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I am Fairly new to Necrons, and have come up with a 1500 pt list, what do you guys think?

HQ
Destroyer Lord
Mindshackle Scarabs

Troops
10 Warriors

10 warriors

Elites
C'tan Shard
Gaze of Death
Transdimensional Thurderbolt

Fast Attack
3 Wraiths
1 Whip Coils

10 Scarab bases

10 Scarab Bases

Heavy Support
Monolith

Monolith

Any help would be great

How do you like to play? Is this list the result of the models you have/models you like to play? What other models do you have?

I can see how this list would work if you are moving the monoliths up the table. However, for the points, monoliths aren't that effective - you could swap one for 2 anni barges and have 20 pts left over. Depends on how you are going to use them.

With wraiths, I personally find that 3 wraiths are too little, even with a destroyer lord. The small unit size tends to mean they get shot to death pretty quickly. In this case, you'll probably have decent LOS blocking cover for them so they *might* work, but 6 would be better.

I love the C'tan model, but at this points level he takes up a lot of points plus he is comparatively easy to kill. Again, having monoliths to hide him behind may make a big difference.

Re your troops, I personally would split one of the 10 squads into 2 5 man units then keep one in reserve. Warriors are pretty squishy even with monolith support.

Overall, I think you have a lot of points invested in very few units and you'll have to play really carefully so they don't get killed before they do something useful.

If you've played this list before, what lists gave you trouble?

Unfortunately, the Monolith is no longer a very good unit, and I am very upset because I have a very nicely painted one that used to tower over land raiders and demon princes, but now it is really not worth its points.
If you really want to keep a 'lith in your list, then only drop one. use that 200 points to put 3 more wraiths in your wraith unit, equip 2 more whip coils for a total of 3 in the unit. Give your destroyer lord sempiternal weave (2+ save) and attach him to the wraith unit. Put him in front of the wraiths to absorb small arms fire, and if a big gun comes that could actually hurt him, use Look Out Sir! to allocate the hit to one of your wraiths, and use their invulnerable saves to keep that unit alive, but they should be in close combat by turn 2. The 2 squads of 10 scarabs go well with the wraiths, because they are also major threats, and you now have 3 fast units zooming up the board at your opponent. KEEP THE SCARABS IN COVER AS THEY MOVE!!!!

The C'tan shard is ok..ish. I love my painted Night Bringer C'tan model, but there are better things to spend points on. You have a lot of anti tank already, I don't think the c'tan is necessary. You already have 6wraiths with 3 whipcoils and a destroyer lord, and they are you close combat fiends. To try and keep the heavy fire off the wraiths and possibly scarabs, you might consider dropping the C'tan and picking up 2 annihilation barges. 5 points left over also. If you wanted some ranged anti tank, you can drop the 2nd monolith and pick up an overlord and some destruct teks with eldritch lances. 36" 8 AP 2.

I'm not the best Necron player, my friend Roci can really help you with this. But definitely drop at least one monolith and bump your wraiths up to 6 with 3 coils and Destroyer lord with MSS warscythe and sep weave. Try to work in Annihilation Barges if you can.

Most necron players love necron air. Night scythes and doom scythes are both excellent, but I prefer annihilation barges for AA.