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I'm putting together my 9 tomb blades and I'm unsure how to arm them best. Either all gauss or a split of gauss and particle beamers. I originally was going to go all gauss and run them as a squad of 9 however If I drop 1 I can run two squads of 4 and have both the gauss and the particle Beamer options however at that point the squads seem a bit small. Any thoughts? Or have I missed a discussion earlier in the thread about this?

The core of my list is 3x20 warriors with ghost arks, Lord and 5 immortals in a night scythe then either the canoptek harvest or deathbringer flight depending what I feel like playing. Or both in some larger games.

So I have a 1250 tournament coming up. 3-6 troops and one from every other category is what's allowed so here's what I've more or less decided on

Overlord, warsycthe, veil of darkness
125

5 Immortals, gauss, night scythe
215

15 warriors, ghost ark
300

14 warriors
182

6 wraiths, whipcoils
258

Doom Scythe
160

1240

I'm considering making 1 19 strong warrior squad and then putting 10 in the ghost ark but I'm not sure. This will be my first time using the necrons.

DeGarmo wrote:

aceytrixx wrote:
So I have a 1250 tournament coming up. 3-6 troops and one from every other category is what's allowed so here's what I've more or less decided on

Overlord, warsycthe, veil of darkness
125

5 Immortals, gauss, night scythe
215

15 warriors, ghost ark
300

14 warriors
182

6 wraiths, whipcoils
258

Doom Scythe
160

1240

I'm considering making 1 19 strong warrior squad and then putting 10 in the ghost ark but I'm not sure. This will be my first time using the necrons.

I dont have the codex in front of me, but I think a ghost ark can only carry ten warriors

Yeah the warriors won't go in the ark unless I switch the squads to 19 and 10. Otherwise the ark will float around repairing warriors and shooting things

 Kholzerino wrote:
So having got to grips with the new codex, whats everyone's take on dealing with Imperial Knights now? Drown them with gauss? How I miss my Stormteks!

If you had to tailor a 1500 pt list to deal with 3 Imperial Knights what would you take?

Have yet to play with necrons but my current idea is deathbringer formation. Get the scythes at different angles to deny saves. Along with massed gauss and a Canoptek Harvest to tie one of them up for awhile. Although that's probably far off the mark and is pure guess work.

Went to a 1250 team tournament yesterday. Special force org so at least 3 troops and need to use all available troops before you can select the same one again. Then no more than 1 of every other category

Overlord, Veil, Warscythe, Gauntlet of Fire
135

5 Immortals, Gauss, Night Scythe
215

16 Warriors, Ghost Ark
313

16 Warriors
208

5 Wraiths, Whipcoils
215

Doom Scythe
160

Game 1 was against a Guard gunline (cant remember his list a blob squad, lascannon team, heavy bolter team, autocannon team, vet squad, scions, yarrick, psyker..I think) and was my first game in about 5 months and first game with a non marine army. Ended up getting slaughtered. Just too much cover so all my shooting was rubbish and the dice just abaonded me. Was an eternal war mission and he ended up sitting on 3 objectives for the win. Wraiths took a ton of firepower to put down though.

Game 2 was against marines (captain, 2 tac squads, 2 scouts squads and a las pred) and went much better. Maelstrom this time which I personally prefer. Was the one with the vanguard deployment and 3 objectives (name escapes me). Turn 1 was fairely uneventful he podded his captain and tactical squad infront of my wraiths who did no damage to them. Next turn my doom Scythe came on and took out his predator I veiled my lord and his warriors over to the other side of the table which was what changed the game for me. Wraiths tied up his captain for the entire game I picked apart his units with combined fire and got some great cards. One of the best being the Necron specific hold all the odd/even objectives. I rolled even and already had easy access to 2 and 4 and then I managed to also claim 3 after shooting his scouts off the table which handily stacked with the generic hold any 3 objectives card for 2D3 objectives. Ended up winning 18-1

Game 3 was against Tempestus (he had a command squad, 4 units in taurox's and Valkyrie) and was nothing short of a massacre. Tactical Escalation mission this time. Put my wraiths up 1 side and 1 of the warriors with the ghost ark up the other. Held my Lords swuad back to claim my only card which was objective 5 which was in my deployment zone. He spent all his turn shooting at the wraiths which did nothing. Next turn both flyers game in and just started removing units. Night scythe dropped off the immortals and took out one taurox while the immortals wrecked another. Ghost ark took one down. Doom scythe was overkill here but thats not always a bad thing. Lords squad veiled up and shot at a unit while the other warriors moved up slightly anf got a few pot shots off. Wraiths charged a squad and took them out. I cant quite remember what objectives I claimed in that turn. Last couple turns were more of the same there was nothing he could do as he was spending so much firepower taking down the wraiths and he just couldnt. I multi assaulted his command squad and another squad taking out his command squad. I tabled him in turn 4 and scored a huge amount of objectives that turn. I had Thrall of the silent king along with slaughter the living, I had assassinate, psychological warfare and behind enemy lines giving me a total of 9 points from those cards. Finished him off in his turn and won 20-0

So after a shakey start (but hey have to lose your first game with a brand new army) they performed very well. Three fun games so now just need to get some more models painted up for some bigger games at the usual gaming night.

Has anyone tried a 60 warriors and 3 ghost arks build? I'm working on building up all mine just now but I'm not sure if that's too many points at 2000/2500

 adamsouza wrote:

aceytrixx wrote:
Has anyone tried a 60 warriors and 3 ghost arks build? I'm working on building up all mine just now but I'm not sure if that's too many points at 2000/2500

No, but I'll let you know how it goes as soon I finish building my 3 Ghost Arks.

That's what's holding me up. Such a pain to build. Got 1 built but need to get motivated to do the rest of them

 keltikhoa wrote:

aceytrixx wrote:

 adamsouza wrote:


No, but I'll let you know how it goes as soon I finish building my 3 Ghost Arks.

That's what's holding me up. Such a pain to build. Got 1 built but need to get motivated to do the rest of them

I'm in the same boat. I built a Doomsday Ark back when 5th ed codex dropped and swore I would never build the kit again, then around this time last year I ended up purchasing 2 more kits to make Ghost Arks. I am just now getting the first of those 2 painted (not full assembled) and I am dreading building the 2nd. ohh well. from what I have been seeing they will be well worth the many hours of agony

Well I ran one with 2 16 strong units of warriors this past weekend at 1250 and it really irritated opponents with bringing back warriors that were a pain to kill in the first place. I can imagine 3 will definitly annoy people