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Deshkar wrote:
do you think the achandrites are worth it? so far only really feeling the tesseract ark,

5 Acanthrites are more durable than 6 Wraiths and do (marginally) more damage against MEQs. They're also better VS tanks, though worse vs MCs. Their models are also a magnitude smaller than the new Wraith models, being able to claim cover from almost anything (which with stealth is very valuable). I really don't understand why people aren't using them to be honest, I think 5+Destroyer Lord is probably the best single unit Necrons have, as they don't need to engage in combat to do damage, yet won't die to small arms. To kill 6 Wraiths on average it take 216 lasgun shots, 108 bolter shots or 108 pulse rifle shots. To kill 5 Acanthrites, you need 540 lasgun shots, 203 bolter shots or 180 pulse rifle shots. They are also more durable against S8/9 shooting and just generally have more wounds so always beat/equal Wraiths as long as it's less than AP3 shooting. Honestly, I think they're great but I would recommend trying for yourself, though you'll struggle finding a proxy of the right sort of size. Rough Riders or something might work - I mean, these things almost get cover from being behind warriors.

Deshkar wrote:
do you think the achandrites are worth it? so far only really feeling the tesseract ark,

I see them as vehicle/elite killer. Yes, they can be easily smashed, but the combo of rending and entropic strike will take the armor of any MC with just one six. That will work on about anything bar a daemon.

Huh - i think I may need to try these out. There must be a proxy model out here that's cheaper than the FW ones.

not got my book with me - are they more expensive than Wraiths?

 Praxiss wrote:
Huh - i think I may need to try these out. There must be a proxy model out here that's cheaper than the FW ones.

not got my book with me - are they more expensive than Wraiths?

I don't know any good alternative models. I know people model them as scorpions instead of wasps. If I got the forge world model, I'd try to find a way to show the shadowy wings they are supposed to have.

Anyway, they cost as much as a wraith with a transdimensional beaker would.

I got my first game with the following list

Kutlah 220
CCB 80
Destroyer Lord 160 Weave and MSS
10 Warriors, Ghost Ark, Flensing Scarabs 255
10 Warriors, Ghost Ark, Flensing Scarabs 255
5 Immortals, Night Scythe 185
5 Immortals, Night scythe 185
6 Wraiths, 2 Whip Coils 230
Annihilation Barge 90
Annihilation Barge 90
Tesseract Ark 250

In today, vs some Daemons. His list, from memory was
GUO, 3 Biomancy, 2 Greater Gifts
3 Heralds, 2 with Etherblade, one with Portalglyph. All had FNP.
3 Units of Plaguebearers, 2 units of 20, and one of 10, all with the banner.
6 Plague Drones, with the banner.
1 squad of 2 Blight Drones, and 1 squad of 1.
2x2 Beasts of Nurgle.

I was pretty lucky that he didn't roll Iron Arm on his GUO, as I had nothing that could kill if that was the case. He rolled Warpspeed, Hemorrage, and Life Leech. His Heralds al rolled Warpspeed, except for one who got an Enfeeble. He rolled up The reroll failed invuls, and the +1 W and IWND for the GUO powers.

It was hammer an Anvil Deployment, with Emperors will. He won the roll, and made me go first.
To sum it, my opponent had a really rough match up. He didn't have a whole lot to take out all my AV 13, and I had a big advantage in movement and shooting. Kutlakh did really well, I made some mistakes with the chariot rules, but he ended up eating a squad of Plague Drones on his own, and was about to eat a plaguebearer squad. The Wraiths and the Dlords, had a horrible first round of combat with a squad of 20 plaguebearers, but ended up winning, causing most of the unit and two units of beasts to be wiped out thanks to DI tests. The GUO fell to over 40 rounds of Gauss Shots, A Tesla Destructor round, and full on fire from the Tesseract Ark. As I said, I was really lucky that he didn't roll up Iron Arm. My opponent conceded at the end of turn 4, as he had two units of Plague Bearers left, one which was about to get hit by Kutlakh, two groups of horrors spawned by the portalglph, and his blight drones. I had lost a Ghost Ark, one warrior, 2 wraiths, and my CCB.

Overall, the match wasn't a really good test of the Tesseract Ark, as the shrouded cover, and 5++ invuls made it hard to get the full use out of it. It still did really well though. I'm going to keep this list for a bit longer, before I start throwing some of the other units in it.