Going up against Necrons for fun, which army to bring?

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**jreilly89**

So I'm going up against my friends Necrons this Friday. He brings pretty strong lists, usually a Lord on a CCB, 1-2 Ghost Arks, and 2x 20 Warriors, but it's all in good fun. What should I bring for a fun game but that doesn't let me get blown up? Here are my options.

Orkz: some Nobs, Deffkoptas with Rockets and Buzzsaws, Lootas and Kans

Dark Angels: Vindicators, Devastators, Drop pod Meltas, Tri-Las Pred, and Autocannon Dread

Daemons: 40x Flesh Hounds, Bloodthirster, various filler Daemons

**jasper76**

Orks are always fun.

If you're going for the win, then of the 3, as a Necron player, Daemons have given me the most trouble FWIW.

**jreilly89**

Yeah, that's kind of what I'm leaning towards. Dark Angels are fun, but I think that I might not have the punch to finish them off. Orks are always fun tho

**krodarklorr**

Yeah, the Daemons would probably be your best choice if you want to put up a decent fight. Dark Angels would be my second choice. Orks are fun, but lack the punch to deal with Necrons unless you're bringing a super competitive list.

**jreilly89**

The main issue with my Dark Angels is I like to bring a lot of armor to mess around with and Necrons just murder armor.

**Ffyllotek**

That Dark Angels formation with bikes rerolling cover saves of 2+ is incredible... my necrons had a lot of trouble with that. That, on top of a 3+ power armour save...

**jreilly89**

Ffyllotek wrote:
That Dark Angels formation with bikes rerolling cover saves of 2+ is incredible... my necrons had a lot of trouble with that. That, on top of a 3+ power armour save...

Yeah, unfortunately don't have any Ravenwing at the moment

still painting them up

**koooaei**

Orks can outscore cfrons if they go decurion. Or outkill them if you go Meganobz.

**skoffs**

jreilly89 wrote:
The main issue with my Dark Angels is I like to bring a lot of armor to mess around with and Necrons just murder armor.

Necrons murder armor?
This is a hold over from the last codex combined with the misconception that gauss is actually "good at" killing tanks (might take off a hullpoint? Possibly. Will destroy any vehicle in the game in a single round of shooting? Pfft, highly unlikely).
Nowadays, without our trusty haywire sticks we don't really have much that's super effective against vehicles. A handful of things that are decent, but nothing that should be striking fear into the hearts of mech armies.

**KaptinBadrukk**

Orkz!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!

**Martel732**

skoffs wrote:
jreilly89 wrote:
The main issue with my Dark Angels is I like to bring a lot of armor to mess around with and Necrons just murder armor.

Necrons murder armor?
This is a hold over from the last codex combined with the misconception that gauss is actually "good at" killing tanks (might take off a hullpoint? Possibly. Will destroy any vehicle in the game in a single round of shooting? Pfft, highly unlikely).
Nowadays, without our trusty haywire sticks we don't really have much that's super effective against vehicles. A handful of things that are decent, but nothing that should be striking fear into the hearts of mech armies.

Necrons still murder expensive armor. Cheap armor, they are not so efficient against.