Necrons

[Lord of the Dead]

I'm trying to help my girlfriend build a nice necron army but the codex seems limited comparied to others. i play BA but as like her i'm also new to this overwheling game. if you have any good ideas please share. we have been keeping are games around 1500 too 2000.

[Lemt]

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+++ No Name (1495pts) +++
+++ 2000pt Necrons 5th ed. Roster (Standard) +++

Selections:

+ HQ +

* Destroyer Lord
(Ever-Living, Independent Character, Preferred Enemy (Everything!), Reanimation Protocols)
Mindshackle Scarabs (Mindshackle Scarabs), Warscythe


* Trazyn the Infinite
('Excellent! Another Piece for the Collection', Empathic Obliterator, Ever-Living, Independent Character, Phaeron, Reanimation Protocols, Surrogate Hosts)
Mindshackle Scarabs (Mindshackle Scarabs)
* Catacomb Command Barge
(Living Metal, Quantum Shielding, Sweep Attack, Symbiotic Repair)
Tesla Cannon
* Royal Court
* Harbinger of Despair
(Ever-Living, Reanimation Protocols)
Abyssal Staff (Shroud of Despair), Veil of Darkness (Veil of Darkness)
* Harbinger of Destruction
(Ever-Living, Reanimation Protocols)
Eldritch Lance, Solar Pulse (Solar Pulse)
* Harbinger of the Storm
(Ever-Living, Reanimation Protocols)
Voltaic Staff (Haywire)


+ Troops +

* Necron Immortals
(Reanimation Protocols)
* 10x Necron Immortal
10x Gauss Blaster


* Necron Immortals
(Reanimation Protocols)
* 10x Necron Immortal
10x Gauss Blaster


* Necron Warriors
* Ghost Ark
(Living Metal, Quantum Shielding, Repair Barge)
2x Gauss Flayer Array
* 5x Necron Warrior
(Reanimation Protocols)
5x Gauss Flayer (Gauss Weapon)


+ Fast Attack +

* Canoptek Wraiths
Canoptek Wraith (Fearless, Phase Attacks, Phase Shifter, Wraithflight)
* Canoptek Wraith
(Fearless, Phase Attacks, Phase Shifter, Wraithflight)
Whip Coils (Whip Coils)
* Canoptek Wraith
(Fearless, Phase Attacks, Phase Shifter, Wraithflight)
Whip Coils (Whip Coils)
* Canoptek Wraith
(Fearless, Phase Attacks, Phase Shifter, Wraithflight)
Whip Coils (Whip Coils)


+ Heavy Support +

* Annihilation Barge
(Living Metal, Quantum Shielding)
Tesla Cannon, Twin-Linked Tesla Destructor


* Doom Scythe
(Aerial Assault, Deep Strike, Living Metal, Supersonic)
Death Ray, Twin-Linked Tesla Destructor


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A simple 1500 list with variety instead of spam so you can see what you prefer. Storm goes with the Warrior squad, and the Destroyer Lord with the Wraiths. Trazyn scores, so you pretty much have 4 troops. Immortals control your base objectives, and the Wraiths and Destroyer Lord harass the enemy positions. Trazyn is great for trying to take control of weakened enemy objectives, and between the Ark and the veiled Immortals you should have more than enough mobility.
Try this out in a few games, see what works for you, and get more of that to expand to 2k points.

[apahllo]

I'm trying to help my girlfriend build a nice necron army but the codex seems limited comparied to others. i play BA but as like her i'm also new to this overwheling game. if you have any good ideas please share. we have been keeping are games around 1500 too 2000.

I think your overlooking a lot of thing in that codex, because it's pure gold. I can't find a single bad unit in it. Immortal are awesome, with tesla or gauss. Wraiths are great as well, especially with a destroyer lord.

I know a lot of people talk crap about Matt ward but that book is amazing. There are so many strats to run and most are extremely effective. Gauss immortals means your troops are anti everything and by no means squishy. If you take a court and stick a res orb lord and staff of light they are a real threat. Also, running 3 annihilation barges is only 270 points and s8 tesla spells doom for most vehicles.
Death marks are also awesome. And the elites with warsythes... Drop a monolith or 2 in and watch people panic as they deal with 2 av 14 vehicles in their face.

[Demonus]

While there might not be "bad" units, some are worse than others.

Flayed Ones, Praetorians, Monoliths all poor.

[apahllo]

While there might not be "bad" units, some are worse than others.

Flayed Ones, Praetorians, Monoliths all poor.

I have 2 questions
How did you get the title Chaplin?
And how on earth is a av14 heavy transport with a 24inch range battle cannon and 12 bolter shots? For 200points, that almost broken...