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Hey everyone, I am fairly new to Warhammer 40k but I believe I've picked up quick enough and have been having a blast. My local game shop is having a 750-1500 progression league and I put together two lists of Necrons that seem to be pretty solid, in my current testing with friends, and I wanted to get a more educated response from a more experienced community. Please let me know which of these two you like more or what I could change or any general feed back.

Note: Flyers are not allowed in 750 or 1000 point army tiers.

Army #1

748 Points

HQ:
Overlord (CCB (Tesla Cannon), WS)

Troops:
x7 Necron Immortals
x7 Necron Immortals

Fast Attack:
x4 Wraiths (x1 Whipcoil)

Heavy Support:
Annihilation Barge (Tesla Cannon)
Annihilation Barge (Tesla Cannon)

Army #2

745 Points

HQ:
Overlord (CCB (Tesla Cannon), Warscythe)

Troops:
x8 Necron Immortals
x7 Necron Immortals
x10 Necron Warriors

Heavy Support:
Annihilation Barge (Tesla Cannon)
Annihilation Barge (Tesla Cannon)


Thank you for any help or advice!

Well first off let me say well done. You have what looks like a really solid in either circumstance, especially for a newer player. If I had to choose I would take list 1, possibly considering dropping some wraiths for one last annihilation barge to round out you heavy support. Or just take it in a later round since it is an escalation/progression league. In either case I tend to favor armies designed for the kill and not so much for holding objectives. I know many on dakka have the opposite opinion so go with your gut, there's really no wrong answer. Whatever you do keep having fun!!!

I would go with list 1 except i would drop the Olord and bring the immortals down to 5 for now and pick up a third anni barge and a Dlord with MSS and SW to lead the wraiths.

Epartalis wrote:Well first off let me say well done. You have what looks like a really solid in either circumstance, especially for a newer player. If I had to choose I would take list 1, possibly considering dropping some wraiths for one last annihilation barge to round out you heavy support. Or just take it in a later round since it is an escalation/progression league. In either case I tend to favor armies designed for the kill and not so much for holding objectives. I know many on dakka have the opposite opinion so go with your gut, there's really no wrong answer. Whatever you do keep having fun!!!

In the 10-15 matches I've played so far I have really pushed aggressively for the "Tabling" side of matches. I find a lot of players enjoy the objectives and tend to stretch their armies to accomplish that making fast, tight, armies fun. Thanks for the advice and I will see how this works out. I wanted to run 3 barges but I wasn't sure if that was allowed for some reason. I think I was under the impression that the Command Barge was a heavy. Thanks!

A GumyBear wrote:I would go with list 1 except i would drop the Olord and bring the immortals down to 5 for now and pick up a third anni barge and a Dlord with MSS and SW to lead the wraiths.

DLord is a very interesting character that I planned on adding during later tiers but I guess this would allow for a much more powerful melee balance. I will also check this out and see how it works out too. Thanks!