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Just trying again as I posted this late last night. Would LOVE some feedback...?

So playing my second ever game of 40K this Wednesday. Boning up to try and get spanked a little less than last week. I've asked for a thousand point game to be able to cope with what I have on the table! 2 Variants on a list:


LIST 1:

Destroyer Lord (warscythe, semp weave)

10 Immortals

12 Warriors (Scythe)

6 Wraiths (4 with coils - that's how I've built them - DL with these)

2 Anni barges


That's 996 points


LIST 2:

Overlord (staff of light, semp weave, res orb)
Royal Court - Harbringer of the Storm (voltaic staff, lightning field)

10 immortals (overlord with these)

10 warriors (Scythe - Stormtek here)

6 wraiths (as above but without the DL obvs)

2 Barges

that's 1,000 points - I think I prefer this - the immortals maybe live up to their names a bit better? the voltaic staff with those warriors is going to pop whatever it lands beside the turn the scythe comes in - I think I can have fun with this. But everyone always says take the lord with the wriaths, and I get that that gives me one super hard unit - but does it make my opponent concentrate fire?

Thoughts appreciated.

If you want to suggest other ideas - I have a C'tan, five lychguards, Nem Z, Varg O, Doomsday Ark, some scarabs, and crypteks for destruction and despair also...

Well, I'd take the 2nd list, but delete the Stormtek and switch the Overlord to a DLord.
Whip coils are not a must have, since weapons that hurt most are initiative 1 anyway.

So you're really suggesting a version of the first list then, no?

I worry that I am then putting all my eggs in one basket. Won't the enemy just focus everything on killing the Dlord unit?

The Stormtek with the placeable warriors gives me something else I can pop tanks / AV stuff with, no? And he's 4 shots when the warriors are in rapid fire range if they have to face infantry...