My Las Vegas Open Game - Necron List!

Nick speaking,

Continuing on from my previous post and the practice game I am having with my buddy Aceface on his journey to the Las Vegas Open this year, and it's time to reveal my army list!

First off all, I really want to try out a few new things with this list. I love my Necrons, but I have only been playing a few units lately, mainly because of the points needed for the Decurion, but also because, well, lets face it, the Canoptek Harvest is almost too good to not play. I usually play Wraiths and Ace knows all about them and how to deal with them, So like I said, this new list is going to be a bit different...

I am going to bolt on a Destroyer Cult Formation to the Reclamation Legion. I know that most of Aceface's Tau army has a 2+ save and this may not be the best choice, but just a side note on that. I am not making a list specifically to beat HIS army. I want the list to have elements of what I think he might see at the event, and to give him some experience of it on the table. It is just a practice game after all! Besides, I will have three Heavy Destroyers for some AP2 busting, and the two Stormsurges he has will only get their 4++ against the Destroyers.

I also want to play my Necrons a little different than I normally do on the table, I want to be ultra aggressive with them. Ten Sword and Board Lychguard with a Solar Staff Cryptek, Vargard and two Overlords with Warscythes. This unit will teleport turn one, pop the staff off and hopefully put the Tau on the backfoot. The unit will have a 3++ save, a 4+ RP roll (even with instant death thanks to Technomancer) and they get to re-roll the failed RP rolls of a one thanks to the Overlord. The unit is very survivable and has three Warscythes to boot for some decent killing power, all be it at initiative two. The other great thing about the unit is that I get to use my old Pariah models!

Lastly for the list, again, something I want to try out and should be a pain on the table! A small unit of Deathmarks for the Destroyer Lord in the Cult to deep strike in with. IF I can deep strike in during the Tau turn, then perfect. The Deathmarks can shoot, and then in my turn the Destroyer Lord is free to come away from the unit and then assault something with his Void Reaper. The Deathmarks are there as a delivery system for the Lord more than anything, but I think this little unit should combine with the Lychguard unit nicely

Right, so here is the list, this is going to be fun...


Necron Destroyer Decurion Detachment 1850pts

Reclamation Legion (508pts)

1 x Overlord/Warscythe (100)    
5 x Immortals/Gauss (85)
10 x Warriors (130)
10 x Warriors (130)
3 x Tomb Blades/Blaster/Looms/Vanes (63)

Auxiliary (390)

5x Deathmarks (90)
10x Lychguards/Sword&Shield (300)

Destroyer Cult Formation (650)

1 x Destroyer Lord/Reaper (140)
3 x Destroyers (120)
3 x Destroyers (120)
3 x Destroyers (120)
3 x Heavy Destroyers (150)
       
Royal Court Formation (300)

1 x Overlord/Warscythe (100)
1 x Vargard Obyron (120)
1 x Cryptek/The Solar Staff (80)

1848

Battle report coming soon!

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Necron Flayed One Decurion Vs Blood Angels Archangels Sanguine Wing Formation

Nick speaking,

Time to put my recently updated Flayed One Themed army on the battle field, and in this game I am up against a nasty Blood Angels Formation with lots and lots of Lighting Claws!

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New Necron Flayed One Decurion List!

Nick speaking,

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!

Nick speaking,

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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The 3k Game: Battle Report

Nick speaking,

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

Nick speaking,

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

More to come...

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Necron Flayed One Decurion Battle Report

Nick speaking,

First game with my new Flayed One Decurion army list. I still want to get more Wraiths for it, but it performed pretty well in its first outing...

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New Necron 7th Edition Codex Battle Report

Nick speaking,

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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