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I took my 1513pt necron army out for another whirl. This time against a foot guard list.

Necrons
HQ
Lord w/ destroyer body, resurrection orb, phase shifter, warscythe

Elite
5 Immortals
5 Immortals

Troops
10 Necron Warriors
10 Necron Warriors

Fast Attack
3 Destroyers
3 Destroyers
3 Wraiths

Heavy Support
1 Heavy Destroyer
1 Heavy Destroyer
2 Tomb Spyders

Imperial Guard
HQ
1 Company Command Squad w/ regimental standard, medic
1 Lord Commissar

Elite
5 Ogyrn, bone'ead, chimera

Troops
Veterans w/ 2 melta, 1 flamer, chimera
1 Platoon Command Squad
1 Infantry Squad w/ melta gun
1 Infantry Squad w/ plasma gun
1 Infantry Squad w/ flamer

Fast Attack
Hellhound

Heavy Support
Punisher w/ hull heavy flamer
Extecutionerw/ sponson plasma cannons

Mission: Annihilation
Deployment: Dawn of War

I win the roll off and let the guard go first. All he deploys is his commander behind a hill (I think he should have deployed the blob along the center of the table and then fallen back with them, to force my warriors away from his tanks, not a big deal but it meant the warriors did more). I deploy both squads of warriors and the lord, the warriors are in an anti-template formation.



Turn 1: Imperial Guard
On rolls all of the guard armor and infantry. Most of them just moving around for positioning, shooting see's 1 warrior fall down.
KP: IG: 0, Necrons : 0

The guard advance


Turn 1: Necrons
The right hand warriors advance the left ones stay put and shoot the ogryn chimera causing no damage. Heavy destroyers go on the left out of los, regular destroyers boost up the right hand side. Immortal's and spiders and wraiths take the center. Warrior gets back up.
KP: IG: 0, Necrons : 0

Turn 2: Imperial Guard
Ogryns move forward . 4 Plasma cannon templates knock down 2 warriors after cover saves. The punisher gets some major whiffage and only downs 2 more. Hellhound knocks down two warriors off the right hand side.
KP: IG: 0, Necrons : 0



Turn 2: Necrons
1 heavy destroyer goes down to a dangerous terrain test the other pops the punisher in the side and blows it up. Lots of glancing shots against the hellhound immobilize it and shake it. The vet chimera is immobilized and shaken as well. Everything moves forward, with the lord holding in the center. 2 Warriors get back up.
KP: IG: 0, Necrons : 1

Turn 3: Imperial Guard
The executioner gets a clear line on a unit of warriors and drops 6 of them. The blob frfsrf at the necron warriors on the left dropping one of them.



Turn 3: Necrons
Heavy destroyer gets back up and joins the other heavy detroyer. Destroyers get side shots on the ogryn chimera and destroy it. Heavy destroyers assault the platoon command squad who kill one of the destroyers, the other destroyer kills one back. 2 warriors get back up leaving 4 in the unit. Wraiths charge into the ogryn's (who have been reduced to 3 models and the commissar) kill off one of the ogryn and he whiffs all of his attacks.
KP: IG: 1, Necrons : 1

The necrons are starting to surround the guardsmen.


Turn 4: Imperial Guard
Vets shoot and charge the destroyer lord for no damage, lord kills 2 vets they remain locked. Wraiths put a couple of wounds on ogryns, the ogyrns whiff again. Hellhound flames 9 warriors, knocks 2 of them over.

The noose is tightening on the guardsmen. You can see the retreating russ towards the back of the table.
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/4/14/98176_md-Battle%20Report%2C%20Imperial%20Guard%2C%20Necrons.jpg

Turn 4: Necrons
5 Immortals and 6 destroyers finally manage to take out the company command squad. Tomb spyder charges in to help kill the commissar, the wraith does it instead, ogryn run and are run down. The lord kills off 2 more vets and the 4 man warrior squad charges in to help out killing 3 more, they break and run.
KP: IG: 1, Necrons : 5

Turn 5:
The blob moves up and does a lot of shooting. The executioner tries to kill off a spyder and scarab but things scatter or save.

Now that is an impressive amount of dice, unfortunately non of the plasma or melta wounded and only one immortal went down.



Turn 5: Necrons
6 Destroyers 5 Immortals and 2 tomb spyders charge the blob breaking and running down the unit. The lord tears open the executioner and the wraiths wreck the chimera.

Looks kind of like custers last stand


The valiant platoon sergeant makes his last stand as night falls.


Going second was a huge benefit, it allowed me to see where the punisher and executioner were coming on table. This allowed me to place the destroyers and the immortals mostly out of range of the nasty guns.

Love the last pic!!! The Sarge is screaming "Bring it on!".

Great report, the pictures were done very well to fit with the turns

Great use of the Necrons, I don't see them as often as I would like to.
Great battle report.

Don't see to many Tomb spiders running around on the boards. How do you like them?

vagorin wrote:Don't see to many Tomb spiders running around on the boards. How do you like them?

I like them in small point games a lot. When you get to 1850-2000k I start to feel like you need more heavy destroyers. They never do amazing things but they are pretty solid. The toughness tricks coupled with the cover saves on the scarabs make them hard to take down at range, and gives you a few extra wounds in hth. They provide a bit of counter-assault or assault for the warriors.

Amazing pictures, love the board, was it yours?

BTW, Tomb Spyders are amazing too, I love them and always use them with Necrons.

Amazing,AMAZING!

Love it dude,good job

phantommaster wrote:Amazing pictures, love the board, was it yours?

BTW, Tomb Spyders are amazing too, I love them and always use them with Necrons.

The terrain on the board is one of the nicer set's of terrain at the flgs. They have some really nice stuff, and some ... not so nice stuff .

You kicked his brass...

I love that last image; even when down, that last guy is not out.

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Heh, Custer's last stand.

Very very cool. Im glad the IG player didnt just call it quits. That last pic is truly how a game like that should end. One man, dying valiantly in battle

Thats the way!

that was a one epic battle ends with last man standing.

Nice batrep. Good to see that Necrons can still hold their own when they're used right.

Nice batrep! Adding pictures is always a nice touch too.

great report!!!

great report!
thanks for the good pics!

I can't believe you won that.

All he needed to do was kill 25 models and he would have destroyed you. The fact that he couldn't even do that with 1500 points must be something to do with his awful list and inept movement and the crazy terrain. I'm glad you bashed his brains in, he deserved no better.

Ailaros wrote:I can't believe you won that.

All he needed to do was kill 25 models and he would have destroyed you. The fact that he couldn't even do that with 1500 points must be something to do with his awful list and inept movement and the crazy terrain. I'm glad you bashed his brains in, he deserved no better.

You could be a little more constructive with your criticism. Maybe a "hey he should probably do this to his guard list to make it better". Or instead of saying that his movement was inept give an example and say what you would have done instead. Also what was crazy about the terrain?

Agreed. I think maybe he meant there was a lot of terrain. There was a lot of terrain but sometimes that's just how it is and the guard have to deal with it. No biggie.

Good report