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Personally for me the army I have always have the most issues with and actually bothers me a little is Necrons and in particular their Decurion Formation. I can handle losing a game if it was due to tactics and strategy utilized by my opponent to see to my downfall, however with that Formation it comes down to how well he rolls his reanimation protocol. I will never turn down an opponent and I do love the tactical challenge that hard and tough army lists bring, however I can admit it can get a little frustrating to watch your opponent grind you down simply because his dice are hot and not a lick of strategy or tactics being utilized.

 gmaleron wrote:
Personally for me the army I have always have the most issues with and actually bothers me a little is Necrons and in particular their Decurion Formation. I can handle losing a game if it was due to tactics and strategy utilized by my opponent to see to my downfall, however with that Formation it comes down to how well he rolls his reanimation protocol. I will never turn down an opponent and I do love the tactical challenge that hard and tough army lists bring, however I can admit it can get a little frustrating to watch your opponent grind you down simply because his dice are hot and not a lick of strategy or tactics being utilized.

Play to objectives. Start getting victory points early on and watch your Necron opponent start to rethink things quickly.

Maybe I can distract them with my shiny red paint job.

But that's can also be a problem... if you don't have Tau/Eldar firepower or the ability to sweep them in combat you don't kill them, if you are having difficulty killing them they'll just keep on pushing you back like a slow tide of never dying mechanical marvels of doom...

Drama aside, I find their durability to be amazing for table control... they may not be fast and suffer maelstrom wise but with eternal war, give them enough turns and they'll be pushing you off the board 300 style...

Eldar all the way - To me, they're the epitome of what is wrong with 40k in the current day and age. Ridiculous units, cheap gargantuans and a plethora of STR D at their disposal.

It doesn't help that every new player in my current meta picks this army, so they can put down 3 wraithknights at a tournament and laugh as they crush every other player - Not due to skill, but due to them having no decency or shame.

 Nordicus wrote:
Eldar all the way - To me, they're the epitome of what is wrong with 40k in the current day and age. Ridiculous units, cheap gargantuans and a plethora of STR D at their disposal.

It doesn't help that every new player in my current meta picks this army, so they can put down 3 wraithknights at a tournament and laugh as they crush every other player - Not due to skill, but due to them having no decency or shame.

The famous Grey Knight-Syndrome. Now with Tau and Eldar. I`ll never understand Waac-guys.....

The frustrating thing is starcraft, a maxxed protoss army will usually beat a maxxed terran army. But the terran player has the opportunity to stop the Protoss from maxxing by pressuring his economy. There's no way to stop the Eldar from fielding high tier units.

Human decency?

 Torus wrote:
But that's can also be a problem... if you don't have Tau/Eldar firepower or the ability to sweep them in combat you don't kill them, if you are having difficulty killing them they'll just keep on pushing you back like a slow tide of never dying mechanical marvels of doom...

Drama aside, I find their durability to be amazing for table control... they may not be fast and suffer maelstrom wise but with eternal war, give them enough turns and they'll be pushing you off the board 300 style...

Necrons have no problems with speed, they're probably one of the fastest armies in the game. Relentless/Move through cover bonuses on infantry, jetbikes, great skimmer and probably the best flyer transports, Wraiths, etc.

 krodarklorr wrote:

 gmaleron wrote:
Personally for me the army I have always have the most issues with and actually bothers me a little is Necrons and in particular their Decurion Formation. I can handle losing a game if it was due to tactics and strategy utilized by my opponent to see to my downfall, however with that Formation it comes down to how well he rolls his reanimation protocol. I will never turn down an opponent and I do love the tactical challenge that hard and tough army lists bring, however I can admit it can get a little frustrating to watch your opponent grind you down simply because his dice are hot and not a lick of strategy or tactics being utilized.

Play to objectives. Start getting victory points early on and watch your Necron opponent start to rethink things quickly.

I get it, I'm a long time subscriber to your youtube channel and I know how much you like your Necrons so obviously you're going to go into bat for them. Have to play devils advocate to your solution here though. What's the plan if the Necron player decides to play the objective game? You're pitching an objective focus as if it's the achilles heel to Necrons as a faction and something they can't take advantage of themselves.

 MarsNZ wrote:

 krodarklorr wrote:

 gmaleron wrote:
Personally for me the army I have always have the most issues with and actually bothers me a little is Necrons and in particular their Decurion Formation. I can handle losing a game if it was due to tactics and strategy utilized by my opponent to see to my downfall, however with that Formation it comes down to how well he rolls his reanimation protocol. I will never turn down an opponent and I do love the tactical challenge that hard and tough army lists bring, however I can admit it can get a little frustrating to watch your opponent grind you down simply because his dice are hot and not a lick of strategy or tactics being utilized.

Play to objectives. Start getting victory points early on and watch your Necron opponent start to rethink things quickly.

I get it, I'm a long time subscriber to your youtube channel and I know how much you like your Necrons so obviously you're going to go into bat for them. Have to play devils advocate to your solution here though. What's the plan if the Necron player decides to play the objective game? You're pitching an objective focus as if it's the achilles heel to Necrons as a faction and something they can't take advantage of themselves.

I won't disagree with that. Necrons can actually do whatever they want outside of spamming OP GCs and SHVs. The only thing is, playing to objectives removes the Decurion, which is a lot of peoples issues with Necrons. Sure, they could add Crypteks and still get the 4+, but that's a lot of points and you can't do it to every unit. If Necrons play to objectives, then it becomes a completely different game, and killing them becomes a viable option.

Also, I appreciate the subscription!