Necron Scarab slingshot

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**cardboardcrackhead**

Spyders may create Scarabs at any point in their movement phase within 6 inches of them. 7 Spyders with a minimum Scarab squad can potentially move 24 inches before charging. Move the Spyders forward 6 inches, create 7 bases in a 12 inch line, move 12 inches with the Scarabs. Put a pile of IC Warscythes in there, and you are making money. Season generously with Wraiths.

**Tekron**

Yeah that does seem to work. Ironic considering they had to errata nearly the same thing early in the 5E codex, but at least this one doesn't quite allow a first turn assault.

**col_impact**

Spoiler:

I don't think that works. You have to place it within 6" of the Spyder

**Tekron**

col_impact wrote:

Spoiler:

Scarab Hive: Once per friendly Movement phase, each Canoptek Spyder can use this special rule to create Canoptek Scarabs. To do so, nominate a friendly unit of Canoptek Scarabs that is within 6" of the Canoptek Spyder. Add a single Canoptek Scarab base to the unit – this can take the unit beyond its starting size, but must be placed within 6" of the Canoptek Spyder. If a model cannot be placed for any reason, it is destroyed. Canoptek Scarabs created in this manner can move and act normally this turn. Roll a D6 each time a Canoptek Spyder uses its Scarab Hive special rule, immediately after placing any Canoptek Scarabs that were created – on a roll of a 1 the Canoptek Spyder suffers a single Wound with no saves of any kind allowed.

I don't think that works. You have to place it within 6" of the Spyder

If you move the Spyder forward 6", you can place the final scarab 6" further forward for a total of 12". You just need to generate a conga line to maintain coherency.

**caelim**

Just be careful to play it correctly. You've gotta add each base, one at a time, in unit coherency and within 6" of the particular Spyder you're activating at that point. It works, but you have to be careful moving the Spyders, they can get in the way of each other.

**col_impact**

caelim wrote:
Just be careful to play it correctly. You've gotta add each base, one at a time, in unit coherency and within 6" of the particular Spyder you're activating at that point. It works, but you have to be careful moving the Spyders, they can get in the way of each other.

It seems like something that you can get a pretty decent turnout turn 1 for, but beyond turn 1 you are hampered by the mobility of the Spyders.

**cardboardcrackhead**

Tekron wrote:
Yeah that does seem to work. Ironic considering they had to errata nearly the same thing early in the 5E codex, but at least this one doesn't quite allow a first turn assault.

That is exactly what it does. It is a 24 inch move on turn one.

**Fragile**

While it will lock the enemy in combat, you wont be able to swing with the ICs until round 2.

**ShadarLogoth**

At first I was thinking that wouldn't work, but it's actually not a bad idea the more I consider it. You are effectively giving your little beasts a 36" charge range.