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This is a great example of what the Scarab Farm is capable of. Even with some errors in the opening moves, and crazy dice, the Scarab Farm holds its own. Purifier Spam is arguably the top dog right now, and Fuegan17 is a top notch player. This is a great showdown and really illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of this list.

Army lists are covered at the beginning of the match.

Stormlord Scarab Farm Necrons 1750pts
Unit Description Size Cost
HQ
Imotekh 1 225
Cryptek Chronomotron 1 40
Zandrekh 1 185
Lord Scythe, Scarabs 1 60

Troops
Warriors 20 260
Ghost Arc 1 115
Warriors 5 65

Elites

Fast Attack
Scarabs 10 150
Wraiths Whip Coils x 3 4 170

Heavy Support
Spiders Gloom Prism 3 165
Spiders Gloom Prism 3 165
Spiders 3 150

Totals 53 1750


http://www.frontlinegaming.org/2011/11/28/video-battle-report-necrons-scarab-farm-vs-grey-knights-purifier-spam/

@Unholy Martyr
Thanks, that was nice of you to say! I play and think about the game too much, which is why I am good at it, haha, not the best use of my time I am sure, but oh well.

But yeah, it is a high skill level army, like Footdar, that you have to play very well. You can win with them if you do, but mistakes are punishing.

@Darth
Hahahaha, noted! I don't know why Luis had me in the frame so much, but we will tell him to focus on the table more.

We will switch it out too, with me (or one of the other guys) playing against the Scarab Farm.

And I am flattered that you think I am the best General out there, that is very kind!

@mstersmith
The Cron list is added to the first post.

@Calypso2ts
We're glad you like the videos!

That is a good idea, we will add more clips of what's happening. We're actually working on an idea for an entirely new type of battle report, so stay tuned for that!

Aldarionn has it.

In a 5 man unit, with 1 hammer, 2 hlabreds and 2 psycannons, force weapons would only account for 4 attacks! The hammer already casues ID, and the cannons don't benefit from it.

Cleansing Flame would have been the better choice.

And sorry, Fuegan17, NFW is different than normal FW. My mistake! Cleansing flame is still the better choice, IMO. It would cause more total wounds to a bigger squad.

@Darth
Ah yes, well that is still very flattering, but probably a lot more accurate!

The Berzerker list is not at all competitive. It's fun to play for sure, but it's not a hard list.

I will play against will with my Wolves. That would be a really tough match.

@Valek
A Destroyer lord or Flayed ones isn't a bad idea, actually. We will have to try that.

@Jy2
2 units of Wraiths? We'll have to give it a go. It may be the better build as it gives more reach. It's just that the build is trimmed of fat, there isn't a lot of room to wiggle. We'd have to make some tough calls to fit that, but we'll give it a try for sure.

@mstersmith
I like the list, but I'd take 9 spiders. You really need that critical mass to get the most out of it, IMO.

@junk
The Scarab farm will be playing Jy2's Draigowing on Thursday. That will be a great game! Jim is a top notch player and our games are always fun. Plus, a lot of people seem to think the Scarab farm won't stand against Draigowing, so I will be interested in trying to prove that opinion wrong! I love a challenge like that, always makes for a highly engaging game.

@ChaosFanatic#1
Thanks! We appreciate the support as the videos are time consuming to make.

Tervie spam vs Scarab Farm would be crazy! That game would take ages! hahaha

@darkcloud92
I assure you, Feugan17 is that good. He has played against top players and held his own on a number of occasions. He is one of the best players in our area and has beaten me and the other members of the team (he himself is on our team) many times.

My game with JY2 will be good fun! Hopefully his luck stream against me doesn't continue! haha

@Pony Law
We can do that. I love playing my Footdar and I think it would make for an interesting match. The key would be to get the Avatar, and Wraithlords into the Scarabs for a multiassault. With Fortune, I should be able to chop the Scarabs up fairly easily. War Walker shooting will also be a huge threat to the little bugs. We'll see, that woul dbe an interesting match-up. A lot would depend on Imotekh's lightening power while both armies moved into close range to engage.

@Jy2
I agree. Too many people theory hammer out unit on unit actions in a vacuum. The game isn't about smashing two things together when the outcome is largely known. That is foolish. Good players dictate combat on favorable terms, if at all possible.

I look forward to the game!

@Valek
Yeah, it'd have to be an Overlord, which is what I thought you were referring to originally. That is how we have run them and it works out pretty dang well....as well as Flayed ones will ever work out! haha.

@sennacherib
Thanks! We really appreciate the encouragement.

@08ak1
I thought it hit every model in the squad, but we corrected that. We missread it. I swear we even reread it and all of us thought the same thing! Haha. We played it correctly and it killed not a single marine. Doh!

@Fetterkey
Don't forget in your mathhammer, that only 2 models in the Purifier squad benefit from the NFW. 2 have psycannons, 1 has a hammer. Only the halbreds benefit form it.

@Red Corsair
Yeah, we agree. We don't play the daisy chain method as it seems so clearly over powered.

As for the showdown between Jy2 and I, I think we may combine forces to do a written report and a video bat rep, unless Jim just wants to do a video bat rep. Either way is fine with us.

I agree. You have to determine which will net you more wounds as then, you kill even more through fearless saves.

Here is a tutorial on making Wraiths and Scarabs out of extra bits that we did you guys might be interested in: http://www.frontlinegaming.org/2011/11/30/40k-modeling-cheap-and-fast-necron-wraith-and-scarab-conversions-tutorial/

For every 10 praetorian, you can make 5 Wraiths.

Glad you like them! We were messing around with extra bits and came up with the ideas, they look really good in person, too.



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@Jy2

I am going to bend you over me knee and spank you like a naughty child, son!

Haha, just kidding. Jim has hit on the main points well. The Palandins will beat me in a straight up fight, which is why that won't happen if I can help it. In a bad match up, you don't allow your opponent to dictate what happens. Playing into his game is foolish and leads to defeat.

I will use every trick in my shiny Necron arsenal to defeat the Mat Ward bastard children!

Grey Knights are a crutch for the weak, muahahaha!