Void__Dragon wrote:
Yuki only briefly touched on this but he actually has a huge advantage over other big beefy lords of war; he benefits from obscuring terrain. He's not one 26 wound model. He's a unit with two five wound models and one 16 wound model. This means that unlike your garden variety knight or Magnus he is in far less danger from eating the entire enemy army's firepower.


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Slayer-Fan123 wrote:

yukishiro1 wrote:
A C'tan power would be great and fit the model, but I'm honestly afraid it would push him over the top into "auto-take" territory and I don't think anybody wants that. Maybe if you made it cast a random power each turn or something.

I'd rather he just benefit from his dynasty trait, though. His big weakness right now is haywire, which feels weird and unfluffy, and the 5+++ would go a long way to fixing that.

Ghazzy suffers the same thing unfortunately. GW thinks them benefitting from their own army's rules will break them somehow. GW is also not good at balancing.

What rules does Ghaz not benefit from?

In addition to him not getting his exploding 6s in melee if taken with another Klan just because, he also loses access to Strats and other rules because of his Monster status. Hell I don't even know if they erratad him to benefit from his own rules!

Okay, that was why I was asking, because he was errata'd to at least benefit from the advance and charge buff he grants.

The ability to benefit from obscuring terrain is what makes him work IMO. If he couldn't, you'd have to reserve him in most games, paying 3CP, because realistically he'd just get shot off the board if you didn't against almost any list with only that 8" move.

His horizontal profile is actually surprisingly small too - he's just on a round 100mm base and the menhirs are 50mm and can just go behind him, so really you're only having to hide a single 100mm base, which is very doable on any decent board.

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:

In addition to him not getting his exploding 6s in melee if taken with another Klan just because, he also loses access to Strats and other rules because of his Monster status. Hell I don't even know if they erratad him to benefit from his own rules!

If ghaz is part of non goffs detachment of course it loses exploding 6s. Exploding 6s is a goffs rule, not a ghaz one. Badrukk can also be included in any clan's detachment but unless it's freeboota he won't get the freeboota bonus as well.

Ghaz has access to all those stratagems that are related to <characters> though or generic ork units, like Medi Squig, Orks Are Never Beaten, Tellyporta, More Dakka etc... Of course he's not an <infantry> or a <vehicle> and he can't use stratagems that are designed only for units with those keywords. The only stratagem that could be useful for him and not allowed is the Fight Twice thing, eveything else works on him.

 Blackie wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

Arbiter_Shade wrote:
I've had some games in with the Silent King and at this point I don't think he is that good or that bad really. Yes he loses fire power as he loses wounds, but from the get go he can do some serious work. I do not mind the fact that he degrades in the manner that he does and it is a system that I hope they bring to other center piece models.

I've not had him dominate the battlefield, except in one game against Grey Knights but Grey Knights are just bad, nor have I ever felt like he was a waste of points.

450 point models...when they don't get destroyed. Should dominate games. It's how the game works.

450 points models that dominate the game are typically massively undercosted though. An ork naut is 340 points and while it's fine as it is it definitely doesn't dominate anything. Silent king is easily better than a naut and worths its 450 points.

Knights should be 550+ points models.

Anyway, Grey Knights are far from being "just bad", they're actually pretty solid.

Knights should be toned down, and popped at 400-450 points so you can take 4 to 6 Guard Infantry Squads for Troops, with a ground officer.

The Silent King seems just right to me.

He's quite strong in the right list with the right strategy.
But he's not auto win if you just plonk him into any Necron list.

That should be the standard for every big expensive character.

Since when does he need changing?

Is this another thread like the one about how to go about incentivising troops choices in an edition focused around Obsec where people are taking tons of troops units?

Is Dakka this out of touch?

Nah. If you read the thread seems like we're largely in agreement that he's fine. A few people have mentioned that since he has that C'Tan chained to his throne, that he should maybe have a C'Tan power, but the general feeling seems to be that he's good as is.

Tycho wrote:
but the general feeling seems to be that he's good as is.

Thing is, people have different definitions of "good". For some, good is when a unit is right in the middle of the power spectrum and a situational pick. Then you have people who consider everything bad that doesn't make it into top table lists on a regular basis.

From "he shouldn't exist in the first place" to "he dies in one turn against model X" and "he's super OP" we've pretty much had every possible take already - not that I'm not enjoying it, but people have vastly differing opinions on what constitutes a good unit.

The Silent King has the Szarekhan Dynasty keyword, so wouldn’t he benefit from his Dynasty rules?

 BertBert wrote:

Tycho wrote:
but the general feeling seems to be that he's good as is.

Thing is, people have different definitions of "good". For some, good is when a unit is right in the middle of the power spectrum and a situational pick. Then you have people who consider everything bad that doesn't make it into top table lists on a regular basis.

From "he shouldn't exist in the first place" to "he dies in one turn against model X" and "he's super OP" we've pretty much had every possible take already - not that I'm not enjoying it, but people have vastly differing opinions on what constitutes a good unit.

We've nibbled around this take, but haven't quite had it yet: People like to whine about the new thing in the new book, so don't take any of it seriously. I've seen people whine about the new Marine ATV/Attack Bike power level before anyone's really had a game with it.

 Tiberius501 wrote:
The Silent King has the Szarekhan Dynasty keyword, so wouldn’t he benefit from his Dynasty rules?

He also has dynastic agency which denies dynasty code benefits. Unless GW releases FAQ saying "oops that was not intended, here's a new bespoke rule to fix the issue" no he won't.

tneva82 wrote:

 Tiberius501 wrote:
The Silent King has the Szarekhan Dynasty keyword, so wouldn’t he benefit from his Dynasty rules?

He also has dynastic agency which denies dynasty code benefits. Unless GW releases FAQ saying "oops that was not intended, here's a new bespoke rule to fix the issue" no he won't.

I hope they do, cos that seems quite silly.

 Blackie wrote:

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:

In addition to him not getting his exploding 6s in melee if taken with another Klan just because, he also loses access to Strats and other rules because of his Monster status. Hell I don't even know if they erratad him to benefit from his own rules!

If ghaz is part of non goffs detachment of course it loses exploding 6s. Exploding 6s is a goffs rule, not a ghaz one. Badrukk can also be included in any clan's detachment but unless it's freeboota he won't get the freeboota bonus as well.

Ghaz has access to all those stratagems that are related to <characters> though or generic ork units, like Medi Squig, Orks Are Never Beaten, Tellyporta, More Dakka etc... Of course he's not an <infantry> or a <vehicle> and he can't use stratagems that are designed only for units with those keywords. The only stratagem that could be useful for him and not allowed is the Fight Twice thing, eveything else works on him.

Why shouldn't the big boss not benefit from his own exploding 6s in another army though? Whats this artifical attempt on balance really achieving? Also he didn't even affect himself in his own aura whereas every other Warboss did.

There's a reason why he was called bad.

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:

 Blackie wrote:

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:

In addition to him not getting his exploding 6s in melee if taken with another Klan just because, he also loses access to Strats and other rules because of his Monster status. Hell I don't even know if they erratad him to benefit from his own rules!

If ghaz is part of non goffs detachment of course it loses exploding 6s. Exploding 6s is a goffs rule, not a ghaz one. Badrukk can also be included in any clan's detachment but unless it's freeboota he won't get the freeboota bonus as well.

Ghaz has access to all those stratagems that are related to <characters> though or generic ork units, like Medi Squig, Orks Are Never Beaten, Tellyporta, More Dakka etc... Of course he's not an <infantry> or a <vehicle> and he can't use stratagems that are designed only for units with those keywords. The only stratagem that could be useful for him and not allowed is the Fight Twice thing, eveything else works on him.

Why shouldn't the big boss not benefit from his own exploding 6s in another army though? Whats this artifical attempt on balance really achieving? Also he didn't even affect himself in his own aura whereas every other Warboss did.

There's a reason why he was called bad.

Well hes winning tournaments so hes not bad.

It is an attempt to make people play mono. IMO it should only be mono unless narrative.

Xenomancers wrote:I would drop his points by about 100 and give him 1 ctan power. I would also give the mehnris 3++ saves.

Only 100? He's still highly vulnerable to MW spam. Why stop at a 3++?

Reduce his cost by 200, give his Mehnris (these are the very best bodyguards in the entire Necron race) a 2++ and a 3+++.

Also remove the keywords: MONSTER and VEHICLE, so certain stratagems and orders can't cheese him down. Orders such as Elimination Protocols Sanctioned, when used in tandem with a triple drop of Kappic Eagles Plasmagun Command Squads receiving Elimination Protocols Sanctioned, and attempting to also receive Take Aim from the Laurels of Command. I managed to completely eliminate him on T1 with just such a drop...

Unit1126PLL wrote:Good god in heaven, I hope GW doesn't ever hire you.

They hired Matt Ward didn't they?

OK, I will say this at the risk of sounding like an ass, but it is VERY obvious many of you have not faced him.

He's likely fine. I have only played against him twice, but...he is likely quite fine.

I don't think giving him a C'tan power is unreasonable. I mean its right there isn't it? And just the 1 power isn't crazy game breaking.

 vipoid wrote:
Want me to give you an honest but almost certainly unpopular answer?

Models like The Silent King should not exist in the first place. Because these are characters that have no place whatsoever just appearing on a random battlefield somewhere. It would be like statting The Emperor and just having him arrive in a random skirmish, throne and all, and start fighting like any other mook. These are characters that should stay entirely within the background. Their influence should be felt in the movement of fleets and in strategies that decide the fate of entire systems - not in tiny battlefield skirmishes. It makes the world feel very small and puts these characters on the level of Saturday-morning cartoon villains.

"I'll get you next time, Guilliman!" The Silent King cries from the ruins of his throne, his defeated army lying in charred bits around him. "Next time!"


However, if you absolutely, positively, must include a character like the Silent King, just make him an actual character. Same as they've already done with the Stormlord. Just because a given character is important, it don't mean they need their own diorama. If they do, this might be yet another splendid opportunity to go back and ask yourself whether they really need to exist on the table in the first place.

Anyway, by having them as just an infantry character (which the Silent King clearly is, sans his stupid throne), then you don't need to worry about trying to balance a pseudo-super-heavy in a game with a dismal history of such.

Alternatively, maybe use what you've already got and put the Silent King on a modified Catacomb Command Barge. That way, he can still have a more centrepiece-type model, but you've already got a reasonable set of rules for how it should work, which can be tweaked as necessary, rather than needing to stat a ludicrous hover-throne thing from scratch.

Who says its a small random skirmish battle? All my battles are giant in scale, its just a snap shot at one point of the battlefield.

 Lance845 wrote:
I don't think giving him a C'tan power is unreasonable. I mean its right there isn't it? And just the 1 power isn't crazy game breaking.

Sure Mr. Game Designer, let's just randomly buff a model that's already seeing play in top tournament lists. That seems like good game design right there.

I'm not one to dunk on GW too harshly, the game is what it is and I play and enjoy it... but I do find the insinuation that the suggested buff would somehow be upsetting their great and balanced 'game design' quite funny. We all know they're notoriously bad at creating balanced rules - a glance at Eliminators or some of the bizarre new Forgeworld rules shows this.

 Canadian 5th wrote:

 Lance845 wrote:
I don't think giving him a C'tan power is unreasonable. I mean its right there isn't it? And just the 1 power isn't crazy game breaking.

Sure Mr. Game Designer, let's just randomly buff a model that's already seeing play in top tournament lists. That seems like good game design right there.

It's cute that you are following me from thread to thread like this but you should remember rule #1.

 Amishprn86 wrote:

Who says its a small random skirmish battle? All my battles are giant in scale, its just a snap shot at one point of the battlefield.

I would explain that battlefields don't work like that - least of all ones working on the scale you're trying to claim.

Now, it's possible that infantry platoons will work that way - if only because there's simply not much they can do to influence the battle elsewhere. All they can really focus on is taking or holding their assigned objectives.

However, you're talking about a battle that involves stuff like tanks, lightning-fast hover-tanks/transports, artillery, aircraft, titans etc.

These are all examples of machines that are able to either move to other areas of the battlefield very quickly or else target other areas of the battlefield very quickly. I mean, just from the range of many weapons in 40k, we know that they can fire well beyond the length of a standard table. And fliers are so fast that they're not even on the board half the time. Hence, it makes absolutely no sense for all of these to not only magically ignore what is apparently the most important area of the battlefield (as it contains all the objectives that will decide whether said battle is won or lost) but to also ignore the fact that one of the most prominent enemy commanders in the entire galaxy is sitting right there in full sight and range.

Imagine if, in the midst of a WW2 battle on the Eastern Front, Hitler himself was carried into battle on a monolithic throne, emblazoned with swastika flags. Do you really think that all the Soviet generals would have just shrugged and thought 'well, he's not in precise area I was planning to fire on so i guess he's someone else's problem'? As opposed to thinking 'man, imagine what a crushing victory it will be if the enemy sees their Fuhrer himself getting pasted by an artillery shell, and how I'll be awarded if I'm the one to do it', and ordering his artillery to alter their fire accordingly.

He doesn't need a c'tan power. 1) He already does enough. 2) It's already being used to power the considerable amount of 'feth you' that the throne & its floating friends can throw out.

But your forgetting that it's 40k and not reality. Real world battlefields is not what this is emulating on any level. Their tanks still have side sponsons for some reason.

Ok. He still already does enough. He does not need to crap out a bunch of extra mortal wounds every turn 'because it's there'.

Sorry Drachii my comment wasn't to you it was to Vipod.

 Xenomancers wrote:

Arbiter_Shade wrote:
I've had some games in with the Silent King and at this point I don't think he is that good or that bad really. Yes he loses fire power as he loses wounds, but from the get go he can do some serious work. I do not mind the fact that he degrades in the manner that he does and it is a system that I hope they bring to other center piece models.

I've not had him dominate the battlefield, except in one game against Grey Knights but Grey Knights are just bad, nor have I ever felt like he was a waste of points.

450 point models...when they don't get destroyed. Should dominate games. It's how the game works.

I just saw a necron vs daemons batrep where a necron vault dominated pretty well. The seraptek got killed tho. Nightbringer did a lot of damage too.

The Silent King really doesn't need to be changed. He's already shown up in several tournament winning lists, so he's about where he should be. If you buffed him anymore he'd probably end up being opressive.

 Lance845 wrote:

 Canadian 5th wrote:

 Lance845 wrote:
I don't think giving him a C'tan power is unreasonable. I mean its right there isn't it? And just the 1 power isn't crazy game breaking.

Sure Mr. Game Designer, let's just randomly buff a model that's already seeing play in top tournament lists. That seems like good game design right there.

It's cute that you are following me from thread to thread like this but you should remember rule #1.

Be that as it may he appears to be right and you appear to be wrong.

There really isnt a right and wrong yet. I voiced an opinion for a model that has seen very little play and against a single other codex. The data pool we have is shallow at best. Nobody knows how this is going to shake out.

 Lance845 wrote:
There really isnt a right and wrong yet. I voiced an opinion for a model that has seen very little play and against a single other codex. The data pool we have is shallow at best. Nobody knows how this is going to shake out.

The evidence we have is that he's working well in the current meta. How is that giving you any reason to buff this model?

What evidence we have is that army lists that include him and are also purpose buikt to beat marines (the only other codex of the edition so far) are doing fine against the thing they are being purpose built to beat. That trend could continue. It could not. But right now its what people call a bad data pool. Its an interesting data point sure. But thats it. Nothing more. Nothing less.

From my general understanding of necrons and the model i dont personally feel that a single C'tan power is a crazy thing to give such a centerpiece model. Further data could change my opinion or cement it. I am not super committed either way until i see more data.

I will say, from a mechanical perspective, it's rather odd that the Silent King doesn't have any C'tan powers.

I mean, if the C'tan was more subtle I could maybe understand it - but it seems to have been designed to be one of the most eye-catching features. Hence, it's a little strange that it seems purely decorational and has no effect in-game.

To be clear, I'm not saying it should get a C'tan power for free. Just it seems odd that it doesn't get one at all.

 Canadian 5th wrote:

 Lance845 wrote:
There really isnt a right and wrong yet. I voiced an opinion for a model that has seen very little play and against a single other codex. The data pool we have is shallow at best. Nobody knows how this is going to shake out.

The evidence we have is that he's working well in the current meta. How is that giving you any reason to buff this model?

Maybe it's just because I'm coming at this without the baggage of some personal squabble you two seem to be having, but I didn't take the original point about adding a C'Tan power to mean adding one for free. It seemed to be more a general observation that the model very prominently features an imprisoned C'Tan and therefore it's odd he doesn't seem to do anything in the model's rules.

It seems like the Silent King is pretty good, probably not underpowered, but I don't think there'd be a problem with adding a C'Tan power to the model provided the cost went up appropriately. Doesn't need it, but it seems thematically accurate for the model to have one.

Silent king is utter garbage for his cost. Crons are presenting with one of the worst win rates in competitive. No way of knowing how many are running silent king. They all have access to him though.

You can still win a game with a model that is 100 points overvalued. Especially when the game revolves mostly around maneuver now - fighting inside what amounts to city blocks with very few fire lanes. So if that's what you mean by "fine" then I agree. He's still better than say a...land raider.

 Xenomancers wrote:
Silent king is utter garbage for his cost. Crons are presenting with one of the worst win rates in competitive. No way of knowing how many are running silent king. They all have access to him though.

You can still win a game with a model that is 100 points overvalued. Especially when the game revolves mostly around maneuver now - fighting inside what amounts to city blocks with very few fire lanes. So if that's what you mean by "fine" then I agree. He's still better than say a...land raider.

Didn't you, not more than a week or so ago, say you had a Necron list that would just stomp all over any Marine list?

 JNAProductions wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:
Silent king is utter garbage for his cost. Crons are presenting with one of the worst win rates in competitive. No way of knowing how many are running silent king. They all have access to him though.

You can still win a game with a model that is 100 points overvalued. Especially when the game revolves mostly around maneuver now - fighting inside what amounts to city blocks with very few fire lanes. So if that's what you mean by "fine" then I agree. He's still better than say a...land raider.

Didn't you, not more than a week or so ago, say you had a Necron list that would just stomp all over any Marine list?

I don't believe I used that exact wording. I have claimed many times that Crons matchup quite well against space marines. They are pretty bad against...
Custodians
Deamons
Harliquens

where literally every unit in the army has an invune save crons really struggle. Custodians and quinns. I am really not sure how a cron army is supposed to defeat a full cheesed out custodian or quin army. Silent king wouldn't help here ether. Quinn bikers will just 1 shot SK with mortal wounds - they actually have the mobility to find a shot too. Custodians just win the battle of attrition and crons have no unit to really match up in melee with their hard hitters...maybe wraths?

Tesla for Harlequins but that requires more list tailoring.

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
Tesla for Harlequins but that requires more list tailoring.

Exactly. Tesla is so worthless vs the average unit on the table - you pretty much can't include it.

 Xenomancers wrote:
Silent king is utter garbage for his cost. Crons are presenting with one of the worst win rates in competitive. No way of knowing how many are running silent king. They all have access to him though.

You can still win a game with a model that is 100 points overvalued. Especially when the game revolves mostly around maneuver now - fighting inside what amounts to city blocks with very few fire lanes. So if that's what you mean by "fine" then I agree. He's still better than say a...land raider.

What are you talking about? Maybe that was true before the Codex, but not anymore.

Here is the quote from Goonhammer about that:

Necrons are back, baby
In news that shouldn’t be a shock, Necron usage is way up since the new book dropped. 524 games with Necrons were recorded in the ITC Battles app after the new books went on sale; this was more than any other faction save Space Marines (786), for whom a new book was also released. And in other news, the new book is a significant improvement over the last one, since there was really no way to go but up: Over this time, Necrons have won 54.4% of their games, and that’s a massive jump from the 37.7% win percentage they were posting before the new Codex. In our sample, new Necrons sport a 67% go-first win rate and a 45% go-second win rate, though these numbers will likely even out over time.

So they don't have anywhere near one of the worst winrates anymore.

Secondly, Necrons have already won several smaller RTT with Silent King lists, and they just came in 3rd at a larger GT here: https://www.40kstats.com/kentwargamesgt

If you think the Silent King is 100 points over pointed you are absolutely nuts, and you are demonstrably wrong about the Current Necron winrate.

You can't take the data right now to mean much of anything. This is the Silent King in basically optimal circumstances. It's an entirely new unit that people are unfamiliar with. It is fighting mostly the single other codex in the edition. Necrons can be purpose built to do well against that one other codex.

This is PRIME Silent King time. As people learn how to deal with him effectively and more codexes release so that necron lists are not actually tailored to trump their only competition THEN you will see what he is actually worth.

 Lance845 wrote:
You can't take the data right now to mean much of anything. This is the Silent King in basically optimal circumstances. It's an entirely new unit that people are unfamiliar with. It is fighting mostly the single other codex in the edition. Necrons can be purpose built to do well against that one other codex.

This is PRIME Silent King time. As people learn how to deal with him effectively and more codexes release so that necron lists are not actually tailored to trump their only competition THEN you will see what he is actually worth.

While I agree no one should draw full conclusions at this point, the data does mean something.

Additionally, saying the the Necron codex is just mostly fighting the Space Marine codex is just flat out wrong as well. If a Necron list cannot handle Harlequins, Daemons, Sisters, and Custodes in addition to SM it is not going to be winning or even placing in a RTT or GT. All of these armies are winning RTT and GTs, and if the Necron list isn't prepared to take them, they are going to lose.

So I an agree we should wait to draw absolute conclusions, but you are also coming from an incorrect angle in assuming that the Necrons are only tailoring for Space Marines, which is just not the case.

 Sasori wrote:

 Lance845 wrote:
You can't take the data right now to mean much of anything. This is the Silent King in basically optimal circumstances. It's an entirely new unit that people are unfamiliar with. It is fighting mostly the single other codex in the edition. Necrons can be purpose built to do well against that one other codex.

This is PRIME Silent King time. As people learn how to deal with him effectively and more codexes release so that necron lists are not actually tailored to trump their only competition THEN you will see what he is actually worth.

While I agree no one should draw full conclusions at this point, the data does mean something.

Additionally, saying the the Necron codex is just mostly fighting the Space Marine codex is just flat out wrong as well. If a Necron list cannot handle Harlequins, Daemons, Sisters, and Custodes in addition to SM it is not going to be winning or even placing in a RTT or GT. All of these armies are winning RTT and GTs, and if the Necron list isn't prepared to take them, they are going to lose.

So I an agree we should wait to draw absolute conclusions, but you are also coming from an incorrect angle in assuming that the Necrons are only tailoring for Space Marines, which is just not the case.

I am saying that they are MOSTLY tailoring against SM right now in this very brief window since his release. There is a world wide pandemic and lock downs happening. We don't have good tourney data to gather.

My point that I have made twice is that our data pool is shallow and the data we are getting from it isn't very good.

I said before it's an interesting data point. But thats it. It's only a data point. It won't be for another 6ish months at least before we start to see anything really worth analyzing. Making any definitive claims about his perceived balance or lack there of at this stage is extremely premature.

 Sasori wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:
Silent king is utter garbage for his cost. Crons are presenting with one of the worst win rates in competitive. No way of knowing how many are running silent king. They all have access to him though.

You can still win a game with a model that is 100 points overvalued. Especially when the game revolves mostly around maneuver now - fighting inside what amounts to city blocks with very few fire lanes. So if that's what you mean by "fine" then I agree. He's still better than say a...land raider.

What are you talking about? Maybe that was true before the Codex, but not anymore.

Here is the quote from Goonhammer about that:

Necrons are back, baby
In news that shouldn’t be a shock, Necron usage is way up since the new book dropped. 524 games with Necrons were recorded in the ITC Battles app after the new books went on sale; this was more than any other faction save Space Marines (786), for whom a new book was also released. And in other news, the new book is a significant improvement over the last one, since there was really no way to go but up: Over this time, Necrons have won 54.4% of their games, and that’s a massive jump from the 37.7% win percentage they were posting before the new Codex. In our sample, new Necrons sport a 67% go-first win rate and a 45% go-second win rate, though these numbers will likely even out over time.

So they don't have anywhere near one of the worst winrates anymore.

Secondly, Necrons have already won several smaller RTT with Silent King lists, and they just came in 3rd at a larger GT here: https://www.40kstats.com/kentwargamesgt

If you think the Silent King is 100 points over pointed you are absolutely nuts, and you are demonstrably wrong about the Current Necron winrate.

https://d1w82usnq70pt2.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/40k_H2H_Faction_10-2020_FIXED.png
Head to head data for crons from the goonhammer article. It does not look good dude.

 Xenomancers wrote:

 Sasori wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:
Silent king is utter garbage for his cost. Crons are presenting with one of the worst win rates in competitive. No way of knowing how many are running silent king. They all have access to him though.

You can still win a game with a model that is 100 points overvalued. Especially when the game revolves mostly around maneuver now - fighting inside what amounts to city blocks with very few fire lanes. So if that's what you mean by "fine" then I agree. He's still better than say a...land raider.

What are you talking about? Maybe that was true before the Codex, but not anymore.

Here is the quote from Goonhammer about that:

Necrons are back, baby
In news that shouldn’t be a shock, Necron usage is way up since the new book dropped. 524 games with Necrons were recorded in the ITC Battles app after the new books went on sale; this was more than any other faction save Space Marines (786), for whom a new book was also released. And in other news, the new book is a significant improvement over the last one, since there was really no way to go but up: Over this time, Necrons have won 54.4% of their games, and that’s a massive jump from the 37.7% win percentage they were posting before the new Codex. In our sample, new Necrons sport a 67% go-first win rate and a 45% go-second win rate, though these numbers will likely even out over time.

So they don't have anywhere near one of the worst winrates anymore.

Secondly, Necrons have already won several smaller RTT with Silent King lists, and they just came in 3rd at a larger GT here: https://www.40kstats.com/kentwargamesgt

If you think the Silent King is 100 points over pointed you are absolutely nuts, and you are demonstrably wrong about the Current Necron winrate.

https://d1w82usnq70pt2.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/40k_H2H_Faction_10-2020_FIXED.png
Head to head data for crons from the goonhammer article. It does not look good dude.

That's the Head to Head Data from October 2, of course it doesn't look good, that's before our new codex.

 Sasori wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

 Sasori wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:
Silent king is utter garbage for his cost. Crons are presenting with one of the worst win rates in competitive. No way of knowing how many are running silent king. They all have access to him though.

You can still win a game with a model that is 100 points overvalued. Especially when the game revolves mostly around maneuver now - fighting inside what amounts to city blocks with very few fire lanes. So if that's what you mean by "fine" then I agree. He's still better than say a...land raider.

What are you talking about? Maybe that was true before the Codex, but not anymore.

Here is the quote from Goonhammer about that:

Necrons are back, baby
In news that shouldn’t be a shock, Necron usage is way up since the new book dropped. 524 games with Necrons were recorded in the ITC Battles app after the new books went on sale; this was more than any other faction save Space Marines (786), for whom a new book was also released. And in other news, the new book is a significant improvement over the last one, since there was really no way to go but up: Over this time, Necrons have won 54.4% of their games, and that’s a massive jump from the 37.7% win percentage they were posting before the new Codex. In our sample, new Necrons sport a 67% go-first win rate and a 45% go-second win rate, though these numbers will likely even out over time.

So they don't have anywhere near one of the worst winrates anymore.

Secondly, Necrons have already won several smaller RTT with Silent King lists, and they just came in 3rd at a larger GT here: https://www.40kstats.com/kentwargamesgt

If you think the Silent King is 100 points over pointed you are absolutely nuts, and you are demonstrably wrong about the Current Necron winrate.

https://d1w82usnq70pt2.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/40k_H2H_Faction_10-2020_FIXED.png
Head to head data for crons from the goonhammer article. It does not look good dude.

That's the Head to Head Data from October 2, of course it doesn't look good, that's before our new codex.

Good point - thought this was post codex data. Still though. It goes to show - the real threat is quins and custodes. Not marines.

Jeez Xeno. I really don't know where to begin with this one. Maybe your suggestion that we compare him with a Crusader?

They're very different units that fulfill very different roles, but okay.

SK is drastically tougher. It's not even a close thing. It has ablatives that stop wounds from carrying over. It can hide in obscuring cover, and only has a 100mm base. It heals wounds. It has a 4++ rather than a 5++ that only works in shooting phase. It inflicts a really strong fight-last malus around it that can't be countered. It can deny one power and opens a strat to deny another, in a faction that otherwise, like knights, struggles to counter psyhic play.

This is a night-and-day kinda comparison here.

Next damage output. SK has shooting at S12, 8 and 6, hits on 2s. I'm happy to say that he dosen't match up to a krastader shooting, but it's still significant. In CC he pulls way ahead in number of attacks, damage and accuracy, not to mention the fact that he will never be one-banged by a smashcaptain, unlike our Crusader friend, and so can rest easier in initiating CC in the first place. His curse of the phaeron strat is just icing and a really good reason to shove him into your opponent if you manage to start a turn with him on only a few wounds left.

Next, buffs: it's not even close. One of the best buffers in the game.

Finally army-wide bonuses: again, not close. Not only does he let you meddle with protocols in powerful ways, but he increases your CP by 25%. Do we need to go in to what a single Crusader does to your CP?

Add it all up, slap on the fact that he's 50pts cheaper than the classic crusader and ... it feels a bit embarrasing that we're having this discussion!

I would insert a small device that randomly played Jerry Seinfelt or Woody Allen one liners when I pushed a button on his base.

'What's the deal with C'tans anyway? What does the C stand for? Crumbling? Is that why they are shards? Then what does the 'tan stand for? Is it because they did a lot of sunbathing?'

 grouchoben wrote:
Jeez Xeno. I really don't know where to begin with this one. Maybe your suggestion that we compare him with a Crusader?

They're very different units that fulfill very different roles, but okay.

SK is drastically tougher. It's not even a close thing. It has ablatives that stop wounds from carrying over. It can hide in obscuring cover, and only has a 100mm base. It heals wounds. It has a 4++ rather than a 5++ that only works in shooting phase. It inflicts a really strong fight-last malus around it that can't be countered. It can deny one power and opens a strat to deny another, in a faction that otherwise, like knights, struggles to counter psyhic play.

This is a night-and-day kinda comparison here.

Next damage output. SK has shooting at S12, 8 and 6, hits on 2s. I'm happy to say that he dosen't match up to a krastader shooting, but it's still significant. In CC he pulls way ahead in number of attacks, damage and accuracy, not to mention the fact that he will never be one-banged by a smashcaptain, unlike our Crusader friend, and so can rest easier in initiating CC in the first place. His curse of the phaeron strat is just icing and a really good reason to shove him into your opponent if you manage to start a turn with him on only a few wounds left.

Next, buffs: it's not even close. One of the best buffers in the game.

Finally army-wide bonuses: again, not close. Not only does he let you meddle with protocols in powerful ways, but he increases your CP by 25%. Do we need to go in to what a single Crusader does to your CP?

Add it all up, slap on the fact that he's 50pts cheaper than the classic crusader and ... it feels a bit embarrasing that we're having this discussion!

Not drastically tougher. T8 vs T7 is a huge breakpoint. Both will have a 4++ to shooting attacks. The knight is actually more durable to shooting. Plus has more wounds to give before becoming entirely useless.
Shooting. Huge win for Crusder. 2d6 blast str 8 ap-2 d3d range 72" + an Endless furry for 14 str 6 ap-2 flat 2 damage attacks doesnt even need that carapace weapon to outshoot it.
Sk has 2 str 12 ap-3 flat 6 damage shots (these shots disappear after you take 5 then 10 wounds)
3 str 8 ap-3 flat 2 shots (weaker than a redemptor plasma)
and 9 str 6 ap-1 shots with 1 damage. (1 more shot than the redemptor dreads secondary gatling gun)
So 2 mega shots that dissapear after 10 wounds and then you have less real firepower than a redemptor dread?

Seriously? Melee? The knight can fall back shoot and charge if melee is in the equation you are literally taking the crusders shooting profile and melee profile every turn. Which compared to the weak ass shooting of the SK after it takes 5 or 10 wounds. We are in the areana of...2x to 3x times as much damage coming out the knight.

Good thing though - because SK rerolls all hits for units that dont need it - immortals and warriors will almost always be under the effect of MWBD in any necron force. At least 2 of them anyways. Because these buffs literally have no where else to go. Reroll all wounds in melee for core and pretorians...not terrible overall...to bad none of these units are good in melee really other than praetorians.

SK best ability to the always fight last rule he has. Which is almost useless because he can be singled out first. Its amazing on a wolf lord with this ability because you are forced to engage it. Dont want to fight last in melee vs the SK? Just kill the sk. Not really that hard. If you can kill a knight....it is even easier to kill the SK.

Like I said - the only way his buffs make meaningful difference is with praetorians. Which serve an entirely different function in the army (flankers). I said you win an award if you can figure out how to get SK buffing praetorians in melee effectively.

SK wound reroll (which lasts till he's down to 15% health) is wickedly good for warriors, immortals, lychguard, and praetorians. He's a monster in a Novokh list; him plus the Novokh buffs turns literally any <CORE> unit into something scary to charge, especially if you can get him into combat too and make them fight last.

He's like the total opposite of a knight. Knights are low skill cap gatekeeper models - either they stomp on people or they get stomped. SK needs a patient player who has a plan and doesn't get distracted or make mistakes like feeling like they have to shoot his menhirs T1 and then ending up losing half his health as a result in return for blowing up a rhino or something.

yukishiro1 wrote:
SK wound reroll (which lasts till he's down to 15% health) is wickedly good for warriors, immortals, lychguard, and praetorians. He's a monster in a Novokh list; him plus the Novokh buffs turns literally any <CORE> unit into something scary to charge, especially if you can get him into combat too and make them fight last.

He's like the total opposite of a knight. Knights are low skill cap gatekeeper models - either they stomp on people or they get stomped. SK needs a patient player who has a plan and doesn't get distracted or make mistakes like feeling like they have to shoot his menhirs T1 and then ending up losing half his health as a result in return for blowing up a rhino or something.

Not disagreeing with you here. If he is being shot at you are losing the game. That is unacceptable for a 450 point model.

 Xenomancers wrote:
Not disagreeing with you here. If he is being shot at you are losing the game. That is unacceptable for a 450 point model.

Should all expensive models just be massive stat bricks that you plunk down to absorb fire?

Rule number one, guys.

Attack arguments, not people.

 JNAProductions wrote:
Rule number one, guys.

Attack arguments, not people.

This please.

I just went through and deleted a number of posts, if the conversation returns to such a path, warnings and suspensions will be issued, let's please not take it there, thanks!

Ok. Let's keep this civil and point out that Xenomancers - your exact words were "My necron force will quite literally murderize any space marine force". That's a quote, direct copy and paste. So you were unmistakably saying that your Necron list could beat any SM list. Now you are saying that Necrons are garbage because of win rate? A win rate you were wrong about? I notice that your profile pic and signature has updated to represent for Necrons - considering your history of downplaying your own faction, this doesn't feel like a coincidence? Can you explain any of this?

Necrons are pretty strong right now mate. Do they feel weak in your hands? What do you think that's a reflection of?