Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

[HQ]- Royal Court
-Overlord (Warscythe 20p, Res Orb 25p)
-Lord (Warscythe 20p, Res Orb 25p)
-Cryptek (Veil of Darkness 25p)

[Elites]
-Lychguard x5 (Hyperphase Sword & Dispersion Shield 25p)
-Deathmarks x5

[Troops]
-Immortals x5
-Warriors x10 (Ghost Ark 105p)
-Warriors x10

[Total] 1000 Points

Thoughts: I thought this army would be a good start for my first army since it consists of enough troops to stand the HQs behind. I wanted to have the Cryptek join the Lychguard and the Lord stay with the Ghost Ark. I was then going to send the Overlord with the 10 Warriors and march as the Deathmarks did their own thing. I'm new to the rules so I don't quite understand the game fully, but I thought Veil of Darkness might be nice with the Cryptek and Lychguard as they would have the chance to deep strike and stay around the Deathmarks. Is this army alright or is there anything wrong with the way it works?

If you're only playing 1000 pts Deathmarks are okay. Anything beyond that and they just don't have the numbers to do too much damage.

Res Orbs aren't too good anymore. On the Overlord, take a Phylactery, it's cheaper and better, it allows you to regenerate wounds. I can see the point on putting one on a regular Lord, provided he's placed in a blob of warriors, but if you want ultra-survivable warriors you might as well take a Cryptek for the +1 to RP (which you have).

The Warscythe on the Lord isn't worth it either, as Necron warriors die in close combat and he only has one wound if he's on his own. The Lord will also not fit in the ghost ark, as the minimum squad size is 10 IIRC and the Ghost Ark can only seat 10 warriors.

The Lychguard are pretty good in low points and make great bodyguards for overlords, they have a 3++ so don't really need a res orb/Cryptek.

The Cryptek with a VoD could be used for teleporting warriors shenanigans but I'd rather give it to the overlord to make a VERY scary CC deathstar for low points, I love that idea.

If you save up some points you might be able to fit in a triarch stalker, which gives your warriors and immortals BS5 and decimates vehicles.

Finally don't list the individual points costs of the upgrades just list the total cost of the character or unit as a whole.

Good luck!

I second all of Cptn.Cronssant's recommendations, except the bit on Deathmarks. I would argue that Deathmarks are terrible in low point games, but come into their own in high point games. However, you need 8-10 per squad to have any meaningful impact. I also want to add my personal distaste for Ghost Arks. Being open-topped, they explode way too easily and losing your Ark turn one to Melta has a huge impact on board position and game plan. GW's FAQ, that when a transport jinks the guys inside snap-shoot, is the nail in the coffin for me. I would drop it entirely for more Warriors.

NecronEdgeMaster wrote:
[HQ]- Royal Court
-Overlord (Warscythe 20p, Res Orb)
-Lord (Warscythe 20p, Res Orb)
-Cryptek (Veil of Darkness)

[Elites]
-Lychguard x5 (Hyperphase Sword & Dispersion Shield)
-Deathmarks x5

[Troops]
-Immortals x5
-Warriors x10 (Ghost Ark)
-Warriors x10

[Total] 1000 Points

Is this meant to be a Royal Court Formation and a Combined Arms Detachment? If so, you're missing an HQ choice for the Combined Arms Detachment.

Ghaz is right, the court is no longer an HQ choice. Which is why I will never play it, way too many characters.