This weekend I took part in a recent friendly gaming day (big shout out Dave! Thanks for arranging it!)
Three games in one day, a nice change from the an occasional
1 game in a day. For the tournament I was initially going to take my Grey
Knights but instead swapped to my Necrons after some fun list building.
So here is the list I took:
Necron Overlord, Resurrection Orb, Sempiternal Weave, Mindshackle Scarabs
Royal Court
Necron
Lord, Resurrection Orb
Necron
Lord, Resurrection Orb
Necron
Lord, Resurrection Orb
Cryptek,
Harbinger of Destruction, Eldritch Lance, Solar Pulse
Necron Warriors x 19
Necron Warriors x 18
Necron Warriors x 18
Necron Immortals x 9, Tesla Carbines
Triarch Stalker
Triarch Stalker
Annhilation Barge
Annhilation Barge
This comes to a nice 1748 points. It does look (and probably
classes as) a bit spammy. However its heading towards the Necron Horde I have
always wanted to play.
I probably have another 20 or so Necron Warriors spare if I
decide to up the ante further.
A few more pictures of the army..
In the first game I was certainly helped by the Tau’s
willingness to move towards me, which
helped me with First Blood, and then the slog towards his troops units began.
During the game I managed to kill most of his army, leaving
him with only a Riptide and Hammerhead at the end of the game.
While the result was massively in my favour (12-0) it felt
much closer than that. The Necron Horde hadn’t lost a unit of Troops, but in
exchange I had taken all 4 of his out.
The second game was against Eldar, who castled in a corner
to prevent my shorter range (24” across the board) from hurting him in the
early game.
This game was slow, I mean really slow. In the end I won out
because he didn’t come for the objectives early enough, and his cagey approach
cost him the game.
The third game was against my Brothers Tau, and with the
firepower he stacked in the corner, and the lack of cover to get to him it was
a brutal game.
In the end it ended on Turn 6 as a 4-4 draw, but one more
turn would have won me the game I think as his one surviving troop choice was
going to be massacred by me if it had gone on.
That was my 100th game of 6th edition,
and the first time my brother had lost a Riptide in battle, let alone the two I
took down during the game.
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