30 Apr 2012

Necron Tactics - Update!

A few weeks ago I posted my thoughts on Necrons and how the new codex was changing my army!

Well I have played another game this week with a slightly different army list, to see if it improved the game play.

Thanks to some feedback I have been looking at Triarch Stalkers, these could really change my army in the future. At 150 points I will probably swap out a unit of destroyers as so far these have been very disappointing! I am currently looking in building a stalker, so if anyone has any ideas on suitable models let me know!

The main change that I made to my army for this latest game was to add a royal court. This allowed me to include 3 Crypteks and split them to lead small units of warriors. I choose to give them Eldritch lances which I planned to use to keep enemy tanks at bay whilst the unit could advance up the battlefield. This tactic I liked as I want to keep my army a primarily on foot and make steady progress toward the enemy. Had I had some better dice rolls I think I should have been able to prevent the Wave Serpent from firing as I advanced.  I also choose to run two lords, one on foot and one on destroyer body!



I kept a unit of Destroyers, but they may not be in the list much longer - I lost the whole unit in one round of shooting after they had claimed only one model - not exactly making their points back!!!

The other change was to include a unit of Immortals armed with Tesla Carbines as these are assault weapons with can give extra hits! Combined with a lord this unit proved very successful at short range! I thinks that they would have performed even better if I had not forgotten to move them on the third turn, meaning I could not assault the Eldar Pathfinders!!!! A rookie mistake that could have cost the game!

All in all however a much better performance, the game resulted in a draw, although I did help that by a stray shot from my Monolith taking out an entire unit of warriors! I also completely under estimated to effectiveness of a unit of Howling Banshees - being an Eldar player I should have known better!

Gary of Team Gambit

3 comments:

  1. Tell me if Im wrong, but you cant ''arc'' with the Immortals'tesla...only with the the tesla destructor on the Annihilation Barge.

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    1. Yes your right the arc only works on the destructor! Although I still think that the Immortals are a good unit choice! (I will update the amend the article!) Thanks

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  2. Just a quick update, having used my basic list and winning against Blood Angels and Daemons, it is definitely working better! Immortals are really performing well and the Crypteks really add a much needed punch! Scarabs have finally started to perform for me making quick work of tanks as expected!

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