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Goatboy right here with a fast assessment of the brand new Army of Renown displaying up within the newest White Dwarf – the Necron Annihilation Legion!
First I really like the title as it’s easy, doesn’t have the phrase blood in it, and feels very Necron like. It additionally signifies that is a military constructed of the fashions I like in Necrons – all of the Destroyers, loopy Necrons, and choices to spice up them up. Let’s get onto the short assessment after which a military checklist to learn over.
Necron Annihilation Legion 101
The is an Army of Renown so it has some unit selection restrictions – naming it may possibly solely have Destroyer Cult, Flayed Ones, and Canoptek Plasmacyte items in it. They all need to be drawn from the identical Dynasty, they usually all lose the Command Protocols Ability. They all get the Annihilation Legion key phrase, a Vanguard Detachment that has the warlord in it price 0CP, Destroyer Cult acquire the Cult of Annihilation potential, Flayed ones which might be 10 or extra fashions at begin of the sport depend as Objective Secured. Hexmark Destroyer items have HQ battlefield position versus Elite. Each Skorpekh Lord or Lokhust Lord unit allows you to take a Hexmark Detroyer unit with out taking over a battlefield slot. Numerous phrases to mainly saying that is going to be a Destroyer Cult military of doom.
The Cult of Annihilation will get a number of guidelines added on too – if you’re attacking a unit that’s beneath beginning energy (beginning quantity of fashions) you get +1 to hit. If the unit is beneath half energy you additionally get a +1 to wound towards items as properly. This appears to actually arrange your military to weaken quite a lot of items to try to buff up the remainder of your capturing in hopes to blow up out your harm as a lot as you’ll be able to.
Warlord Traits & Relics
You get some Warlord traits and relics with the warlord trait letting you get 2 exploding hits on a 6 to hit with a melee assault. You can see how your Skorpekh Lords might go loopy right into a unit with exploding 6’s of dying. You get 3 relics with the best one being a Skorpekh lord choice that lets extra harm not go away. It is a -4 AP/D3 weapon so you can see the way you arrange a extremely insane monster of dying the skitters into your line. There is a brilliant pistol for you Hexmark Destroyer choice that may do quite a lot of harm in a line of dying. I want the space was 18″ because it might simply be used to snipe out issues – however in fact I don’t get every little thing I need on a regular basis.
Annihilation Legion Protocols & Stratagems
The military will get some Annihilation protocols just like the Necron e-book has. These are new and when you don’t get the tremendous boosted one from the Dataslate stability. The ones that look cool are the armor save bonus choices that’s combined with Toughness choice. You have quite a lot of motion buffs in addition to some enjoyable can nonetheless do stuff whereas finishing an motion. All of them appear good and the higher normal will be capable of work out the order they should crush the enemy in Annihilation.
On the Stratagem entrance we have now an advance and cost choice which is at all times good. It is 1 CP so it feels very spicy when you might want to get some creepy guys into your opponents line. You have an choice to take away the ignore wounds roles of an enemy which is situational however when it really works it’s nice. For 1CP this can be a good choice. You have a Flayed one reroll wounds choice if they’re in terrain as properly. Of course you will have some Lokhust destroyer harm choice that allows you to get a +1 to the harm roll for an assault – good for including extra annihilations. There is a rebuilt a Canoptek Plasmacyte choice too which might be helpful to get a fast physique on an goal or only a solution to buff issues. You have a cost potential to trigger Mortal wounds with Destroyer Cults and even an choice to activate goal secured on an Annihilation Legion unit which appears good to “steal” and goal.
Overall it looks as if a neat little military that feels very fluffy. It gained’t overtake the present “best” Necron checklist however it positive appears like a military I’d get pleasure from a heck of much more. A ton of Destroyer Cult jerks with creepy flesh carrying robots seems like a heck of so much cooler military. With that in thoughts let’s throw out an inventory actual fast.
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Annihilation Legion – Vanguard Detachment – 0CP
-HQ-
Lokhust Lord – Res Orb – 130pts
Skorpekh Lord – Warlord (-1CP) – Furious Destructor, Relic (-1CP) – Nightcull Scythe – 130pts
Hexmark Destroyer – Relic (-1CP) – Mask of Obliteration – 65pts
-Elites-
Canoptek Plasmacyte – 15pts
Canoptek Plasmacyte – 15pts
Flayed Ones X 15 – 150pts
Flayed Ones X 15 – 150pts
Flayed Ones X 15 – 150pts
Skorpekh Destroyers X 6 – 150pts
Skorpekh Destroyers X 6 – 150pts
Skorpekh Destroyers X 6 – 150pts
-FA-
Ophydian Destroyers X 6 -150pts
Ophydian Destroyers X 6 -150pts
-Heavy-
Lokhust Destroyers X 6, Lokhust Heavy Destroyer X 1, Guass Destructor – 285pts
Lokhust Heavy Destroyers X 3 – Gauss Destroctor X 3 – 150pts
PTS: 1990 CP: 4
It’s a primary pile of Necron destroyer nonsense filling out every little thing I can. Will it work? Who is aware of – it is going to not less than be cool as heck to play with.
May the Dynasties rule ceaselessly!
Thomas Reidy, aka Goatboy, the ever-evil member of BoLS. I do arts, play 40k, and even paint quite a lot of stuff. I’ve been taking part in Warhammer 40K for the reason that Nineties, and have gained a number of nationwide occasions together with Adepticon and GW GTs. I’ve been writing for BoLS for 15 years. Look at my Instagram to see what I’m engaged on – or engaged on for somebody. I’m at all times doing one thing passion associated.
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