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Neceons have loads of shenanigans to zip around the table and plenty fast units too. Played recently and my necrons totally out manoeuvred my mates eldar with all the gateways, transport beams and magic veil cloak stuff. Where ever I needed stuff I could get it. Stop reading net lists and experiment if you think they are too slow.

And a deep striking monolith can be a real pain in the bum.

Necrons had their time to shine past two editions. Then losing majority of the time now is not necessarily a bad thing competetive wise. I feel it is well deserved. Spend some time in the spot light, then suffer same as a bad codex. So is the circle of 40k

dapperbandit wrote:


For example, we have two transports capable of carrying our combat elites. But units have to disembark before the Monolith or Night Scythe moves.

Isn't that every transport in the game, though?

Necrons are slow if you foot slog with them. However, if you use them properly, they can be quite speedy.
They aren't quite as mobile as in 3rd ed (unlimited Veil of Darkness, Monoliths were actually useful, etc), but they can still cover a lot of ground if you know how to build them right.

I like Nephrekh for this purpose; being able to move 11" a turn is quite a boon.
I still primarily use Novokh though, as to me they are closer to old crons (ie, kill everything) and those rerolls surprise a lot of opponents. I do try the other dynasties, but really, the only ones that felt good to play were Novokh and Nephrekh.

Really though, the Dynasty traits feel restrictive and situational in general. You can tell whoever designed it really wanted you to run mixed detachments, which is something I fething hate, because its more book keeping, it ruins army cohesion if you paint them different colors to distinguish them, and it feels wrong.
The Ork Kulturs are better designed, imo, as they feel more general and useful across the board, even if you run solo Kulturs.


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Alcibiades wrote:

dapperbandit wrote:


For example, we have two transports capable of carrying our combat elites. But units have to disembark before the Monolith or Night Scythe moves.

Isn't that every transport in the game, though?

Yeah, which is a stupid rule in general. But its not unique to necrons.