[1500] - Necrons

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**vipoid**

Decurion:
Reclamation Legion:
- CCB w/ Voidblade, Gauntlet of the Conflagrator
- 10 Warriors
- 10 Warriors
- 5 Immortals w/ Gauss
- 3 Tomb Blades with 3x Paticle Caster, 2x Nebuloscope, 1x Shadowloom (just killing the last 5 points with these upgrades)
Destroyer Cult:
- Destroyer Lord w/ Voidreaper, Phase Shifter, Phylactery (Warlord)
- 3 Destroyers w/ Heavy Destroyer
- 3 Destroyers w/ Heavy Destroyer
- 3 Destroyers
Canoptek Harvest
- 6 Wraiths w/ Whip Coils
- 3 Scarabs
- Tomb Spyder

The Destroyer Lord probably goes with one of the Warrior squads.

As an alternative, I could replace the CCB with an Overlord with no upgrades, and add in a squad of 5 Deathmarks. The Destroyer Lord could join these and deep strike in with them. Would that be better than the flamer-CCB, do you think?

Any other thoughts or suggestions?

**Anrakyr-the-Traveller**

I think your idea of adding a destroyer lord to a unit of deathmarks is a good one. His preferred enemy will make the unit wound on 2s rerolling on their first turn. After that the lord should probably leave the squad to make use of his formidable close combat potential. To make the most of this tactic, I think you should get rid of 3 of your wraiths and swap your barge lord for a stock overlord. That way you can get a full squad of 10 deathmarks. The wraiths are good, but since they don't have a lot of damage output they're more effective as min squad tarpits. Sadly, the barge lord isn't as good as he used to be, so I think your better off with a stock overlord, especially since the destroyer lord is your warlord.

**wuestenfux**

I'd keep the CCB. It can be a real wrecking machine.

**Frozocrone**

I'd personally go Deathmarks and Overlord. A lone CCB is going to be the target of all your opponents AT

**vipoid**

Thanks for the replies.

Anrakyr-the-Traveller wrote:
I think your idea of adding a destroyer lord to a unit of deathmarks is a good one. His preferred enemy will make the unit wound on 2s rerolling on their first turn. After that the lord should probably leave the squad to make use of his formidable close combat potential. To make the most of this tactic, I think you should get rid of 3 of your wraiths and swap your barge lord for a stock overlord. That way you can get a full squad of 10 deathmarks. The wraiths are good, but since they don't have a lot of damage output they're more effective as min squad tarpits. Sadly, the barge lord isn't as good as he used to be, so I think your better off with a stock overlord, especially since the destroyer lord is your warlord.

Do you really think it's worth sacrificing half the Wraith squad for 5 extra deathmarks?

I mean, the Wraiths are pretty damn useful, and when I'm paying a tax to field them I have to wonder if it's worth it just for a minimum squad.

If I went down that route, might it be better to scrap the wraiths entirely and replace them with something else?

wuestenfux wrote:
I'd keep the CCB. It can be a real wrecking machine.

Well, the S7 AP2 flamer is certainly nice, but I rarely see it doing much outside of that.

**Ffyllotek**

vipoid wrote:

Do you really think it's worth sacrificing half the Wraith squad for 5 extra deathmarks?

I mean, the Wraiths are pretty damn useful, and when I'm paying a tax to field them I have to wonder if it's worth it just for a minimum squad.

If I went down that route, might it be better to scrap the wraiths entirely and replace them with something else?

I do.

3 wraiths more won't add much killingness for 120 points.

Look if we only ha d a CAD and no decurion wraiths would be so hard but I'm not sure they would get taken. There are just so many better things in there. With 4+ RP wraiths become super and just able to meet the level of lychguard, flayed ones, etc in close combat. I don't think they are near a Judicator Bn or cult (admittedly fewer points).