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I'm new to necrons, tell me what you think. I'm wanting to run the canoptic harvest formation from the army book.

Destroyer Lord
Voidreaper
Mindshackle Scarabs
Phase Shifter
Phylactery
Resurrection Orb
215 points

Lord
Solar Staff
65 points

5 Dethmarks
90 points

5 Lychguard
Hyperphase swords and Dispersion Shields
150 points

10 Immortals
170 points

10 Warriors
130 points

Canoptic Scarabs
5 bases
100 points

3 Canoptic Wraiths
Particle Casters
135 points

3 Destroyers
120 points

Canoptic Spyder
Gloom Prism
Twin-Linked Particle Beamer
70 points

There are places I could shave points, for example the lord and deathmarks, but what would I add that would make sense?

You already have the units in there. Why not just put them in the Canoptic Harvest formation?

Yeah, I'm running the formation. What, if anything, would you change though? I was thinking about dropping the lord and the deathmarks to add a nightscythe for the immortals.

Well, I'd make some changes:
The Destroyer Lord should have
Phase Shifter
Phylactery
Resurrection Orb
and he should accompany the Wraiths. The latter need no shooty weapons. I'd also drop the single Lord. The army is rather slow. I'd add a Night Scythe for the Immortals and drop the Lynchguard and maybe the Deathmarks. Both mediocre units.

Thanks for the input, I've updated my build based on it. Here it is.

Destroyer Lord
Voidreaper, Phase Shifter, Phylactery, Resurrection Orb
205 points

Triarch Praetorians
7 Praetorians With Rod of Covenant
196 points

Immortals
Night Scythe
10 With Gauss Blasters
300 points

10 Warriors
130 points

Canoptek Scarabs
5 Bases
100 points

3 Canoptek Wraiths
Whip Coils
129 points

3 Destroyers
120 points

Canoptek Spyder
Gloom Prism, Twin-Linked Particle Beamer
70 points

The Night Scythe could go with either the Immortals or the Praetorians I'm thinking. Anyway, what do you think?

Love the Praetorians but not in a scythe. They already move 12" so why take the chance that the scythe doesn't show up until turn 4? And they don't assault the turn they show up. Seven ap2 S5 shots is nice but I'd rather get the drop on someone. Either trade in the scythe for more Praetorians if you've got them and make 2 units or get more destroyers.

Thanks for the input on the praetorians, didn't realize they were jump infantry. I've only got the three destroyer models and the destroyer lord so I really can't add any more destroyers until I buy more. Putting the scythe on the warriors sounds like a better option than on the immortals. I'll give the list a play test and see what happens.