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Hi there I'm trying to make a casual Necron list for 1850 points that doesn't contain any flyers (the reason being that they are the most socially friendly of units).

I would love to hear your guys thoughts on the list. It's trying to be super competitive or anything, but I don't want to make a list that will just consistently lose.
Similarly if you have any suggestions or 1850 lists of your own that are Necron and don't include fliers, please feel free to post accordingly.

Anyway, here is the list:

HQ

1 WARLORD Nemesor Zahndrekh - 350 (attached to Royal Court)
1 Royal Court containing:
-- 4 Necron Lords (w Staff of Light)
-- 1 Cryptek (Normal w Staff of Light)
1 Ghost Ark - 115

TROOPS
1 Vargard Obyron - 577
1 Destroyer Lord (w Mindshackle Scarabs & Res Orb)
19 Necron Warriors

1 Cryptek (Harbinger of Despair w Veil of Darkness) - 213
9 Necron Immortals (w Gauss Blasters)

1 Cryptek (Harbinger of Destruction w Solar Pulse) - 120
5 Necron Warriors

1 Cryptek (Harbinger of Destruction) - 100
5 Necron Warriors

FAST ATTACK
5 Canoptek Wraiths (w 2x Whip Coils) - 195

HEAVY SUPPORT
1 Annihilation Barge (w Gauss Cannon) - 90

1 Annihilation Barge (w Gauss Cannon) - 90

The rough strategy with this will be to do most of the AI damage using the Barges, Wraiths, the Royal Court and the Preferred Enemy boosted Warrior Blob, and to go AT with long range pot-shots from the home-objective-holder Eldritch Lance Crypteks, alongside giving Tank-Hunter using Zandrekh to the immortals or warrior blob for gauss glancathons - and using Wraiths as backup tank-belters. The solar pulse is there for 1st turn defence, and using Obyron of the Veiltek to give support to other units or grab / contest objectives near the end and get line-breaker.

I don't know if my AT is reliable enough though, especially against mech lists. I'd like to think that the warrior blob with Preferred Enemy and possibly Tank-Hunter from Big Z would take care of most things it shoots at though.

Please feel free to comment about suggestions, things you would do differently, or if you think the basic tactics are flawed. Do you think maybe The Destroyer Lord should be the warlord instead of Zandrekh? Also - Remember, I don't want fliers in the list.

Thanks!

Xander


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Are you model restricted? I have a few casual 1850 lists but no point posting them if you don't have the models.

Re your list and noting it is casual, I still wouldn't try and deepstrike a 21 man blob in any event, particularly with the destroyer lord footprint in there.

I'd put the destroyer lord in with the wraiths.

Then, I'd put Oby with the Immortals and the veiltek with your RC. That way, you can teleport Z, then bring Oby to him. Oh, and make the immortals tesla - better for overwatch.

I am model restricted now, but Id be willing to buy more models if the list was attractive enough. My model list is pretty similar to above now (already made my purchases), but like I say, don't be afraid of showing me some other interesting list ideas for 1850. Here's what I have:

2 Overlords (Converted from Catacomb Command Barge)
7 Crypteks
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40 Warriors
20 Immortals (Magnetised to allow for either Gauss or Tesla)
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2 Arks (Magnetised to either be Ghost Arks or Doomsday Arks)
1 Croissant Ship (Magnetised to either be Nightscythe or Doomscythe)
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2 Barges (Magnetised to either be Annihilation Barges or Catacomb Command Barges)
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6 Wraiths (3 with Whip Coils, 3 without)
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13 Scarab Swarm Bases

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My plan with the 21 man blob is to make them advance slowly, whilst trying to get Zahndrehk and his Royal Court zoom up the table. Zahdrehk Staff of Light homies will try and aim for a squad of Armour Value 3+ dudes, and then when the enemy brings something heavy to bear against him, get an accurate teleport with Obyron so there's no scatter to move up the blob beside him as well. If there's a vehicle there, then Zahndrehk will give the blob tank hunter as well, to gausathon it to death. I wont be using the deepstrike of Obyron in many other situations.

As for the Immortals, their purpose is to hold back for most of the game, unless the enemy has Armour 4+ troops sitting back on an objective, in which case their job is to jump behind enemy lines and pick off the 4+ guys (ideally out of range of other stuff, or behind cover). Their presence is almost meant to be an intimidation factor for any army whose troops aren't MEQ, so that they need to all stick together in one large pile, that way I can get more board control (due to VoD). Mind you against MEQ armies, I'd probs go Tesla. Though I do like the flexibility of quickly moving Zahndrehk via VoD then jumping Oby's unit right beside him, whatever it might be. ...... hmmmm food for thought.

Any other suggestions?