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DJ3
Was head judge at our 64-man GT this weekend; we had a surprising show of Necron players--around seven or so--with Necrons being two of the last four undefeated.
Necrons ended up winning, though it was a list I am not personally fond of--the best way I could describe it would be Imotekh/half-Farm combined with Orikan/WW and then some Lychguard and Wraiths thrown in. Virtually no shooting, zero vehicles. The other list that was undefeated after 5 rounds was more of a vanilla mech list; no special characters, lots of AV13. He unfortunately got alphastriked virtually off the board by IG, due to Scouting Vendetta Searchlights and a PBS breaking his one big foot squad.
The last game was a little underwhelming from an entertainment standpoint--as head judge, I had to stay and watch the entire final match, and it was one where Imotekh basically won it single-handedly with the lightning against an IG player (though not crazy-Chimera spam; there were only seven lightning targets on the board). He wasn't pleased, and actually made the guy switch dice on account of all of Imotekh's luck with the lightning. His prior round game was somewhat similar, though with Orikan and the opponent's poor rolls taking place of Imotekh and his good rolls--two Stormravens Immobilized themselves to Temporal Snares/WW, followed by two embarked Techmarines performing the following over two turns:
Turn 1:
1). Techmarine A casts Reconstruction
2). Techmarine B fails Reconstruction on an 11
3). Techmarine A fails both rolls to repair his Stormraven
4). Techmarine B fails single roll to repair his Stormraven
Turn 2:
5). Techmarine A fails to Reconstruction on an 11
6). Techmarine B casts Reconstruction
7). Techmarine A fails single roll to repair his Stormraven
8). Techmarine B fails both rolls to repair his Stormraven
...and by that time, the Scarabs and Wraiths were upon him, meaning neither Stormraven ever got to move. Given that the primary mission was Table Quarters (by VPs) and the Necron list had zero shooting capable of killing a Stormraven, Orikan taking them out of the game really ended it before it began.
Not to take anything away from the Necron player--he still did the things he needed to do, and it's likely he had some more tactically interesting games on Day 1, but if I were to describe the reasons I would not personally play such a list it would be "because it's too heavily based on gimmicks." So watching those two gimmicks single-handedly beat two very good players certainly didn't make either of them very happy, and I would have doubts as to the long-term consistency of the build, but it absolutely worked on that day.
I snagged all of the lists at the end of the day, and should have access to the scoring information soon, so I might go into some of the lists/outcomes in more detail later this week.
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. Yes i was playing with 2x 9 immortal squads when i played the army against tyranids. But im afraid 4 lances isnt gonna cut it. Well zahndrek is mostly there to buff the lychguards and the wraiths, but also the immortals if they become the target of a charge. About the veil, i do have obyron, who can shift between the squads that needs travel. So i can either port the lychguards to contest the enemy objective or the immortals to score. But yes, i do feel its a but light in the troop section, i just really want this army to work. i like playing footcron so much 