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Hello all!
I've had a necron army for a few years now, and am having lots of fun with the new book. I'm curious what other people think of my list, as I usually play friendly games with friends and don't really know how it would do in a more competitve environment. I'm also looking to expand my army, but can't decide what to get. Any suggestions for expansion are welcome.
HQ:
2x Overlord
Phaeron
MSS
1 warscythe
2+ armor
1 Royal Court
2 Necron Lords with MSS, Res orbs, 1 warscythe
1 Cryptek of Destruction with Solar Pulse, Gaze of Flame
Troops:
2x 20 Warriors

FA
9 Scarabs

3 Destroyers
1 heavy gauss cannon

HS
2x Annihilation Barges w/ gauss cannons

1500 pts exactly.

For those that didn't guess, this list is made up an old battleforce, a box of warriors, two barge kits, and some HQs I picked up. That pretty much constitutes my collection. So, once again, any advice for purchases will be appreciated. I also have a monolith that I occasionally take by shorting the warriors, taking off the cryptek, and getting rid of some redundant wargear.
Most of the time I play nids or orks, but I like to be prepared most opponents (in friendly games, not well tuned tourney lists.)
Any critisism or tips for expansion is welcome!

I am of the opinion that until favored enemy does something to actually help the destroyers, they are a bit over costed at this stage in the game. which is a shame cause i have lots from my old crons =[ i know the close combat barges work wonders, and maybe wraiths could get you come cc counter punch for when the opponents melee dudes come for your warriors heads. one more thing, your anti-armor seems a little sparse, the A.barges are great, but they will struggle against av12+ just my two cents, other than that, i feel your pain on trying to recycle as many old models as possible

I like your list for the most part. I agree that the destroyers are not very good right now for the points. I have been using my destroyer models as Tomb Blades.

I am not sure where you are putting your HoD cryptek. If you are leaving him by himself, you are giving up an easy kill point. You have 2 overlords, I would use 2 royal courts.

If you play against primarily orks and nids, you may find extra value in Tesla weapons.

I would drop the destroyers and scarabs, add a unit of tesla imortals, a 2nd RC with a 2nd HoD, and some tomb blades.

I'll agree that your fast attack slot is the weak point. You could also save points by dropping the necron lords and equipping the Rezorbs on the Phaerons.

You may also want to split up one of those big warrior blocks into 2 blocks of 10, shave off the destroyers and scarabs, and put them in ghost arks. That way your main phalanx is supported by 2 ghost arks, and your army is flanked by armor 13 fire batteries. If you can tweak your excessive wargear a little bit, you can probably also squeeze in a 3rd annihilation barge.

The end result will be something like this:

1x Phaeron w/ Rezorb 140
1x Scythelord in CCB + MSS 195
2x Pulse-tek 110
1x Lance-tek 35
10 Warriors in Ghost Ark 245
10 Warriors in Ghost Ark 245
20 Warrior Phalanx 260
3 Annihilation Barges 270

You have 6 AV13 Vehicles, 3 Lances, 3 Tesla Destructors, and an obscene amount of gauss.

Edit: If you don't feel like buying new vehicles -
Play your destroyers as Tomb Spyders
Forget the CCB, Ghost Arks, and 3rd A.Barge
Keep your warriors at 20, 20 and rock your two phaerons with resorbs, and throw in 2 infinite range harps to soften enemy armor before they reach your defensive line.
That looks like:

2x Phaeron with Resorb (280)
2x20 Warriors (520)
2x1 Pulse-tek (110)
2x Harp-Tech (110)
3xTomb Spyder (150)
2xA Barge (180)
10x Scarabs (150)

Not as good, but pretty cool, considering you have almost everything you need to play it already.

junk wrote:I'll agree that your fast attack slot is the weak point. You could also save points by dropping the necron lords and equipping the Rezorbs on the Phaerons.

You may also want to split up one of those big warrior blocks into 2 blocks of 10, shave off the destroyers and scarabs, and put them in ghost arks. That way your main phalanx is supported by 2 ghost arks, and your army is flanked by armor 13 fire batteries. If you can tweak your excessive wargear a little bit, you can probably also squeeze in a 3rd annihilation barge.

The end result will be something like this:

1x Phaeron w/ Rezorb 140
1x Scythelord in CCB + MSS 195
2x Pulse-tek 110
1x Lance-tek 35
10 Warriors in Ghost Ark 245
10 Warriors in Ghost Ark 245
20 Warrior Phalanx 260
3 Annihilation Barges 270

You have 6 AV13 Vehicles, 3 Lances, 3 Tesla Destructors, and an obscene amount of gauss.

Hey junk, as a matter of interest, how would you be divvying out your Royal Court? I assume a Pulsetek and the Lancetek will go with the 20 - Warrior Blob but doesn't that leave the other pulsetek essentially out on his lonesome? Or is that less of an issue then I think it is?

It does leave a lonely lance, walking around by himself, shooting things. If you wanted to squeeze him into another squad, you could play one less warrior and stick him in the ghost ark, but then what to do with 13 points?

I suppose you could drop two warriors(one from each squad) and stick a generic Crytpek(or one of the "free" Harbingers) in the other Ghost Ark Warrior squad but I do see your point.

I like what has been coming up. Thanks for the tips and advice, I'll spend the next couple of weeks playtesting some (proxied) spiders and tomb blades. In the long term, I'll be working toward a more mechanised force. Should be plenty of fun, and a good surprise for the next few games down at the shop.