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With the new CS2019 point costs, Necrons have a chance to forge an alternative to the obligatory 3 Doomsday Arks and 3 Doom Scythes

HQ
Orikan the Diviner
Lord w/ warscythe (voidreaper or veil of darkness if objective hunting with the lychguard)

ELITE
5 Lychguard w. warscythes

TROOPS
10 Warriors
10 Warriors
10 Warriors
1 Ghost Ark

FAST
6 Destrioyers w/ gauss cannons
6 Canoptek Wraiths w/particle casters
6 Canoptek Wraiths w/particle casters
6 Canoptek Wraiths w/particle casters

HEAVY
1 Doomsday Ark

Sautekh Dynasty 9 CP capable of regaining 1 per turn

DA sits and fires (rear objective holder?)
18 Wraiths as one horn (adaptive subroutines advance, fire pistols, and charge)
rest of the army as the other horn (5++ versus shooting, reroll 1's to wound)
Veil would allow Lord and Lychguard to unexpectedly seize an additional objective if needed (with dispersion field amplification)

is this a reasonable alternative to hoping and praying that one of the three standard model Doom Scythes doesn't get shot down on turn one?

It seems like a fine casual sort of list.
I'd drop all the particle casters from the wraiths, and use the points to change one warrior squad to an immortal squad.

I'd also note that as is, the list is illegal, as you have 4 FA slots in a battalion. Maybe drop a wraith squad, grab another DDA, and increase your warrior squad size?

A ghost ark makes no sense when you only have ten warrior units. Go 3x20 or leave it. Better go with 3x5 immortals, saves you points for something else, like a second DDA. One is none, two is one. Two will help to even out the highly random number of shots, and damage.

Wraith have gone down, and particle casters as well, might be worth a try. But dont attack units in cover, because they get the cover bonus when they get shot with particle casters in melee. They dont benefit from sautekh, you might wanna use another dynasty, where they can benefit from, they are a large part of your army. Or use a second detachment for them, with novokh or nephrekh.

Not a fan of lychguard with veil of darkness. Fail the charge and they do nothing. Better go with a shooting unit, which can shoot and kill something after set up.

Another try at avoiding the Meta ... mostly


Battalion Detachment +5CP (Necrons) Dynasty: Sautekh

+ HQ +
Imotekh the Stormlord Warlord: Warlord Trait (Sautekh): Hyperlogical Strategist
Orikan the Diviner

+ Troops +
5x Immortal, Tesla Carbine
5x Immortal, Tesla Carbine
5x Immortal, Tesla Carbine

+ Fast Attack +
6x Destroyer:
6x Destroyer:

+ Heavy Support +
Doomsday Ark (Objective Holder)

Outrider Detachment +1CP Dynasty: Novokh

+ HQ +
Cryptek: Artefact: (Lightning Field), Canoptek Cloak, Staff of Light

+ Elites +
5x Deathmark (Deep Strike - Ethereal Interception)
5x Flayed One (potential Deep Strike)

+ Fast Attack +
3x Canoptek Scarab Swarm (Objective Holder)
6x Canoptek Wraith, vanilla
6x Canoptek Wraith, Particle Caster

My Will Be Done two unit +1 hit and 5++ from HQ combo works well with Tesla or Gauss Cannon
Imotekh Orikan and 12 Destroyers makes a fearsome sight
12 Wraiths and the possibility of Reanimation Protocols from the 4++ Cloaktek
Battalion 5 + Outrider 1+ Battle Forged 3+ Imotekh 1 = 10 CP

suggestions?