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Hi guy,

I just bought a necron army, and I am playing my first game with them against nids. It's 1250 points, and here's my list:

HQ
Anakyr the Traveller - 165
Necron Lord with Res. orb - 65

Troops
10x Necon Warriors - 130
5x Pyrrihan Eternals- 85

Elites
5x Lychgards w/ hyperphase swords and dispersion shields (I could take Praetorians here)- 225

Fast Attack
3x Canoptek Wraiths 105
3x Tomb Blades 60
3x Destroyes 120

Heavy Support
Annihilation Barge w/tesla cannon- 90
Necron Monoltih 200

Total 1245.

I will just take another upgrade to make up the points 5 points. Any suggestions? I have more warriors, another destroyer, another monolith and nememor and obyron if need be.

In my opinion, tomb blades without any upgrades are not that good. So i would ditch those, and maybe take another 5 warriors (then you would have 1250), and i would look into freeing up some points to beef that 5 warrior unit to atleast 10.

Firstly, welcome to the Crons

Couple of key things to remember:

1) Don't let the troops get assaulted.
2) Several units need more than min numbers to be effective (wraiths, scarabs, tomb blades) spring to mind.
3) Don't let the troops get assaulted.
4) Don't let the troops get assaulted. :-D

Anyway, for your list, 3 wraiths is probably not enough. Also, whip coils are very helpful (not every wraith needs them, but you really want to strike first!). This is not helpful, cos you need to fork out for another box. If you only have three, I'd suggest you use them defensively rather than racing them up the field.

S&B lych are very resilient. Excellent protection for walking warriors, but otherwise need a veil of darkness or a scythe to get around.

In your list, you have two counter assault units (Lych and wraiths) but only 2 comparatively small troops. So, I suggest you drop one and add more warriors.

Keep a solid core of warriors/immortals, then try the units one at a time.

I don't play tomb blades, but imagine that 3 is also not enough.

Re your HQs, Anrakyr offers situational benefits. It would be hilarious if you used him to take over a Heldrake, but generally there tend to be less vehicles. The Eternals upgrade is nice, but you don't want to be assaulting with only 5 eternals. I2 will kill you.

Tbh I think Zandrekh is better (even without Oby).

Re Res Orbs, only use them if you have models which are say 40pts or for max squads. For 10 warriors, probably not worth it - just take additional warriors for the points.