Son_of_Osiris
03-10-2012, 06:45 PM
Hi all. I played Hans Krueger's (Norbu the Destroyer on Dakka) puzzle box necrons a few nights ago with my 2k SoB list. Hans won the Indy GT the weekend before and has had great success with the new book. His list really is nothing like what he calls "netcrons." Having fought his crons a few times, I can safely say that mech armies will have trouble with it, no matter the mission.
My list was:
Uriah Jacobus
Convent Squad (6 assassins, 3 Crusaders)
Rhino
Saint Celestine
6 Repentia (jump in retributor immo... or will they?)
Battle Sisters w/ 2 flamers, Supperior w/ bolt pistol + cc weapon
-Rhino
Battle Sisters w/ 2 flamers, Supperior w/ bolt pistol + cc weapon
-Rhino
Battle Sisters w/ 2 meltas, Supperior w/ bolt pistol + cc weapon
-Rhino
5 Dominons w/ 2 meltas, Superior w/ combi-melta
-Immolator w/ multimelta, search light
5 Dominons w/ 2 meltas, Superior w/ combi-melta
-Immolator w/ multimelta, search light
5 Dominons w/ 2 meltas, Superior w/ combi-melta
-Immolator w/ multimelta, search light
Exorcist
Exorcist
6 Retributors w/ 4 heavy bolters, Superior w/ stormbolter
Hans' "puzzle box crons"
Immotek the Strormlord
-Cryptek w/ tremorstave
-Cryptek w/ tremorstave, crucible
-Cryptek w/ Chronometron (goes with immortals)
-Lord w/ orb, mindshackle scarabs, warscythe (goes with Lychguard)
Orikan the Diviner
Ctan w/ Writhing Worldscape, Lord of Fire
7 Lychguard w/ shields and phase swords
5 warriors
5 warriors
5 Immortals
5 Scarabs
6 Scarabs
5 Wraiths w/ 1 or 2 coils, 1 pistol
3 Spyders
3 Spyders
We've been practicing for the ATC this summer and are playing the misson for that. So its random deployment style from the book and then one of each: secure and control, take ground, and kill points. All three are equally weighted. If you tie, goes to victory points.
We rolled up Pitched battle and he wins the roll to go first. He gives me the first turn. We deploy like this (after scout moves) I place my secure and control objective is placed on the left side of my left flank exorcist and Hans' is placed in his center behind the rock formation. The take ground objectives are scattered about with one close to me, one close to him, and one dead center:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o203/Shindig1/IMG_1580.jpg
I put an exorcist, a flamer squad and uriah on my left flank-center and I put everything else on my right. I outflank one dominon unit and hold my melta sister squad in natural reserve. you can see my repentia huddled around the retributor immo on my right flank. I put the saint as far up as I can on my left flank though you can't see her cuz the building is in the way. I hate orikan and all necron shinanigans, so I scouted my dominons up to spot through the night fight for the exorcists. My primary target is the wraiths, who can and have eaten through half my army.
Hans deployed from top to bottom: Ctan, wraiths, Immotek and immortals with chrono cryptek, A smathering of spyders and scarabs in the center, the two warrior squads with orikan somewhere in there with the other crypteks and finally the lychguard with lord on the bottom of the pic.
He attempts to steal the initiative and doesn't
Turn 1 - top
I don't move anything. I marked the wraiths through the dark and failed to mark the lychguard. I shoot both my exorcists at them and roll a 6 for both!!! However, my luck was countered by his and he only failed one 3+ save, killing a coil wraith. Not to bad considering the limitations of orikan's temporal snares. I'll take it
Turn 1 - Turn 2 bottom
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o203/Shindig1/IMG_1582.jpg?t=1331423257
The necrons spring into life and surge at me. The Spyders **** out 6 scarabs into the 6 swarm squad and a spyder in each unit takes a wound. Lychguard run up 11 inches. Orikan stays calm. Lightning zaps the lower exorcist, but it passes its 6++ and stays unharmed (emperor protects!). The retributor immo isnt so faithful and gets wrecked. Uriah's ride also gets wrecked. Lightning also immobilizes my northern dominon's immolator and stuns the flamer battle sister squad near it. The immortals fire on the closest immo and do nothing. Holy lightning storm batman!
Bottom of 2:
Roll and get plenty of faith. No reserves yet. I respond and shuffle about, preparing for impact. The saint flew further up behind the building, preparing to charge the immortals if they don't back off a little. My crazy repentia can't see anything behind their wreck and so I don't move em. I jump out the dominion unit in the immobile immo, positioning them in such a way to avoid the ctan but shoot a wraith blowing away one with twin-link faith and the combi melta. My immolator then spots the wraiths and fails to kill one. The exorcists fire and again the one on my left gets a 6 and kills two more wraiths! the other exorcist fails to kill the last wraith. damn invulns! My other dominon immo shuffles about, positioning them where if Hans wants to commit the scarabs, he'd have a long charge through terrain and hopefully won't get a **** load of attacks at it. The immo spots the lychguard and fails to kill one. The retributors open up with faithful rending heavy bolters, only killing one lychguard after they roll repair protocols. baby steps... baby steps
Bottom of 2:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o203/Shindig1/IMG_1584.jpg
The storm keeps brewin' and Orikan keeps chilin'. The spyders pump up the scarabs one last time and move up with them. The lychguard run up another 11 or 12, hankerin to beat up some ladies. The Ctan moves up and the last wraith moves to assault the immolator. The warriors shoot their tremorstaves, entangling the domions on my left. The lightning isn't so crazy this time, i think it maybe stunned my right battle sister ride. The Scarabs charge and kill the dominion immo as foretold.
Stay tuned for more robot bros and warrior hoes!
My list was:
Uriah Jacobus
Convent Squad (6 assassins, 3 Crusaders)
Rhino
Saint Celestine
6 Repentia (jump in retributor immo... or will they?)
Battle Sisters w/ 2 flamers, Supperior w/ bolt pistol + cc weapon
-Rhino
Battle Sisters w/ 2 flamers, Supperior w/ bolt pistol + cc weapon
-Rhino
Battle Sisters w/ 2 meltas, Supperior w/ bolt pistol + cc weapon
-Rhino
5 Dominons w/ 2 meltas, Superior w/ combi-melta
-Immolator w/ multimelta, search light
5 Dominons w/ 2 meltas, Superior w/ combi-melta
-Immolator w/ multimelta, search light
5 Dominons w/ 2 meltas, Superior w/ combi-melta
-Immolator w/ multimelta, search light
Exorcist
Exorcist
6 Retributors w/ 4 heavy bolters, Superior w/ stormbolter
Hans' "puzzle box crons"
Immotek the Strormlord
-Cryptek w/ tremorstave
-Cryptek w/ tremorstave, crucible
-Cryptek w/ Chronometron (goes with immortals)
-Lord w/ orb, mindshackle scarabs, warscythe (goes with Lychguard)
Orikan the Diviner
Ctan w/ Writhing Worldscape, Lord of Fire
7 Lychguard w/ shields and phase swords
5 warriors
5 warriors
5 Immortals
5 Scarabs
6 Scarabs
5 Wraiths w/ 1 or 2 coils, 1 pistol
3 Spyders
3 Spyders
We've been practicing for the ATC this summer and are playing the misson for that. So its random deployment style from the book and then one of each: secure and control, take ground, and kill points. All three are equally weighted. If you tie, goes to victory points.
We rolled up Pitched battle and he wins the roll to go first. He gives me the first turn. We deploy like this (after scout moves) I place my secure and control objective is placed on the left side of my left flank exorcist and Hans' is placed in his center behind the rock formation. The take ground objectives are scattered about with one close to me, one close to him, and one dead center:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o203/Shindig1/IMG_1580.jpg
I put an exorcist, a flamer squad and uriah on my left flank-center and I put everything else on my right. I outflank one dominon unit and hold my melta sister squad in natural reserve. you can see my repentia huddled around the retributor immo on my right flank. I put the saint as far up as I can on my left flank though you can't see her cuz the building is in the way. I hate orikan and all necron shinanigans, so I scouted my dominons up to spot through the night fight for the exorcists. My primary target is the wraiths, who can and have eaten through half my army.
Hans deployed from top to bottom: Ctan, wraiths, Immotek and immortals with chrono cryptek, A smathering of spyders and scarabs in the center, the two warrior squads with orikan somewhere in there with the other crypteks and finally the lychguard with lord on the bottom of the pic.
He attempts to steal the initiative and doesn't
Turn 1 - top
I don't move anything. I marked the wraiths through the dark and failed to mark the lychguard. I shoot both my exorcists at them and roll a 6 for both!!! However, my luck was countered by his and he only failed one 3+ save, killing a coil wraith. Not to bad considering the limitations of orikan's temporal snares. I'll take it
Turn 1 - Turn 2 bottom
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o203/Shindig1/IMG_1582.jpg?t=1331423257
The necrons spring into life and surge at me. The Spyders **** out 6 scarabs into the 6 swarm squad and a spyder in each unit takes a wound. Lychguard run up 11 inches. Orikan stays calm. Lightning zaps the lower exorcist, but it passes its 6++ and stays unharmed (emperor protects!). The retributor immo isnt so faithful and gets wrecked. Uriah's ride also gets wrecked. Lightning also immobilizes my northern dominon's immolator and stuns the flamer battle sister squad near it. The immortals fire on the closest immo and do nothing. Holy lightning storm batman!
Bottom of 2:
Roll and get plenty of faith. No reserves yet. I respond and shuffle about, preparing for impact. The saint flew further up behind the building, preparing to charge the immortals if they don't back off a little. My crazy repentia can't see anything behind their wreck and so I don't move em. I jump out the dominion unit in the immobile immo, positioning them in such a way to avoid the ctan but shoot a wraith blowing away one with twin-link faith and the combi melta. My immolator then spots the wraiths and fails to kill one. The exorcists fire and again the one on my left gets a 6 and kills two more wraiths! the other exorcist fails to kill the last wraith. damn invulns! My other dominon immo shuffles about, positioning them where if Hans wants to commit the scarabs, he'd have a long charge through terrain and hopefully won't get a **** load of attacks at it. The immo spots the lychguard and fails to kill one. The retributors open up with faithful rending heavy bolters, only killing one lychguard after they roll repair protocols. baby steps... baby steps
Bottom of 2:
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o203/Shindig1/IMG_1584.jpg
The storm keeps brewin' and Orikan keeps chilin'. The spyders pump up the scarabs one last time and move up with them. The lychguard run up another 11 or 12, hankerin to beat up some ladies. The Ctan moves up and the last wraith moves to assault the immolator. The warriors shoot their tremorstaves, entangling the domions on my left. The lightning isn't so crazy this time, i think it maybe stunned my right battle sister ride. The Scarabs charge and kill the dominion immo as foretold.
Stay tuned for more robot bros and warrior hoes!