't controlled anymore / forgot what is necessary to create a beast.
I think I remember seeing people who've made 2 stompas out of the one kit by using different weapons and heads on each one and then basically splitting the remaining parts between them and building out the rest with plasticard and kitbashing
True Orky fashion.
The transport ability lets the stompa poop out a unit (maybe a full grot squad) on an objective turn 1/2. But you can also carry a screening/anti screen unit to save yourself from getting caught up on chaff
What is Stompa going to get caught on as far as chaff units? Most armies will only engage with its melee once it has been weakened enough to be in kill range. Orks, World Eaters, and Custodes are the only armies I can think of that will actively try to charge the Stompa as their main way to focus it.
So, run 2 Stompas with 2x22 gretchin, 3x11 gretchin, and 2 meks. Just get to the center and force the opponent to deal with you
jesus christ jajajaja
Good thing im running 8 haywire blasters with my dark eldar.
Just stompa up and make problems
Don't forget Zodgrod Wortsnagga, he can get your gretchin to the center even faster!
Get to the center? Not on WC terrain you don't.
GROT TANK META!!!
Now they just need a plastic kit
Will they get the updated grotzookas tho?
Tbh, I prefer the rokkit launchas to grotzookas
I prefer skorchas for dealing with weak infantry, and Rokkits for trying to break tougher stuff. The grotzooka really doesn't fit great unless against t3 hordes with low saves, and even then the Scorcha probably does as good or better. The KMB, while nice, is a bit too risky and not quite as general purpose as the rockets.
@@Rexir2 Yeah, nvm. I thought about buffing them with +1 to wound and damage now that they're -1AP ignore cover, but that's against vehicles or monsters only. Would've been a great marine killer. Rokkits it is.
Noice! as a new ork player (only got assualt on black reach and boarding patrol) I picked up the battleforce for £115 online today so I'm pysched for this.
Welcome to the WAAAGH!!!
I dont know if it'll be scary statistically but a walking trash can with thay giant gun is certainly a scary statement
You should look up the Battletech Urbanmech. It's running meme is trashcan mech with a giant gun
Always gotta watch out for that sudden AC20 on the trash bin.
And at the same time we got the custodes codex... no i'm not crying, you are ! 😢
Right there with ya, golden brother.
The dichotomy of these two codex releases is staggering.
DREAD MOB = DEAD MOB!! LETS GO ORKS! WAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!
My looted imperial knight will now get some table time:)
Tell Errant and Rex to get the job done, or we're doomed🙈😂
Damn. My most frequent opponent is addicted to using his Stompa. I think I’ll need to buy myself another Typhon
Thank god I already own on of these.
U need more
I feel like all Ork players still smiled whenever they saw a Stompa back when it was just a Titanic meme. Now, I think they grinnin' like Gork.
question is what do you do with the last 70p?
after 2 meks, 2 stompas and 6 grots units.
enhancements or 3rd mek
I think size is a big issue but I'll have fun running it
Just ordered one online a few days ago, can’t wait for it to arrive.
This is where i would but my Stompa Boyz box... IF I HAD ONE!
Can I just say, love the fact Big was capitalised in big choppa. Also I love the twin Stompa idea, for some reason I thought of Marley and Marley from the muppets Christmas carol
FUN FACT (!!!) With Mek for the +1 to hit and the two stratagems for full to hit rerolls and +1 to wound and +1 damage and sustained hits you could theoretically make up to around 400 (!!!) damage with all weapons in one round. Still a lot of random factors here, but on paper extremely threatening!
Oh wow 'uploaded 36s ago' I'm as early as Auspex is fast
👍👍 I _almost_ want one; it's very close. I feel like I want a couple of kans and deff dreads slightly more though 🤷♀️
Probably better to start there. Kans especially will be a good addition to most lists
A fair amount people picked this up at my local game store, looking forward to orky shenanigans with them appearing in the future
It needs the fight on death strat from the index detachment. It's essential. In my last game Canis Rex killed me so I fought on death and killed him back. I didnt get my points back but Canis off the board helped big time. If your opponent is great at combat, you basically guarantee their death if they charge you.
The melee Strike profile alone is ridiculously dangerous
Can the Mek repair the Stompa from inside it?
Hell, can which models rules work inside transport in general?
I'm so fuckin excited to get the Stompa Boyz box and use the stompa. Dread Mob is the perfect detachment for what I love about orks
I love the Stompa, I modified my model and made it bipedal. I just love to see it on the field, if it does good it's a plus.
It has 2 feet, it's bipedal anyway lol
Biggest problem I have had was the points in previous editions. I quit running it when the blast markers went away, it was always more fun to lay a 7in blast marker down and hit everything under it and you just needed to roll to wound.
It's great to see the Orks become relevant again. And, more importantly, FUN again!
20:19 NOW DERZ DA BEEG THINKIN' I WAND!!!
Think I’ve had my stompa for maybe 9 years and never used it in a game! Happy that it’s moderately viable now.
It fells so Orky to push the buttons and maybe in Turn 3 Waaagh, Advance and shoot, Dakka, Dakka, Dakka and Bigger shells for Bigger Gits for an Titanic unit that goes crazy and deals massive damage to itself.
The fact there's any positivity for the stompa beings me so much joy. Now my friends might bring it out of the closet :D
I still think it's too expensive. You could almost take 2 Gargantuan Squiggoths for the same points.
STOOOMPAAA
I’m actually really happy the stompa finally might get its time in the light
needs to be around 600 to be even considered, 10th edition big things just suffer with the terrain dense boards, thanks for the upload.
Cleans dust off Stompa…
Your day has finally come my sweet child
We need to see a GT win with two Stompas!
transport grots for deployable grot screens to block enemy chargers :)
The Stompa was already scary if used correctly in the WAAAGH! Tribe Index, but Dread Mob turns it into a legitimate monster!
So, I look at this in much the same way I looked at Baneblades; I know they aren't the best, simply by being the biggest, and GW will even make efforts to KEEP it from being too competitive, but it is finally entering a space where, under certain circumstances, it CAN be viable, and I think that's wonderful.😅
The unspoken downside to such big models is that the size prevents it from maneuvering on the battlefield due to cluttered terrain. I'd love to throw a Baneblade on the table now and then but the GW obsession with melee over shooting forces these big models to sit at home. If you could play a game with player placed terrain, it might be feasible.
Man...I was seriously hoping that the Kustom Stompa would at least get a Legends datasheet
On everything from the Terminator down the +1 to hit from the mek and firing all the guns seems to about equal the the +1 to hit, and also push the button, and only firing the three main ones. And it's not a huge increase vs vehicles, but it is noteworthy.
Obviously, the added stratagems push this into absurdity.
Ah 11th edition where the monolith and stompa will be sent to legends
All it needs now is to drop to 650 points
Love vids on the big non meta stuff...
Any chance of a vid were you compare each armies big titanic, like the stompa/ hierophant and the Tua 800 point titan models.
USA here, its told out
Coincidence they are trying to sell it in the battle force? 😂
So hot it set the damage table on fire 😂
Can't wait for my knights to get out-shot, out-toughnessed, 1-shot in combat and in general "out-bigged".
YES, I bought a stompa in my first year of the hobby only for it to get creamed in a fight all the time, but now every boy has his day
That's awesome! Too bad my go-to store (Fenris Workshop) sold out of the battleforce in under 1 minute of it going on sale to scalpers
Edit: It's back! Let's go Dread Mob!!!!
I'm bulking mine out with looted terrain kits. 😉
So it’s truly a cold day in hell when the Stompa becomes viable? Lol
My Eradicators in Forestorm or Falchion in Ironstorm will sort that out in no time😁
I think 2 gorkanauts would be better, but ill be damned if i didnt do this lol
Run to gorkas with one. 😂
They have a new big box to sell with it in. Give it a month till theyve sold enough then theyll send it back to junkyard.
Looks like it's time to fire up the BIG 3d printer since GW screwed my 3 attempted pre-orders.
TLDW; no its's not, not for the 800pts in usual 2k competitive game
I just want to bring 3 stompas! And a mek!
did a game the other day and did 60 damage in one melee attack vs model with 24hp artier saves now with this happay days
You can nearly play a warhound with those points
Finally, stompa is useful again.
(or another stompa and mek[probably a bad idea])
Nah, this is the best idea.
Maybe one day a seraptek heavy construct will be good 😢
And here I was just going to say run 2 of them. 🤣😂🤣😂
Wow thats scary to have to engage or avoid!
I'm planning to use the stompa with 120 boys
I’m quite disappointed it didn’t get some new rules. Just hope it goes down in points
The question is, can it reliably kill a C'tan shard?
At least it is finally playable with all that support! But I don't see it in competetive lists, because it can be outplayed easily, you get a lot for those 800 points and good players can avoid it most of the time...
Can run 3 Gorkanauts for just 40 points more. It just cost way to much. I like it, but it alone didn't get buffed. Everything that Dreadmob did to make Stompa good also boosted the other walkers
@@whichDudeFunny thing: For 2CP and a Mek you can make an absolutely shooting monster, that hits on rerollable 4s, getting +1 to wound and +1 damage on all weapons and sustained or lethal hits. You can theoretically make up to around 400 damage (!!!) in a round. Could easily shoot out worth its points, but good players simply deny good targets or shoot the Stompa too easy! Still quite funny!
@@Silverdragon83X Again though all the same good bonuses Stompa gets applies to Gorkanaut and Morkanaut which are way cheaper, and easier to move up the board
And everywhere local apparently already did their pre-orders and online seems to be sold out...I hate having to pre-order GW products. :(
Needs to drop about 400pts before it even becomes remotely usable, I have no idea why GW ever thought it was worth 800pts or why they refuse to bring it down in points so its usable.
Id be curious if angron kills this in one round of combat
Auspex saying getting a 6 on deadly demise when in the middle of your army is a bad thing just shows he's not n ork player!
So your telling me i can actually use that stompa i got cause it was cool and its good? This fuckin codex is the best I've had for my army. People called me crazy for running all walker orks, now whos crazy?! Honestly probably still me.
do the gargan squig!!!
It be nice if it was no longer relegated to just a $150 paper weight
Lmao for a split second I thought he meant 85 pounds as in weight not price
Sub to the patreon! He needs to buy a new damage table after this one combusted
EZ list, 2 stompas 6 grotz and 2 Meks, done
Also, i think it should be 650-700 points. But im still going to run mine, bought him way back in 5th edition and him being remotely playable is all the excuse i need to dust him off
I don't think the Dread Mob Hazardous is worth using since it triggers on 1s AND 2s, not only on 1s. That would significantly increase the MW you are taking. Using 3 guns mean on avarage you take 3MW per round, not 1 or 2.
It only triggers on 2s if the weapon already had hazardous though and 3mw isn't much to a stompa.
GW increasing the stats of a model they want to sell? No, that's crazy talk.