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Hello All,
Asking for your advice on my Necron list to make a strong - Space Marine smashing army. Most of the people at the club i play have SM, CSM or Ork. Im the only necron collector and not yet taken them in for a game.
So this is what i currently have and suggested 1500 list. What should i drop, what should i add to get this up a bit.
I have:
HQ
Overlord, Res Orb
Namessor Zhandrek
Elite
C'tan Shard
5 * Deathmarks
Troops
30 Warriors
Fast Attack
8 Scarab Bases
1 Destroyer
Heavy Support
1 Sycthe - can be either doom or night
Dommsday Ark
Monolith

Suggested 1500:
HQOverlord (Warscythe, Res Orb, MS scarabs, Semp Weave) - 160
Nemesor Zahndrekh (Standard Load) - 185
Elites5 * Deathmarks - 95
C'tan shard - 280
Troops
10 * warriors - 130
10 * warriors - 130 (reserve - use monolith)
10 * warriors + Night Sycthe - 230
Fast Attack
6 * Scarabs - 90
Heavy Support
Monolith - 200

Total 1500

Im thinking that removing the Ctan will allow me to put another squad of warriors in a sycthe and also add a doomsycthe or 2 anni barges?

I would personally recommend dropping the c'tan for the 2 anni barges, just for the sheer fact that it is two different targets that get to jink save as long as they move and are armor 13 until penned. Also what is the purpose of the second overlord, if it is just to attach to the warriors I would just go with a regular lord with the same load out. If you really want to ruin the sm players day a fun gimmick is to put the deathmarks in nightscythe and give them a harbinger of despair and you will probably kill one tough unit the first turn they drop from the flyer.

That sounds fun - the harbinger would use a standard cryptek model?

You could it all depends on where you play, for my group I use an old pariah model for my crypteks of despair, but since GW does not make a model for the different harbingers I would say use what you would like as long as its easy to figure out what it is.

If you are talking about buying new models, here's what I'd do.

Dith the Overlord and C'Tan Shard to free up 440. With that, get 2 Annihilation Barges, 1 more Night Sycthe, and spend the remaining 160 on another blob of warrors and a StormTek (these guys can attach to a Night Sythew/ Warriors unit and wreak havoc on vehicles) or a DespairTek (these guys can attach to a Night Scythe Unit w/ Deathmarks and reak havoc on Infantry.

For a 1500 point game, the Monolith could probably be lifted for something else, as well. and the points could be used on a pack of 5 Wraithsw/ 2 Whip Coils and 1 Pistol.

Once you start playing with Wriaths, its hard not to take them because they are ace at CC, which is something the Necron codex is very, very weak at otherwise.

I would always keep Nemesor Zandrehk rather than an Overlord. No warscythe, but his special tactic rules and are almost always very useful against Marine armies...others may disagree just due to the lack of a Warsycthe.

Im trying to find good examples but anyone know of any good threads for converting/making harbingers?

I don't know of any threads, but if you ever get the Annihilation Barge kit, it comes with an Overlord you can use as a good basis for a Cryptek conversion

Use the Overlord legs and torso, then put a Deathmark head on instead of the Overlord head (for the 1 eye thing), then paint the Res Orb a different color than your normal Res Orb colors, and either use the Overlord Warscythe as a Special Cryptek staff, or otherwise find a weapon that looks better.

The staffs are all supposed to be different from one another, so there's plenty of license for creativity.

ussasx wrote:
Im trying to find good examples but anyone know of any good threads for converting/making harbingers?

Warrior bodies, deathmark heads, praetorian staff.

Pleased with how these worked out for me, some pics in my gallery.

Yeah dude, those conversions are nice.

Suggested 1500:
Overlord with warscythe sempiternal weave phylactery res orb and NS scarabs
Nemesor zandrekh

Troops:
20 warriors
10 tesla immortals (proxy the remaining 10 warriors)

Elite
5 deathmarks in night scythe

Fast attack
6 scarabs

Heavy support

Monolith
Doomsday ark

Overall this adds up to 1435, but if you make your own adjustments then this could be a reliable list.