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1500 pts Nihilakh Necrons List
Battalion (5CP) + Battle-forged (3CP)

HQ

Catacomb Command Barge: Lightning Field, Tesla Cannon, Warscythe. = 162 pts
Cryptek: Veil of Darkness, Staff of Light, Chronometron. = 95 pts

Troops

20 x Warriors = 240 pts

10 x Tesla Immortals = 170 pts

10 x Tesla Immortals = 170 ptss

Fast Attack

5 Wraiths = 275 pts

Heavy Support

Doomsday Ark = 193 pts

Doomsday Ark = 193 pts

What do you guys think of this list? It's not so much for a specific game, more what I'm looking to building towards. I'm looking for as close to an all-comers Necron list as you can get for casual play. I want it to have some teeth without being gross (not that Necrons are even capable of being gross at the moment). I originally had a third Ark but dropped it for the wraiths to give myself some mobility and board presence (plus I can't resist throwing them onto a mid-field objective and popping Reclaim the lost empire.).

Fwiw the armies I play against often are Drukhari, Ad Mech and Black Templars.

I like it! The 2x Immortals and Warriors give a nice ability to stack two ranks deep to screen while shooting Tesla, and whole protecting the Doomsday Arks (not that they need protection from infantry charges). The Wraiths are mobile. I'd guess the Catacomb Barge wants to hang with the immortals, but your config suggests counterpunch potential if something gets into your lines. Relic choice makes sense for a Nikilakh gunline.

Things to think through:

Swapping to Sautekh instantly makes you more mobile, when you want to be. Low power DDay Arks in Flayer range. Can undersling a Gauss Cannon on the Barge. Some added lethality after mobility for Warriors.

Mobility will hurt. Wraiths may not be enough if you need to chase objectives in particular scenarios, scarabs are usually ideal. You do have a hedge with Veil of Darkness, but that deprives the rest of your infantry their bluffs.

I have AdMech, but can't speak to the other two as they aren't in my meta. Your DDay Ark shields will be highly effective against Neutronagers but vulnerable to Icarus Arrays. All AdMech threats (Onagers, Kastellans) have invulns, which really nerfs the Arks somewhat. Unfortunately, these challenges also apply to Destroyers, so that's not an instant fix either. I view AdMech as a sort of mirror image of the Crons in many respects, and the Necron strengths against them aren't obvious to me apart from better resiliency. Watch out for Arquebuses that may snipe your Cryptek and break your bubble.

Cheers for the input Red.

Yeah that barge is supposed to hang out between the wraiths and the gunline, supporting the troops and acting as a deterant to chargers. It has a Tesla Cannon for pts reasons tbh, would have Gauss otherwise.

You're right that mobility is an issue (I usually play nephrekh, so being slow really stings). I could drop a few warriors or immortals to squeeze in a squad of scarabs, just to give me a fast objective grabber.

I'm not a huge fan of Sautekh unless you build for it. The code just seems a bit meh/underpowered given that most of my army has assault weapons anyway (plus the Ark's don't want to move if they can avoid it).

This is very similar to what I run.
Depending on what you see on your meta. I might suggest dropping the CCB to an OL with Veil of Darkness to teleport infantry engaged in melee out of combat to let them keep shooting. I'd also drop a DDA.

Using the saved points, I'd grab a squad of 5 destroyers. Their ROF and speed gives you a little more flexibility, with really no loss of firepower.