Black Orc

Armed and armoured to fight in the thick of melee as a warrior and tanker, the Black Orc matches physical hardiness with a down-and-dirty brawler's fighting style that makes him the heart of any war band. With choppa and shield in hand, he can face down any foe unshaken. However, it is his unique approach to fighting that makes him as deadly with his fists as with either of those tools. He'll knock you down so you can't fight back, then kick you while you're down. There's no honor among Greenskins and no such thing as a fair fight. That's the way he likes it!

Career description

Black Orc Specialty

The Black Orc's fighting style might best be described as brawling. He attacks with all the tools available to him, including fists, feet, elbows, shoulders, other spiky bits, and weapons. His various attacks are designed to jar, disorient, or otherwise disable his enemy. Each of these conditions leaves the enemy vulnerable to yet more punishment. This comes in the form of other attacks which deliver additional effects based on the target's condition. The Black Orc's use of these tools revolves around the philosophy that the best defense is indeed a good offense.

Playing as a Black Orc

Combat for a Black Orc revolves around engaging and defeating enemies one at a time, while weathering the fire of their allies. As a front line fighter, the Black Orc is well equipped to withstand the attacks of his enemies. Though protected by shield and armor, and possessing a hearty constitution, his greatest strength lies in his ability to disable his primary opponent. His use of jarring blows and unexpected attacks allow the Black Orc to exploit the openings they create to reduce the enemy's ability to fight back.

Fighting against a Black Orc

When you fight a Black Orc, it's most important to know your enemy and his abilities. This allows you to counter them and keep him from reaching the potential of his deadly power. He will always have the tools to engage you, so there's little sense in trying to get around him. If you're aware of his abilities, especially the multiple attacks he can chain off of one another, you can maneuver and break his chains, denying him maximum performance. Maneuverability, selective engagement, and an intimate knowledge of your enemy's abilities are the keys to defeating the Black Orc.

Career Masteries

Black Orcs love a good brawl, and are always the first ones to charge into the hectic chaos of combat. Over enough generations, this has ensured that the only surviving Black Orcs are the toughest of the tough and the meanest of the mean, resulting in a group known for their brutality and sturdiness even among other Greenskins.

Black Orcs are master tacticians, and brilliant combat fighters without intellectual peer among the Greenskins, for they can actually formulate and follow a detailed and complex battle plan. Some warriors of other races have been known to occasionally point out that a Black Orc's plans somehow seem to consist of nothing more than progressing from "Hit im!" to "Oi, es still standing, hit im again!", and then back to "Hit im!" again, but they're careful not to sound mocking or dismissive, for in the hands of a Black Orc, such a plan is crushingly effective.

Path Of Da Brawler

This is a mastery path focused on stabbin' things

A master of this path believes that the best way to win a fight is through choppin the other guy into little pieces quickly. He scoffs at the thought of using a shield, since that just makes it harder to swing a massive Big Choppa around, and he doesn't need anything getting between him and his choppin!

Path Of Da Toughest

This is a mastery path focused on survivability which means more killin' later

A specialist in this path sees the wisdom in using a massive shield and taking care to defend himself against attacks - after all, while choppin is grand fun, living through the fight so that he can do some more choppin later is an appealing prospect as well.

Path Of Da Boss

This is a mastery path focused on buffs and group support, cause everyone has some killin' to do

If there's one thing an Orc Boss can do better than anyone, it's yelling at those who aren't as big as him. A specialist in this path has had long practice at yelling, shouting, and encouraging his group to fight onwards and be strong, although it's still a point of military debate whether the Orc's allies are actually inspired to press forward and fight, or whether they're simply trying to get the Orc to stop his deafening bellows and reeking breath.

Useful links

Below you may find some useful links that will help you with playing the career:

• Career Builder for your character,
• Renown Builder where you can plan how to spend Renown Points,
• Mounts for this Career,
• Armor sets for your Career.

Tome Unlocks

The following table lists Black Orc-related unlocks from the Tome of Knowledge.

Order Only

Task	Rewards	Order Text
Encounter a Black Orc	XP: 84	N/A
Kill 25 Black Orcs	XP: 204	N/A
Victim	Title: The Broken, XP: 336	Be Defeated by a Black Orc
Kill 100 Black Orcs	XP: 500	N/A
Spoils of War	Pocket: Gork Doll, XP : 806	Collect a Specific Item from a Vanquished Black Orc
Kill 1,000 Black Orcs	Title: Dead 'Ard, XP: 1050	N/A
What do We Have Here?	Pocket: Lucky Humie's Hand, XP: 1476	Learn about the Black Orc by completing a specific task
Kill 10,000 Black Orcs	Title: The Unstoppable, XP: 1716	N/A
Drop the Top	Trophy: Golden Greenskin Grappler, One Pip, XP: 1800	Defeat the Current Highest Ranking Black Orc Player
Kill 100,000 Black Orcs	Trophy: Golden Greenskin Grappler, Two Pips, XP: 1974	N/A

Destruction Only

Task	Rewards	Destruction Text
What do We Have Here?	Pocket: Lucky Humie's Hand, XP: 1476	Learn about the Black Orc by completing a specific task

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