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absolute cheese. no army will match this lists sheer firepower.

HQ
Necron lord, res orb

TROOPS
10 warriors
10 warriors

FAST ATTACK
3 destroyers
3 destroyers
4 destroyers

Looks pretty decent.

How many points do you have left over? Maybe you could drop a destroyer to squeeze in a Tomb Spyder?

It's exactly 1000, annoyingly.

I would think about a lith and dropping some destroyers.
Pains me to say it, but at 1k points you need a fire magnet for anti-tank weapons.

As it stands everything will be aimed at the D's, meaning they will die very quickly.
Atleast with a single lith anything S9-10 will be hitting that and saving the destroyers.


also, firepower is small in any necrons army.
Due to points cost they cant field a fire fight army with any punch.
Thier weapons lack real strength which adds to this even more so.

Never tack liths at 1000 points, it's ridiculous.(in a bad way)
Alot of armies do not have that much fire power at 1k points. at 1500 yes, but not at this points level.
Fire power:30 strength 6 ap 4 shots a turn. thats a LOT of shots.

I agree with woodbok.

That many destroyers is a nasty thing to have shooting at you.

Does anyone have any suggestions for improvement?

I like the original list its jsut awesome and its what I would do I like destroyers

Did you consider the Tomb Spyder?

It buffs your WBB, which is nice.

Thing is, i would either have to drop 2 destroyers or the necron lord res orb. Plus, i plan to keep all the destroyers together.

Are the warriors gonna be in reserve? If they are, why not have the lord on a destroyer body instead to keep your destroyers alive?

if i did have a Destroyer body, that would be all he had unless i wanted to drop a destroyer.

and yes, the warriors will go in reserve.

I like your army, im new to necrons myself but i have a suggestion you might want to consider. I'd propably swap some destroyers for a lith, cause they are evil in 1k games, it will also greatly increase your surviabilty of your wariors (re-roll we will be back = win)

I'll say it again, 'liths are ridiculous (in a bad way)
Pros of destroyers vs 'lith: much more mobile, for the same price you get 15 Strength 6 ap 4 shots a turn. it's easy to keep away from the monolith, but you cant keep away from Destroyers.

woodbok wrote:if i did have a Destroyer body, that would be all he had unless i wanted to drop a destroyer.

and yes, the warriors will go in reserve.

Would it not be more beneficial if you gave the Lord a Destroyer body and res orb, and dropped a destroyer? You lose a Destroyer and gain res orb for all the destroyers.

Unless you're facing a lot of ranged S10, you really don't need a Res Orb for destroyers in the early parts of the game.

Are destroyers T4(5) or T5?

T5!

It's pretty sweet. Destroyer Lords are base T6 which is also rather boss.

I'd drop the ResOrb for a destroyer body. I would not expect any power weapons to catch you in melee, nor much in the way of STR 10. Your mobility will be clutch though.

This would be a really gross list to fight against at this level. Like.

But yeah. Cheeeeeeeeese.

Added in a tooled up destroyer lord.
HQ
Destroyer lord, phase shifter, gaze of flame, Warscythe

TROOPS
10 warriors
10 warriors

FAST ATTACK
3 destroyers
3 destroyers
3 destroyers

Destroyer lord turbo boosts first turn and poses an immediate threat. His high toughness And invulnerable saves will keep him alive while the destroyers pound the rest of his army into submission.

I'd prefer a Warscythe to the Gaze of Flame if the D-Lord OS going to be playing so aggressively. The ability to beat down tanks handily in cc is very, very nice.

Whoops, forget to write it in.

That lord wouldn't last as long as you think lets say vs 60 or so ork boy units coming down on you with PK nobs. Or even a trygon lets say.

it's a great list don't get me wrong but you are hyping it up to sound perfect and super powerful. I could be wrong but a hoard list would eat this apart.

Hmmm, let me think phase out?

20 Necrons Warriors are pratically MEQ's. A Vindicator or Boomgun will whittle you down to near phaseout.

In other words Phase out will always be imminent. Unless you hide one of the squads away....

I really don't see phase out being an issue with this list. Warriors will go in reserve, and destroyers start on the field pumping out 27 str 6 shots and the Lord facerolling stuff in CC. The warriors won't show up til halfway through the game, and it would take 7 models left standing for a phase out to happen. If the lord, 9 destroyers, and 13 from reserve warriors are killed after WBB, then the game is over for the Necron player regardless of phase out. Just makes tabling you a little more convenient.

Phase out is only a real issue when you are running triple monos and C'tan with min warriors in a 1850-2k game.

Scubasteve speaks the sweet, sweet truth.

skycapt44 wrote:That lord wouldn't last as long as you think lets say vs 60 or so ork boy units coming down on you with PK nobs.

60 Orks. my destroyers kill (on average) 15 a turn, while moving backwards. turn 4 all orks are dead. The lords job is not to charge 60 orks(which is ridiculous) but to kill tanks.

skycapt44 wrote:Or even a trygon lets say.

2 turns of shooting and that trygons dead. the lord can help out if its just got 1 wound left.

Expect the orks to have a KFF so your numbers wont be that close. not to mention the fact apperantly you aren't taking any wounds yourself and your destroyers aren't gonna last that long with lootas and rokkits firing at you?

i think you think your list is too perfect.

I'm going to have to agree with Skycapt44. This list looks good dont get me wrong, but there are so many things out there now that can out shoot you. Not to mention a ton of fast units that will overwhelm your 9 destroyer models.

The destroyers will be fine if you can prioritize your targets and maneuver properly. Lootas won't be much of a problem when they're dead.