Category: Necrons

Building a Different List

6/26/2012

So, I'm off to a nearby town to play in a little 400 point skirmish tournament using Adepticon rules. Yes, this is about 5th Edition, but the theory will fit into 6th, and IMO be a testbed for the new Allies rules. Especially if, as I fully expect, NOVA 2012 ends up jumping to 6th at what is really the last minute for a 6thish-NOVA-FUBAR Edition tournament. Anyway, back to the list design. Only requirement is one Troop and then you can use up to one of any slot, including another Troop.

Hmmm. Okay, I have plenty of BT, but the rules say nothing greater than AV12 unless a DT, so there go my dreams of a LRC with a squad inside. How about my Necrons? At 400 points?! You must be joking, especially since not only do you need 90 points just to field the Royal Court models that make the army work, but a Necron Overlord is illegal because he has three wounds... Wait, what about my Witchhunter inducted Guard platoon? That actually might work...

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Necrons! Initial Thoughts.

11/5/2011

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After reading through and making three variations on what may be a staple, based on Imoteck the Stormbringer.

This is now an old Sister style close range firefight army. Virtually everything fires at 12" or 24".
The new WBB is excellent, 5+ FNP that always works. Simple & Easy.
The Monolith is pretty much dead. It isn't useless, but I just cannot find somewhere I want to put it except maybe in a trick list. Like the Land Raider. I actually liked the rebuild of the Gate and weapons, the ability to snatch units that missed their reserve rolls out of reserves early is really cool, but the double nerf of both living metal and deep strike mishap immunity (unless you fall off the world) was too much. That sucker is too darned big to play around with a DS on a 25-30% table with units on it unless the immunity is there. There might be a case for a triple Monolith Roomba list, but I don't see it.
OTOH, maybe it isn't dead, but it isn't going to be harder to maneuver around.
Entropic Strike (50% chance of -1AV per hit) looks nasty, but.... the primary carriers are the Scarabs and since they aren't jetbikes anymore, they aren't nearly as fast. With only a 5+ armor save and Swarm USR, they can be blasted down fairly easily, but large swarms with Spyder support (make d3 new Scarab bases for a Scarab unit within 6" each turn) could provide for a wonderful distraction unit.
Don't forget CC. There are only two units in the entire codex that don't have I2. Now that isn't all bad since there are several ways to punish people assaulting you by reducing attackers to I1 or get free hits before combat with lightning field. One named IC has the ability to get extra swings for every swing that misses him, up to a max of +6 attacks. Potential 9 attacks at I2 with WS6 and S7(!) with a power weapon. That could be...ouch.
Key hurt vs. a lot of armies, initial AV13 front and flank armor on almost all Necron vehicles. Melta will pop the quantum field to make them AV11 again, but most missile launcher or long range melta is going to suck wind with needing to roll a 6 to penetrate and pop the field.
The Ghost Ark transport and Doomsday Ark AFV are fun with five gauss flayers on each flank that can fire at different targets (and for the Doomsday at different targets than the main gun), but I'm not excited about the Doomsday Ark yet. It is about the only super long range firepower in a short range shooty army, but it has to sit immobile. The Ghost Ark's ability to rebuild D3 Warriors for an understrength unit within 6" will make it a target too.

I see some killing power, nice distraction stuff, the ability to control reserves and some extreme mobility options. This can be fun.

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Necrons! Initial Thoughts.

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