Whooo Necrons :P

[timjonesiddqd]

Anyone else collect necrons? At the moment i have 4x necron warriors (12 in a squad), 1x Destroyer lord, 1x wraith, 1x heavy destroyer and 1x squad of 7 scarabs. what should i get next... or what should i focus on??

[Inquisitor Rosenadel]

Originally Posted by timjonesiddqd

Anyone else collect necrons? At the moment i have 4x necron warriors (12 in a squad), 1x Destroyer lord, 1x wraith, 1x heavy destroyer and 1x squad of 7 scarabs. what should i get next... or what should i focus on??

Either Immortals or a Monolith. My brother plays Necrons, so I have fought them, and let me tell you, that Monolith one tough nut to crack. My brother has Pariahs, but personally I think they are kinda a waste of points because they're slow, can't use the monolith's teleport thing, and aren't Necrons (rule). So, use Immortals for a Lord's retinue.

Actually, I would fill out your Wraith squad and Heavy Destroyer squad first. They're much more effective if there's more of them. Plus, when either dies, they cannot get back up because there are no other models like them on the field. So having a full squad pays off big-time.

[Steellegioncpt]

Ah geeze, 'Crons god knows how much I dont like them. The Space marines on crack I mean for crying out loud THEY GET BACK UP !!!!!!!!! ah mind busters

[Ikarus]

Originally Posted by timjonesiddqd

Anyone else collect necrons? At the moment i have 4x necron warriors (12 in a squad), 1x Destroyer lord, 1x wraith, 1x heavy destroyer and 1x squad of 7 scarabs. what should i get next... or what should i focus on??

3x Destroyers, in my opinion is a must for your list. Mobility - Shooting, is what you would need to cover some part of the field.

Warriors, you got it good on them, oh you DEFINETLY need a FOOT lord.

Then immortals squad FTW.

[Inquisitor Rosenadel]

Originally Posted by Ikarus

3x Destroyers, in my opinion is a must for your list. Mobility - Shooting, is what you would need to cover some part of the field.

Warriors, you got it good on them, oh you DEFINETLY need a FOOT lord.

Then immortals squad FTW.

I forgot that: yes, foot Lord. Essential. A destroyer Lord is nice, but less destroyers = less shielding.

Don't worry about mobility: you can give the foot Lord a Veil of Darkness.

[timjonesiddqd]

i was gonna get a foot lord but the dude at gw said that i should get a destroyer as they can move twice as far and have an extra wound :S but the codex doesnt give any information the destroyer lord :S so i wouldnt have a clue. ill work on getting a squad of destroyers together first i think :P thanks :P

[Ikarus]

Originally Posted by timjonesiddqd

i was gonna get a foot lord but the dude at gw said that i should get a destroyer as they can move twice as far and have an extra wound :S but the codex doesnt give any information the destroyer lord :S so i wouldnt have a clue. ill work on getting a squad of destroyers together first i think :P thanks :P

Ah seeing how you are a new player.

Rule number 1. - Never trust a GW worker. They do not know what they are talking about. I haven't met a GW red shirt who was a truly truly veteran gamer that didn't want to talk you into buying whats exspensive.

Rule number 2. - Ask us

Its pretty simple. Get the Necron Lord Profile, then look under wargear information. Destroyer body is the answer.

[timjonesiddqd]

ahhhh ok sweet, ha ha :P ill do that from now on :P

[Inquisitor Ralei]

I'm an avid Necron collector although I dedicate much more time to my Space Marines.

[Torquemada Coteaz]

My generally ideal necrons army, for 2k pts (though ive never owned one) includes at least 1 squad of 3 destroyers (preferably 2), a foot lord, 40+ warriors, a 'lith if you want one, but it's not needed to win games. Oh and immortals too, gotta have 'em.

with GW employees, always get to know them. some of them are too young / noob to know anything, some are just salesmen, some are really nice people who actually love the hobby and dont give a horse's butt about what you buy and where.

Most of the GW staff i know and regularly talk to at the store are the last kind

[Torquemada Coteaz]

and ALWAYS with foot lords take res orb and veil of dark

[Trivius]

it never fails.

[Dan296]

i would suggest buying another box of necrons and a monolith, and reorginizing your squads into 3 units of 20. 3X of 20 would let u start out with 40 warriors on the board, instead of 24. also, the monolith can teleport the reserve unit directly to it so your slow warriors dont have to start at the table edge. otherwise i would agree with what rosandel said. get a foot lord and fill out HD squad.

[Inquisitor Rosenadel]

Although we're talking about pumping up your army, I would like to mention that you should definitely keep and use the scarabs you have. Maybe not all of them out once, but you'd be surprized at how annoy they will be to opponents (like me and my Death Company) who have elite assault troops that can take down a squad of Marines no problem, but have a slow time chewing through scarabs. It's just annoying when you know that you could be chowing down on juicier targets, but no, you're drying your mouth out on scarabs, wasting turns.

[timjonesiddqd]

Well seeing that scarabs have only 3 wounds and 3 attacks ive been putting 3 scarabs per a base instead of four. So instead of having 3 bases of scarabs per warrior box i can make 4 bases of scarabs :P ive been reading up on the nightbringer, the pros, cons and whatnot :P and i went out and bought one, just to annoy anyone i go up against next time :P A friend of mine will be selling me his necron foot lord sometime this week too. im still gonna fill out my wraiths and destroyers for now :P

[Evil Being 2]

Originally Posted by timjonesiddqd

Anyone else collect necrons? At the moment i have 4x necron warriors (12 in a squad), 1x Destroyer lord, 1x wraith, 1x heavy destroyer and 1x squad of 7 scarabs. what should i get next... or what should i focus on??

Mebbe add a monolih

Evil Being 2

[Killermoose]

Originally Posted by Torquemada Coteaz

My generally ideal necrons army, for 2k pts (though ive never owned one) includes at least 1 squad of 3 destroyers (preferably 2), a foot lord, 40+ warriors, a 'lith if you want one, but it's not needed to win games. Oh and immortals too, gotta have 'em.

with GW employees, always get to know them. some of them are too young / noob to know anything, some are just salesmen, some are really nice people who actually love the hobby and dont give a horse's butt about what you buy and where.

Most of the GW staff i know and regularly talk to at the store are the last kind

Yeh, the GW staff I know are the last kind too. I ask them for advice frequently. I mean, one of them who helped with my new Eldar army list actually made me spend less than I was planning too. (I'm doing biel-tann) Out of the GW staff I have seen, they are much more helpful than at other shops, who are just asking you to 'Please, spend as much money as possible!'

[masterofweirdness]

Originally Posted by Killermoose

Yeh, the GW staff I know are the last kind too. I ask them for advice frequently. I mean, one of them who helped with my new Eldar army list actually made me spend less than I was planning too. (I'm doing biel-tann) Out of the GW staff I have seen, they are much more helpful than at other shops, who are just asking you to 'Please, spend as much money as possible!'

Funny thing is, if they do those sorta things you'll probably spend more money in the long run, (eg keep coming back to the shop, and trying out other armies, not droping the hobby after a bad experiance and a waste of cash).

[Gregor Xenos]

Here's my army. What do I need? *guffaw*

2x Monolith
2x C'Tan *only use one at a time*
48x Warriors
6x Wraith
12X Immys
12x Parrys
4x Tomb spyders *2 w cannon*
12x Destroyers
6x heavy Destroyers
24x Flayed
2x standing Lord
2x Destroyer lord
friggin loads of scarab swarms

think thats about it!
BTW: only gamed about 5 times *not the whole army then* Mostly collect and comission paint. Got most from a collection I painted and never got paid for. *Win-Win situation i suppose*