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So my first go at a necron list based off some of the advice ive been given here. Please let me know what you think

HQ

Destroyer Lord (warscythe, Resurrection Orb)

Overlord ( Warscythe, Phylactery, Resurrection Orb, Warlord)

TROOPS

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

FAST ATTACK

3 Canoptek Wraiths

3 Canoptek Wraiths

3 Destroyers

HEAVY

3 Canoptek Spyders

3 Canoptek Spyders

and that comes out to exactly 1850 according to Army Builder.

So if anyone has any suggestions i'd be more than happy to hear them.

Since you are bringing Spyders, you need to bring Scarabs (if you have them). Spyders poop out scarabs but only into an existing unit of Scarabs.

I'd drop the Destroyers, and add whatever 120 will buy you in Scarabs.

I'd also drop the Phylacter on the Overlord, and buy him Mindshackle Scarabs, and put the leftover pointa into nother Scarab or something.

My 2 cents...I'd say its a pretty legit list.

 jasper76 wrote:
Since you are bringing Spyders, you need to bring Scarabs (if you have them). Spyders poop out scarabs but only into an existing unit of Scarabs.

I'd drop the Destroyers, and add whatever 120 will buy you in Scarabs.

I'd also drop the Phylacter on the Overlord, and buy him Mindshackle Scarabs, and put the leftover pointa into nother Scarab or something.

My 2 cents...I'd say its a pretty legit list.

Ah ok, makes sense, I dont see where on Army Builder Scarabs are listed, I'll break out my codex in a little while and see the price on them and work it up
Are you sure my Destroyer Lord should be with Destroyers though?


EDIT:

Found them never mind, its 2 AM here in hawaii im moving a bit slow.


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HQ

Destroyer Lord (warscythe, Resurrection Orb)

Overlord ( Warscythe, Mind Shackle Scarabs, Resurrection Orb, Warlord)

TROOPS

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

FAST ATTACK

3 Canoptek Wraiths

3 Canoptek Wraiths

8 Canoptek Scarabs

HEAVY

3 Canoptek Spyders

3 Canoptek Spyders

so this is better? its still exactly 1850

They could be under "Canoptek Scarabs" as that's the full name. They are a Fast Attack unit.

Don't drop your Destroyer Lord at all. He's golden.
Look up Preferred Enemy Everything in the BRB...that's what your Destroyer Lord brings to the table. Best HQ in the Codex

Actually, his cool Preferred Enemy rule is something the regular Destroyers already have, so its best to place him with a unit that does NOT have that rule, as it confers to the unit. A hugely popular option and probably the best one is to place him in a unit of Canoptek Wraiths.

Also, know that I think about it, if you decide to drop Phylactery from the Overlord, give the Miindshackle Scarabs to the Destroyer Lord....that turns him into an absolute CC nightmare.





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 Guilldog wrote:

 jasper76 wrote:
Since you are bringing Spyders, you need to bring Scarabs (if you have them). Spyders poop out scarabs but only into an existing unit of Scarabs.

I'd drop the Destroyers, and add whatever 120 will buy you in Scarabs.

I'd also drop the Phylacter on the Overlord, and buy him Mindshackle Scarabs, and put the leftover pointa into nother Scarab or something.

My 2 cents...I'd say its a pretty legit list.

Ah ok, makes sense, I dont see where on Army Builder Scarabs are listed, I'll break out my codex in a little while and see the price on them and work it up
Are you sure my Destroyer Lord should be with Destroyers though?


EDIT:

Found them never mind, its 2 AM here in hawaii im moving a bit slow.


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HQ

Destroyer Lord (warscythe, Resurrection Orb)

Overlord ( Warscythe, Mind Shackle Scarabs, Resurrection Orb, Warlord)

TROOPS

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

10 Warriors
-Night Scythe

FAST ATTACK

3 Canoptek Wraiths

3 Canoptek Wraiths

8 Canoptek Scarabs

HEAVY

3 Canoptek Spyders

3 Canoptek Spyders

so this is better? its still exactly 1850

All I'd do now is switch the Mindshackle from Overlord to Destroyer Lord.

As a matter of fact, MSS is so good, you may want to find the points to put it on BOTH of your HQ.

And this is maybe just a matter of opinion, but its what I'd recommend: blob your Wraiths into 1 unit of 6, and attach the Destroyer Lord to that unit when you deploy.

As said above i would combine the wraiths into one unit to get more out of your destroyer lord and split the scarabs into two squads possibly dropping one base to get mss on your overlord. I'm pretty sure you cant boost scarabs beyond max squad size so you want to start low and build up i would recommend deploying them out of los first turn buffing them to reasonable levels then move up in support of your wraiths.

I was thinking about taking Nemesor Zahndrekh and Necron Vargard Obyron as HQ units cause they seem like a really powerful combo from what i read in the codex.
Any thought or suggestions on that?

If you make the wraiths into one unit of six, ten you free up a slot and can make your scarabs five and three. Turn one, you spawn from all your Spyders, making that scarab unit a unit of eleven, then you can continue to spawn onto the other unit in subsequent turns.

The orb on the destroyer lord would be better being sempiternal weave and mindshackle scarabs if you do run him with the wraiths (they have no reanimation protocols).

Crypteks w/ Voltaic staves are super effective if you put 1 w/ each warrior group. They are str 5 and get 4 Haywire shots. One alone can wreck a land raider in 1 turn if you get lucky and w/ the warriors they should definitely wreck it.

Hi guys/girls

Need help playing against Tau and need a good strong army of Necrons 1850 points


Here are the models I have to swap and choose from any advice would be much appreciated


HQ Imotekh
1 Necron Overlord
4 Necron lords
140 Warriors
15 Immortals tesla carbines
2x Triarch Stalkers
5 Deathmarks
Cryptek

Doom Scythe
Ghost Ark
3xDestroyers
1 Destroyer Lord
20 x Scarabs
Triarch Praetorians


Many thanks Madmagpies

Madmagpies wrote:
Hi guys/girls

Need help playing against Tau and need a good strong army of Necrons 1850 points


Here are the models I have to swap and choose from any advice would be much appreciated


HQ Imotekh
1 Necron Overlord
4 Necron lords
140 Warriors
15 Immortals tesla carbines
2x Triarch Stalkers
5 Deathmarks
Cryptek

Doom Scythe
Ghost Ark
3xDestroyers
1 Destroyer Lord
20 x Scarabs
Triarch Praetorians


Many thanks Madmagpies

From what i understand if you field a buttload of warriors with the stormlord and they cryptechs that give you night fight its a pretty nasty foot slogging list
that can bust up armor pretty easy and swamp objectives while holding off the enemy with ovewhelming amounts of firepower. Im Still not 100% on my crons
so i dont want to give you bad advice but if you look around the web at some army list you may see what im talking about.

I've had a lot of success with a 6 man team consisting of 5 testla Immortals and one haywire staff Stormtek. Dropped from Scythes or faced with Drop Pod surprises, they always give back as good as they get and usually even more. Go ahead and land that Venerable Dreadnought in my rear lines ... It won't last long enough to get into CC. For just around 100 points, you can't go wrong.