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My army list is definatly going to have the Nightbringer, and my point limit is 1000. So what would be good to fill out the rest of the army, 2 squads of warriors and 5 immortals or just 3 squads of warriors?

taking the nightbringer 1000 points is a mistake. Your phase out will be too low. But if you are dead set on it, than just fill out your warrior squads.

Yeah, at that low of a cost, warrior spam + some scarabs + some heavy/normal destoyer + a lord w/Res Orb and Sun burst thingy.

At 1000 points the Nightbringer is huge overkill. I too would suggest plenty of basic warriors so your phase out number is reasonable and I would also recommend that you field a more mobile element to your force, perhaps a lord with Veil of darkness (preferably with a squad of immortals), or if you want a rock hard unit instead of the Nightbringer you could even field the monolith for teleporting fun. The other option for speed is destroyers, I firmly believe that they are the most threatening Necron unit, but hey thats just me .

halo3uber wrote:My army list is definatly going to have the Nightbringer, and my point limit is 1000. So what would be good to fill out the rest of the army, 2 squads of warriors and 5 immortals or just 3 squads of warriors?

Okay - You need warriors over immortals at this points level & especially if you insist on taking a Nightbringer. But like you said, if you definetely wanna take one - fine.

First off, Warriors. As you have no monolith - any additional troops you get over 2 squads will come in from reserves. This is bad as you wont be able to mobilise them via the monoliths portal & because they wont be shooting for a few turns. It is very very good because you could wish to try & hide the last few models of your Phase Out number within that third squad. So either get somthing like three squads of 10 for the second option (of using the reserves to your advantage) or simply get two larger squads. Id say 30-35 necron warriors miniumum.

Right - Ive just done the points, you simply cant field three squads & have an effective army. You need a rez orb. So try;

Lord + rez orb

2x11 warriors

2x 4 scarab swarms

1x Night bringer.

Keep your warriors, at all times, close to the rez orb. Both squads. Use your scarabs to slow down enemies to let the night bringer catch them. You could shave a couple off (down to squads of 3) to give them anti-tank disruption fields.
This, Id say, is the best style of army to use with the night bringer @ 1000pts. Your phase-out number is horribly small ( 6 ) but people will try & concentrate fire on the nightbring & a necron sitting in cover with a rez-orb in range is extremely hard to destroy anyway.

Razerous wrote:any additional troops you get over 2 squads will come in from reserves

What?

Anyways, yes, using Razerous' list would work, however that gives you almost no (only really the Nightbringer) way to kill vehicles...glances are nice, but every now and then you NEED that vehicle dead, and a list like this could get screwed over pretty quick. Just a question though: what armies do you usually go against at the 1,000 point level?

My moronic friends'.

Lord with Res Orb and Veil of Darkness - 200
10 Immortals - 280

Rest filled with warriors, monolith optional, but only recommended at 1500+ points.

Lord runs around with the immortals, deep striking around the battlefield shooting everything and being a pain in the ass to shoot back, Warriors kill stuff with their guns.

I've heard this called the "Necron Flying Circus"

i would just take a lord and warriors, MAYBE soem destroyers for flanking. my idea of necrons is the walking masses of robots.

if your dead set on the Nightbringer then
Lord with res orb: 140
Nightbringer: 360
2X12 warriors: 432
5 Scarabs: 60
total: 592

without the Nightbringer I recomend
Lord with res orb: 140
2X15 Warriors: 540
10 scarabs: 120
4 Destroyers: 200
total: 1000
trade the destroys for 3 heavy destroyers if you expect to fight tanks

If you take the Nightbringer you lose. If you don't you win; maybe. I suggest 20 warriors, 3 destroyers, 2 heavy destroyers if with the nightbringer.