Warscythe heavy lists?

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**Zaku212**

Hi there guys,

I'm currently trying to puzzle out if it's a good idea or not to put together a necron list with a warrior blob, a squad of tesla immortals and then as many warscythe users as possible.

My main issue is getting the buggers across the map without being farted off the table as they slog and I'm inexperienced with flyers and such.

So any help you guys could give would be wonderful.

1000-1500 pts BTW

**the_scotsman**

A melee centric necron list is gonna have a hard time, I'm afraid. The suckers are just so slowwwww.

I feel like the man mode option is this:

Two war scythe wielding overlords. One in a pimp throne, One rocking 2+ 3++ armor. Each one has a tachyon arrow.

Then your blob, your immortals, whatever.

Then a unit of Lychguard paired with the Beeflord, and a veil Cryptek.

Any remaining points go to Annie barges

Then you bring all guns and the tachyons to bear turn 1 against anything that has a particularly threatening AP3 weapon. Whenever there isn't something just waiting to blow them away, teleport your scythe squad across the board.

DONE.

**Poly Ranger**

Overlord
Ccb, Warscythe, Mss, Ps

Overlord
Ccb, Warscythe, Mss, Ps

Overlord with warscythe and Mss
3 necron lords with warscythes, 1 with mss
5 warriors
Ghost Ark

3 Necron lords with warscythes, 1 with mss
5 warriors
Ghost Ark

3 Necron lords with warscythes, 1 with mss
5 warriors
Ghost Ark

5 warriors

4 Annihilation Barges

1995pts

Not the best, but not too shabby either. The Ghost arks are Open topped so you can assault out of them, and the opponent will be having to deal with the two CCBs, leaving your 3 assault units with less focused on them. 4 Anni barges for fire support.
Got 12 warscythes.

There are FAR better necron builds though.

**Furyou Miko**

Hmm... Close-combat Necrons... I played around with a similar army once. Updating it to be 'Warscythe based' rather than just 'CC based' and I get...

+++ New Roster (1750pts) +++
+++ 1750Necrons: Codex (2011) Roster (Combined Arms Detachment)) +++

Selections:

Necrons: Codex (2011) (Combined Arms Detachment) Selections:

+ HQ +

* Anrakyr the Traveller
        (Counter-Attack, Ever-Living, Furious Charge, Independent Character, Mind in the Machine, Pyrrhian Eternals, Reanimation Protocols)
        Tachyon Arrow, Warscythe
        * Royal Court
            * Harbinger of Despair
                (Ever-Living, Reanimation Protocols)
                Abyssal Staff (Shroud of Despair), Veil of Darkness
            * Necron Lord
                (Ever-Living, Reanimation Protocols)
                Mindshackle Scarabs, Resurrection Orb (*), Sempiternal Weave, Warscythe
            * Necron Lord
                (Ever-Living, Reanimation Protocols)
                Mindshackle Scarabs, Sempiternal Weave, Tesseract Labyrinth (*), Warscythe

* Nemesor Zahndrekh
        (Adaptive Tactics, Counter Tactics, Ever-Living, Independent Character, Phased Reinforcements, Reanimation Protocols)
        Phase Shifter, Resurrection Orb (*), Sempiternal Weave, Staff of Light
        * Royal Court
            * Harbinger of Despair
                (Ever-Living, Reanimation Protocols)
                Abyssal Staff (Shroud of Despair), Veil of Darkness
            * Necron Lord
                (Ever-Living, Reanimation Protocols)
                Mindshackle Scarabs, Resurrection Orb (*), Sempiternal Weave, Warscythe
            * Necron Lord
                (Ever-Living, Reanimation Protocols)
                Mindshackle Scarabs, Sempiternal Weave, Warscythe
        * Vargard Obyron
            (Cleaving Counterblow, Ever-Living, Ghostwalk Mantle, Independent Character, Reanimation Protocols, The Vargard's Duty)
            Sempiternal Weave, Warscythe

+ Elites +

* Lychguards
        * 10x Lychguard
            10x Warscythe

+ Troops +

* Necron Immortals
        * 10x Necron Immortal
            (Reanimation Protocols)
            10x Pyrrhian Eternals (*), 10x Tesla Carbine (Tesla Weapon)

* Necron Immortals
        * 10x Necron Immortal
            (Reanimation Protocols)
            10x Tesla Carbine (Tesla Weapon)

Created with BattleScribe

Anrakyr joins the Lychguard, as do a Harbinger of Despair and a Lord with Res Orb.

Obyron joins the Pyrrean Eternals, along with a Lord and a Lord with Res Orb.

Zahndreck joins the Immortals, along with a Harbinger of Despair and a Lord with a Labyrinth.

All three units can now deep strike around the board at will, have good Overwatch potential, and can shoot and assault if they have ranged weapons. In addition, two of them have Furious Charge and Counter-Attack, and the third has one or the other due to Zahndrek's Adaptive Tactics. All are ressurecting on a 4+ as well.

Zahndrek's is the tankiest unit because of his Phase Shifter, but all of them have at least two models with a 2+ save, and nothing has worse than a 3+. The lack of Gauss is offset by the sheer number of warscythes in the army.

Of course, it's 39 models at 1750 points and relies on Deep Striking for mobility, but that's not the end of the world.

**Slayer-Fan123**

Trying to spam Warscythes doesn't usually work out. Court Deathstar is fun as hell, no denying that, but is so points heavy you just wonder why you bother.

The closest you could get with that is similar to the above list, with a full Lychguard squad with an Orb Lord inside.