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I've had alot of luck using wraiths and destroyer lords and I find it really difficult to fit a decent court in under 1850 so I've worked out what I think might be a fun list with a destroyer theme.

Comments, criticisms and snide remarks welcome.

HQ:

Destroyer Lord - Warscythe, 2+, Mind Shackle (160)

Destroyer Lord - Warscythe, 2+, Mind Shackle (160)

FA:

5 Canoptek Wraiths - 5 whip coils (225)

5 Canoptek Wraiths - 5 whip coils (225)

5 Canoptek Scarabs (75)

Elite:

5 Triach Praetorians with Rod (200)

Heavy:

Annihilation Barge (90)

Annihilation Barge (90)

Troop:

6 Necron Warriors (78)
5 Necron Warriors (65)
5 Necron Warriors (65)
5 Necron Warriors (65)

Total: 1498

Strategy:
My meta is mainly IG, GK and BA so I deal with alot of CC threats and alot of Heavy shooting. Against the CC the plan is to use the wraith's 3++ to keep them kicking while getting into CC range and screening the triachs behind them. Warriors will try to stand as still as possible to take pot shots at transports to glance them and force them to unload or waste a turn. When in range I'm hoping my jump infantry will be able to maneuver to let the triarchs get their AP2 shots off at a target to soften it up then charge with the wraiths and the triachs. Between mind shackle, going on I1 and the triarchs I should be able to handle most any CC threat. As for IG, Relying on my 3++ to get me there and then wraiths and the destroyer lords to do the killing. The scarabs are mainly just to hide somewhere to control my opponent's movements. Because they are so "dreaded" players make some really silly choices to avoid them so 75 points for them is a decently fun tactics choice and I can always use them to pop an immobile transport late game for some easy kill points.

For a destroyer themed list I was surprised not to see more destroyers. Seems a good list but I'd recommend condensing the warriors down into fewer bigger units for objective holding and possibly varying the kit on your wraiths for wound allocation.

I would consider destroyers in place of the annihilation barges if I weren't so full on FA with the wraiths, I was mainly just looking for something different than a cryptek or scarab heavy list

Honestly, I'd drop the Triarch Praetorians, and invest those points in more Warriors (or Scarabs, or Wraiths, or some combination of the three). I feel that anything the Triarchs can do, the Wraiths can do better - both Jump Infantry, Triarchs have a rather nice shooty attack, but Wraiths get Rending, a 3++ save, and (imo) better wargear options. YMMV, obviously, but I feel that Wraiths are a better investment for the points cost.

Right now I feel like your Warriors are a bit of a weak link with their small squad size.

For the Wraiths themselves, it's typically a waste of points to kit them ALL with coils - you can put coils on two or three and, with a good assault move/consolidate you can have your coil guys in base with the entire enemy unit (or, at least, the ones that matter). Plus if they've got different gear you can use Wound allocation shenanigans.

If you're hoping to scare your opponent with the Scarabs and try to get him to waste time on them, I would probably bump their squad size up a little more. Five Scarabs are a nuisance, ten Scarabs are a threat.

Boiling it down, I would go with something closer to this:

HQ:
2 x Destroyer Lord (320 pts)
-2 x Mindshackle Scarabs
-2 x Warscythe
-2 x Sempiternal Weave

Troops:
9 x Warriors (117 pts)
9 x Warriors (117 pts)
9 x Warriors (117 pts)
8 x Warriors (104 pts)

Fast Attack:
5 x Canoptek Wraiths (195 pts)
- 2 x Whip Coils
5 x Canoptek Wraiths (195 pts)
- 2 x Whip Coils
10 x Canoptek Scarabs (150 pts)

Heavy Support:
2 x Annihilation Barge (180 pts)
- 2 x Tesla Cannon

You get a higher volume of gauss fire, more Warriors for holding onto objectives, more scarabs for tank hunting/psychological threat, and more or less equal utility with the Wraiths.

With the density of CC I'm going to face I often find that they have pretty large squads of GK Termis or Assault marines so I find the extra whips, maybe not maxed out but a few extra really helps me keep him going last and getting all those wraith and Dlord attacks instead of losing a few to volume of attacks.

I do like your idea about droping the triarchs, I think I'll take your list, shave off 3 warriors and add back in 4 whips, should total 1496. I don't know if I should keep the squads equal or weight some of them bigger than others, since concentration is the key to gauss fire a squad of 12 or more with the other squads smaller might help me to concentrate fire while still being able to take a few pot shots if I get lucky and don't need them all on one target.

I really wish courts could be taken without an overlord so I could get some cheapish phaeron and more mind shackle scarabs in my list.