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First post. (yay!)
How would you go about creating an oldcron army with the newcron codex, while making it viable, fun to play, and challenging without using "crutches"? ex. flyers, stormlord, scarab farm
Is it possible to do it somewhat fluffy, without using "dishonorable units" like deathmarks or wraiths?
The problem with necrons I feel is that they seem rather underhanded. I feel dirty when I use my MSS to win a combat or challenge, because my opponent didn't even get to attack me half of the time. My victories already seem halfway-bought to me and using tried and true tactics like death and despair doesn't help matters.
I guess what I am asking is, how does one go about making a "clean" necron army?

Warrior blob, 2 Ghost Arks, either another blob or 5 Warriors (for the GA) and a full squad of Immortals, 3 AB, a DL with 6 Wraiths (2-3 Coils), Zandrekh to help the Warrior squad out, Destro-Court (4 Lancetek, 1 Chronotek) that hops on board of a GA in turn 1, squad of 3 Heavy Destroyers. ADL if you got probs w/ flyers. Alternatively: Bastion / ADL w/ Lancecourt.

You will lose vs. lame cheese-sh....enangingans like IG gun line and flyer spam, but overall, it's a very viable list that can take on everything.

The problem with necrons I feel is that they seem rather underhanded. I feel dirty when I use my MSS to win a combat or challenge, because my opponent didn't even get to attack me half of the time.

Since when is war supposed to be fair? Do you also feel bad when you shoot your opponent's unit to death before it gets to do anything? Do you feel bad when you have higher initiative and win a challenge by cutting down the enemy before they can swing?

Play warrior blobs, spyder farms, monoliths and ghost arks. Don't like a unit? Don't use it. But "underhanded" is a major facet of the newcrons, at least the noble units.

3 Monoliths might be fun to play... Take a warrior phalanx or two and have them teleport between the monolith portals rapid firing anything close...

A silver tide and a bunch of monoliths

it is what i traditionally think when i see necrons and not all this hyperspace wizard mumbo jumbo

though i do like the though of fighting a never ending onslaught of scarabs as watching it scamper through the battle field is very cinamatic i think.