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As a Necron player Ifear the lower point tournies. heres what I am thinking of taking any feback is appreciated.

Hq:
Necron Lord (100pts), Res Orb (40pts)= 140pts

Troops:
10 Warriors (180)
10 Warriors (180)
=360 Pts

Fast Attack:

5Destroyers (250 pts)
5Destroyers (250pts)
=400pts

Total= 1000pts

Stay at range and pray they don't have lascannons.

"They will have lascannons."

Ik.....eeekk..

my other consideration/s are riskier?

Same list as before drop one troop of Destroyers and take a Monolith, and give the lord a Warscythe. Or drop both destroyers squads and go all out 2 liths haha...

i'd say at 1000pts drop some destroyers an get yourself some immortals, they is nasty! other than that i dunno if there is too much else to do at that points value.

2 liths and lord on destroyer (all extra points into toys for lord) and 2 warrior squads that stay off board.

Wee!

Stelek wrote:2 liths and lord on destroyer (all extra points into toys for lord) and 2 warrior squads that stay off board.

Wee!

Thats what I run on my necrons in 1k games.

2 liths, destroyer lord w/ scythe and 20 warriors

Took 3rd place at our tourney of 15 people, it would have been 1st, but someone mislead me with the instructions for the first mission... chaos players are jerks

hmm maybe Ill give that shot...What sort of tactics did you use and would you give the lord a warscythe? And by "off table" Im guessing you mean hidden or actually in reserves?

The dual monolith list might work. Your options are so limited with only 1000 points, but that list may be your best bet. or, if you have the models for it, test out a game with 20 warriors, 30 scarabs and two destroyer lords with warscythe. who knows, its just crazy enough to work.

DaBenzsta08 wrote:hmm maybe Ill give that shot...What sort of tactics did you use and would you give the lord a warscythe? And by "off table" Im guessing you mean hidden or actually in reserves?

I basically hide the warriors behind the lith's to avoid LOS with anything that instant death them or AP them down. I use the necron lord to shoot ahead and kill heavy weapon squads, usually in their face by 2nd or 3rd turn on a 6x4.
Meanwhile, commence particle whipping the ---- out of things.

PLaying with two monoliths ina game of a 1000 points is risky. Your phase out limit will be extremely low and you are putting alot of faith into a model that it only takes one bad roll to destroy. But non-vehicle models have wounds and saves, and in the case of Necrons, WWB, which makes them much more surviveable. Also, if you play against a deep strike heavy list, your done for. I have a freind for example whose gaurd list would destroy a dual lith list. Just deep strike in right next to your warriors, toss a demo charge (I like to call them Poor man's Vortex grenade) rapid fire plasma and you are phased out in turn 3. Also, even if it isnt a deep strike heavy list, you are going to have to be hiding your warriors and basically not using them in order to avoid phase out, so you end up fighting with only 2/3 of your army. So, in my opinion, a dual monolith list at 1000 points, could work wonders against some armies, or get thrashed by others. Its a gamble.

Sororitas:

I basically hide the warriors behind the lith's to avoid LOS

Stop right there. You can't do that. Look in the LoS section and you'll see a special note about skimmers. Read it.

I agree that Monoliths are not needed in a 1000 pt army however I think you would help your phase out and increase your armies effectiveness if you lost 5 Destroyers in place of 8 Immortals and a Veil of Darkness. The Res Orb will also not help in a 1000 pt army(The lord would be the only one who benefits in most cases) because you will rarely be in a situation where there are units of the same type close enough for your unit to get back up.

Here is my suggested list:
Hq:
Necron Lord (100pts), Veil of Darkness (60pts)= 160pts

Troops:
10 Warriors (180)
10 Warriors (180)
=360 Pts

Elites:
8 Immortals (224)
=224 Pts

Fast Attack:

5Destroyers (250 pts)
=250pts

Total= 994pts

tegeus-Cromis wrote:Sororitas:

I basically hide the warriors behind the lith's to avoid LOS

Stop right there. You can't do that. Look in the LoS section and you'll see a special note about skimmers. Read it.

Touche salesman.
However, do they need to take priority tests when shooting past the mono? :O

Yes, they do.

lord w/ veil and orb
2x 10 warriors
8 immortals
3x 6 scarabs

that has always done well for me at 1k.

necron rule #1: when you have a problem scarabs are the answer.

At 1k scarabs really are the bomb.

They will hold an annoying unit for some time until you are ready to deal with them.

I am going to go play test some of these suggested lists. Thanks for the help and Ill let yal know the results.

didnt really gety a chance to play all the lists...but I have combined them into one...let me know what you think..
Hq: Lord (100pts)

Troops: 10x Warriors
10x Warriors = 360 points

Elite:
5x Immortals= 140 points

Fast Attack:
3x Destroyers= 150 points

HEavy:
Monolith =235 points

Total=985 points...

10 for warscythe or 15 for phyclatery??

Your original list is better. I would go with 3 squads of 3 destroyers and try and give your lord the ability to teleport. Gives you more flexability and the option to shoot at more targets with your destroyers. Cloaking with your lord and crons to get out of harms way is just a important as porting in to shoot. Lith gives your opponent something to dedicate his few lascannons at. Leave your destroyers just close enough to support each others BB rolls to deal with the low unit count.

I really think the Monolith is unneccesary at 1000pts and will probably be defeated easily by forcing phase out. All the enemy has to do is put down all your warriors and 1 other Necron unit and the army blinks out of existence.

well tomroow i play tau in a campaign game 1000pt. so i sort of wanted to take some cc...but i need to get ready for the tournament not that necessarily. I just need a good balance and if i have my orginal list i cant take a veil unfortunately....

Why can't you use the Veil? It is arguably one of the few pieces of wargear in 40k that you can argue doesn't' need to be represented in WYSIWYG terms(even if I myself represent all Necron Lord wargear with WYSIWYG.)

points wise I couldnt take a veil.

Today I won a solid game against a Tau army... list was:

Hq: Lord

Troops:
Warriors x10 180points

Today I won a solid game against a Tau army... list was:

Hq: Lord
100pts

Troops:
Warriors x10 180points
Warriors x 10 180 points

Elites:
Immortals x5 140points, disruption fields 10 points

Fast Attack:
Wraiths x2 82points
Scarabs x9 108points
Destroyers x4 200 points

Total=1000 points

A 280 point game? A) The Tau really don't have a chance against Necrons without Railguns and a good size squad of Vespid and B) at that low of a point value game the difference between winning and losing is less than a handful of dice.

Note I pressed submit before I finished the list it was 1000pts. It played well with thescarabs, and immortals, the wraiths killed probably8 Kroots, I couldnt get them to the bulk of fire warriors first.

Congrats on your win!

As much as I like Wraiths, at a game this low in points, I don't think they're your best option. Two Wraiths are just too easy to kill w/out getting their WBB. I like the list though. Good mid-range fire from Immortals and Destroyers on the board, although I'm curious how this list would handle a CC army. I think you might have more luck with 2 squads of 8 scarabs instead of the wraiths. It'd put you 8 pnts under, but they could at least tie down units and buy you time to get into a good shooting position or focus on juicier targets. Just keep them away from s6 opponents. Of course, then you'd have to drop the D-fields from the Immortals. I'm wondering why you had them. Just soaking up points, or did you find them useful?

Or you could do this:

Lord w/Phylactery
115 pnts
10 Warriors 180 pnts
10 Warriors 180 pnts
5 Immortals 140 pnts
7 Scarabs 84 pnts
8 Scarabs 96 pnts
4 Destroyers 200 pnts
Ttl=998 pnts
phase out=8

Tie up CC or Heavy units with the scarabs, use Immortals to cover your Warriors until they can get into Rapid Fire range with the Lord to countercharge and have Destroyers on the flanks picking off tanks or thinning out troops. Could be fun.

Yeah I wasnt sure why I gave the wraiths playing time I never usually do. Scarabs are certainly where its at. I was just soaking up 10 points I had for the desruption fields on the immortals. I really like that above list for the tourny. I was hoping to risk it and bring a lith in but that would cause me to drop the scarabs and take away one destroyer which wont hurt my phase out but rather would make me weak for cc. but an advantage not only shooting wise with the lith is that I could re roll WBB's I fail and get my lord whom I could give a warscythe and a troops of warriors into rapid fire range and then get my lord into CC...WHat do you think of that?

The advantages of scarabs over monolith are their ability to reach out 42" inches and tie up enemies in Turn 2 (24" Turbo boost Turn 1, 18" move and assault Turn 2), AND/OR their ability to tie up an incoming CC unit. I think that offers more tactical flexibility personally, but you can't ignore re-rolled WBB's and the toughness and firepower of the Monolith. Not to mention the ability to pull you out of CC.

I've never played in a tourney, but if you run into any lascannons or railguns (which I imagine most players who can will have them) your monolith's more than likely going down. You lose some scarabs and a destroyer, you keep rolling, you lose the monolith and it's like the center of your army just folded. I suppose it depends on how you want to play.