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Game against Chris from last night, was at my usual Thursday outing at Powerfist Gaming. This game is a rematch from when Chris came round my house for a game over Christmas. So far I've played Chris three times and beaten him in all games, I've also managed to win the roll off for deployment, with me deciding to go second each time. Things have gone my way the last three games, is my luck up and is my undefeated Necron list heading for a loss?

Necrons - 2,000 points


HQ

Overlord w/ Catacomb Command Barge - warscythe, mindshackle scarabs & sempiternal weave
Royal Court 3 x Crypteks w/ - harbinger of destruction & solar pulse

Elites

Triarch Stalker
Triarch Stalker

Troops

8 x Necron Warriors w/ Ghost Ark
8 x Necron Warriors w/ Ghost Ark
8 x Necron Warriors w/ Ghost Ark
5 x Necron Immortals - tesla carbines

Fast Attack

5 x Canoptek Wraiths - 3 x whip coils & particle caster
8 x Canoptek Scarabs

Heavy Support

Annihilation Barge
Annihilation Barge
2 x Canoptek Spyders - fabricator claw array

Salamanders - 2,000 points

HQ

Vulkan He'Staan
Master of the Forge

Elites

5 x Assault Terminators - 5 x thunder hammers and storm shields
5 x Assault Terminators - 5 x thunder hammers and storm shields

5 x Sternguard Veterans - combi melta, 2 x combi flamers & meltagun

Troops

10 x Tactical Marines w/ Drop Pod - meltagun & multi melta - sgt w/ combi melta
10 x Tactical Marines w/ Drop Pod - meltagun & multi melta - sgt w/ combi flamer
5 x Scouts - sniper rifles & camo cloaks

Fast Attack

Land Speeder - multi melta & heavy flamer
Land Speeder - multi melta & heavy flamer

Heavy Support

Ironclad Dreadnought w/ Drop Pod - meltagun & heavy flamer - Drop Pod w/ locator beacon
Dreadnought w/ Drop Pod - multi melta & heavy flamer - Drop Pod w/ locator beacon
Dreadnought w/ Drop Pod - multi melta & heavy flamer - Drop Pod w/ locator beacon

Game: Annihilation + Spearhead

Pre-game Analysis

This is now the fourth turn I am playing Chris, while he has made some changes to his list (Scouts & Sternguard) from last time, his list remains mostly unchanged, which means my target priority stays the same. I am not really fussed about the Scouts and Sternguard and both of those are walking in from the table edge, I can avoid both of them and no doubt the Scouts are only included in the list for those objective games.

The Dreadnoughts are annoying in this list, there isn't many, though they have to be dealt with first turn in some shape or form. If I can score weapon destroyed on them or stop them from moving in shooting in anyway I'll be happy. After that I just hope Chris' reserve rolls don't go his way.

For my Necrons the main problem I see is the double Assault Terminator units. My Wraiths and Scarabs are the combat unit and Scarabs aren't good against infantry and the Wraiths will only tie up the Terminators for so long. Everything else I can gauss to death (or tesla) and hopefully I can get some good gauss damage on Dreadnoughts to surpress them, that's if the Triarchs haven't blown them up.

Deployment

Chris won the roll off and decided to go second, good choice by him. I took the bottom right corner and castled up my forces, I put the Ghost Arks at the front and then everything behind. I left a small gap behind as a sort of temptation for Chris, this was near the board edge so he would have to hope for good scatter rolls if he did drop on there. I kept the Immortals in reserve.

Chris deployed nothing, can't say that's a surprise







* Tactical Notes

Ok, Chris is going second here, which isn't good for me as I lose a turn of shooting. When his Drop Pods arrive I expect those Dreadnoughts to be blasting the Triarch Stalkers and Annihilation Barges, this would cut down the serious anti tank and high strength weaponry, that's what I expect Chris to do anyway.

My target priority is to in some shape or form stop those Dreadnoughts from shooting and moving. Then when other units arrive I'll deal with Speeders and Tactical Squads, Vulkan I'll tie up with Wraiths or something while gauss and blast Terminators to death.

Turn 1

I move my things a little bit so Chris doesn't auto hit in combat, thinking back not sure the point in this as Dreadsnought cannot assault out of Drop Pods anyway, dumbass, though doesn't matter as I literally moved them a little bit.

No shooting!

Three Drop Pods carrying the Dreadnoughts bomb down and land at 9p, 11p and 12a positions around my Ghost Ark line.

Shooting; Dreadnought at 12 position blasts a Annihilation Barge stripping away the quantum shielding and immobilsing it. The other Dreadnoughts do better and one wrecks a Ghost Ark while the other makes it go boom, I lose a few Necrons in the blast, they pass pinning.

Kill Points - Necrons: 0 Salamanders: 2









* Tactical Notes

Chris has taken a nice lead by taking out two of my Ghost Arks, this is quite annoying as the Ghost Arks add a lot of supression fire (they can knock out 20 gauss flayer shots) and regenerate any Warrior units which have taken some damage, at least I've got a Ghost Ark left.

Next turn I'll move the Scarabs up to assault a Drop Pod, as it's immobilised they will no doubt wreck it thanks to entropic assault. I'll blast the Ironclad with a Triarch Stalker and then gauss it if it's still there, the other Stalker will tackle another Dreadnought while the Overlord sweeps the other - gauss and telsa will add fire power where needed.

Turn 2

I roll for reserves and the Immortals come in near the Scarabs.

I spawn more Scarabs without any problems. I attempt to regen some Warriors and roll a 1 for the Ghost Ark, the Warriors are back to full strength, but the glancing hit wrecks my own Ghost Ark! feth! Overlord sweeps a Dreadnought and scores weapon destroyed and I take the multi melta.

Shooting; Triarch Stalker blasts the Ironclad and scores weapon destroyed, I take the arm with the meltagun, Warriors follow up thanks to to nice twin-linked action and the Ironclad is immobilised and shaken, gauss ftw. Warriors blast the Dreadnought the Overlord attacked and score shaken. The other Stalkers blasts the other Dreadnought and scores weapon destroyed, I take the multi melta. Annihilation Barges both fire at the Dreadnought the last Stalker fired at only manage to shake it.

In assault the Canoptek Scarabs rot a Drop Pod away (blue one).

Chris turn, Vulkan and a Tactical Squad, Assault Terminators and Land Speeder arrive from reserve. Everything deep strikes in except for the Speeder which moves 24" down the centre of the board and taking cover behind a Drop Pod and Dreadnought.

At this point I realised I've made a real school boy error and forgot to deploy the Wraiths! (proxy black Immortals), I drop them in the terrain piece where I would have originally put them anyway - I just hope they are in assault range of Vulkan!

Shooting; flamers from Vulkan's unit along with bolters blast the Scarabs and thin them out while the other combat squads blast into Warriors. Couple of storm bolters fire into Warriors as well, but that's it really.

In assault one of the Dreadnoughts charges into my Warriors, Warriors fail morale and fall back but are destroyed either way as the Dreadnought swept them and my own Warriors were blocking them. The other Dreadnought assaults the immobilised Annihilation Barges and easily wrecks it.

Kill Points - Necrons: 1 Salamanders: 5





* Tactical Notes

Not a very good turn! I gave Chris a free kill point from my Ghost Ark thanks to bad dice rolls, that means I've got no more Arks to regen more Warriors. Another bad spot for me was forgetting to deploy the Wraiths, what a school boy error! I just hope they can assault Vulkan next turn.

Chris has now taken a nice lead, I am hoping I can catch him up this turn, the Ironclad will be easy prey for the Scarabs as it's now down to one attack - I'll pile the Spyders in just to be on the safe side. Immortals and Warriors will thin out Vulkan's unit and the Wraiths can charge in, while the other Warriors gauss a multi melta combat squad. Overlord will sweep the Speeder.

Turn 3

Spyders spawn two more Scarabs boosting the numbers back up. Warriors move to allow room for the Wraiths to come through, they land near Vulkan after moving through terrain without problems. Triarch Stalker near the Assault Terminators moves deeper into terrain to hopefully avoid a charge while the Annihilation Barge moves away also. Overlord sweeps the Speeder and wrecks it.

Shooting; Warriors gauss a multi melta combat squad leaving three left and killing the multi melta - squad passes morale. Warriors and Immortals blast Vulkan's unit to thin them out before the Wraiths assault. Triarch Stalker fires at the Drop Pod by the depleted multi melta combat squad and misses, the other Triarch Stalker blasts another Pod and scores weapon destroyed. Annihilation Barges blasts one of the Dreadnoughts and wrecks it.

In assault the Scarabs and Spyders charge the Ironclad, though the Scarabs take it down to china town. Wraiths charge Vulkan and the combat squad, Wraiths win combat with only Vulkan left who is now on two wounds.

Chris' third turn; Scouts, Sternguard and the other Speeder arrive from reserve all of them coming in from the board edge - Scouts take up position in area terrain in the top left while Speeder and Sternguard move to engage the Overlord. The last Drop Pod arrives carrying the Master of the Forge and a Tactical Squad, it lands near Vulkan.

Assault Terminators move to assault the Triarch Stalker, it's going to be close! Depleted multi melta combat squad moves to assist Vulkan in combat.

Shooting; Speeder and Sternguard blast the Overlord but neither do any damage. The Tactical Squad out of the Drop Pod which just arrived (split into combat squads) blast the Warriors in front of them, Warriors pass morale test. Scarabs get incinerated by flamers and bolters and are wiped out.

In assault the depleted combat squad joins in with the Wraiths, combat is draw as Vulkan takes a wound and a Marine dies and two Wraiths take a wound. Assault Terminators just make assault with the Triarch Stalker, the Stalker kills a Terminator though it's hammered in return - Termies consolidate towards the Annihilation Barge.

Kill Points - Necrons: 5 Salamanders: 7





* Tactical Notes

Things have started to turn around for me now. I have started to gain kill points, though Chris still has a nice lead. I've now lost my Scarabs, which would have moved onto another Drop Pod as it is just a easy kill point - though the Spyders can do the same job I guess.

Next turn I will send the Spyders to attack the Master of the Forge in combat, that's a easy kill point while Warriors and Immortals blast combat squads.

Turn 4

Warriors near my table edge move to get better LOS on the multi melta combat squad which arrived from the Drop Pod in Chris' last turn. Overlord turns away from the surrounding melta and moves back into Necron terriority and sweeps the last Dreadnought, only scores shaken!

Shooting; Warriors and Immortals blast the multi melta combat squad, squad takes 25% damage and fails morale and falls back. Depleted Warriors blast into the Master of the Forge's unit to soften them up for the Canoptek Spyders. Triarch Stalker blasts a Drop Pod again, and misses again! Annihilation Barge blasts the remaining Dreadnought and does no damage.

In assault the kill Vulkan but only two of them remain and one has one wound. Spyders charge the Master of the Forge and combat squad, they roll dire and fail to hardly hit when when they do they don't wound - they take a beating and the plain Spyder has a single wound left and the claw Spyder two wounds.

Chris rolls for reserves and the Assault Terminators don't arrive.

Sternguard move down towards the centre ruin while the Speeder moves flat out towards the Warriors by my table edge. Dreadnought moves to engage the Overlords Barge along with the Assault Terminators.

Shooting; Sternguard and regrouped combat squad blast the depleted Warriors, they fail morale and fall back. That's all the Salamander shooting!

In assault the Dreadnought explodes the Overlord's Barge before the Terminators strike, Overlord passes pinning and takes no wound from shrapnel. Master of the Forge gets ripped too pieces in combat while a Marine snuffs it. Wraiths and the two remaining Marines battle to a stalemate.

Kill Points - Necrons: 7 Salamanders: 8







* Tactical Notes

I've managed to catch up with Chris on kill points now, though he is still one ahead. I see at last four easy points on the Speeder, depleted combat squad and both units engaged in close combat. If all goes well I should take a nice lead here.

Plan is to blast the Speeder with Warriors and hope it goes down, Triarch Stalker blasts the Drop Pod, again, while Wraiths and Spyders do what they do in combat. I am not sure what to do with the Overlord though, he's dead either way I guess.

Turn 5

I carry on falling back my Warriors as they are within 6" of a enemy unit, they move off the board and give up a kill point. Annihilation Barges moves into terrain so the Assault Terminators cannot just walk up and whack it. Warriors move to draw better LOS on the Speeder.

Shooting; Warriors blast and wreck the Speeder. Triarch Stalker blasts and explodes the Drop Pod. Immortals blast into the depleted combat squad along with the Annihilation Barge, two Marines left who fail morale and fall back.

In assault the Wraiths wipe out the combat squad while the Spyders do the same. I charge the Overlord into the Dreadnought thinking it had a power fist, it's a dccw what a noob! Overlord is smashed. I guess charging the Overlord into the Assault Terminators would have resulted in his death also.

The last unit of Terminators arrive from reserve and land near the Canoptek Spyders.

Dreadnought moves to engage the Spyders while the combat squad fails morale again and carries on falling back. Other Assault Terminators move to engage the last Triarch Stalker.

Shooting; Spyders get shot by the Dreadnought's heavy flamer also a few storm bolter shots fire, that's it.

In assault the Assault Terminators wreck the Triarch Stalker while the Canoptek Spyders split open the Dreadnought, though one Spyder is dead.

Kill Points - Necrons: 12 Salamanders: 10





* Tactical Notes

I've caught up with Chris and now over taken him by a fair few kill points, I've got the lead on him like he has had on me majority of the game. I am really hoping that the game ends next turn and I can pick up a close shave victory, if not I haven't got a lot left which can deal with the remaining units.

Turn 6

Game continues.

Warriors and Immortals move to blast the Assault Terminators while the Wriaths move up to assault. In shooting and combat the Assault Terminators are all fine.

Salamanders turn; Sternguard move up while the falling back unit regroups. Assault Terminators charge and kill the remaining Spyder while the other Assault Terminators smash the Wraiths.

Kill Points - Necrons: 12 Salamanders: 12





* Tactical Notes

I really should have played defensively in my last turn instead of aggressive. I should have moved all units away so Salamanders couldn't reach assault or shoot. I was too much hoping to kill the Assault Terminators with torrent of fire power, which the Warriors was hardly in range for anyway. All I can hope is that the game ends this turn and I pick up a draw.

Turn 7

Game continues.

I play defensively and move the Barge 12" away so it's just out of Assault Terminators range and move and run the Warriors and Immortals, both roll a 1 for run, I just hope they have moved far enough.

Salamanders last turn, the full strength Assault Terminators manage to assault the Immortals and smash them and pick up the win.

Salamanders win with 13 kill points to 12 Necrons.



Summary

Wow, that really was a epic game! I started off not doing so well and managed to catch up and over take. I was really hoping the game would end turn 5, it didn't, and I then took my eye off the ball and should have turned to defensive tactics instead of offensive. The Necrontyr are now undone and the mighty have fallen.

A big well done to Chris, he's got his own back on me for the last few games. He played well and went for the target priority crippling my ability to regen my Warriors. He knocked out my fire power and then just stomped around with his Assault Terminators literally hammering all my units. His list is almost there, the Scouts will do nicely in objective games, though I think the Sternguard either need a Drop Pod or just replace them with another Dreadnought. The Sternguard could get a Drop Pod is the Ironclad was degraded to a normal Dreadnought, it's not like the Ironclad lasted any longer anyway.

Nice rep as usual Merc, never played vs a pod army but wouldn the pods themselves be easy KPs?
Not start lashing into them?

The Pods are easy kill points, that's why I set Scarabs and Spyders on them to auto hit.

Lashing?

Lashing - Irish phrase, means really getting into.

My bad, kinda skimmed the rep and saw them still on the table at the end.

A fine battle report, Mercer! You don't see too many 7 turn games, must have been an exhausting round!

Triarch stalkers are looking great by the way!

I would agree that maybe the ironclad could be downgraded to a regular dreadnought and give the sternguard a pod. This is the best way I've seen sternguard run- drop them in and shoot with them right away.

I laughed about the forgetting to deploy the wraiths. I feel the same way when I forget to cast shield

Some of the Pods were wrecks and standing there. I think four Pods were left. Was too much else to deal with. If I had the Ghost Arks and more Scarabs then I probably would have dealt with more Drop Pods.

edit, nvm, read the fooking rep properly Ratty.

Great game mercer! Any plans on trying out the tomb blades? I have high hopes for those buggers!

I think your opponent might want to leave his tac squads undivided in KP missions. It seemed like splitting them out of the pod did no good.

I LOL'd when the Overlord charged the dread without a phase shifter. It happens though, had he whiffed you woulda had him dead to rights. Those CCB's seem extremely effective from the BR I have read. Any plans to field second?

1. Nice kit-bashing on the Triarch Stalkers.
2. As usual, cool batrep - analysis, pix, and summary.

Sets a standard I'm trying to reach.

Red Corsair wrote:Great game mercer! Any plans on trying out the tomb blades? I have high hopes for those buggers!

I think your opponent might want to leave his tac squads undivided in KP missions. It seemed like splitting them out of the pod did no good.

I LOL'd when the Overlord charged the dread without a phase shifter. It happens though, had he whiffed you woulda had him dead to rights. Those CCB's seem extremely effective from the BR I have read. Any plans to field second?

Probably won't try the Tomb Blades. They are a nice bit of kit, though once I've found something I like I tend to stick to it.

In kill point missions it would make sense not to combat squad his units, however as he is moving and has a multi melta he cannot shoot it. I guess which is the lesser of two evils.

I know, charging the Dreadnought was dumb. I don't know why I just had power fist on the brain. It was either charge the Dreadnought or the Terminators, should have gone for Terminators.

Brothererekose wrote:1. Nice kit-bashing on the Triarch Stalkers.
2. As usual, cool batrep - analysis, pix, and summary.

Sets a standard I'm trying to reach.

Thanks about the Stalkers and report mate

Great batrep as usual Mercer. Do you find the Stalkers helping this list alot? I ask as their weapon is fairly short ranged and not much in the list would benenfit from twin-linking. I do think theyre dead-sexy conversions however

Thanks about the report mate.

I find the Stalkers handy with the lances, just case meltas don't get the job done. Also handy for gauss flayers as well, could mean more auto glances on vehicles . Usually I don't get into 2D6 armour pen with them, I using them for popping light armour like D.E skimmers and Rhinos etc.

Thanks about the conversions mate, going to paint them soon, just filling in the gaps with greenstuff

Ive got similar tastes in Necron list making as you do. I dont have the opportunity to game at the moment so its a joy seeing your batreps.

Thanks bud

 mercer wrote:
Thanks bud

I love your Necron paint job. Do you have a gallery or a write up on what you did to paint them that style?

Balor wrote:

 mercer wrote:
Thanks bud

I love your Necron paint job. Do you have a gallery or a write up on what you did to paint them that style?

I recommend you pm him, as this thread is about to be locked.

Threadomancy, so locking thread.