Well, I played my first Necron game yesterday, with a heap of proxies and borrowed models, since I only have about 20 Warriors done by now.
This was my list:
*************** 2 HQ ***************
Overlord (joins 15 Warriors)
- Phaeron
- Staff of Light
- Res Orb
- - - > 140
Overlord
- Warscythe
+ Command Barge
- Gauss Cannon
- - - > 180
Royal Court
+ - Harbinger of Destruction (joins 15 Warriors)
- Solar Pulse
+ - Harbinger of Destruction (joins 5 Warriors)
+ - Harbinger of Destruction
+ - Harbinger of Destruction (those three sit in the Ghost Ark)
+ - Harbinger of Destruction
- - - > 195
Royal Court
+ - Harbinger of Destruction (joins 5 Warriors)
+ - Harbinger of Transmogrification (joins 15 Warriors)
- Seismic Crucible
- - - > 75
*************** 4 Core ***************
15 Necron Warriors
+ - Ghost Ark
- - - > 310
5 Necron Warriors
- - - > 65
5 Necron Warriors
- - - > 65
10 Immortals
- Gauss Blasters
- - - > 170
*************** 2 Fast Attack ***************
5 Wraiths
- 1 x Whip Coils
- - - > 185
6 Scarab Bases
- - - > 90
*************** 3 Heavy Support ***************
Monolith
- - - > 200
Doomsday Ark
- - - > 175
Spyders (3)
- - - > 150
2000
My opponent was fielding a Dark Angels Deathwing Army. 30 Terminators in 6 squads, 2 Landraiders, Belial. All the Terminators had TH/SS, 4 squads had a Cyclone-Launcher, 2, the ones in the raiders, had a double LC dude instead.
Mission was killpoints, deployment was spearhead. And my opponent was going first. I thought I was screwed right there. Turns out - not so much.
I wiped him off the board by turn 5, while losing the Spyders, Scarabs, Immortals and Wraiths to him. 9-4, not too shabby!
Some thoughts:
- I can't for the life of me make 3++ saves. At all. My Wraiths died at a ridiculous pace because I think I managed one save in total. They kicked some ass while going out though.
- Spyders are pretty good!
- Monoliths are pretty useless! Well, perhaps it was just the opponent and the mission / deployment. But I think I can spend those 200 points somewhere more useful.
- The Doomsday Ark was kinda nice. A bit pricey for what it does though.
- The Overlord in his Command Barge was the star of the show. He raced all over the table, killing shit. He blew up both the Land Raiders. You go, Skeletor!
- Skarabs are great. If you don't make glaring mistakes with them, like I did.
- I need to rethink those Immortals. They're a bit useless as they are.
- My big squad o'Doom, sitting in terrain and supported by a Ghost Ark, proved to be one hell of a nuisance for him. I'm considering giving the Phaeron some cc capability though, in case they are successfully charged at some point.