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Hello everyone, I have just started playing Necrons and i have made a plan but i am unsure if it is good. I welcome help and criticism.

HQ: Necron Lord with, Veil of Darkness, Solar Pulse 180pts

Necron Lord with, Res Orb, Phase Shifter, Phylactery 185pts

Elites: 10x Immortals 280pts

Troops: 20x Warriors 360pts

20x Warriors 360pts

Fast Attack: 3x Destroyers 150pts

10x Scarab Swarms with, Distuption Fields 160pts

Heavy Support: Monolith 235pts

2x Heavy Destroyers 130pts

2040pts, i know its over 2000pts but my friend agreed that i can have 40pts over because he is 38pts over as well.


My Plan: My tactic involves having an attacking group and a core to be the heart of my army. My core involves the 40 warriors with the Necron Lord in the middle with the res orb and the monolith. With this core unit, it can with stand a lot of damage because i can use the res orb to use we'll be back rolls against things that dont allow it and i can use my monolith to re-roll we'll be back rolls. This unit will slowly advance on the enemy while my attacking unit damages the enemy. My attacking unit has the Immortals with the Necron Lord with the Veil of Darkness who will be teleporting around the map causing damage. Also the destroyers attack small, important squads without being shot at because of Turbo boost. My heavy Destroyers attack tanks and my scarab swarms annoy and slow down vehicles.

This is my plan and i need help to make it better. Thanks

My suggestion would be to drop some of those warriors and get yourself more destroyers. My warriors always seem to be nothing more than a liability. As soon as they get assaulted by anything tough, they get run down. I usually play 1850pt games with my necrons, and I only take 2 units of 10.

You also seem to be lacking good anti-tank options. I find that a destroyer lord with a warscythe running with the scarabs until he gets close to the enemy works pretty well for popping tanks. More heavy destroyers would help as well.

Also, don't sweat it too much, because the new book is coming out next month along with a bunch of new models, so this list won't be valid for very long.

I just bought the codex

ask for a refund!

The good thing is that most of the models you bought will probably still even be viable in the new codex, but don't be too unhappy tho.