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Hey all, so if I can get the time off from work, I am likely going to go to the NOVA Open at the end of the month, and I am working on coming up with a list that has a solid shot of doing well there. Please be liberal with the feedback. No allies, No flier spam.

D-Lord 160 sw/mss/WS (Assault Deterrant with Wraiths)
x6 wraiths 240 x3 whips
x6 wraiths 240 x3 whips
A barge 90 Tesla
A barge 90 Tesla
A barge 90 Tesla
x10 Immortals 170 Tesla
x10 Immortals 170 Gauss (Scythe for rapid response or backfield troublemaking)
x10 Immortals 170 Tesla
Night Scythe 100
Night Scythe 100
Triarch Stalker 165 (HGC) (Turning that tesla into Twin Linked Tesla)
x5 Warriors 65 (Scythe for late game contesting/holding)


1850 Points /1850 Points

Hmm; I think with the amount of AA that will be at Nova; if you don't want to spam fliers you're better off taking none at all. Have you considered an AV13 spam build? Do you have te models?

I have a ghost ark, and a CCB, but not enough for a true av13 build?

I prefer the TLHGC on the stalker over the Heatray. That added range is great. Lets you keep it a bit further back... as it does become a quick target.

NS are still viable but not so much in the harassment department. In most cases you can move them in a way to keep them out of fire. Fly them on, fly them off.. just to keep troops safe.. or they can be used to drop off D&D or Stormteks and still be worth the points. You however, will not be flying around freely. Take a peek at the ETC Team USA builds, all but that drop pod list had good AA and are the types of lists you should be seeing at Nova

Well, it looks quite good. I play a similar Necron army. In our local meta I'm still undefeated. However, I haven't faced the new Tau and Eldar.

I like the TLHGC more myself, any idea where you would find the points for it?

If I dropped the scythes, i could beef up the warriors to 10 and grab a ghost ark for them to ride in. Maybe grab a adl?

New Tau and Eldar push out a ton of mid-strength shooting, and have several ways to make mockeries of cover.

However, I figure my copious troops will remain ignored whist there are so many real threats to my enemy.

Twin linked Tesla is best Tesla!

 iGuy91 wrote:
I like the TLHGC more myself, any idea where you would find the points for it?

if you decide to keep the Nightscythes, you could always drop a single Warrior, this giving you 15 points free, with the 2 points that were already left over.

Too bad you couldn't fit in another Overlord level HQ to unlock a Court for some Cryptek shenanigans.
(looks like those Gauss Immortals are screaming out for a Storm-tek)

 skoffs wrote:
Twin linked Tesla is best Tesla!

 iGuy91 wrote:
I like the TLHGC more myself, any idea where you would find the points for it?

if you decide to keep the Nightscythes, you could always drop a single Warrior, this giving you 15 points free, with the 2 points that were already left over.

Too bad you couldn't fit in another Overlord level HQ to unlock a Court for some Cryptek shenanigans.
(looks like those Gauss Immortals are screaming out for a Storm-tek)

Honestly, I never get good returns from crypteks unless im running death and despair squads.
Yeah, 1 warrior would free up those points, might as well, i'll update the list.

 iGuy91 wrote:
Honestly, I never get good returns from crypteks unless im running death and despair squads.

They've all got their use, when employed properly. I can vouch that the Chrono-tek alone is worth several times his weight in resin.

Regardless, the list looks good. Give it a test drive a few times to see how it goes and get back to us.