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Hello there!

This is my concept for a DT army for 2k points. Not sure about its efficiency, but I don't normally play in tourneys, and so I focused on fluff theme of this army. Any hints welcome.

202nd "Screaming Hawks" Necron hunters Drop Troop Regiment

Doctrines
*Special Weapon Squads
*Sharpshooters
*Storm Troopers
*Iron Discipline
*Drop Troops

Headquarters

Command Platoon
Command Squad (5) : Heroic Senior Officer(laspistol & CCW, iron discipline)
Veteran Medic with boltgun
Master-Vox operator
2X Guardsman

Special Weapons Sqd 1 (6)
2X Meltagun, Demolition Charge, sharpshooters

Special Weapons Sqd 2 (6)
2X Meltagun, Demolition Charge, sharpshooters

Deathwatch kill team (8)
Codicier Librarian (Force weapon, Ps.Hood, Iron Halo, terminator honours, bolt pistol, frag grenades, fear of darkness power)
2X Marine with plasma gun
2X Marine with boltgun & CCW
2X Veteran with power fist & boltgun
Mount in Drop Pod

Elites
Hardened Vets (10)
3X Plasma gun
Vox operator
Veteran sergeant - honorfica imperialis, plasma pistol, power fist, trademark item

Stormtroopers (10)
2X Plasma gun, vox operator, deep strike
Veteran sergeant - power weapon & plasma pistol

Stormtroopers (10)
2X Plasma gun, vox operator, deep strike
Veteran sergeant - power weapon & plasma pistol

Fast Attack
Lascannon sentinel with improved comms, H-k missle

Lascannon sentinel with improved comms, H-k missle

Lascannon sentinel with improved comms, H-k missle

Troops
Inf.Platoon 1
Command Squad (5)
Junior Officer - Plasma pistol & CCW
4X Meltagun, sharpshooters

Inf.squad A (10)
Plasma gun, vox, veteran with plasma pistol

Inf.squad B (10)
Plasma gun, vox, veteran with plasma pistol

Inf.Platoon 2
Command Squad (5)
Junior Officer - Plasma pistol & CCW
4X Meltagun, sharpshooters

Inf.squad C (10)
Plasma gun, vox, veteran with plasma pistol & CCW

Inf.squad D (10)
Plasma gun, vox, veteran with plasma pistol & CCW

Total 1998 pts.

No heavy support, and about ~100 models of infantry. Land, shoot and survive. However, I've got a problem with morale buffer. My HSO with master vox deepstrikes (because whole platoon have to if I want to ds special weapon squads) and so it has chance to stay in reserve all time. It's not good if key leader is unavailable to command, is it?
Any suggestions?

Cheers and sorry for bad grammar

i see way too little anti tank in this list, especially seeing the sentinels. add more lascannons, and less of these foot slogging plasma men

I second the need for more heavy weapons. Just because you have drop troops doesn't mean your infantry can't have some heavies, in fact it's quite necessary. I'd find points to at least add missile launchers to all the infantry squads and maybe a few heavy bolters for good measure.

I like the kill team, though I'm curious about your choice of psychic power. Sure FotD works on necron, but it takes them down to LD8, not exactly good odds. You are probably better off with vortex of doom (they have terrible initiative) or simply storm of the emperor's wrath.

Why Vox? Why Stormies? Why all the CC gear?

Third the need for more AT. Not everyone needs to drop--some gunline squads with heavies would be a good thing.

Dakkalad, I'll never figure out your fascination with Storm. It's just one low Str plascannon. Podding a Libby to use it is a waste of time and points. Vortex isn't reliable enough either. The OP is right to go FotD, IMO. Ld 8 has around a 28% chance of failing. If you can chase a single squad off the board, you've already gotten more use from the power than you would from multiple turns of using any of the others (which you probably wouldn't get anyway).

My choices of psychic powers are based purely on experience. FotD is an exceptional power, but I don't think it has that much use against necron. The reason I say SotEW is because the object is to knock out an isolated squad, therefore ignoring their WBB. Since you can't instant death enough of them you are forced to rely on AP. In a squad with 2 plasma guns I don't see why you wouldn't want another AP2 weapon.

DSing plasma death is easy to come by in the IG list. FotD is not.

"An isolated squad" is an indication that the Necron player has made a mistake.