Necrons: Tomb Stalker

[Nachodragon]

I played a couple games recently with my Tomb Stalker (finally) and was a little underwhelmed by its performance. This was mainly due to bad planning. The second game I played I put it in DS reserve and it only came in on turn 5 and did nothing. First game I ran it through terrain against deathwing.

This is the only forgeworld model/rules I have played with and don't no if they do this with other models, but, why does this Monstrous Creature have Move Through Cover? That is an innate ability of MCs. It would make more sense if it had Assault grenades or ignore terrain altogether, since it phases through it anyway (phase tunneling).

[IronfrontAlex]

Run in it pairs, they're much more effective then :p

I run two, almost always.

[Tynskel]

sometimes forgeworld has screwy rules-- like through cover thing.
They also tend to be 'not as good' as codex stuff. However, I have heard fun things about the Tomb Stalker!

[Nachodragon]

Yeah, i need to play more games with it. It is an awesome looking model. Maybe I will play a game and see how it does if it has assault grenades instead of duplicate rules. :p Which is the only real tweak (other than an invul save but that is something else completely) that it needs. Hopefully I can get it to do something in a game and not just be a great table ornament. :D

[Kawauso]

Forge World rules tend to be underwhelming (on the whole), despite a lot of people thinking the opposite.

I haven't had a chance to play with my Stalker yet, but I'm looking forward to it...now that it's painted it makes a really sweet centrepiece.

[Tynskel]

yeah, people think 'Dreadnought Drop Pod' or 'Imperial Guard Thudd Battery' and equate all Forgeworld to those rules. Don't get me wrong, the Dread Drop Pod and Gaurd gun battery are dumb. But, almost everything else is 'over priced' in points. Look at the Tau: I would say that the latest FAQ makes the Tetra worthwhile (4 marker lights instead of 1). Everything else isn't so great. Especially since the JetPack rules for Tau still suck, even though the rulebook JetPack rules are good... and that the Tau are the only ones with JetPacks, except for Forgeworld Eldar...

[IronfrontAlex]

if you can't convert or buy more, then combine with wraiths and nemesor.

you can give him furious charge, so that's I5 S8 :P