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Agile Revenant Titan




Florida

I am completely new to Necrons, but am a long time 40K and Craftworld player. Since Craftworlds won't be updated in the near future, I wanted to play a 9th edition army and opted for Necrons. Looking for feedback on glaring ommisions on my part. Thanks.

++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Necrons) [101 PL, 12CP, 1,995pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Battle Size [12CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)

Detachment Command Cost

Dynasty Choice: Circumstance of Awakening: Relentlessly Expansionist, Dynastic Tradition: Eternal Conquerors, Dynasty: <Custom>

+ HQ +

Chronomancer: Entropic Lance

Overlord: Voidscythe, Warlord, Warlord Trait (Codex 5): Implacable Conqueror (Aura)

Technomancer: Canoptek Cloak, Relic: Veil of Darkness

+ Troops +

Necron Warriors
. 20x Necron Warrior (Gauss Reaper): 20x Gauss Reaper

Necron Warriors
. 20x Necron Warrior (Gauss Reaper): 20x Gauss Reaper

Necron Warriors
. 15x Necron Warrior (Gauss Flayer): 15x Gauss Flayer

+ Elites +

C'tan Shard of the Nightbringer: Power of the C'tan: Antimatter Meteor

Lychguard : 10x Lychguard
. Hyperphase Sword and Dispersion Shield

Skorpekh Destroyers
. 2x Skorpekh Destroyer (Reap-Blade): 2x Hyperphase Reap-Blade
. 4x Skorpekh Destroyer (Thresher): 4x Hyperphase Threshers

+ Fast Attack +

Canoptek Scarab Swarms
. 5x Canoptek Scarab Swarm: 5x Feeder Mandibles

Canoptek Scarab Swarms
. 5x Canoptek Scarab Swarm: 5x Feeder Mandibles

++ Total: [101 PL, 12CP, 1,995pts] ++

Created with BattleScribe (https://battlescribe.net)

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Unbalanced Fanatic




Atlanta, Ga

It looks rather good from my end, though I have to say that the Nightbringer is probably the only unit that I'm on the fence about. Seeing as it's such a points investment for you to just field, good news is that it's going to be a rather large distraction for most of the larger sources of firepower on the board.

I've run across an army like this, but they were using Deathmarks instead of the Nightbringer, and they ran packed in Wraiths instead of the scarabs.

The Wraiths couldn't do much against me, but the Deathmarks proved to be a bit of a pain.
Did you have any other units that you were interested in fielding?


One has to wonder. Do the Tyranids consider drop-assault troops... fast food? 
   
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Agile Revenant Titan




Florida

I'm still learning a bit about the various units. Right now, the units will be a bit limited as I personally ensure units are painted prior to tabletop use. I've finished 70 Warriors and 20 Scarabs, working HQ choices now.

I've got Reanimators and Thralls without buying more. The Thralls are interesting as they are 2 models for 40 points, easy to hide, and will have Obsec.

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Unbalanced Fanatic




Atlanta, Ga

All of your Troops should have objective secured, though that's only if your army is a purely Necron detachment.

As for the Thralls they seem to be like a great unit, if only for the fact that you need to babysit them with a Cryptek model to pull out their full potential. Oddly enough, I can't recall actually ever seeing anyone play them, or having to go against them myself. So I'm not really sure how well they actually play.
This does mean that they'll be a prime group to be in range of your Chronomancer.

The Technomancer would do well for getting more out of them in melee, but you might want him with your Lychguard.

Either way it would be nice to see how this army plays.

One has to wonder. Do the Tyranids consider drop-assault troops... fast food? 
   
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Agile Revenant Titan




Florida

I chose the custom Dynasties and one of those choices makes the entire army obsec. My intent for the Thralls would not to support any unit, but act as a backline unit to sit on an objective or help me screen out to mitigate various deep strike abilities.

My Scarabs and Warriors are painted. Working on characters now. I should have at least the base coats down on everything so I can get a game in this upcoming week with them.

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Unbalanced Fanatic




Atlanta, Ga

They do offer an interesting method of screening out other units. Your only real worry is going to be units that can directly jump on top of your models. Assaults, terminators and maybe even a loaded up Rhino.

I just wish their pistol profile wasn't limited to 2 shots, or at the very least had a slightly longer range.

One has to wonder. Do the Tyranids consider drop-assault troops... fast food? 
   
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Deranged Necron Destroyer





Looks fairly solid overall. You definitely want a second Chronomancer instead of the Technomancer. One per 20 man warrior squad is a good start. The buff can also be very useful on the Skorpheks or Scarabs depending on the situation, so in that list I would see 2 as the minimum.

Thralls are an objective utility unit. You sit them on an objective in the back so more valuable units can do their thing further up. Or you can hide them near the front to run out to an objective so that the opponent gets less primary points for a turn, before they inevitably get wiped. A very useful utility piece. Depending on how the points work out, I'd drop the 15 warriors to 5 immortals and some cryptothralls for objective utility.

The Nightbringer is nice, but if you need to save points the Void Dragon handles most of the same problems.

The Eternal Expansionist Dynasty is solid, but Novokh is also worth a try in this sort of list. I'm still unsure which I prefer.
   
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Irked Necron Immortal




Switzerland

Play 9+5+5 scarabs and the Thralls

maybe play a Royal warden

drop some Flayer Warriors
   
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Atlanta, Ga

Irdiumstern wrote:
Looks fairly solid overall. You definitely want a second Chronomancer instead of the Technomancer. One per 20 man warrior squad is a good start. The buff can also be very useful on the Skorpheks or Scarabs depending on the situation, so in that list I would see 2 as the minimum.

Thralls are an objective utility unit. You sit them on an objective in the back so more valuable units can do their thing further up. Or you can hide them near the front to run out to an objective so that the opponent gets less primary points for a turn, before they inevitably get wiped. A very useful utility piece. Depending on how the points work out, I'd drop the 15 warriors to 5 immortals and some cryptothralls for objective utility.

The Nightbringer is nice, but if you need to save points the Void Dragon handles most of the same problems.

The Eternal Expansionist Dynasty is solid, but Novokh is also worth a try in this sort of list. I'm still unsure which I prefer.


I think the choice of dynasty mostly comes down to what the objective for the game is. The two other players that I know who actually run larger Necron armies will mostly go with running Expansionist, and then switch to Novokh if they have to just wipe models from the board. Though that also means that they will have to switch out around four entire squads of models.

I kind of wish flayed ones had a stronger profile for making their bombs more reliable, or at the very least they were moved to a troops slot instead of elites.
   
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Agile Revenant Titan




Florida

I appreciate the replies. I've gotten nearly all the models base painted and will try them out this weekend or next.


No earth shattering, thought provoking quote. I'm just someone who was introduced to 40K in the late 80's and it's become a lifelong hobby. 
   
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Unbalanced Fanatic




Atlanta, Ga

I've cooled my heels on an annihilation barge for about five months now. I really need to buckle down and get some more models painted, but I just can't seem to find the motivation, or simply the time.

One has to wonder. Do the Tyranids consider drop-assault troops... fast food? 
   
 
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