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Necrons benefited from max sized units more than any other army (except maybe orks and daemons) in 8th, but I don't know if that is still true in 9th, as most armies are MSU based.
I assumed this is the same in 9th; though am not sure and am thinking of including some immortals or splitting the warriors into two groups.
This is also the reason why I am not using any LHD; even though they do more damage than Doomstalkers, I feel anything less than ample ablative wounds leaves them too vulnerable.
Also, I know that a C'tan is not a competitive choice, but I just think they're neat.



Dynasty Choice: Circumstance of Awakening: Relentlessly Expansionist, Dynastic Tradition: Masters of the Martial, Dynasty:

+ No Force Org Slot +

Bound Creation [2 PL, 40pts]
. Cryptothralls
. . 2x Cryptothrall: 2x Scouring Eye, 2x Scythed Limbs

+ HQ +

Psychomancer [5 PL, 95pts]: Arkana: Hypermaterial Ablator, Relic: Gauntlet of the Conflagrator, Warlord, Warlord Trait (Codex 1): Enduring Will

+ Troops +

Necron Warriors [12 PL, 260pts]
. 20x Necron Warrior (Gauss Reaper): 20x Gauss Reaper

+ Elites +

Skorpekh Destroyers [5 PL, 105pts]: Skorpekh Destroyer (Reap-Blade)
. 2x Skorpekh Destroyer (Thresher): 2x Hyperphase Threshers

Transcendent C'tan [14 PL, 270pts]: Power of the C'tan: Antimatter Meteor, Power of the C'tan: Cosmic Fire, Random Fractured Personality

+ Fast Attack +

Canoptek Scarab Swarms [4 PL, 90pts]
. 6x Canoptek Scarab Swarm: 6x Feeder Mandibles

+ Heavy Support +

Canoptek Doomstalker [7 PL, 140pts]

The new reanimation protocols rules really reward taking Warriors in 20 man units. The Transcendant C'Tan is not horrible. It's not as good as the named C'Tan, but it still has play. One thing to be mindful of is that you don't gain access to the new Command Protocol rules unless you have a Noble as your Warlord. Perhaps not a huge deal at this points level, but something worth considering as the army grows.

So the single ranged AT unit is fine? It would stuggle to kill a predator in 2 turns.

And that's good to know about command protcols and nobles. Getting command protcols and a lord would probably be worth giving up the cyptek archana and 3 scarab swarms, right?