Necron - Wraiths, which dynasty should I take?

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**torblind**

What about the oddball Nihilakh Wraiths - use deceiver to redeploy them up in front of him, pop the 2++ save stratagem, and watch him spend 2-3 turns dealing with them while you plunk him down from a far with your DDA's rerolling 1s to hit

**torblind**

skoffs wrote:
Weylynx wrote:
Crytptek with the cloak
3 scarabs
3 scarabs
6 wraiths
...
Why the Cryptek?
The Canoptek RP strat isn't really worth it. Not when there are much better things to spend CP on.

I have no problem imagining the reappearance of 2-3 wraiths in turn 3 to be well worth it?

**torblind**

p5freak wrote:
torblind wrote:
What about the oddball Nihilakh Wraiths - use deceiver to redeploy them up in front of him, pop the 2++ save stratagem, and watch him spend 2-3 turns dealing with them while you plunk him down from a far with your DDA's rerolling 1s to hit

You cant just use the strat to give them 2++. They have to be within 3" of an objective, or didnt move in the preceding movement phase. When you redeploy them they count as having moved.

Well at least one of them is a given ( just remain still, can't charge turn 1 anyway), and more often than not you'll be able to dart 12" + 3.5" to get within 3” of a marker somewhere, with the rare exception that your horde enemy has swarmed them all, in which case just stand there

Edit: Redeployed counts as moved? I'm pretty sure it does not

**torblind**

p5freak wrote:
torblind wrote:

Edit: Redeployed counts as moved? I'm pretty sure it does not

Units arriving from reinforcements count as having moved in the movement phase for all rule purposes. Battle primer pg.3 reinforcements.

But this doesnt apply to grand illusion from the deceiver because it happens before the first battle round. The 2++ strat can only be used at the end of your turn. If you have first turn its fine, if not your wraiths could be all dead at the end of your turn.

If he can down 6 wraiths in one turn, then hats off. They still did their job, and it would have been an uphill struggle either way.

Any strat that is laid down for any army will likely suffer if it doesn't go first. Necrons are no different.