Dwarfs vs Ogre Kingdoms

[purpleshaza]

I'm an old 5th ed. fantasy player (Dwarfs) and have recently been talked into playing a game of 8th ed. against Ogres are there any must take units or items or new tactics I need to use? I am asking because there were no ogre kingdoms back in my day so I don't know my enemy at all.
He is normally a tau player so I was thinking of letting him face MY GUNLINE for a change lol.

[Jabberwocky]

Ogres are all monstrous infantry so will have stomp in combat. They typically run hordes 6 wide.

You'll want cannons flanking as wide as possible to hit them in the flank once they push forward. Be warned though they have cannons and chariots of their own to hunt down yours as well as a few scouting monsters.

Make sure you have chaff units to absorb his charges as they can do insane damage with impact hits. Let him kill a weak unit and overrun where you want him to, so you can get a flank counter charge.

[purpleshaza]

Thanks I used to use slayers to tarpit while I got my Ironbreakers into the flank is that still a viable option?
I am playing 2000pts and here is my list:
UNIT1.
1:Lord (Master rune of Skalf Blackhammer, rune of fury and rune of dismay)
1:Battle Standard (master rune of stromni redbeard 2x runes of battle)
12:Ironbreakers with ironbeard and runic standard (1x rune of battle)musician
UNIT2.
1:Thane (rune of fury, rune of cleaving)
15:warriors great weapons standard musician
UNIT3.
10:Thunderers
Unit4.
10:Thunderers
Unit5.
10:Quarrellers
Unit6.(allies)(yes I know dwarfs can't anymore but we all think it sux so i'm doing it lol)
15:Long Drongs Pirates (dogs)
Artillery Battery:
Organ Gun (rune of penetrating)
Goblin Hewer (dogs)

Do you think this list will cut it?

[Jabberwocky]

I think you might need bigger units if you want to live through combat. Ogres will typically run big deathstars loaded with characters so most armies will counter by having a massive steadfast block of cheap stuff to absorb the charge and hold them up.

If you can just keep them redirected though that could work too.

[purpleshaza]

I have just noticed that I don't have a runesmith does this matter?

[Jabberwocky]

Sorry I don't know a lot about dwarves, only that you'd need a general and a bsb as a minimum.

[purpleshaza]

here's what I can remember seeing him play:
1 firebelly in a unit of 6 ogres
1 slaughter master in a unit of 6 ogres
not sure which he said were ironguts
a unit of 6 leadbelchers
a unit of 4 mournfangs
and a big cannon thingy
does that info help any?

[Jabberwocky]

You should probably be Ok then since he'll only be running 2 ranks deep - you should be able to keep steadfast without too much trouble.

[purpleshaza]

thanks I'll post how it went later

[tarrasque]

I actually had to double check what forum I was reading... I recommend heading over to bugman's brewery if you need any more indepth advice, or if you just want to kick back with fellow dwarfs.


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