Trazyn the Infinite+Sword 'n' Shield Lychguard, Ultimate Horde Killer?

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**commander dante**

Is combining Trazyn the Infinite and Sword 'n' Shield Lychguard good against hordes? (Cultists ect)
When in combat, Trazyn challenges the leader to a duel (as it is only a sergeant/Equilivent, they should be easy to kill)(and Trazyn is T5 so he cant be instagibbed by powerfists ect) and if he kills the leader, he hits all units of the same faction within 6" with a S4 hit (this should wipe out many models as horde midels are usally T3) then when the normal combat comes around the Lychguard clean up the rest using their AP3 swords (and if i am facing a unit with AP2,The Lychguard has 3++ invun and reanimation)

Is this a good Tactic for Tarpit Breaking? and trolling horde players?
(they dont call him Trazyn the Tarpit Breaker for nothing!)

**skoffs**

You know what else they call Trazyn?
The worst HQ in the book.

**DarknessEternal**

Gauss Flayers and Gauss Blasters are what kills hordes. Not a 500 point deathstar.

**Jackal**

I thought it went by model name specifically?
Thus killing a cultist champ would only harm other champs, not basic cultists?

**Frozocrone**

Tomb Blades w/ Ignore Cover and maybe Particle Beamers do horde killing, for cheaper.

Lychguard should really be used to kill something that Wraiths have tied up in combat.

**ionusx**

you know what op, youd be right.. except hordes practically dont exist in the current state of the game like at all

**vipoid**

commander dante wrote:
Is combining Trazyn the Infinite and Sword 'n' Shield Lychguard good against hordes? (Cultists ect)
When in combat, Trazyn challenges the leader to a duel (as it is only a sergeant/Equilivent, they should be easy to kill)(and Trazyn is T5 so he cant be instagibbed by powerfists ect) and if he kills the leader, he hits all units of the same faction within 6" with a S4 hit (this should wipe out many models as horde midels are usally T3) then when the normal combat comes around the Lychguard clean up the rest using their AP3 swords (and if i am facing a unit with AP2,The Lychguard has 3++ invun and reanimation)

Is this a good Tactic for Tarpit Breaking? and trolling horde players?
(they dont call him Trazyn the Tarpit Breaker for nothing!)

What if the opponent is a tactical genius and decides not to accept Trazyn's challenge?

But, that aside, I simply don't see the point. As a Necron player, hordes simply aren't a threat to me. I have destroyers, I have at least 20 warriors, I have Gauss Blasters, I have an Overlord/CCB and/or Destroyer Lord, I have Tomb Blades with Particle Casters, I have Wraiths.

I'm entirely confident that any horde I can't utterly destroy with shooting can instead by tarpitted for the remainder of the game by... well pretty much any unit in my army.