Nov 10 2011

Necron Test-Run Posted 191 days ago ago by rushputin     0 Comments Share |

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Necron Test List - 1,850

HQ
Nemesor Zandrekh

Elites
Triarch Stalker
Triarch Stalker

Troops
Warriors x20
- Cryptek - Eldritch Lance, Solar Pulse
Warriors x9
- Cryptek - Eldritch Lance, Gaze of Flame
- Ghost Ark
Warriors x10
- Ghost Ark

Fast Attack
Canoptek Scarabs x6
Canoptek Scarabs x5

Heavy Support
Annihilation Barge
Annihilation Barge
Canoptek Spyder x3 - Fabricator Array, Gloom Prism

I proxied everything with AT-43 Therians, which wasn't terribly inappropriate (though they were all on bases that were too big).

I ended up playing against Ashley's Slaaneshi Daemons.  It was pretty brutal: I wrecked them pretty badly.  That shouldn't be too much of a surprise: these Necrons are really hot when it comes to zapping infantry... and she had a lot of infantry.  I've got to get in a few games against Imperial Guard to see how it copes (if at all) with a parking lot full of transports.

Some observations:

• Nemesor wasn't a whole lot of use here.  The special rules didn't make a huge difference, and she didn't have enough units with special rules to take a way.  I opted to not Deep Strike anything, so that didn't make a difference, either.  I'm curious to see how he fares against armies that leverage special rules more, though: he seems like a really good choice.
  
• The Triarch Stalkers were amazing.  A double-tapped multimelta's not bad, but making everything else twin-linked became a little obscene.  We can pray that Tau Markerlights are this effective.  What's better than 50 gauss flayers shooting at a unit?  50 twin-linked gauss flayers.  Zap.
  
• Ghost Arks were pretty sweet.  She had a hard time cracking through Quantum Shielding, which meant they were pretty safe, and they belched out an obscene amount of fire.
  
• Scarabs did okay, despite the fact that there was no armor for them to munch on.
  
• Annihilation Barges were okay, but I'm not sure how useful they'll be against armor. The Tesla rule was pretty dang crazy: at no point did I not get at least one Tesla hit.  So, with 5-8 (yeah, that happened) S7 shots, I should be able to handle transports with them at least.
  
• Spyders didn't get the chance to do much: I need to work to keep them in range of the scarabs.

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