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Hi Dakka,

I'm new to Necrons, but not new to 40k. My friend and I both just started new armies a few weeks ago and we beerhammer resonably casually. He's building an ork army. We're planning to play a match probably tomorrow, and I know he plans to run a huge amount of boyz; 3 x 30 boy mobs!! Now with the current models I have for necrons, I couldnt possibly compete with that much raw melee power. But he and I are happy to proxy. This is a very loose approximation of what I think he plans to run:

- 3 x 30 boy mobs!
- Flash gits with his 2+ warboss in a Trukk
- tank bustaz in a Trukk
Then maybe..
- skorcha trakk or two or
- Deff Dred or
- 3 x Warbikes

The part that scares me the most is the 3 30 boy mobs!! Like I said, I doubt with the actual necron models I have, that I could even build a list to take on those 3 mobs alone lol. So I'm gonna proxy to make this list:

HQ
-Illuminator Szeras

Troops
-10 x Warriors
-10 x Warriors
-10 x Warriors
-10 x Warriors
-10 x Tesla Immortals

Fast Attack
-6 x Wraiths w/ Particle Casters
-3 x Tomb Blades w/ Particle Beamers
-3 x Tomb Blades w/ Particle Beamers

Heavy Support
-Annihilation Barge

I wanted to get as many metal bodies on the table as I could. The tomb blades w/ beamers will statistically do pretty well against the 30 boy mobs, and the wraiths will demolish in close combat with anything he can take. Illuminator sceraz just seemed like the cheapest HQ I could take without taking away points from other units, cuz it's only one VP if I lose him, and I'd rather have fast things that can take/contest objectives instead.
I just feel like I cant do much with the 1300 points considering what he's taking :/. Maybe I could get rid of a squad or two of warriors and run a Monolith, but if he has Power Klaws in the 30 boy mobs, then that kinda screws that plan up.
Idk, any suggestions? We're both cool with proxying whatever, so anything could be taken. Thank you for your input!!

Particle Beamer Tomb Blades are a good choice against Horde Armies. You might want to invest more into them.

At the same time, I would replace the Particle Casters on the Wraiths with WhipCoils and find room for a Destroyer Lord to tank hits.

Lastly, since you're running as many silver bodies as you can on the field, you want some Ghost Arks to help heal your Warriors that die.

I'd swap szeras out for a Destroyer Lord with MSS and Semp Weave and run it with the wraiths.

Change the casters on the wraiths to 3 x whip coils which will be very effective against a unit of 30 boyz as you'd guess there would be alot of boyz in base contact with each of the wraiths. Whip coils reduce anything in base contact with the model with Whip Coils to Initiative 1 (which is desperately needed against Initiative 2) models.

Tesla is a big thing against horde armies so i'd possibly cut out one and half units of your warriors (bump another unit up to 15 warriors perhaps) and take two more annhilation barges - trust me on this you can't go wrong. Incase you dont know about tesla for every 6 you roll on a dice you get an additional two auto hits e.g. if you rolled two sixes from the 4 shots from the tesla destructor it would turn into 8 hits. Firing those at units of boyz will cut them down in no time, so by the time he hits your wraiths or into your lines his numbers will be pretty depleted and they may even just turn and run.

as an example i faced a ork horde army the other week and beat it 16 - 1 with this list:

D.Lord - MSS, WS. Tachyon Arrow, Semp Weave

5 immortals - tesla, Nightscythe
5 immortals - tesla. Nightscythe
5 Immortals - tesla, Nightsyche

6 wraiths - 3 x Coils
6 wraiths - 3 x Coils

A.Barge - Tesla Cannon
A.Barge - Tesla Cannon
A.Barge - Tesla Cannon

the large amount of tesla just completely cut his units down in no time and the wraiths just mopped up what was left. You said the bit that scares you the most is the 3 x 30 boyz so tesla will help to allay those fears.

Aware you are playing a 1300pt game though but you said you can proxy