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This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. This detachment is printed in Codex: Orks, so the full text below follows community rules mirrors; the parts the Faction Pack changes were checked on 27 August 2026 against Orks Faction Pack v1.2 (legal for matched play from 26 August 2026). Detachment Point costs and enhancement points are published in the Munitorum Field Manual (v1.3, 26 August 2026) and the Warhammer 40,000 app, and they move with points updates.
Every Boyz unit gets a 6+ invulnerable save, improving to 5+ while it has 10 or more models. A v1.2 FAQ pins the timing down: the save is fixed by the mob's size when it is targeted, so it does not drop to 6+ part-way through an attacking unit's attacks.
A Boyz unit re-rolls Wound rolls of 1, or all Wounds if it has 10+ models.
Return D3+2 destroyed models to a Boyz unit, keeping it above the 10-model threshold.
Two nearby Boyz units count as 10+ models while within 6" of each other.
+1 to the charge (re-roll at 10+ models).
The unit can fight enemies within 3", so more Boyz swing.
A D6" surge move for an unengaged Boyz mob once an enemy that shot at it has finished shooting. Faction Pack v1.2 restates the whole stratagem and drops the old extra effect for mobs of 10 or more models.
The bearer's unit always counts as 10+ models, guaranteeing the 5+ invuln and full-mob effects.
+1 Strength in melee, jumping to +3 when the unit has 10+ models.
A chance to refund CP each Command phase.
Re-roll Advance (and Charge at 10+ models) for reliable movement.
The core; only Boyz benefit from Mob Mentality, and 10+ models unlocks the 5+ invuln.
See the box: price and offersA tougher Boyz-keyword mob with anti-elite melee that still gets the invuln and full-mob bonuses.
See the box: price and offersCarry Raucous Warcaller or Ferocious Show Off; a Painboss adds Feel No Pain on top of the invuln.
Delivery so a mob arrives intact and hits the charge.
How to play Green Tide in 11th edition — the 3-DP massed-Boyz detachment with an invulnerable save, model resurrection, and a full-mob payoff.
BySprue Sentry
ReviewedAug 28, 2026
SourceOrks Faction Pack v1.2 (official GW PDF, legal from 26 August 2026)
Sprue Sentry strategy commentary for 11th edition, not official rules. Games Workshop updates points and rules regularly; always confirm against the current official rules and latest update before a game.
Green Tide is the Orks Boyz horde detachment: a 3-Detachment-Point package for flooding the board with big mobs of Boyz that shrug off fire and keep coming back. It's a Codex: Orks detachment whose rule the 11th-edition Orks Faction Pack reworked.
At 3 DP it takes your whole budget at 2,000 points, so it runs on its own rather than as a core with a support bolted on.
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. Its detachment rule and three of its stratagems are quoted in the pack's rules updates and were checked on 27 August 2026 against Faction Pack v1.2 (legal from 26 August 2026); the rest follows community rules mirrors of the codex. The 3-DP cost comes from the Munitorum Field Manual (v1.3, 26 August 2026) and the Warhammer 40,000 app.
Every Boyz unit gets a 6+ invulnerable save, improving to 5+ while it has 10 or more models. It's always on, so it gives your Boyz protection on non-Waaagh! turns; on the turn you call the army-wide Waaagh! (which already grants a 5+ invuln plus +1 Strength, +1 Attack and charge-after-Advance), a full mob is doubly hard to shift while it swings. The whole detachment rewards keeping mobs at 10+ models, which is why its stratagems and enhancements are built around resurrection and the model threshold.
Take it when you want to lean into a massed Boyz swarm and can field multiple large mobs. It's the thematic infantry-flood build, strongest when your list is genuinely Boyz-heavy so the invuln, resurrection and full-mob thresholds all come online. It's weaker with elite or vehicle mixes, since only Boyz benefit from the rule. At 3 DP it's priced alongside War Horde and takes your whole budget at 2,000 points, so unlike a 2-DP core it can't be topped up with a 1-DP support like More Dakka!. Everything the list does has to come out of Green Tide's own rule, stratagems and enhancements.
Sample gameplan: flood the board with 20-strong mobs, a character carrying Raucous Warcaller to lock a unit at the 5+ invuln, and Braggin' Rights to keep paired units at full-mob status. Advance up under the invuln, using Go Get 'Em! to reposition when shot and Come On Ladz! each Command phase to rebuild casualties. Call the Waaagh! as the horde reaches the enemy: with Tide of Muscle guaranteeing charges and Competitive Streak re-rolling all Wounds, a full mob buffed by Ferocious Show Off (+3 Strength) plus the Waaagh! delivers an overwhelming number of high-Strength attacks.
3 DP, which is the whole budget at a 2,000-point game, so it runs on its own with no room for a 1-DP support. Older write-ups that call it a 2-DP detachment (ours included, until we re-checked on 27 August 2026) are out of date: the Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 prices it at 3 DP.
Mob Mentality: every Boyz unit gets a 6+ invulnerable save, improving to 5+ while it has 10 or more models. It rewards keeping mobs at full strength, which the detachment's resurrection stratagems and full-mob enhancements support.
Big 20-model Boyz mobs above all — only Boyz benefit from the rule, and 10+ models unlocks the 5+ invuln and upgraded stratagems — plus Beast Snagga Boyz, a Warboss or Painboss to lead and heal them, and Trukks or a Battlewagon for delivery.
Both cost 3 DP and both use your whole budget at 2,000 points, so this is a straight choice rather than a question of what you can afford alongside them. Green Tide is the pure Boyz-swarm build with an invulnerable save and resurrection; War Horde is the flexible generalist whose army-wide Sustained Hits suits a mixed force. Pick Green Tide only if your list is genuinely Boyz-heavy, since nothing outside the Boyz keyword benefits.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.