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So I'm planning a large Necron list that includes and showcases most of the Necron model range, while using just 1 CAD. Half of it is close combat oriented, the other half makes for a pretty solid fire base. Tell me what you think

*************** 2 HQ ***************

Destroyer-Lord
- Warscythe
- Phylactery
- Phase Shifter
- The Nightmare Shroud
- - - > 205 points

Orikan the Diviner
- - - > 120 points


*************** 3 Elites ***************

5 Lychguard
- Dispersion Shields & Hyperphase Swords
+ - Nightscythe dedicated transport
- - - > 280 points

5 Triarch Praetorians
- Rods of Covenant
- - - > 140 points

1 Triarch Stalker
- 1 x Heat Ray
- - - > 125 points


*************** 3 Troops ***************

10 Necron-Warriors
- - - > 130 points

10 Necron-Warriors
- - - > 130 points

5 Immortals
- Gauss-Blasters
- - - > 85 points


*************** 2 Fast Attack ***************

3 Destroyers
- - - > 120 points

3 Canoptech-Wraiths
- 1 x whip coil
- - - > 123 points


*************** 3 Heavy Support ***************

Doomsday-Ark
- - - > 170 points

Transcendent C'tan
- - - > 250 points

Annihilation-Barge
- Tesla-Cannon
- - - > 120 points


Total Necrons : 1998 points

The Destroyer Lord will deepstrike with the 3 Destroyers and have them make use of his PE the turn they land and shoot at MEQ. They'll also act as ablative wounds (lookout sirs) while he absorbs small arms fire directed at them. He'll detach next turn and go after the enemy in cc while they harass other MEQ units. Turn 2 the Nightscythe will arrive and drop the Lychguard with Orikan on the other flank of the enemy, preferably next to something big and scary. Hopefully the Lychguard draw enemy fire as they can take a lot of punishment due to 3+/3++/4+++ re-rolling 1s for the first two types of saves. Meanwhile the Wraiths and Triarch Praetorians should have caught up and gone after whichever flank needs support.

At my firebase, the Triarch Stalker is flanked by two units of 10 Warriors and the Immortals and C'tan, while the Annie Barge and Doomsday Ark somewhere nearby. I chose Transcendent C'tan because my Elites sections were full and the extra wound keeps him alive longer. By the time the enemy has decimated my cc-units the game should have progressed far enough so that it'll be too late for him to advanced and capture midfield objectives, let alone threaten my firebase and the objectives it is sitting on. Should he deepstrike, I have the C'tan to lend some cc-support at the back.

I have an alternate armylist that replaces Orikan with a CCB with Warscythe and Phase Shifter, removes the Wraiths, Annihilation Barge and Phylactery from the Destroyer lord, and adds 5 scarab bases and 3 tomb blades with shield vanes, nebuloscopes and gauss blasters. Let me know if that list is better.