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HQ - Overlord W/ Warscythe and ressurection orb and Sempiternal Weave and Phase Shifter - 190pts (With Immortals)

HQ - Necron Lord W/ Orb and Sempiternal Weave - 80pts (With Warriors)

HQ - Necron Lord W/ Orb and Sempiternal Weave - 80pts (With Warriors)

Troops - Necron Warriors (X12) - 156pts

Troops - Necron Warriors (x12) - 156pts

Troops - Immortals (X10) W/ Tesla Carbines - 180pts

Heavy Support - Doom Scythe W/ Death Ray and Twin-Linked Tesla Destructor - 175pts


So im playing at a tournament at the weekend and does anyone think this list is good against tau ?

It all depends on what the tau is going to bring, if they bring any interceptor, your doomscythe will become essentially useless, with it probably getting shot down from interceptor or at minimum jinking to live and then not being able to fire for a turn and then possibly getting shot down next turn. Also foot slogging can be an issue against Tau, they like to fire and ignore cover and they have quite a bit that can fire in a single turn which can really mow down your troops.

Tesla Immortals are only 170 pts.

Even with the 10 pt deduction, you're at 1007. If you're headed for a tournament with point checkers like me, you're gonna have to drop 1 Warrior to get you to 994.

At which point you could decide to stick, or reduce something and add something in. This is where the Necron codex IMO becomes interesting, because you are forced to decide between expensive Hq options and 1 extra troop here, or 1 extra fast attack there. Good luck man!


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oz of the north wrote:
if they bring any interceptor, your doomscythe will become essentially useless, with it probably getting shot down from interceptor or at minimum jinking to live and then not being able to fire for a turn and then possibly getting shot down next turn. Also foot slogging can be an issue against Tau, they like to fire and ignore cover and they have quite a bit that can fire in a single turn which can really mow down your troops.

For these reasons, a Night Scythe, which is both a transport and the has the strongest Tesla weapon in the codex (I think), but obivously does not have the Death Ray (a good weopon against horde armies but not necessarily against vehicle-heavy armies like Tau, and a FUN weapon in any circumstance). For 75 points less. If Interceptor fire (or any fire) destroys your Night Scythe, your units hop right back into reserves, because Necrons have NWM like that.

That's a full unit of scoring Warriors, and change I think for some kinda 5 point upgrade???

Death Rays are cool and strong, but sorta gimmicky, and they work better in 2's in higher point games than 1000.

(ICI: If anyone has ever superglued a Death Ray on a Scythe chassis, and and after the fact wished they had rather magnetized the Death Ray and the Portal to the chassis, they are the easiest thing in the world to just pluck off sand down to flat surfaces, and magnetize)