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Hey guys!
so i made a necron army where i put a overlord with rez ob, IWND (phylactery i think) and phase shifter into a 5 man lychguard squad. they gonna be put into my night scythe get flown behind enemy lines will drop off there and then clean up in thr backline

now should i play my lyichies with sword and shields or warscythes. they have to survive one round in the enemys backline but thats what i have the rez orb for

what do you guys think

with shields gives them a 3++ invul save and makes them very hard to blow up at that point. Withoutshields the only thing to relie on is a 3+ armor and RP which a 3+ isn't as tough as it use to be.

Shields, no doubt. If you manage to put Orikan there, they'll re-roll saves of 1 and have RP of 4+ (re-rolling 1 if Decurion)!
T5, 3++; 4+++ (both re-rolling 1) is one of the toughest units to crack in the game

Shields are a must if you are planning on dropping them into enemy territory for a turn.

You can probably get away with scythes if you are sneaky about it though, and drop them off somewhere out of LoS.

cool thank you guys im gonna go with shields. being sneaky isnt possible often and even then a 3++ in melee battles is very good and i cant but orikan in my unit cuz i dont have army points and i dont have his model

Alternatively, if you haven't put them together yet, perhaps consider Praetorians?
They're our go to guys if you need something blended.

but why
praetorians are gak no?
they have no defences and thgeir weapons arent that good either
its just preats have a ap 2 wapon with no 3++

Praetorians are definitely not sh!t.
They're fast and fearless, which are the main problems with Lychguard. S5 AP2 may not be as good as S7 AP2, but it still kills a lot of things very well. Plus the added bonus of shooting before charging. If they're Judicator Praets they get even better.
The only downside is their survivability. Textbook glass cannons.

so lets suppose i go destro lord with veil of darkness, 10 petorians with their ap 2 weapons and let them deep strkie into the enmys backline what do you think abput that

and 2 quesion
1. Destro lord or OL with praetorians
2. can they shoot and run into melee bacuse theior weapons assault?

D lord will be able to keep up with the praets fast move. OL will slow them down alot more, og that matters in your games

ive heard once that the squad that the d-lord is inger prefferd enemys too because of the d-lord is that correct?

If you have the rulebook, this is described quite clearly

okay cool found it

Warscythe lychguard are beyond amazing when used as a deathstar. Their weapons can deal with everything in the game unlike sword and board variant and characters more than make up the difference to be the tank.

Best unit starts with a decurion. 10 Lyychguard with scythes. Royal court with Orikan, Overlord with veil, and a lord with the solar staff. This unit teleports turn 1 and pops the staff then goes to town. Still cheap enough that you have a great rest of the army to round it out.