tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717820694387825462.post2429941077423771419..comments2023-05-11T03:45:31.731-07:00Comments on 40K Unorthodoxy: Warhammer 40,000 Necron WarriorsUnorthodoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577407895720451428noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717820694387825462.post-56980344472161532632016-05-10T10:30:44.079-07:002016-05-10T10:30:44.079-07:00I added a video Link to a battle report using this...I added a video Link to a battle report using this army that was posted by Kingpin. For those who dont know Kingpin, he is an elite level general. When he wants to win, he wins. He's like me in that he does a lot of exploring of his codex's for fun stuff, but make no mistake: He is one of the best you will find anywhere. He will be attending the Bay Area open this year with me and another friend and we fully intend to make some noise. =)Unorthodoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577407895720451428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717820694387825462.post-2317840553355495262016-05-10T10:30:21.163-07:002016-05-10T10:30:21.163-07:00I added a video Link to a battle report using this...I added a video Link to a battle report using this army that was posted by Kingpin. For those who dont know Kingpin, he is an elite level general. When he wants to win, he wins. He's like me in that he does a lot of exploring of his codex's for fun stuff, but make no mistake: He is one of the best you will find anywhere. He will be attending the Bay Area open this year with me and another friend and we fully intend to make some noise. =)Unorthodoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577407895720451428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717820694387825462.post-46943183383187693372016-05-10T10:08:42.905-07:002016-05-10T10:08:42.905-07:00Follow up on that one: He had two Wyverns, Big bl...Follow up on that one: He had two Wyverns, Big blob of death with Azrael and Ezekial. The Terminator units (that I never killed), Black Knights outflanking, Platoon Command in Chimera and so on.<br /><br />He seized (ruh roh) and dropped in round 1, and i was like "yup, time to move BACK and see if he misses the charge on turn 2." So i did.<br /><br />On turn two he moved, shot me with Black Knights plus Termies and charged me, as you'd expect. Only one unit could get to me though. Killed a terminator before that happened. That kill probably saved me in the ensuing combat. I managed to kill a Terminator but lost by 4 and held on a six. Reanimation Protocols were all I got, so as you'd imagine, it was close.<br /><br />As mentioned I had reserve manipulation, brought on all but one unit of Warriors. Mishap'd a Monolith, Mishap'd the Obelisk. So the good luck continued onward. so on his top of three, after I failed epically with shooting, a Monolith died to boot. ha! Good times. <br /><br />I knew I could win the game if I didn't panic and do stupid things or prioritize badly. He had enough good "minor" targets for me to concentrate my efforts on and so that's what I did. The Solar Staff made fights a lot more fair than they would have been on a couple of important occasions. But then that's why you take it, right? The Flayed ones were fantastic for turning the IG blob into kibble. Getting that charge off was a big deal. Yay Eternity Gate.<br /><br />So i stayed the course and made sure to pick up the points I knew I could get and hoped at the very end morale could hold and the shooting would improve. The thing that made it as close as it was in the end was the fortitude of those Dark Angel characters. I put a LOT of wounds on them, but 2+ is 2+. It lived up to its potential against me and he managed to save both characters. Another thing that made it closer was that his Terminators kinda did the same thing: Lived. Never did finish them off but getting them down to just their powersword guy was important and allowed me to hang in there in the combats. Kinda tough when you're a single terminator against 8 Necron Warriors, when using a Powersword. twice as tough if you're Blinded.<br /><br />The score could easily have been 10-6 or even 11-6. Both Dark Angel characters and the singular Terminator Sergeants were just taking it like champs though. What can ya' do? He paid for his Terminator armor and got a good return this game. Very fun game.Unorthodoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577407895720451428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717820694387825462.post-43456289704194850462016-05-10T10:06:44.647-07:002016-05-10T10:06:44.647-07:00I got my second game in with Necrons. I had first...I got my second game in with Necrons. I had first turn. We played Purge the Alien, Hammer and Anvil.<br /><br />I deployed a single 10 man Necron Unit with its Cryptek on the board. He deployed everything except his Deep Striking Death Wings (3 of them). I knew they could come in turn one so I decided to play it safe and make sure that I'd get to see where he was coming in before bringing my stuff in and obviously getting the shot off before he could assault would be wise.<br /><br />i also had the Warlord Trait to manipulate my reserves so i was in really good shape. <br /><br />And. then... He seized the initiative... And so this is what it looked like turn two...<br /><br />Rolling perfect six's on their Move move move orders of course in the back there.<br /><br />[url=http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/Jancoran/media/Necron%20Game%202.1.jpg.html]Necron%20Game%202.1.jpg[/URL]<br /><br />DeathWing Incoming Turn one which means in turn two, where this pic is taken, they will be charging... All one could do is retreat and hope!<br /><br />[url=http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/Jancoran/media/Necron%20game%202.2.jpg.html]Necron%20game%202.2.jpg[/URL]<br /><br />Those bikes you see? Yeah those are his Black Knights who just outflanked on me at the top of his second round. Soooo....<br /><br />[url=http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/Jancoran/media/Necron%20Game%202.3.jpg.html]Necron%20Game%202.3.jpg[/URL]<br /><br />To make things more fun...<br /><br />In my turn two, the Obelisk mishap'd, while my second Monolith did also, so he planted the Monlith in my deployment zone of course and then the Obelisk had to go into ongoing reserve. More good news? For my bottom on 2, I shot him 70 times plus nine Staff of Light shots, plus the Monolith fired and killed one Terminator. The only good news was that the Monolith i dropped in his backfield blasted a Wyvern and the Immortals who emerged finished the second one. Still. Tough sledding. <br /><br />On turn three He annihilated the Monolith he so conveniently placed near his terminators in my Deployment zone, which was the main thing I had to hurt his bikes there. Yup.<br /><br />Despite, shall we say, the adversity I was able to claw my way back and win 7-6. My MVP's were the Flayed Ones and the obelisk. Despite its delay'd arrival it really did do work once it was on the board (killed a Chimera, a Platoon Commnd and finished the Black Knights). The Flayed ones tilted the melee against the 4+ invul guardsman in my direction round after round.Unorthodoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577407895720451428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717820694387825462.post-70486505059187042612016-05-10T10:06:08.944-07:002016-05-10T10:06:08.944-07:00I fought Blood Angels. Decided to test how good a...I fought Blood Angels. Decided to test how good a Warrior list might play. Everyone gets hopped up on happy juice about the cool things Necrons can do, but what about an army that just marches, survives and keeps coming? Nothing fancy. <br /><br />Well I won't go through the entire battle but he seized (third time in three games hes done that) and blew up a Monolith in round one before I moved a muscle. Bummer. Unfortunately for him, that was the last thing he killed the rest of the game until round 5 when he finally blew up the Obelisk. In the end, they were the two casualties in the game.<br /><br />I did suffer from pretty mediocre rolls, but i had enough raw volume to make up for it.<br /><br />In return, I destroyed every vehicle and left him with a unit of one Marine and a unit of 5 Marines left on the table, plus a dual Cannon Dreadnought. I took the Reic on the bottom of round 3.<br /><br />He scored First Blood, i scored the Relic, Line Breaker and Slay the Warlord.Unorthodoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577407895720451428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717820694387825462.post-65093162782292223342016-05-10T10:05:25.350-07:002016-05-10T10:05:25.350-07:00I will cut and paste a couple below that I posted ...I will cut and paste a couple below that I posted elsewhere:<br />Unorthodoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577407895720451428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717820694387825462.post-62686071064109360332016-05-10T08:28:18.542-07:002016-05-10T08:28:18.542-07:00I think you hit the nail on the head with the necr...I think you hit the nail on the head with the necron mobility, and you have bought in the monoliths and flayed ones to help with that. My only comment on the list is the naked crypteks, are they really necessary, yes a 4+ RP is nice, but for only 10 necron warriors would it not be better to just have another unit of 10 warriors rather than the 2 crypteks ?<br /><br />Would love to see some battle reports showing how effective moving units through the Monolith portals can help the Necron mobility issues.<br /><br />Rathstar<br /><br />Rathstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08799690336241322474noreply@blogger.com