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Now that I've got your attention...

So I run a mechanised Ork list and I generally do pretty well for myself. However, I have problems with Necrons!

The damn things are so hard to kill. The classic anti-marine "drown them in dice" strategy doesn't work so effectively when half of them get back up afterwards. In my last game against them, my opponent had a huge 20-guy blob with a Lord, and while I brought the krump in the first round of combat, I just ran out of steam after that. Gauss guns also take their toll on my battlewagons as they turn pretty much any Necron squad into an effective anti-tank force.

What would you guys recommend? Tankbustas for instakills that deny WBB? Perhaps meganobz?

MANz missiles, biker boyz, grot tanks with grotzookas, boyz in trukks, mek gunz to chip down that av13 wall and make it more of an av11 wall. You want to be in their faces asap, and win combat as quickly as possible, as necrons are swept easily and cannot use their rp rolls if they are. Keep your Manz away from any wraiths btw.

 Krusha wrote:
Tankbustas for instakills that deny WBB? Perhaps meganobz?

That was last edition. The only way to stop WBB (now know as RP) is to kill everyone in the squad or make them run.
So nuke them with ordnance, and mop them up with CC.
Keep in mind that if you slaughter them in CC, chances are they will run. Nobs, Meganobs and bikers might be handy in this case.
A deffdred might work, but it has to live before getting close.

Most of them (if not all) are not fearless and have ini2 so quite likely to get swept with a nob's ini3 or bosse's ini4. I find that 'ard boyz are doing great in mellee vs them. And a regular blob with a painboss too.

If you shoot them, try to eliminate the entire squad. If all are dead - noone get up.

The key to eliminating Necron infantry is to focus your strength, and systematically annihilate one unit at a time.
A fully destroyed unit cannot attempt reanimation, nor has one that has fallen back (so a CC crush is also doom, and they are mostly not great at it)

Also remember that they mostly lack in range, so if you rush a single flank, the units on the other side will find themselves needing to rush into range, and either lose precious shots to moving faster, or having to abandon positions and stand in ill-favored places.

Necrons hate Lootas. And ork artillery. Biker nobs and MANz are also great.

My choice with Orks dealing with Reanimation Protocol is a Squad a Burna Boyz.

I like a Battlewagon with 2 units in it:
1 - 5 man Burna unit
1 - 10 man Slugga Choppa with PK BP Nob
Spew out your thugs
Spew out your flame templates
Spew out your slugga shots
Whatever remains gets charged and slapchopped

Or wait a couple of months, they're rumored to get a new dex soon and I imagine they'll get a solid hit of the nerf-bat. I actually don't mind their rules (besides MSS) my main beef against them is they're so damn cheap. When you can swamp the field with 6+ flyers and still have room for a Wraith star there's something wrong with that picture.

 bigdark wrote:
My choice with Orks dealing with Reanimation Protocol is a Squad a Burna Boyz.

I like a Battlewagon with 2 units in it:
1 - 5 man Burna unit
1 - 10 man Slugga Choppa with PK BP Nob
Spew out your thugs
Spew out your flame templates
Spew out your slugga shots
Whatever remains gets charged and slapchopped

Except you can't have more than one unit in a single transport.

Truk spam with Mega Nobz
Truk spam with boyz + PK Nob (or not)
The ultimate necron killer is the burna. So if you can get a wagon (maybe with a KFF in there) and a full squad of burnas. Lay down that template on those tin fools. Can't believe you don't have more trouble with Eldar TBH.

swcorwyn wrote:


Except you can't have more than one unit in a single transport.

Uh oh for me then. I think I might owe some beers and wins to my buddies!