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Hi All long time lurker here:

So i got sick of staring at the boxed chaos army i have had lying around my house for 2 years and decided to trade it in for some Necrons. I just kind of went into the store and grabbed everything that i liked the look of.

I have the following:

1 Lord
32 Warriors
15 Immortals/Deathmarks
2 Command/ Annihalation barges
3 Doom/Nght Scythes
1 Ghost ark
6 Wraiths
10 lychguard
1 lord on foot
9 scarabs

Can i make a nice balanced list with this lot? Aiming for 1750pts and was thinking along the lines of:

Lord in Barge
2x15 Warriors in Nightscythes
1x10 Immortals in Ghost Ark
6 Wraiths
5 Deathmarks
4 Scarabs
Annihalation Barge
Doom Scythe

Hey!

For 1750pts it looks ok... but I think it deserves more scarabs.

They are the thing that gives me the most trouble when I play necrons.

Doom Scythes are great. 2 is best.

I can quite easily get another scythe.

I'm slightly embarrassed to be honest

Ive been playing 40k since RT but have never been any where near Necrons (Eldar players tend to avoid them)

The new stuff is so gorgeous though that i could'nt help myself.

Christ! How much did that cost on one visit?

... ouch!

P.S. You can't take Immortals in a Ghost Ark, sorry bro :(

i swapped it all out for the chaos stuff i bought 2 years ago which if im honest (which i was) was swapped out for a load of lotr stuff i got 2 years before that.

with GWs penchant for price rises i reckon i did pretty well

props to the guy in the store though, he was awesome about it.

Noted on the ark, ill move things around.

pete wrote:Hi All long time lurker here:

So i got sick of staring at the boxed chaos army i have had lying around my house for 2 years and decided to trade it in for some Necrons. I just kind of went into the store and grabbed everything that i liked the look of.

I have the following:

1 Lord
32 Warriors
15 Immortals/Deathmarks
2 Command/ Annihalation barges
3 Doom/Nght Scythes
1 Ghost ark
6 Wraiths
10 lychguard
1 lord on foot
9 scarabs

Here's what I would try out. This is exactly 1850:


1x Overlord w/ Warscythe, MSS & CCBarge

1x D.Lord w/ Warscythe, Sempiternal Weave & MSS
9x Triarch Praetorians w/ Rod of the Covenant

1x Harbinger of Despair w/ VoD
5x Deathmarks

6x Wraiths w/ 4x Whip Coils

1x Harbinger of Destruction w/ Solar Pulse

1x Doom Scythe

1x Harbinger of the Storm
5x Immortals w/ Night Scythe

1x Harbinger of the Storm
5x Immortals w/ Night Scythe

1x Harbinger of the Storm
5x Warriors

-Keep The Warriors in reserve, and have them walk onto the board to capture a backfield objective.
-Keep the Lancetek should in cover and pop the Solar Pulse when you need to (probably turn 2, as NF is already in effect during turn 1).
-When the Fliers come in, they'll do a lot of damage.
-There are three Voltaic Staffs in this list, so you shouldn't have any trouble bringing down vehicles.
-The Wraiths and the Praetorians will act as two different types of CC threats for your opponent, and if you need them to work together, then they'll murder anything they touch.
-The Overlord on the Barge will just do his thing.
-Use the Death & Despair unit to eliminate things like Long Fangs, Devastator squads or Psyker squads. Annoying backfield stuff.

Like the above

Thats great and as a bonus I get to field my lychguard models (which i love)

The other benefit is that i dont have to paint many models to get this on the table.

Ill give it a go and show you all the painted models (hopefully quite soon)