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Since a lot of people are talking about how Tau will have this and Tau will have that, as a Necron player myself, but as a fan of all playable armies in general, I figured I'd make a list that should work. It's an adaption of the stuff others have been talking about, with all the crap thrown out. As you see, it's pretty hard to actually get the so called skyfire/interceptor spam in there while keeping it competitive vs all comers. I don't have skyfire on any model except the unkillable Quad Gun, but the Ethereal does get the once per game skyfire warlord trait quite often since he rerolls 3 of the 6 warlord traits. I believe the target locks on the Broadside unit are absolutely necessary as otherwise it's overkilling it's targets by a too large margin. The Hammerheads are there to provide bit more high strength firepower since the list doesn't lack in S7. I think the Aegis Line is needed not only to get the ubiquitous Quad Gun but to get the tanks and other firebase units cover saves to vastly increase their survivability. The Ethereal on the other hand is a vastly underappreciated HQ. With good conga line deployment it will boost units (both the very necessary LD and the pulse shot / fnp bonus) by a lot more than what the 50 points suggests and it fills the mandatory HQ slot. I don't think the HQ units overall are very good and I'd rather spend the points elsewhere.

Version 1.01:

HQ
Ethereal: 50p
ELITES
Riptide, Ion Accelerator: 185p
Riptide, Ion Accelerator, Early Warning Override: 190p
Riptide, Ion Accelerator: 185p
TROOPS
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
FAST ATTACK
4 Pathfinders: 44p
4 Pathfinders: 44p
4 Pathfinders: 44p
HEAVY SUPPORT
3 Broadsides, TL HY Missile Pods, Drone Controller, 2 Target Locks, 5 Missile Drones: 273p
Hammerhead: 125p
Hammerhead, Longstrike: 170p
FORTIFICATION
Aegis Defence Line, Quad Gun: 100p

Total Points: 1850

The second clause of Failure is Not An Option - that ethereals are worth an extra victory point - makes me cringe. Fireblade is a bit better simply considering that point imho. I do however very much like the mass kroot and pathfinder pods to backup the riptides - something that other trip-tide lists lack.

Drone controllers as of this moment do not effect missile pod drones BS, rule for drone controller only effects marker, gun and shield drones...

 gameandwatch wrote:
Drone controllers as of this moment do not effect missile pod drones BS, rule for drone controller only effects marker, gun and shield drones...

Allright. Didn't know that. Some edits. Both new lists are superior to the 1.01 version.

Version 1.02

HQ
Ethereal: 50p
ELITES
Riptide, Ion Accelerator, Early Warning Override: 190p
Riptide, Ion Accelerator, Early Warning Override: 190p
Riptide, Ion Accelerator, Early Warning Override: 190p
TROOPS
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
FAST ATTACK
4 Pathfinders: 44p
4 Pathfinders: 44p
4 Pathfinders: 44p
HEAVY SUPPORT
2 Broadsides, TL HY Missile Pods, 2 Early Warning Overrides, 4 Missile Drones, Bonding: 190p
2 Broadsides, TL HY Missile Pods, 2 Early Warning Overrides, 4 Missile Drones, Bonding: 190p
Hammerhead, Seeker Missile, Longstrike: 178p
FORTIFICATION
Aegis Defence Line, Quad Gun: 100p


Total Points: 1850


Version 1.03

HQ
Ethereal: 50p
ELITES
Riptide, Ion Accelerator: 185p
Riptide, Ion Accelerator: 185p
Riptide, Ion Accelerator: 185p
TROOPS
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
10 Kroot, 2 Kroot Riders: 110p
FAST ATTACK
5 Pathfinders: 55p
4 Pathfinders: 44p
5 Pathfinders: 55p
HEAVY SUPPORT
2 Broadsides, TL HY Missile Pods, 2 Early Warning Overrides, 4 Missile Drones: 188p
2 Broadsides, TL HY Missile Pods, 2 Early Warning Overrides, 4 Missile Drones: 188p
Hammerhead, Submunition Rounds, Longstrike: 175p
FORTIFICATION
Aegis Defence Line, Quad Gun: 100p


Total Points: 1850

 gameandwatch wrote:
Drone controllers as of this moment do not effect missile pod drones BS, rule for drone controller only effects marker, gun and shield drones...

Thats not true. It doesnt specifically state that anywhere in the codex, it simply only says drones. With that said you can use the drone controller in this way until something is OFFICIALLY said otherwise.

ajsnips44 wrote:

 gameandwatch wrote:
Drone controllers as of this moment do not effect missile pod drones BS, rule for drone controller only effects marker, gun and shield drones...

Thats not true. It doesnt specifically state that anywhere in the codex, it simply only says drones. With that said you can use the drone controller in this way until something is OFFICIALLY said otherwise.

You may want to take a second look at pg. 68.