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HQ
Cryptek w/ Chronometron - 90
Cryptek w/ Chronometron - 90
Troops
19x Warriors w/ Ark - 352
19x Warriors w/ Ark - 352
Fast Attack
6x Canoptek Wraiths w/ Whip Coils - 258
9x Tomb Blades w/ Nebuloscope, Shield Vanes - 198
9x Tomb Blades w/ Nebuloscope, Shield Vanes - 198
Heavy Support
2x Heavy Destroyers - 100
2x Heavy Destroyers - 100
2x Heavy Destroyers - 100

Total: 1838

Any glaring weaknesses? The offensive power and survivabiliy of the Tomb Blades make them very effecient and the improvement to Wraiths make them even better than before. So I filled up all the Fast Attack slots with those. Heavy Destroyers are decent and mobile. Warriors will sit on objectives with the Crypteks providing +1 to RP and 5++. The arks will grab objectives and replenish numbers to the warriors.

I assume the Warriors are starting on the board since they don`t fit in the Arks.
I might consider a Triarch Stalker since its got a lot of shooting from non-vehicules and +1 Bs wouldnt be a bad thing. Maybe the fast attack slot units could be reduced in numbers to get this.

Yes, the Warriors will be on foot. The Arks will provide repairs to the Warriors, extra firepower and are objective secured on their own.

The Triarch Stalker is something I might try. One would definiitely improve the overall firepower of the army and force my opponent to deal with it first. I'd have to cut a lot of Tomb Blades to get it though. (5 I think).

You could take out a wraith too, a team of 5 is still fearsome.
Or removing a few warriors could also be fine, teams of 15 are a nice block.

the only glaring weakness of the list I see is the lack of anti-Flyers, you have no protection, maybe an aegis defense line or a bastion could be a worthwhile investment.

 fartherthanfar wrote:
You could take out a wraith too, a team of 5 is still fearsome.
Or removing a few warriors could also be fine, teams of 15 are a nice block.

the only glaring weakness of the list I see is the lack of anti-Flyers, you have no protection, maybe an aegis defense line or a bastion could be a worthwhile investment.

That's a glaring weakness of Necrons in general. My approach to flyers is to ignore them and survive their attacks. Tomb Blades, Wraiths and Warrior blobs can all survive Air attacks with relative little damage. The only things in the army that are at risk are the Heavy Destroyers and the Ghost Arks. Otherwise, they can't grab objectives from the air so I just wait for them to come down while I kill everything on the ground.

I feel like with the new codex Necon warriors that are footslogging should always accompany a Triarch Stalker for a powerful gun line. I've been using it since the codex came out and my god, it is so strong.

I'd personally also choose 2 squads of 5 regular destroyers over those Tomb Blades any day: More wounds, more shots, stronger weapons, preferred enemy. Unless you're using Tomb Blades purely for the speed there's not all that much incentive to bring them over destroyers.

i kinda prefer the Tomb blades with the particle beamer to shoot out 24" Str6 ignore cover blasts

 daBIGboss wrote:
I feel like with the new codex Necon warriors that are footslogging should always accompany a Triarch Stalker for a powerful gun line. I've been using it since the codex came out and my god, it is so strong.

I'd personally also choose 2 squads of 5 regular destroyers over those Tomb Blades any day: More wounds, more shots, stronger weapons, preferred enemy. Unless you're using Tomb Blades purely for the speed there's not all that much incentive to bring them over destroyers.

I feel like the Tomb Blades are more durable, not just because of their speed but also because of Jink and numbers. Destroyers are vulnerable to alpha strikes (drop pod armies) while Tomb Blades can weather that better.

I could be totally wrong though. More playtesting is needed. I still have not decided between Destroyers and Tomb Blades.

You can't take the Ghost Arks as Dedicated Transport for Warriors since they are 19 models. You can only include 10 if you want if you don't want them in the Fast Attack slot.

Callylove wrote:
You can't take the Ghost Arks as Dedicated Transport for Warriors since they are 19 models. You can only include 10 if you want if you don't want them in the Fast Attack slot.

There is no rule restricting Warriors from purchasing a Ghost Ark that they can't embark on because there's too many models in the unit.

Callylove wrote:
You can't take the Ghost Arks as Dedicated Transport for Warriors since they are 19 models. You can only include 10 if you want if you don't want them in the Fast Attack slot.

The warriors won't start embarked and they probably never will. There's no restriction preventing me from purchasing the ghost arks as dedicated transports.