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Games Workshop => Warhammer 40K => Topic started by: andalucien on December 07, 2013, 02:45:08 PM

Title: Anti-deathstar necrons?
Post by: andalucien on December 07, 2013, 02:45:08 PM
How about this as an approach against the seerstar/beaststar/screamerstar:

An army with

Imhotekh
Zandrekh
Obyron

2 Harbingers of Despair /w/ teleportation

3 units of 20 necron warriors

Coteaz (via inquisition)

............

With Coteaz and Imhotekh in the same list, you have about an 87% of going first (re-rollable 4+ to steal the initiative), unless you're playing against Orks.

So you go first most of the time, and when you do, you try 3 times to teleport a unit of 20 warriors within rapid fire range of the deathstar (before their buffs are up).  Let's say you'll succeed with 2 of those units.

Now you've got 80 bolter shots (plus maybe a bit more odds and ends) coming in at the unbuffed deathstar.  that's 54 hits.

VS screamer star:  27 wounds, 18 unsaved wounds, either kills all the screamers or some of the screamers and some of the heralds.

VS jetseer star/ beaststar:  36 wounds, that should be enough to pretty much neuter them a lot of the time?

Also, you've got Zandrekh to take away hit & run on "stars" that have h+r.

Could it work?
Title: Re: Anti-deathstar necrons?
Post by: Chancetragedy on December 07, 2013, 04:41:12 PM
You could also add some spyders and scarabs to tie up both.  Take away hit and run from the seer star and tarpit it with scarabs. 
Title: Re: Anti-deathstar necrons?
Post by: Mike_k on December 07, 2013, 07:24:13 PM
I dont believe you can use both of their special abilities like this.
Title: Re: Anti-deathstar necrons?
Post by: Dan Bunker on December 08, 2013, 08:07:12 AM
I've tried doing this in the past and was ruled that since they are not battlebrothers you cannot combine the abilities
Title: Re: Anti-deathstar necrons?
Post by: andalucien on December 08, 2013, 09:58:40 AM
Hmm, I don't see what being battle brothers has to do with combining those 2 abilities.  But, fair enough.  Death stars win again.

There's always D weapons I suppose.
Title: Re: Anti-deathstar necrons?
Post by: MM3791 on December 08, 2013, 10:39:34 PM
Hmm, I don't see what being battle brothers has to do with combining those 2 abilities.  But, fair enough.  Death stars win again.

There's always D weapons I suppose.

Lol