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Starting anecron army, ive heard nothing but bad things about the doomsday ark, i got a necron battle force and sunday im making my choice between a ghost ark and a dooms day ark, my friend said the DD is really poor, that i should get the GA. And discussions on the interweb say the same, so. Dakka dakka guys, is this DD ark really that bad?

What in the world is a Poonsday ark

Its not that its bad. its that other options are better

The thing is basically a immobile directional gun that gets weaker if it moves and any sort of a pen will ruin it for a turn at least.


While Annihilation barges have no such issues. and the flying one is just as safe for the most part.

I have 2 Ghost Arks and 1 of those Ghost Arks is magnetized to be able to convert into a Doomsday Ark. I recommend you do the same. With the new codex due in the next few months they might become good or great. You never know!

It's a really good distraction and a really good psychological tool. Plant it on a flank or give it a good firing lane and you'd be surprised at how much it affects your opponent's decisions and actions.

Plus it often attracts suicide melta squads etc... so use it as a distraction and don't expect it to do much apart from soak fire.

The doomsday ark is one of the few weapons available to Necrons that has decent range on it. its got a fairly good AV, but loses a lot of effectiveness if you want to move it. with its relatively high points cost it is generally regarded as not being cost effective, especially when you consider that it shares a slot with Annihilation barges which are definately undercosted for what they do.

Ghost arks are a different beast altogether, they synergise very well with warrior squads led by lords with res orbs with their repair barge rule, generally speaking the only really reliable way to get rid of a large warrior squad backed up by a couple of ghost arks is to sweep it in combat, and even then thats not a certainty if the lord has the indecency to not stay dead!

That being said, Doomsday arks have a very nasty shooting attack that can mess up most units if you land a hit, and in addition to being long ranged, are one of the few weapons that ignores anything that isn't a cover or invulnerable save (necrons generally rely on volume of fire, or warscythes)

And as has already been said. with a few magnets, you can have options for both a ghost ark, and a doomsday ark in one model

Thanks guys. Been trying to decide what is better to build. Dooms day. Or ghost ark.
Still a bit undecided

For the current codex, a ghost ark is definitely better than a doomsday ark. But go for magnets, it's not that difficult to do.

Ghost ark is definitely by far the superior choice. However, I've had decent success with the Doomsday Ark chilling in the backfield tossing out pie plates for as long as it can. It may or may not make back it's points, but it can make for a decent distraction unit.

Please tell me that Poonsday is a massive troll title.