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This is a list I am working on for up coming tournament in a few months.
I have had good effect with the double wraith unit backed by the lychguard. it is light on troops but i have found that it has not been a issue.
Obyron goes with the spyders for some first turn teleaporting in to the opponents face. 3MC are hard to kill in one turn when placed right.(They mess up a back field fast if ignored.)
Zahndrekh and the base lord goes in to the lychguard. They head for the meanest enemy unit.
Wraiths are well wraiths they are the jack of all trades and masters of none.

I can and will trade units in and out. Looking for ideas it improve the list. One idea I am thinking about is to drop one unit of wraiths for a stalker and up grade the warriors to immortals.

Nemesor Zahndrekh
Vangard Obyron

Harbinger of Destruction:
Harbinger of Destruction: Solar pulse
Lord War-scythe
HQ:480
8 x Lychguards Sword and Board

5 x Warrior
8x Warriors
8 x Warriors

5 x Wraiths 2 Whip coils, 2 particle caster
5 x Wraiths 2 Whip coils , 2 particle caster
8 x scarabs

Annihilation Barge Gauss Cannon
Annihilation Barge Gauss Cannon
spiders x 3 Gloom prism

Grand Total: 1988

Is there a reason why you have pumped a couple of warrior squads to 8? If you make them 5 each you could get another Destructek to put in the third warrior squad. Also suggest you put mindshackle scarabs on the base lord - for 15 points its a bargain.

I'm assuming you are planning on Obyron using Vanguard duty to return to the Lychguard unit once it gets assaulted?

Can Obyron join the spyders to teleport them? I haven't got my rule book with me but thought there was a restriction joining IC to monstrous creatures?

Thier is a restriction joining IC to monstrous creatures. BUt it doesn't apply to units that have more then one in it. The onlt two unints i know of that can be joined are Spyders and Carfex.
Obyron has to use the Vanguard duty. It make for a nice surprise as people are not use to it yet.


The 8 warriors is a math thing as they have to kill 3 before i take a check with the D.tek with them.

Dropping a scarab for mindshackle scarabs is not a bad idea. maybe drop 2 for the S.Weave as well.

This list needs more work. My general view is it is still not focused and sharpened enough.

Using Oby to ferry the spyders and then using vargard duty to get out is an interesting idea. Getting Zahndrek to join the sword-and-board lychguard is good too because he is sturdy and has an orb for them. 2 annibarges give decent fire support. Two squads of wraiths are always a good investment.

However, the rest of the list seems rather iffy:

If you plan to ferry the spyders first turn, then you are not playing the scarab farm, so why take scarabs? They are quite ineffective in small numbers because they die too fast to virtually everything and cannot last long enough to tarpit anything. If you will not mass them, drop them and get more wraiths.

What is the mission of the warriors? Ablative wounds for lanceteks? But you have only two lanceteks and not that many ablative wounds. If you show yourself to shoot with the lance, you will get shot back. If you want to move and shoot, get massed immortals with tesla. if you just want them to score objectives, keep the warriors minimal and out of sight. If you want AT, you need more lanceteks and two courts so that they join troops squads in pairs.

So, a lot of your army is standing at a crossroads towards different builds of better synergy and effectiveness. To improve the list, you have to make up your mind and take one of those roads all the way.