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I hate necrons. Just putting that out there first, but I don't like them. The fact they are an unstoppable force of basically, T-X's (terminator movies), and silent cold blooded killers, just scares the crap out of me. Which is why I hate them. I was later in a discussion with a friend about a zombie apocalypse, and what it would be like in the future, space zombies? And then I thought of the NECRONS.

How in the blazes would you survive a necron breakout in a hive city on a densely populated planet? fluff wise, and otherwise...

Fluff wise, I would say buckets of water and tazers Stupid space robot zombies.

You would need to destroy their tomb first, so they can't phase out, then destroy their bodies.

I have never encountered a problem that was not solvable by adding fire. Except of course if the problem is a fire.

asimo77 wrote:I have never encountered a problem that was not solvable by adding fire. Except of course if the problem is a fire.

But you see, you make a bigger fire so it consumes and absorbs the current fire thus solving fire with fire.

Vindicators and other large guns.

Kurgash wrote:

asimo77 wrote:I have never encountered a problem that was not solvable by adding fire. Except of course if the problem is a fire.

But you see, you make a bigger fire so it consumes and absorbs the current fire thus solving fire with fire.

NEVER Fight Fire with Fire, nobody can handle two fires!

In response to the topic at hand, to defeat the Necrons, the answer is you can't. The only hope you have is to kill yourself before they get to you, lest your soul be harvested by the C'tan.

On the table, however, it's a simple matter. Ignore the big shiny scary looking toys (like monolith's and C'tan) and focus on their warriors and other squishy(ish) units. They'll hit phase out soon enough.

How bout if the situation were like that of a zombie apocalypse? basic provisions and such, is there no way?

water & tazers, fire, 2 fires, fires squared... hrm I think these work best with fleshies...

My friend told me a bit about how to play necrons, don't they have a "we'll be back" move or something? As in, as long as you have one unit, you could potentially bring back everyone?
How exactly would taking out their squishier units help?

blazinpsycho&typhooni wrote:How bout if the situation were like that of a zombie apocalypse? basic provisions and such, is there no way?

water & tazers, fire, 2 fires, fires squared... hrm I think these work best with fleshies...

My friend told me a bit about how to play necrons, don't they have a "we'll be back" move or something? As in, as long as you have one unit, you could potentially bring back everyone?
How exactly would taking out their squishier units help?

We'll Be Back is essentially a 4+ Invul save , but it takes place at the start of the next turn. It makes them hard to take down, but it can be negated by hitting them with something that denies their armor save or is double their strength. If they have a Resurrection Orb nearby, they will get it, no matter what you killed them with.

Taking out the squishy units will trigger the phase out and make them go away. Necrons lose if you kill 75% of them.

Watch Terminator 1- 4

I have read some fluff where and Ordo-Xenos filled a remaining Necron with beacon-bullets. Once it phased out they used an astropath to track the exact location of its Tomb. Then raid with a lot of explosives.

Of course it is on a much easier said than done scale.

Aditionaly I have also read about the Ordo-Xenos is learning about their Phasing out. And that they constantly have a link to their Tomb. Either when the signal breaks or is given [cant remember] the warriors is return to the Tomb "Phasing Out" Many are trying to imitate this signal...

-Gib-

For your zombie apocalypse scenario, what you have to remember is that the necrons were created to exterminate all life. They cannot be bargained with. They cannot be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop - ever - until you are dead.

Plus, they're armed with disintegration beams, so you're pretty much fethed.

Use their own gauss weapons against them... see how they like being taken apart atom by atom.

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The Dreadnote wrote:They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear.

Hey, that's Black Templars territory! Maybe we could sue them? THAT'D show them!

Anything with a decent amount of AP will take them down. My personal vote is ripping a melee Tyranid Warrior's skull from its very head, then tear its lash whip and bonesword off, and have them surgically grafted to your own arms. Then, you get real nice and close with them, because Necrons, like all things in the 41st century, are too dumb to shoot at you if you're next to them, the lash whip ensures that he won't attack first, then the bonesword ignores his armor save and just kills him, thus phasing him out.

Rinse. Repeat. Call it a day, safe from space zombies.

AlmightyWalrus wrote:Hey, that's Black Templars territory! Maybe we could sue them? THAT'D show them!

The only thing scarier than Necrons... Lawyers.

If your a a basic civilian, then your only way to survive is run or hide, neither are excellent choices.

This seems to pop up at least once a month.....

Pie Plates. Just try to kill as many as possible at the same time. If you pick them off one-by-one, you'll feel bad. Just blast em to pieces.

For Guard, I use leman russes and missile launchers...For CSM, I use defilers and plasma cannons.

Throw magnets at them!

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Ewoks plus logs. Done.

Make an appointment for the Necron lord with a Psychiatrist. He'll leave that place a changed Necron... and severely out of pocket.

asimo77 wrote:

Ed_Bodger wrote:This

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So Nemesis force weapon the lord, and your problems go away.

The Proper way. If you have played enough games against them previously then dump ALL YOUR HATE on to them.

Otherwise, attempt Sweeping Advance them IRL for a much easier (in comparison to all other strategies) and cleaner approach

Haven't you watched the terminator movies?

It's easy, you lure them into a factory of choice, then use the machinery there to melt/pulverise/obliterate them, while playing either the role of a delinquent teen or a paranoid mother!

By removing the head or destroying the Brain.
Duh.

Of Course the Only way to kill a Blood Angel is by Staking it to the ground, Cutting off the Head, filling the mouth with Garlic, and then burning the Head and body in separate Pyres.

Space wolves are a Simple Silver Bolt-round.

WAIT!

There is a fluffy way to kill necrons, the deathwatch do it at one point or another.

They send 10 marines into a massive pyramid thingo where the necrons phase back to (and all these necrons attack them inside).

Their mission is to plant meltabombs in there, which they do, and every time they kill a necron they see it teleport back onto the walls of the inside of the pyramid to be rebuilt, then it just hops down and goes at it again. I think they loose like 6 brothers in the planting of the meltabombs, and the last 4 die in the explosion. They do however destroy all the warriors and their crypt.