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Here's my newest Death&Despair cron list:

HQ
Trazyn the Infinite (warlord)
Overlord w/ Warscythe, SW, MSS
Royal Court #1
3 Harbinger of despair
Royal Court #2
2 Harbinger of despair
1 Harbinger of storm

Elite
3x5 Deathmark w/ Night Scythe

Troops
2x5 Necron Warriors w/ Night Scythe
5 Immortals w/ Tesla

Fortification
Bastion w/ Comms Relay

Heavy Support
3 Anihilation Barge

So I decided to have Trazyn for additional, mobile hard to kill scoring unit (I have a lot of crypteks to make surrogate), since I dont have enough points for third night scythe for my warriors and naked Overlord (or with gauntlet of fire) is very poor. Furthermore he can be efficient against any hordes, and useful wound catcher, he also have MSS so in some situations he can go into challenge. He also confers relentless rule so in critical moment I might be forced to assault after shooting with deathmarks and despairtek, but this is only detail.

I have decent AA here, 3 barges and 5 night scythe. Immortals in bastion is another reliable scoring unit. Stormscythe is my answer for AV14, Overlord with warscythe can serve as counter-assault or in some occasion assault enemy units.

I dont have Solartek here because he is quite expensive and I dont really need him, since at the begining I have 3 AV13 vehicles on the board and AV14 fortification with immortals inside. I didint fit here sixth despairtek beacause lack of points.

I hope you can critiscise this list a little bit.

It just feels...thin...yes, three units are going to get punked, and maybe one vehicle, but a good TAC list may kill some of those deathmark scythes before they get out and have a chance to do their thing, and a fast enemy may be able to kill your board units if you aren't lucky with reserves. (perhaps dark eldar/drop pod lists)

 iGuy91 wrote:
It just feels...thin...yes, three units are going to get punked, and maybe one vehicle, but a good TAC list may kill some of those deathmark scythes before they get out and have a chance to do their thing, and a fast enemy may be able to kill your board units if you aren't lucky with reserves. (perhaps dark eldar/drop pod lists)

Maybe youre partially right this list can appear little thin but in fact 3 av13 vehicles which can flat out for 4+ cover, or just hide behind some terrains/los blockers (bastion is also nice los blocker) and bastion that itself is AV14 vehicle with 5 sv3+ man inside. In matter of drop pods you can also hug terrain/board edge so you force the Drop Pods to land as far away as possible. So while playing this list its important to use terrain well at the begining of the game. I think that drop pods list arent so much popular nowadays. Moreover I can also place Trazyn or Overlord or both of them on board when playing against DE or dropod army, single model is very easy to hide so I think two guys like them, maybe together in one unit gonna boost my survivability much.

But youre right its a threat, I think that deathmark list is kind of glass hammer list.

I know that some lists can wipe out part of scythes before my deathmarks disembark, especialy when I have only 30" range with my deathmark unit, but with 8 tesla destructor i can try to prevent it. I can also flat out my flyers to get 4+ cover save or again use terrain visely.

The only thing I dont agree with you is that I may not be lucky with reserves, I think that 3+ with re-roll is working and I can get 4-5 flyers in second turn, even when opponent is lucky to get strategic trait no. 5, then ill get 3-4 flyers in second turn.

dont really think this gonna help you my bro, you underestimate enurmous pod + melta squad firepower, they gonna destroy totally your ground force first turn and thats meanss tabled outcome!!!!!

as well as de with masive blaster n lance amount

I think that 3 av13 vehicles + av14 building with 5 man inside is enough to outlive first turn