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I'm planning on my first army and would like to know your opinion about it and what to change.

-2000pt
-Necrons, Sautekh
-Battalion Detachment
-Dynastic Heirlooms (-1cp)

1.HQ
-Imotekh the Stormlord (Warlord trait: Hyperlogical Strategist)
-Royal Warden (Relic: Veil of Darkness)
-Technomancer (Canoptek Cloak, Relic: Voltaic Staff)

2.Troops
-5x Immortals (Gauss Blasters)
-20x Necron Warriors (Gaus Flayers)
-14x Necron Warriors (Gaus Flayers)

3.Elites
-Skorpekh Destroyers (2x Reap-Blade, 4x Thresher)
-Canoptek Plasmacyte
-5x Lychguard (Sword and Shield)
-Canoptek Spyder (Fabricator Claw, Gloom Prism, Particle Beamers)

4.Fast Attack
-6x Canoptek Scarab Swarm
-3x Tomb Blades (Gauss Blasters, Nebuloscope, Schieldvanes)

5.Heavy Support
-Doomsday Ark
-Lokhust Heavy Destroyer (Gauss Destructor)
-Lokhust Heavy Destroyer (Gauss Destructor)

6.Transport
-Ghost Ark
-Ghost Ark
(Ghost Arks sole purpose is to follow my warriors and keep reviving them while providing some anti-infantry support)

Is this army already bought and painted? The current meta kind of hates on Sautekh (armor of content)

The Scarabs might be split into 2x3, don't see a reason for them to be 1x6

If the Ghost Arks purpose is to heal Warriors you could drop 1 and include a 2nd Technomancer without him taking up a slot, or even have Sautekh + 3Technos with 3 HQ slots.

what are some of you other options?

I have bought and painted all units from command edition. I don't really care much about Sautekh meta strength, I choose this dynasty because I like the lore.

As for the scarabs, I prefer having them in one unit of 6, so the Canoptek Spyder has better chance of reanimating them before entire unit is wiped out.

Thank you for the idea of 2nd Technomancer! I forgot about the Dynastic Advisors special rule.

My other Idea for Sautekh would be have a combat oriented HQ with the VANQUISHER’S MASK. You could use an Overlord or Skorpekh Lord or even command Barge if you have.

but in general the units that benefit most are Warriors, Reanimators, Ghost Ark, and everything that needs a lot of CP (Flayed Ones?).

Ok, so the new idea for the build is:

-2000pt
-Battalion Detachment
-12cp (-1 Dynastic Heirlooms, -1 Rarefied Nobility, +2 from Imotekh)

1.HQ
-Imotekh (Warlord)
-Technomancer (Canoptek Cloak, Relic: Voltaic Staff, Arkana: Photonic Transubjector)
-Skorpekh Lord (Relic: Vanquisher's Mask, Warlord Trait: Eternal Madness)

2.TROOPS
-x20 Warriors
-x20 Warriors
-x5 Immortals

3.Elites
-6x Skorpekh Destroyers
-Plasmacyte
-Canoptek Spyder
-5x Lychguard
-10x Flayed Ones

4.Fast Attack
-6x Scarab Swarm

5.Heavy Support
-Doomsday Ark
-Heavy Destroyer
-Heavy Destroyer

6.Transport
-Ghost Ark