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So,

im currently in the progress of reanimating my necron army.

I have in my possesion ( from last codex not 5th)

2 necron lords with ress orb and warscythe.
30 assembled and painted warriors. ( about another 30 in sprue's)
8 Destroyers
1 Heavy destroyer
4 flayed ones
6 scarab swarms/ now canoptek scarabs?
1 tomb spyder/ now canoptek spyder?
3 wraiths/ now canoptek wraiths?


I have been looking through the codex and i am thinking of buying the following.

Trazyn the infinite, i do a lot of scoring missions atm and i'm madly in love with this guy.
2 crypteks for in my royal court along with the 2 lords in my possesion.
1 overlord if an extra HQ is needed.
a squad of deathmarks to snipe away high Toughness creatures. (Nyds/Pain engine etc etc)
a squad of Lychguard withs swords and shields.
a squad of tryarch praetorians.

Now i was thinking of buying Nigth Scythes when they arrive in the 2nd wave. (maybe illiuminator Szeras as well)


I am used to Close combat games but now im looking for an army that is more shooty.
I like the option of mobility with my destroyers and the monolith gate. The praetorians might also be used for their mobility as do the night scythes.

Now i''ve noticed that good necron advice is hard to find since everyone is still learning as we speak.

I am usualy pitched against more then half the army's out there except Chaos scum and daemon scum. So i'm actualy looking for a army that can stand up to these quite well.
+ General advice is also much appreciated =].

So generaly i want to buy my stuff according to a type of strategy.

Waaghboss Grobnub wrote:So,

im currently in the progress of reanimating my necron army.

I have in my possesion ( from last codex not 5th)

2 necron lords with ress orb and warscythe.
30 assembled and painted warriors. ( about another 30 in sprue's)
8 Destroyers
1 Heavy destroyer
4 flayed ones
6 scarab swarms/ now canoptek scarabs?
1 tomb spyder/ now canoptek spyder?
3 wraiths/ now canoptek wraiths?


I have been looking through the codex and i am thinking of buying the following.

Trazyn the infinite, i do a lot of scoring missions atm and i'm madly in love with this guy.
2 crypteks for in my royal court along with the 2 lords in my possesion.
1 overlord if an extra HQ is needed.
a squad of deathmarks to snipe away high Toughness creatures. (Nyds/Pain engine etc etc)
a squad of Lychguard withs swords and shields.
a squad of tryarch praetorians.

Now i was thinking of buying Nigth Scythes when they arrive in the 2nd wave. (maybe illiuminator Szeras as well)


I am used to Close combat games but now im looking for an army that is more shooty.
I like the option of mobility with my destroyers and the monolith gate. The praetorians might also be used for their mobility as do the night scythes.

Now i''ve noticed that good necron advice is hard to find since everyone is still learning as we speak.

I am usualy pitched against more then half the army's out there except Chaos scum and daemon scum. So i'm actualy looking for a army that can stand up to these quite well.
+ General advice is also much appreciated =].

I advise you to not bother with the praetorians. They aren't that great imo.
Trazyn I am not too sure about, as I never used him, and his stats seem...ok. But if you like him by all means get him.
If you take Trazyn, you don't have to get another overlord.
I personally love deathmarks. They make great suicide units, and do wonders against small TEQ squads and MC.
Nightscythes are really cool
Sadly, the flayed ones are even worse than before, so no hope there.

Since you have a large bunch of warriors, getting a Ghost Ark may be a good idea. Annihilation barges are absolutely worth their points, and great for taking out light vehicles and hordes.
Since you fight demons, the -AP on tesla destructors (primary weapon on anni barges) doesn't hurt that much.

Sadly, I don't fight against demons that often, so I can't give much advice there. However, I do have several games against MEQ under my belt, so I will say that destroyers are good at kill 3+ saves, deathmarks can be used to counter

Hey, if you're going to buy an overlord let me give you some advice. Buy a Catacomb command barge instead. It's a bit more expensive, yes, but you get an overlord with it AND it's not a finecast overlord AND you get the CCB/AB that is "hot swappable".

Also, though I actually do like the praetorians, I would suggest getting lychguard first.

Kevin949 wrote:Also, though I actually do like the praetorians, I would suggest getting lychguard first.

Especially if you plan on running Trayzn. You dont want him taking over your expensive lord or overlord if you can help it.

Shake Zoola wrote:

Kevin949 wrote:Also, though I actually do like the praetorians, I would suggest getting lychguard first.

Especially if you plan on running Trayzn. You dont want him taking over your expensive lord or overlord if you can help it.

Lords aren't really expensive if you're using them as fodder for trazyn. Overlords, I believe, can't be chosen as one to be taken over by him. I can't completely remember his rule by heart though.

If I'm not mistaken, its limited to lords, Crypteks, Lychguard and Pretorians

iGuy91 wrote:If I'm not mistaken, its limited to lords, Crypteks, Lychguard and Pretorians

What, for trazyn coming back? No, it's lords/crypteks that he takes over. I don't think he can take over overlords/destroyer lords but maybe he can, I need to read the rule. I'm pretty sure it specifies "Character Necrons" though.

Use a combination of deathmark heads and warrior bodies to make death marks. Then make immortals, use any bits left over for crypteks(you'll be using ALOT of them)

Also, lychguard with shield are AWESOME! and wraiths, wraiths are the all that and a bag of chips IN bees knees

iGuy91 wrote:If I'm not mistaken, its limited to lords, Crypteks, Lychguard and Pretorians

Trazyn can take over Overlords, Lords, Crypteks, and Lychguard.

It's random, and I'd hate for him to take over my other Overlord.

Sasori wrote:

iGuy91 wrote:If I'm not mistaken, its limited to lords, Crypteks, Lychguard and Pretorians

Trazyn can take over Overlords, Lords, Crypteks, and Lychguard.

It's random, and I'd hate for him to take over my other Overlord.

But not Named Overlords right? But yeah, that could suck. I've always envisioned him in a list with a bunch, at least 10, LG.

ShadarLogoth wrote:

Sasori wrote:

iGuy91 wrote:If I'm not mistaken, its limited to lords, Crypteks, Lychguard and Pretorians

Trazyn can take over Overlords, Lords, Crypteks, and Lychguard.

It's random, and I'd hate for him to take over my other Overlord.

But not Named Overlords right? But yeah, that could suck. I've always envisioned him in a list with a bunch, at least 10, LG.

Right, no named Overlords. I honestly don't think his ability is powerful enough to warrant the "Random" nature of it.

Sasori wrote:

ShadarLogoth wrote:

Sasori wrote:

iGuy91 wrote:If I'm not mistaken, its limited to lords, Crypteks, Lychguard and Pretorians

Trazyn can take over Overlords, Lords, Crypteks, and Lychguard.

It's random, and I'd hate for him to take over my other Overlord.

But not Named Overlords right? But yeah, that could suck. I've always envisioned him in a list with a bunch, at least 10, LG.

Right, no named Overlords. I honestly don't think his ability is powerful enough to warrant the "Random" nature of it.

Yeah I tend to agree. I really like the idea of him hanging with a big squad of LG on a forward objective and making them scoring...but damn, what if he dies and ends up as a cryptek with a unit of grunts?

That's why you put a cryptek in his unit with him, or a lord with a res orb. Or both, if you have two courts.