Necron Tactics - Canoptek Harvest Formation (Vlog)

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An in depth discussion about the Canoptek Harvest Formation...

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New Necron Flayed One Decurion List!

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After upgrading my Super Phalanx list to incorporate two Canoptek Harvests, and being very happy with the results. I thought it was time to go back to my Flayed One themed army and give it the Harvest treatment. My previous list did have two harvest formation in it, but at the time I only had six Wraith models. Well, now I have twelve Wraiths, so lets see what we can come up with...

As always with a themed list like this, there will always be a lot of points tied up in the themed side of the army, which in my case is sixty Flayed Ones! Couple that with two Canoptek Harvests, and there really isn't a lot of points left over, even at two thousand points. That's fine though, as it's all part of the fun of the army, and the Harvest formations and Decurion rules fit in so well with this assault based army that the restrictions I have set upon myself will be well worth while.

OK, so to fit in the Flayed Ones and two Harvest formations, I have had to go for some minimum sized units to compensate. That means a basic Overlord for an HQ and the minimum points I can spend on the rest of the Reclamation Legion units I need for the Decurion. That means minimum sized Scarab squads too, but the Wraiths should compensate for that quite nicely...

Pretty happy how this is looking, it has a few weaknesses of course, but I am sure the army will be as fun as it always is to play!

Flayed Cron Decurion Detachment (2k)

Reclamation Legion

Core
1 x Overlord (80)
5 x Immortals/Gauss (85)
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)
3 x Tomb Blades/Blaster/Looms(57)

Auxiliary
20x Flayed Ones (260)
20x Flayed Ones (260)
20x Flayed Ones (260)

Canoptek Harvest Formation
1 x Canoptek Spyder(50)
3 x Canoptek Scarabs (60)
6 x Canoptek Wraiths/Coils (258)

Canoptek Harvest Formation
1 x Canoptek Spyder(50)
3 x Canoptek Scarabs (60)
6 x Canoptek Wraiths/Coils (258)

1998 points

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Necron Wraith Super Phalanx!

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Having got myself a second unit of Wraiths specifically for my big 3k game with Aceface, I think it's about time I made use of them in a smaller game as well. After all, I know how much my buddies love playing against Wraiths!

As the Wraiths are pretty tough and very resilient, especially in the Decurion. I thought two units of them would sit in quite well to my Super Phalanx list concept, which you can read all about here. Basically an advancing Phalanx of very difficult to kill Terminator T-800 Necrons. Don't you just love Necrons!

At seventeen fifty points, two Canoptek Harvests are going to take up quite a few of them. So, it's going to have to be minimum Scarab units. The Reclamation Legion has to have a big unit of Warriors, two Ghost Arks and a durable HQ to keep the Super Phalanx theme going. No choices there really, the Deathmarks and Monolith get dropped for the extra unit of Wraiths and Tomb Blades have to go down to the minimum quantity as well.

Here is my final list, let me know what you think, battle report to follow soon

Wraith Super Phalanx Decurion v1 (1750pts)

Reclamation Legion

Core
1 x Overlord/Warscythe/Phase Shifter/Shroud (160)
7 x Immortals/Gauss (119)
15x Warriors (195)
10x Warriors/Ghost Ark (235)
10x Warriors/Ghost Ark (235)
3 x Tomb Blades/Looms/Vanes/Scopes (69)

Canoptek Harvest Formation
1 x Canoptek Spyder (50)
3 x Canoptek Scarabs (60)
6 x Canoptek Wraiths/Coils (258)

Canoptek Harvest Formation
1 x Canoptek Spyder (50)
3 x Canoptek Scarabs (60)
6 x Canoptek Wraiths/Coils (258)

1749 points   

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Super Phalanx Decurion Battle Report

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Now I know what Arnie meant when he said 'I'll be back'! Here is the Super Phalanx Decurion battle report that I promised, enjoy...

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Super Phalanx Decurion List

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Time to bring my 'Super Phalanx' list concept into the Decurion, and for those of you that are not aware of the concept behind the list, it is pretty simple. The core is based around one big blob of Warriors and an Overlord, backed up by a couple of Ghost Arks. This use to be pretty hard to take down with RP rolls and then repair barge, but now with the Decurion Special rules, they just got a whole lot better!

So what makes them better? OK, so the unit isn't as good in the assault without the faithful Stormtek and Mind Shackle Scarabs from the Overlord, but the unit got a lot more resilient. 4+ RP rolls, re-rolling the ones plus repair barge from two Ghost Arks. these guys are going to be hard to take down, especially now the RP roll is done after you take a wound!

I have to do a bit of a change around with the rest of the army to fit it in with the Decurion restrictions, but adding in the Canoptek Harvest to get me more RP rolls within the army should bode well. I am really happy how the list is looking, but please feel free to let me know your thoughts. Battle reports to follow soon...

Super Phalanx Decurion (2k)

Reclamation Legion
1 x Overlord/Warscythe/Phase Shifter/Shroud (160)
18 x Necron Warriors (234)
10 x Warriors/Ghost Ark (235)
10 x Warriors/Ghost Ark (235)
6 x Immortals/Gauss/Night Scythe (232)
5 x Tomb Blades/Gauss/Looms/Vanes/Scopes (115)
1 x Necron Monolith (200)

Auxilery
6x Deathmarks (108)

Canoptek Harvest
1 x Canoptek Spyder/Prism (60)
8 x Canoptek Scarabs (160) 
6 x Canoptek Wraiths/Coils (258)

1997 points 

                   

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The 3k Game: Battle Report

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With all the build up posts of my three thousand point game with my good buddy Aceface. Here is the battle report of the event, and what a fun game it was. I won't spoil anything that happened and let you watch the battle report to see how it went, but just a quick reminder to check Acefaces YouTube Channel to see the game from his point of view as well...

 

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The 3k Game: Making the List

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So, back to my three thousand point game that I have arranged with my good buddy Aceface. Just as a quick reminder, Aceface is a huge Tyranid collector and an awesome guy who really knows his Tyranid tactics, so please check him out on his YouTube Channel if you haven't already. OK, so in the first post I revealed that I was going to play my sixty strong Necron Flayed One themed army, and those of you that follow my Blog will know that my current two thousand point list consists of two Canoptik Harvests, but with only three Wraiths in each Harvest. Not through choice, but through only having six Wraiths in my collection...

First thing I did then was find six more Wraiths, all second hand and some of them broken, but they were cheap and nothing I couldn't fix up. These guys just need a quick paint job and they are ready to rumble, whcih of course means that I am going for two Harvests in my list along with the sixty Flayed Ones...

Having not played larger games before, there was no way I was going to let the chance for me to play my Necron Pylon slip bye. I have had this thing for over ten years and it has only ever been fielded as a piece of terrain. I don't know how good it is on the table, but it is in the list regardless...

Now is was just a case of filling out the Reclamation Legion slots to make sure I got all the benefits it offers, a 4+ RP, Move Through Cover and Relentless, nice :) You will notice that I don't have any transports, and that is mainly to give me the points to hoard out and keep the theme of how the list works the same as at 2k, this is going to be interesting!

Flayed Cron Decurion Detachment 3k

Super Heavy
1x Pylon (420)

Reclamation Legion

Core
1 x Trazyn (130)
8 x Immortals/Gauss (136)
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)
5 x Tomb Blades/Blaster/Looms/Vanes (105)

Auxiliary
20x Flayed Ones (260)
20x Flayed Ones (260)
20x Flayed Ones (260)

Canoptek Harvest Formation
1 x Canoptek Spyder/Prism (60)
7 x Canoptek Scarabs (140)
6 x Canoptek Wraiths/Coils (258)

Canoptek Harvest Formation
1 x Canoptek Spyder/Prism (60)
7 x Canoptek Scarabs (140)
6 x Canoptek Wraiths/Coils (258) 

3000 points

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New Necron 7th Edition Codex Battle Report

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So it is here, and what a great Codex it seems to be! I think I am going to have a lot of fun unlocking all its goodness, and what better way to do that than on the battlefield! This was my very first game with the new book, and I had a go at a Decurion Super Phalanx army. Hands up that I did make a slight error with the list and took one unit of Spyders rather than the allowed one Spyder, but overall I don't think it would have made any difference to the final result.

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