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O.K. so I was playing a 1250 Necron Army v.s. IG.
Here's what I had:

-10 Immortals
-1 Necron Lord (GoF, Phylactery, Res Orb, phase shifter)
-12 Warriors
-12 Warriors
-3 Destroyers
-3 Destroyers

And he had a Manticore, 3 tanks, and a horde of soldiers. IDK exactly what. I was doing good early, then he wipes out my Immortals and it goes all down hill from there.

Suggestions on Army List?

Well all of this is just helpful advice so take it if you want,

To start I never take more than 10 warriors per squad unless I have 18 points left over and already have a phylactery on my lord (so never=99% of the time) simply because warrior units are most commonly lost in sweeping advances in CC and 12 die just as quickly as 10 while not having much personal experience with IG i can say against any shooting army make sure your warriors are in soft cover or LOS blocking terrain. That way you can go to ground for the 3+ cover save and 4+ WBB

So my advice drop down to 20 warriors at 1500 is where I consider my 3rd group of 10 but at 1250, 20 should be fine if you're careful with them

Next is the Lord I expected to see VOD on him (and I still expect that maybe it'll pop out) but with 10 Immortals your lord is begging for VOD to deepstrike them into the juicy parts of your opponents army. That would be better than the phase shifter and phylactery.

Next (most opinionated section) I hate the VOD 10 immortal combo, I actually am not an immortal fan until the 2k games where the FOC starts to really get annoying. I love destroyers just load up on them for your shooting, no worrying about scattering poorly and your res orb leaving your warriors. Just grab another 150pt destroyer squad and itll give you a much better shooting army. Though admittedly the 10 immortal VOD combo does work its just kind of a 1 trick pony.

Here is a sample list at 1250 using a similar tactic set

Lord w/ VOD and GOF
10 Warriors
10 Warriors
8 immortals
3 destroyers
3 destroyers
3 destroyers

this leaves you 21pts to mess around with upgrades on the lord or you could swap the GOF for some 30pt piece of wargear

the issue here is the 1 squad of immortals wont get their WBB if totally wiped out and Ive found little reason for an orb since you want your lord VODing where your opponent doesn't want you

Personally, at 1250 this is what I run

Necron Lord w/ Res Orb and Warscythe
10 warriors
10 warriors
3 Destroyers
3 Destroyers
3 Destroyers
Monolith
Tomb Spider

this list has served me quite well hope some of this helps you out just point out anything that wasn't clear and ill help clear it up for you

i hardly ever take monoliths in 1500 points or under. i rarely use immortals either, destroyers are better. the 1250 list a normaly use is:
lord, res orb and veil
10 warriors
10 warriors (substitute these top 2 squads for 1 squad of 20 warriors in a kill point game)
10 warriors
3 destroyers
3 destroyers
3 destroyers
tomb spyder

its an extremely mobile list, with a lot of fire power where you need it, when you need it.

I agree you need to drop the 2 extra warriors per squad. After that I would cut down on the immortals and include a huge squad of scarabs to take out all his tanks.

2+ cover saves and 30 attacks that glance on 6s will go really far for the points.


After that I would pick up solar pulse on the lord. It is use it in dawn of war to blast his exposed units, or use it to protect your warriors on the last turn while they are capturing an objective.

I would drop the 4 warriors, GoF and the phylactery, and spend the points either on more destroyers, Tomb Spyders, Wraiths, Flayed ones, or immortals