how to stop a WAAAGH!!!

A measly 5 orks on the charge, as long as one is a nob with a powerklaw, can kill around 15 guardsmen no problem. That's right, you pretty much have to kill the orks to the last one to prevent the death of your men. Well, the first row of your men anyway. So how do we deal with the onrush of boyz? First and foremost, they boyz are the greatest threat to a horde guard army, forget the killakanz forget the lootas, forget the deffkoptas, focus everything you've got on the boyz. The killakanz go down eazy with autocannons, lascannons, and tanks. The lootas are a bit of a threat, but in the end they won't make a big enough dent, as their BS is awful. And lets face it, who actually fears deff koptas?

So how do we kill the boyz? pinning won't work, with the mob rule. lasguns just aren't powerful enough. and autocannons don't have a high enough rate of fire. The answer? blast weapons. The basalisk and leman russ in particular, because they cause instant death, and are large blast. That said, it's still not enough, that's where the lasguns come in. Is there anything that can be done other than just shooting the whole game? well, not really. A thought however is to tank shock a unit of small boyz. see death or glory is kinda stupid, I always do it just cuz it's epic, but it's a terrible plan, and a great way to kill a nob with a powerklaw. And if they don't death or glory, then they are moving backwards, which is even better.