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Mission: 5 objectives which are the white weapons & 3 SW scout models

SW player list:
Lord with JP & 2 WCs
10 Skyclaws
Long Fangs w/ 3 HB & Las
5 WG dispersed thoughout army, 1 CP & PF, 1 CM & PF, 1 CF & PF, 1 termie, 1 termie w/HF & PF all matched to squads with similar weapons except regular termie goes with LF
Ven Dread w. AssCannon & HF in pod
4 GH, one half strength, all in pods

SW deployment:


Necron player list:
Nightbringer
Lord
Immortals
2 squads of warriors
3 destroyers
scarabs

Necrons deployment:


Turn 1:


Necrons move up, SWs drop 3 pods, 2 to the east past wheat fields & third pod drops with plasma & combiplasma PF to spook Nightbringer.



SW Vendread and dual flamer unit drop on far right to template warriors. Warriors return favor next turn.



Third pod drops & becomes speed bump to Nightbringer.





Necron Lord & Immortals shoot & cause Skyclaws to fall back.
Turn 2 SWs assault warriors & wipe it out.

Nightbringer eats drop pod #3 unit.



SW squad & dread consolidate flank. Scarabs drop in over by LFs.



Nightbringer blasts speedbump squad backwards with power. Scout is just an objective marker. Grass circle is crater for exploded pod.



SW player gets fifth pod in on turn 4 and locks down Necron army.







Nightbringer reaches Long Fangs, but by then the rest of the Necron army was getting shot to ribbons & assaulted like crazy. Phase out on turn 4 I think.

Summary:
SW player learns new strategy: lure Nightbringer towards meaty Long Fangs, insert road block, go for phase out.

My list had one obvious weakness in the 5th WG as a termie that had no real place in the list so I threw him in with the Long Fangs. But yurn one he rolls a 5 on his Inv against a Destroyer's strength 9 shot. Hmm.

Wow, way to destroy the necrons ._.

Poor crons. Good batrep though!

Nicely painted SW! Well done crushing those xenos!

Hmmm...

As a Necron Player I must disapprove of the outcome.

Nice report though?

I play necrons and SW.... WHAT DO I DO?!?!

Were they destroyers or heavy destroyers? Cos I didn't hear much about them...

I play necrons and SW.... WHAT DO I DO?!?

This was a friendly game; in a competitive game I don't think the Necron player would have run Nightbringer due to his points. I think Necrons' troops units serve as bait to opponents so you need to use Nightbringer & Deceiver as close support to troops. But all in all Necrons are tough. On the other hand, our local metagame has a wide selection of armies & this Necron player does well. Our most recent tournament had Dark Eldar winning, Necrons in second and featured two Black Templar armies, in addition to the usual BA, IG & Nid builds.

Were they destroyers or heavy destroyers?

He had three destroyers serving as support for the Nightbringer, but once the Nightbringer got into CC, they couldn't due much to support him. They are good shooty support for a CC unit though.

Pods cant drop in on the first turn

Pods cant drop in on the first turn

Half your pods can, the reserve half no.

Also nice battle report, nice armies.
But i do have to say, this is what i would expect from the newest cheese book vs an old book.

Haha, i realized that 2 seconds after i posted =P