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I started playing necrons a couple of months ago and just read something on Dakka which is making think I've been playing them really wrong.

So, in the codex there is the normal list of characteristics. i.e. S3T3W3I2A4.

Is that for a BASE or Per Scarab? I have been playing per scarab, and assumed that a base was normally 4 (cos that is what GW puts on the sprue) for a total PER BASE of 20 attacks on the charge.

If it is per base, presumably I can have just two or three scarab model per base and get the characteristics? (just to stretch them out a bit more)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379519.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379519.page GMT Have I been playing Scarabs really wrong?
The correct way to play it is like every other unit. One base per scarab you purchased.

so if you purchased 10 scarabs as a unit, you get 10 bases and that profile 10 times.

This works the same way with any unit/model. If you put 2 warriors on one base, would you expect to be able to take two wounds without purchasing the extra warrior?

The number of actual scarabs on the base has no bearing on anything, you could model them with one scarab per base, or 15 per base, and the stats would not change.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379534.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379534.page GMT Have I been playing Scarabs really wrong?

No wonder my scarabs were soooo effective!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379545.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379545.page GMT Have I been playing Scarabs really wrong? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379724.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379724.page GMT Have I been playing Scarabs really wrong? I didn't have enough bases to make a unit of 10 (started with a battle force)

I couldn't understand why anyone wanted 10 bases.

Given this, I don't understand why people overstuff a scarab base??? Much more cost effective to only have 3 to a base - also, there is somewhere to put the wound dice marker.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379883.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379883.page GMT Have I been playing Scarabs really wrong? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379951.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4379951.page GMT Have I been playing Scarabs really wrong? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4383345.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4383345.page GMT Have I been playing Scarabs really wrong? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4383448.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/454425/4383448.page GMT Have I been playing Scarabs really wrong?
MarkCron wrote:Actually, 100 attacks for 5 bases was sufficient. I didn't have enough bases to make a unit of 10 (started with a battle force)

I couldn't understand why anyone wanted 10 bases.

Given this, I don't understand why people overstuff a scarab base??? Much more cost effective to only have 3 to a base - also, there is somewhere to put the wound dice marker.


My god, I wish I could see your opponents faces when you used your scarabs. 12 wounds and 16 attacks per base
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