The day after Thanksgiving I engaged my brother with my Necron Army.
I brought forth the armies of the Stormlord and my brother countered with his Ultramarines 2nd company commanded by Captain Secarius.
1850 points
Army List:
Army of the Stormlord
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| Imhotekh The Stormlord |
Imotekh The Stormlord
Anrakyr The Traveler
Cryptek - Harbinger of Despair (abyssal staff, VoD, NC)
Cryptek - HoDestruction (Eldritch Staff, Gaze of Flame)
Cryptek - HoThe Storm (Voltaic Staff, Lightning Field, Ether Crystal)
Elites
7 Triarch Praetorians
Troops
10 Necron Warriors
10 Necron Warriors
10 Necron Immortals
Fast Attack
9 Canoptek Scarabs
5 Tomb Blades (Particle Blaster, Nebuloscope, Shield Vanes)
Heavy Support
Canoptek Spyder
Doomsday Ark
2nd Company
HQ
Captain Cato Secarius
Librarian Tigurius
Elites
Venerable Dreadnaught
Troops
Tactical Squad - 10
Tactical squad- 5
Tactical Squad - 5
Scout Squad - 10 (Sniper Rifles, Sgt Telion)
Dedicated Transports
3 Razorbacks (Lascannon)
Fast Attack
Assault Marines- 10
Landspeeders - 3
Heavy Support
Land Raider Crusader
The mission was seize ground with pitched battle formations. Imotehk seized the initiative and I took the area with the most ruined buildings (the better to lie in wait) Two objectives lie in ruined structures so I placed my Necron Warriors in those ruins to hold the objective. I placed my Immortals, which included Anrakyr, between them. My Praetorian I placed behind a unit of warriors to strike out at any enemy that gets close. Directly ahead of these two objectives was a building that contained a third objective. My plan was to wait for my brother to send his troops out, blast them and then take the objective. I placed my scarabs and spiders in the fore front to better attack his transports. My brother held nothing in reserve and placed his heavier stuff towards the middle objective, in an effort to rush it and hold it. He placed his scout snipers on an objective on his side in the center and his other troop choices towards the farther end.Turn One
I did little movement in the first turn. I moved my scarabs forward, not forgetting to use the spyder to spawn more. I moved my tomb blades away from any possible fire as they are meant to hit and run. In the shooting phase, the Stormlord's power reached out and only hit the Assault Squad but they shrugged it off. The dreadnought and assault marines advanced toward the center objective, meeting no resistance. I waited patiently. My doomsday ark could see through the storm clouds and shot at one of his razorbacks, missing.
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| Ultramarines in the rubble |
Turn Two
I moved my forces into position. My Praetorian moved forward to engage his Assault Marines, and my scarabs moved within assault range of his land raider as it rumbled forward. Imotekh called down the lightning again and with spectacular results. In the aftermath, his dreadnought and two razorbacks lay in smoking ruins, the troops inside scattered. The last razorback rendered immobile and weaponless. In a concentration of firepower my doomsday ark and tomb blades eliminated all but one of the survivors from the ruined razorbacks. My Immortals and Praetorian shot into the assault marines, killing several before the Praetorian charged into them. The marines hit and wounded in the melee but the armor prevented any damage. The power weapons of the Praetorian killed many more marines but they held fast. My scarabs attacked his land raider, eating through it's armor and reducing its value to 2. He shot into my Necron warriors but only destroyed one.
Turn Three
I left my tomb blades in a forward position out of negligence but pulled my immortals back from the rampaging Land Raider. The storm clouds dissapated and my troops could see to blast the Land Raider away. The tank exploded taking several marines with it. My Immortals and remaining warriors blast another marine to meet the Emperor. My doomsday ark blasts at the final marine but misses, allowing him to take the objective on the wreckage. My tomb blades destroy two of his three landspeeders. My opponent uses Tigurius to target my scarabs with a Vortex of Doom, blasting most of scarabs. He directed remaining landspeeder towards the middle objective and blast the Conoptek Spyder, destroying it. No more scarabs. He runs his scouts towards the middle objective to claim it and Secarius and his squad move into the temple front to claim another objective.
Turn Four
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| Necron Warriors |
Turn Five
I move my Immortals closer to the Temple objective but am still more than three inches away. My Praetorians gave Secarius another wound deals final death to one of my Praetorian. My brother runs his scouts into the middle objective, bringing his total to 2 claimed. Secarius kills another two Praetorians and takes another wound. I am hoping the game goes on to one more turn but alas, it does not.
UltraMarines: 2 Objectives
Necrons: 2 Objectives
I think I did ok, but I wish I would have thought better. I should have stretched one squad of Necron Warriors to cover two objectives and run another squad towards another objective.
I did lay a hurting on the Marines though. Although I tied, I amassed a good amount of victory points.
Necrons Victory Points: 1215
UltraMarine Victory Points: 573
Out of 1850 points I think I did pretty good...I just should not have let my fast attack get vaporized.
It sounds like a good battle. I take it that the Necrons have changed quite a bit with the new 'dex. I see that your brother has been doing some painting. The Ultramarines are looking good.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Actually I painted those. They still need some work on them but I'm gonna let him do the details. Yep, the Necrons have changed a great deal. For the better I think. I plan to make a huge army of them...eventually ;)
ReplyDeleteThe Necrons must really be your 'first love.' I am trying to decide whether to go for the Descent of Angels style or the Razorback style of Blood Angels now.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing the first is all jump pack troops? I love that idea but have to say they could get shot up. The razorbacks give the protection and thats how I run my black templars but that just doesnt seem interesting enough. I say jumppacks because like my Necrons, it would be an infantry army and I think people are going anti-armor to the point where infantry makes them adjust. Plus I think jump troops are awesome.
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