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Pongeese

Question regarding factions

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So im fairly new to AoS and recently bought the 3.0 Harbinger edition starter kit with the Kruleboyz and Stormcast.

While i haven’t gotten a solid grasp on how to play etc yet im kind of confused regarding on how you play with the Kruleboyz. Are they considered as their own faction or can they be played together with other Orcs like the Ironjawz in the same army?

It seems that the AoS app has them both on the same faction yet it feels like they differ quite a bit from eachother.

And if i want to use them both do i have to purchase the battletome for them both or does the latest Orruk warclans battletome cover all Orc ”factions”? Seems they’re called the same thing as i found two separate battletomes but they’re both called Orruk warclans?

Posted Mar 3, 2022, 10:31 AM UTC

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MrS0bek•

The Kruelboyz are in an interesting position. They were the biggest swing for Orcs/Orks/Orruks by GW since 20-30 years or so across all IPs.

They have so many unique models and are different from regular orcs in playstyle and culture and more, that I guess it was planned to have them be a standalone force. Which may as well happen in the future when the other Orruk forces get more units of their own.

Until then all Orks are playable as one large entity, with the different subfactions coming together.

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PongeeseOPSeraphon•

Aah okay, so if i want to make an army with them both im all good just buying the orruk warclans battletome?

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basicallynokarmaOrruk Warclans•

Yes. The orruk warclans battletome contains all you need. You can either play the kruel boyz on thier own as thier own Faction. Or you play a big waagh army where you can mix all types of orruks. All of these rules are in the orruk warclans battletome

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PongeeseOPSeraphon•

Aah okay, thanks for clearing it up. Definitely buying the battletome then haha

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OlrikMeister•

You can check out all the rules on wahapedia before you make the purchase. Not saying you should pirate it but before you buy its worth a look.

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Rhodehouse93•

Yes to what other people said and also be careful that you get the right battletome (some stores keep the old ones on the shelf). The newest Orruk one has a krulboy on the cover.

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PongeeseOPSeraphon•

Aah good, i actually was close to buying the older one but i assumes that since there was a kruleboy on the cover it was the newer edition (they were added pretty recently to my knowledge?)

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Rhodehouse93•

Yeah less than a year ago.

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Legitimate_Corgi_981•

The old battletome doesn't have kruleboyz in it and isn't for 3rd edition.

Bonesplitters/ironjawz and kruleboyz can either be ran as separate armies, or as a mixed big Waagh faction. I believe you could run as a seperate and ally in one of the other types, but they lose a lot of bonuses in doing that so it's not really recommended.

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Jparks43130•

I know it's silly but currently the rules don't allow you to ally different factions of orcs together. The only way to mix orruks at all is in big waagh.

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Legitimate_Corgi_981•

Ty for the correction. I was thinking of the old battletome where IJ and Bonesplitters could.

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