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Just curious about peoples opinions on Necrons and allies. Has anybody been successful with allies or is it truly a waste being that Necrons are fairly strong across the board.

I have a Stormeagle and a chaplain dreadnought with CC arms from Forge World left over from my GK army and LOTD detachment. I was contemplating using these in a small Marine detachment of some kind to add some CC to my Necrons.(Minotaur's) I know Marines are not ideal as allies but In Australia I cannot sell the Forge World for anything but a complete loss. So I can either sell them (they're brand new still in packets) or make use of them.as a small allied force used to drop in and do some CC damage.

Alternatively I am open to the idea of something completely new for an allied force although Chaos do not appeal to me.


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I am thinking of painting the dread and storm eagle into Minotaur's. and buying 20x marines and 10x terminators squad with Minotaur's shoulder pads. I really like the Minotaur's Fluff.

How you ally with your Necrons depends on how you play them. However, Necrons suffer from a lack of long-range, high str shooting. They are a fast-moving, mid-range, shooty army that also has above-par durability. You can buff them up with some cheap scoring/screening units, or by sprinkling in some more long-range threats. If you run SM, as your allies, you could run the Dread with some heavy firepower or in a assault configuration depending on where you need to shore up your forces.

Orks can work well, some cannon fodder and CC.

I am thinking of using the storm eagle and buying the Minotaur contemptor dread and moloc. I am not sure as to what units I could use. 10-20x marines and 5-10x termies?


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Have just checked out the Scibor Spartan helmets and shields and am even more interested in making Minotaur's now!

i decided to make a small little Minotaur's detachment.

10 tactical marines with minotaur shoulders, and anvil spartan helms/capes
5 terminators with Minitaur Shoulders and Scibor spartan shields and helms
1x Minotaur Contemptor Dread
1X Asterion Moloc and Ivanus Enkomi
1x Storm Eagle with Minotaur Doors