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My friend and I are new to 6th edition. He got the Tau Battleforce. And I got the Necron Battleforce (plus an AnnihiBarge and Night Scythe).

He's a little more limited in points, so we're playing at about 650 - 700 - ish.

I was thinking of putting together this force just to get some exposure to some of the different Necron mechanics, but most importantly I want the game to be fun for both of us.

Overlord (Warscythe, Resurrection Orb)
Royal Court (Despair Tek {Veil of Darkness}, Destruct Tek {Solar Pulse})
15x Warriors
5x Warriors (Night Scythe)
AnnihiBarge

I'll stick all the IC's (Overlord, Despair Tek, Destruct Tek) with the big Warrior blob, and take a few pot shots with the Eldritch Lance. Once I get in range to Rapid Fire, that should be interesting. Then I can have some fun Veiling to another part of the board. The Barge will walk right along side the blob and keep plinking away. And the Night Scythe can harass anything he may keep on the back lines.

He'll probably have greater ranged firepower, so I'm hoping to have a mobility trick up my sleeve with the Veil, and the Night Scythe can help with that too.

Any suggestions?

You say you picked up the Necron Battleforce, so I would sub the Night Scythe for a Ghost Ark. The reason is that Tau have very few ways of dealing with a flier, especially at lower points levels, so if you want to keep things 'fair' while you are both learning, I'd leave the flyer out.

Agreed. The flier just complicates things and won't be very fair to your friend.

Space wolfs . the best batalion box . good army , tons of rules that can carry the army even when they player aint so good . Stuff like dual specials , ATSKNF , counter attack, power axs others can duel are awesome to have.

Makumba wrote:
Space wolfs . the best batalion box . good army , tons of rules that can carry the army even when they player aint so good . Stuff like dual specials , ATSKNF , counter attack, power axs others can duel are awesome to have.

and not what the OP asked for.

if i where you I would leave out The flyer, especially because you want to play on a 4' by 4' Table and flyers need to move at least 18". You won't be able to use a flyer effective.

Another "vote" to drop the flier.

First off, if both of you are pretty new it's probably best to try and limit down the rules you need to know.

Second, considering he just has the Tau battleforce he's going to have a hard time running against the absolute best flyer in the game. Because your playing nice, shelve it.

The tau battleforce can't kill the barge nor the flier, drop both or let him take something extra that's anti tank.

If he had a hammerhead upgrade sprue, he could fight no problem against everything but the flier.

FormlessDragon wrote:
My friend and I are new to 6th edition. He got the Tau Battleforce. And I got the Necron Battleforce (plus an AnnihiBarge and Night Scythe).

He's a little more limited in points, so we're playing at about 650 - 700 - ish.

I was thinking of putting together this force just to get some exposure to some of the different Necron mechanics, but most importantly I want the game to be fun for both of us.

Overlord (Warscythe, Resurrection Orb)
Royal Court (Despair Tek {Veil of Darkness}, Destruct Tek {Solar Pulse})
15x Warriors
5x Warriors (Night Scythe)
AnnihiBarge

I'll stick all the IC's (Overlord, Despair Tek, Destruct Tek) with the big Warrior blob, and take a few pot shots with the Eldritch Lance. Once I get in range to Rapid Fire, that should be interesting. Then I can have some fun Veiling to another part of the board. The Barge will walk right along side the blob and keep plinking away. And the Night Scythe can harass anything he may keep on the back lines.

He'll probably have greater ranged firepower, so I'm hoping to have a mobility trick up my sleeve with the Veil, and the Night Scythe can help with that too.

Any suggestions?

He needs a broadside + the battleforce for this to be fair.

Also, add a vote in to drop the scythe.

Get him a broadside and it'll give some anti tank. It'll be a pretty shooty match though, may want to add a little bit more melée potential somewhere along the line-flayed ones (old school good models or fabulouscast, your choice), lychguard or praetorians might be cool. And he could get... Well, Kroot.