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I'm starting a Necron army and I'm going to be playing my first games with it next week after I get some more painting done. This is currently what I'm planning on:

Overlord (Warscythe, MSS, Res Orb, Phaeron)
Storm Cryptek
Warriors x20

Storm Cryptek
Immortals x5 (Gauss)
Nightscythe

Storm Cryptek
Immortals x5 (Gauss)
Nightscythe

Destroyer Lord (Warscythe, MSS)
Wraiths x6

Annihilation Barge
Annihilation Barge
Annihilation Barge

1495 points

The idea would be that the big warrior unit and the Barges would be a base of fire, the Des Lord and wraiths would come around the flank and get into close combat or counter-assault vs a CC list, and the Immortals/Stormteks would zip around looking for a chance to pile out and kill something at short range or grab late objectives. I want to build the list to win and I want it to be semi-competitive - it has three barges, nightscythes and wraiths - but I don't think it's super unfairly set up like a list potentially could be.

Any thoughts? I wasn't sure about the Immortal/Stormtek/NS combos, I was considering instead having another blob of Warriors plus a Lord with a Ghost Ark to keep both blobs topped off. It'd be a lot more survivable than those dinky Immortal units but also a lot slower.

Well, I'd drop the large Warrior squad on foot. This unit is too slow and there are enemy units out there who could charge it in turn two.
I'd take as a core: DLord w/ warscythe, mss, 6 Wraiths, 2x 10 Warriors w/ Night Scythe, 3 AB s, and 10 Immortals w/ Night Scythe.

I would do exactly as wuestenfux and make sure the immortals are tesla.

Keep them immortals Tesla if they are going to be running as a tank hunting squad with Stormteks.
Other than that, get your OL a 2+ save, he needs it badly.

If you're set on your OL marching with warriors then I would decrease them to around 15 and try to fit in a ghost ark with it. I play something similar at 1850 and it's pretty good at defending a home objective. In fact it's one of the more durable units I've seen. So you wouldn't need Phaeron there in that case which is more points to put towards your GA.

Of course, as the others have said, you could also drop the squad entirely. I find it fun though even if it's not ultra competitive. Maybe 20 is just too large though, so 15 should be it's size. I put a chrono tek in mine just to add a little more survivability but flavor according to taste

wuestenfux wrote:Well, I'd drop the large Warrior squad on foot. This unit is too slow and there are enemy units out there who could charge it in turn two.
I'd take as a core: DLord w/ warscythe, mss, 6 Wraiths, 2x 10 Warriors w/ Night Scythe, 3 AB s, and 10 Immortals w/ Night Scythe.

Not to be the bad guy, but sometimes people don't always want to run the same old Scythe and Wraith spam, especially seeing this is a semi-competitive list. Honestly, this does very little to actually help the OP. I also think that the Wraiths in this list aren't meant to blatantly charge forward, rather, I think they're meant to be the counter-assault unit that would threaten that blob.

iGuy91 wrote:Keep them immortals Tesla if they are going to be running as a tank hunting squad with Stormteks.
Other than that, get your OL a 2+ save, he needs it badly.

I'm a bit confused as to why you would keep Tesla when running with a Stormtek? Gauss synergizes much better due to RF having the same range increment as the Vstaff, and it will give a little extra cushion in case you miss terribly with the staff. Although I strongly agree with the 2+. It drastically increases the longevity of your O.Lord. I would consider dropping the phaeron upgrade to get it.

As a whole I like the list. It's a little different and should serve you well especially in a semi-competitive setting. The brick is slow, but durable. The only thing I would caution is that since you only have one squad of Wraiths that you keep them on the flanks/out of LoS as best as possible. They will absorb a crap ton of shooting and likely be priority #1 and since you don't have the Wraith redundancy a typical Wraithwing will have. Treat them like a glass hammer basically (although note, this is mainly in regards to super shooty armies like Tau and Eldar. You can kind of getting away with throwing them at other armies with a little less forethought).

I'd also agree with perhaps attempting to squeeze in a GA if you can. It gives a decent amount of flexibility as it not only regens your brick, but can also be used to give cover saves to your Annihilation Barges on turn 1, in case you don't get first turn. I understand if that's not your style though/doing so would compromise the core of the list.

The Immortals may be dinky, but they do have the benefit of giving you strategic str 5 fire where you need it. Very useful for clearing things like Firewarriors behind their ADL or just getting shots off where you otherwise wouldn't be able to. You gain mobility, durability, and extra firepower as compared to the typical 5x Warriors in Scythes. You can afford to be a little more aggressive with your scoring troops that you otherwise wouldn't be able to. It's one of my preferred strategies honestly.

Derp, I meant Gauss. Sorry lol, i read tesla in another post, and parroted it