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Imhotek!

The Grundel wrote:Standard overlord with warscythe, ccb and aarow is what i've had the best success with. the storm lord is too gimmicky my tastes. In theoryhammer hes great but in realhammer he is a lot of points, you have to build your army around him, he limits you as well, and you get one or two 6's a turn rolling for lightining ( except for the usual' this 1 time...').

Third time I fielded Imotekh and his lightning alone destroyed a chaos dread, half of what I think was a havoc squad (lascannons and missile launchers), did a bunch of "Crew Stunned" on stuff and took out a couple other little guys. First game I used imotekh, lightning ended on round 2. Ya, pretty gimmicky but great when it works.

Kevin949 wrote:

The Grundel wrote:Standard overlord with warscythe, ccb and aarow is what i've had the best success with. the storm lord is too gimmicky my tastes. In theoryhammer hes great but in realhammer he is a lot of points, you have to build your army around him, he limits you as well, and you get one or two 6's a turn rolling for lightining ( except for the usual' this 1 time...').

Third time I fielded Imotekh and his lightning alone destroyed a chaos dread, half of what I think was a havoc squad (lascannons and missile launchers), did a bunch of "Crew Stunned" on stuff and took out a couple other little guys. First game I used imotekh, lightning ended on round 2. Ya, pretty gimmicky but great when it works.

He can win you games alone. Against IG - side armour 10 on pretty much everything. Hit a hydra squadron, a manticore etc, and you just took out something dangerous. If you get lucky and nightfight lasts for 3-5 turns, Imotehk may win you the game alone. Last time I played against him, it was night fight until turn 5. I played bikers, so lightning+night fight wasn't that bad, but it still won my opponent the game, when in turn 4, the damn lightning killed off two one-bike squads I had hid away, giving him 2 extra KP's. I can only thing about what had happened if I had played him with my IG list. That would have been a ton of wrecked tanks and an insane amount of lost shooting.

I just don't get what people are talking about that you have to build your army around him. Include one solar pulse, and you are good to go. Necrons are not long range fighters anyways, so night fight generally doesn't bother them. Even in match-ups where it would bother them, you can choose to end it after turn 1. Seriously, Imotehk is broken good.

Destroyer Lords are the shizzle as well

I like the vanilla overlord

Although the Traveler on a barge is also a cool choice. Have both of them running around doing sweeps

I haven't been able to play test any of these yet so take this with a grain of salt.
I usually play around 2000 pt games and of the ones I've studied Immotehk seems to be really good if you build our army to match his strengths. Solar Pulses can help offset the night fighting for you if you need to get some ranged shots on your opponent. He also is a bit of a steal for what you get, though depending on your opponent it could be difficult to get close enough use his line of death effectively without risking him to a counter charge.

Some of the other specials are good to but really most of them seem like they are too random (Diviner and Illuminar) and others are just meh. Tranzen is the only other one who I am moved by. Tranzen + Lichgard seems to be a potentially sick combo, but its also a massive point (and Money) pit.

Over all the Overlord with a Warscythe on a CCB is probably the best combo as he can sweep over multiple tanks smacking them for 7 +2d6 armor pen. He is one of the cheapest and best bang for your buck.

One Notable mention would be Nemesor Zandrekh (Leave the Vanguard at home unless you can afford a full unit of Shield LG as a backup.) Leave him on foot and let him buff a squad for more killing, and debuff a squad for less killing. What I play on using him for is to give my army more anti-Tank ability. Str 10 Destroyers, or other many others. if your into the Doomsday Ark, (Which I am not, personally) you can go a str 10 on that, if you hit things are going to go away. And hes only a few more points then a generic lord. Only downside is there is no Scythe, but that saves you points as theres no real reason to pay for a CCB.
A note for this: Could one make the argument that the Royal Court is one unit? If so then the Crypteks can throw str 9 lances at 36"

Purely from scanning the Codex (I'm still reanimating my Necrons at present, so no game experience), I like Anrakyr the Traveller. The ability to control your opponent's best vehicle (well, sort of) for two thirds of the game? Yes, please! The arrow is nifty too, a nice bonus if it comes off.

If the rumours are true that we'll see a model for him in Feb, he'll be my main HQ choice.

Having used Imotekh, I really like him. I'm not sure how much you really need to build your army around him since practically all Necron shooting is 24 inches or below.

If you can keep the night fighting going for a few turns (chronometron helps with that) the Lightning can really do a job your opponent. Even if it just blasts apart some transports it's handy. I'm also somewhat underwhelmed by the Tachyon Arrow. I just wish that the Characters carrying it weren't BS4. I miss with those things a lot.

@rako: If the crypteks aren't spread out they just stay part of the royal court, becoming one unit.
my last game i tried Trazyn with LG. beat the crap out of hormagaunts, genestealers, and held an objective.
i have a q: if you did a sweeping attack with Trazyn would it do the whole wound everyone thing?

I have to say that I'm a little surprised at the lack of love the Destroyer Lord is getting.

Those things are pretty bad ass.

i am as well. in higher points games i try to fit one in. with wraiths they really screw my foes plans. they are still beating those two crypteks

If destroyer lord could unlock court he would be top of my list. He is decent, but that court is too good to pass up. I also don't like dropping 400 points on HQ just to get overlord and destroyer overlord.

I don't think I'd take just a Destroyer Lord, but running with Wraiths or even other destroyers with an Orb he can soak up shooting and mount a mean assault on anyone who gets too close.

that's how i use him