Hey guys,
I'm looking for advice on how to fight against the new Necron Codex. First things first, I reactivated my forumaccount after about 12 years and it still exists
so I wouldn't consider myself a newbie. After finding a nice gaming group in my area I had to face a nice guy and his Necrons. My last game with him was like the most boring game of Warhammer I have ever played since nobody killed any of the opponents stuff in reasonable time.
At the end of turn 3 I killed 1 Vehicle (that one shot S10 Large Blast thing) and his HQ on Chariot while he managed to shoot 1 squad of 10 man dire avengers and both of my Wraithlords.
It was like this: i had 3 maelstrom objectives and he had 3. He drew better cards and won. The game took ages since we both barely lost and models.
My List last game was:
Eldar (Combined Arms detachment, Primary detachment)
---------- HQ (2) ----------
Spiritseer (70 points)
- Shuriken Pistol, Witch Staff
Spiritseer (70 points)
- Shuriken Pistol, Witch Staff
---------- Troops (2) ----------
9x Dire Avengers (117 points)
9x Dire Avengers (117 points)
---------- Elite (1) ----------
6x Fire Dragons (277 points)
- Wave Serpent (Twin-linked Scatter Laser, Shuriken Cannon, Holo-fields)
---------- Fast Attack (2) ----------
5x Warp Spiders (95 points)
6x Swooping Hawks (96 points)
---------- Heavy Support (4) ----------
Falcon (160 points)
- Scatter Laser, Shuriken Cannon, Holo-fields
Falcon (160 points)
- Scatter Laser, Shuriken Cannon, Holo-fields
Wraithlord (165 points)
- 2x Flamer, Ghostglaive, 2x Bright Lance
Wraithlord (165 points)
- 2x Flamer, Ghostglaive, 2x Bright Lance
___________________ ___________________ ________
1492 points
It's worth to mention that we play on a casual level. I don't even have a wraithknight (and I will never buy one! Ugly model) and just one Serpent (sure I could proxy a falcon as Serpent nobody would care/notice).
The Guy fielding necrons had something like:
1 HQ chariot
1 resurecting transporter with 10 warrior
20
Terminator warrior squad wirh special character (sometimes the invul guy, sometimes the "combatdrug" guy)
1 Illum Zar style Tank
10 meele infiltrating guys with a stupid amount of attacks
2 smaler vehicles with sole random guns (some s7 shots, some AP 2/3 shots)
2 jump pack guys with las cannons
If I remember correctly. For me it looks like a quite casual list but all these 13/13/11 vehicles and warriors who are nearly impossible to kill I don't know what units work good against his necrons.
For our next Game I'm considering this list, what do you guys think?
Eldar (Combined Arms detachment, Primary detachment)
---------- HQ (5) ----------
Spiritseer (70 points)
- Shuriken Pistol, Witch Staff
Spiritseer (70 points)
- Shuriken Pistol, Witch Staff
Spiritseer (70 points)
- Shuriken Pistol, Witch Staff
Karandras (230 points)
Baharroth (195 points)
---------- Troops (2) ----------
10x Dire Avengers (130 points)
10x Dire Avengers (130 points)
---------- Elite (2) ----------
8x Fire Dragons (211 points)
- Fire Dragon Exarch (Fire Pike, Fast Shot)
8x Striking Scorpions (176 points)
- Striking Scorpion Exarch (Scorpion's Claw, Scorpion Chainsword)
---------- Fast Attack (2) ----------
6x Warp Spiders (114 points)
5x Swooping Hawks (105 points)
- Swooping Hawk Exarch (Sunrifle)
___________________ ___________________ ________
1501 points
I really love to field the Phoenixlords. Baharoth could be a very nice tank for the Hawks who are probably very strong against his high AV vehicles and might kill some Warriors with their large AP x blast. His xinch Blind test and the exarchs blind Rifle might help alot due to the extreme low initiative. Even in Melee the Phoenixlord can blind/kill some stuff and protect the hawks until they can hit&run out of combat. This squad might help me alot and i'm very much looking forward to field them.
The spiritseers are supposed to join the Dire Avengers and Fire Dragons to give 2+ cover saves (and all the other shenanigans) which necrons cant really break as far as I see it. I might change the firedragons for Wraithguard (just imagine Toughness x with 2+ saves
).
Scorions with karandras are supposed to counter Melee threats and/or kill the Necron Warrior squad.
Warp Spiders are an obvious choice really.
What else would you guys suggest? Would you make some changes to the list without writing a complete new one?
Edited for stats to comply with GW's copyright rules - Iris.