[Archive] choppa and spear?

orcs of fire:

if a unit of orc boyz is given spears then is that unit equipped with spear and choppa - 2 attacks each - or just a spear? or would you have to purchase additional choppa to do this?

also would you have to do two seperate attacks for each orc due to a choppa being higher strength or do all the attacks count with a + 1 strength?

thx

dedwrekka:

if a unit of orc boyz is given spears then is that unit equipped with spear and choppa - 2 attacks each - or just a spear? or would you have to purchase additional choppa to do this?

also would you have to do two seperate attacks for each orc due to a choppa being higher strength or do all the attacks count with a + 1 strength?

thx

orcs of fire
They have a spear and a choppa, but they don't get an extra attack. You only get the extra attack with two basic hand weapons (or two choppas as specified in the orc armybook)

Lord Archaon:

Spear replaces choppa. If you choose additional choppa then both attacks gain +1 St in the 1 round of HtH combat.
:hat off

Edit: dedwrekka was faster :wink:

orcs of fire:

thx,

so can you purchase both spear and additional choppa (to get an extra attack each and fight in 2 ranks)?

Lord Archaon:

Yes you can, but you will have to choose before every combat which bonus do you want to use.(to get an extra attack each or to fight in 2 ranks)

snowblizz:

thx,
so can you purchase both spear and additional choppa (to get an extra attack each and fight in 2 ranks)?

orcs of fire
Sorry guys, but you can only have spears OR choppas. The book says "buy ONE of the following:"

Either way you'd have to choose which to use and couldn't combine them. You can only fight with one set of close combat weapons at a time. And in almost every case you cannot change the initial choice made.

Ancre:

I assume your orcs have a spear and a choppa.

If so, at the beginning of a fight you have to choose which weapon option you use. You can’t use both the choppas and the spears in your orc unit, they will all have to use either the spear or the choppa.

You can’t combine the spear with the choppa to gain one attack as the spear is not a basic hand weapon.