User blog comment:Trulyrandom/Lets add some science to our articles/@comment-2253300-20120915104153/@comment-4608429-20120915200335

Supah: there are levels of brute strength that it is imposible to overcome, but they would have to be quite a bit higher high to make a diffrance. And on the experiance point, I am not including this as a factor, I am talking about strength against technique. True I have not been in life and death situations, but I know people who have and they will sware by technique.

Legion: Orks are WS 4 and I 2, while the Imperial guard are WS 3 and I 3, so Orks are better in close combat and slower than Imperial Guardsmen. Speed comes just as much from how good your synapse link is as it is from how musculature a person is.