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Hey guys, heres the list I took this week. Worked quite well against necron wraithwing (won 6-4)

HQ:

Flyrant with 2x twin linked Devourers - 230pts
Flyrant with 2x twin linked Devourers - 230pts

Troops:

Warriors x 3 - 90pts
Warriors x 3 - 90pts


Elites:
Venomthrope - 45pts
Venomthrope - 45pts


Heavy Support:

3 x Dakkafexes - 450pts
3 x Dakkafexes - 450pts

Fortifications:
Aegis for 50pts


Still have a bunch of points left over which I haven't decided on. Maybe Gargoyles, scoring gants who knows. In the game I upgraded the warriors to 4 deathspitters, 2 barbed stranglers and took regen on the warlord.

Notes:
Wall goes right in the center and covers 28" ish, leaving 10" on each side. Dakkafexes form up behind the wall, warriors in front or behind depending on the army you are facing. Venomthropes are behind, giving everything shrouded and hopefully out of view. Tyrants are on sides of the formation but within the 6" bubble.
If you did things right you will have a 2+ cover save from anything behind the wall, and a 3+ if they can see over it (and you have to figure out who will have the 5+ in front - more ap3 mid str then I would put warriors in front. Gargoyles could be good for this with spare points)
Yes ignores cover will still be a pain for you, but if they arnt shooting the venoms, you have great cover. They arnt shooting at the fexes? they are gunna get in your face and kill you. Hive tyrants? Same deal.

Main problems are that warriors will die fast - but they provide good synapse cover when the tyrants die or fly off. They also are fearless which really helps when holding objectives. If anyone has any better ideas I would love to hear them.
Also speed. If you don't get the run and shoot psychic power then the army can feel slow, and last minute objective capturing is bloody awful. You need to force opponents off objectives with mass firepower and assaults.


Here follows the game I played with it:






So thoughts? Is there a better way to get synapse in here? Different troops? What would you do with the extra 70pts?

I think you are a little light in the troops area, just from a general game play standpoint. The necron list is a little funky... at 1750.. I have 4 night scythes and 3 Anni barges... with you being a 'wall' all those extra tesla shots would cause you a lot of problems.

Wraiths do fall to VoF so you did what you needed to do right there.

I like the adl for first turn protection... against most folks you're rocking a 2+ cover for that first turn

 Roci wrote:
I think you are a little light in the troops area, just from a general game play standpoint. The necron list is a little funky... at 1750.. I have 4 night scythes and 3 Anni barges... with you being a 'wall' all those extra tesla shots would cause you a lot of problems.

Wraiths do fall to VoF so you did what you needed to do right there.

I like the adl for first turn protection... against most folks you're rocking a 2+ cover for that first turn

It may be funky but it runs all over pretty much everything in our group so he cant really complain lol.

The units in the list might not be perfect, but the aegis + venoms are basically auto take for me now. Defense against any and all shooting for 1st turn maybe 2nd (and if you place objectives correctly most of the game) for as little as 95pts? yes please.

yeah, unless you run into tau, eldar and SM with TFC... that is a pretty solid strategy.

A couple of zoans and a gaunt unit to use for scoring or just as a bullet shield would work... Put the gants in the front to give cover and use the venom to boost it.. walking 3+...