Taking on the Ork Horde with Necrons

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Well, fellow Necron players, 5th Edition has been out for a year or so, and we've been hiding in our tomb complexes for far too long.

One name has been keeping us in the dark, huddling in our safe underground lairs.

Orks.

Hordes of greenskins marching across the table to smash into our Necrons, whittling us down until we phase out.

Ork Mech armies and Bike Armies have the disadvantage of numbers. The Orks give up their one big advantage for a lot of flash and dakka. We can work around and even beat these lists.

But the one Ork list that has become the bane of our undead minions is the Ork Horde list- basic Slugga/Shoota squads backed up with some elites and maybe a Trukk or two. We just can't put out enough Gauss to take them all down.

However, my little mind has been whirring and I believe I've come up with a list/philosophy that can break apart the Ork horde.

Let's look at the list, first of all. I'll be bolding the units that are integral to the plan.

HQ-

Necron Lord w/ Res. Orb, Phylactery

Necron Lord w/ Veil of Darkness

Troops-

20 Warriors

15 Warriors

15 Warriors

Elites-

9 Immortals

Fast Attack-

3 Destroyers

9 Scarab bases

9 Scarab bases

Heavy Support-

3 Tomb Spyders



You'll be placing the Res/Phylac Lord with the Immortals and the VoD Lord with the 20-count Necron Squad.

THE KUNNING PLAN:

This is where we get to the main philosophy of our list- Stall the Horde. Everything in this list is meant to keep the horde from reaching your precious warriors. The Ork Horde player will be trying his damndest to reach your gunline, get into CC, and wear you down.

Here's how you don't let that happen-

The Tactica Imperium states that when you are outnumbers, you should concentrate your forces so as to make the enemy fight only your best troops. Using this philosophy, set up the battlefield thusly (this won't work for that 1 mission with table quarters, but it will with the the other two set-ups)



You can reverse it if you feel it needs to be, but the premise remains the same. All your shooty Phase-out bits are concentrated in one place. The Ork player will most likely do this on turn 1.



He'll wheel around to try to get all of your shooty bits, ignoring your Scarabs. Your Destroyers are mid-field so they can zip out and pop Trukks that try to fly forward of the main force. When the Orks get too close for comfort, you do this:



BAM, LOOKIT THAT BACON SIZZLE! Move your Scarabs 12 inches and assault another 6, one for each Ork horde. Then pop your 20 Warriors and VoD Lord behind the remaining Ork hordes, giving the Ork player an interesting decision- does he continue forward? Or does he turn back? Or does he divide his forces?

Note- All images are NOT to scale and are using approximations of battlefield conditions. They are meant for demonstration ONLY.

This is assuming MUCH, such as the Ork player wheeling to assault your massed shooty units, your excellent DS rolling, and him having 4 large hordes.

But the premise remains the same. Using this list and the tactics described above, you can hold up almost half of his attacking force, leaving you to concentrate fire on the remaining half. Your Scarabs get 4 attacks on the charge, so that's 36 attacks. They'll kill something, and with 3 wounds, they might hold out a turn or two.

Good luck to all of you!

[nicholasakira]

death to the ork!

Why orks tho? Does this not work against any other horde army?

[The Envoy (AWOL)]

I think he chose Orks because they are becoming something of the norm for horde lists.

But that's just my opinion.

Good tactica by the way. That really would do wonders against them.

[Deleted]

against any horde army the necrons are at a disadvantage.

but the Orks are the key choice for horde armies.

this is a good strategy, ill keep it in mind when it happens.

-Panzer

[sirbebox]

Thats cheating the necrons dont read the Tactica Imperium

[alex4ajm3]

maybe they photocopied a lost version

[commissargaunt]

Very well done sir!

I must say that codex-rot is somewhat of a double edged sword. Your army becomes less competitive so you have to compensate for that by not only making solid unit choices but playing smarter than your opponent. I'd like to see how the necrons would fare against the new Blood Angels codex. I should imagine plenty of power weapons on their part will spell a rapid doom to those all important WBBing warriors.

[Adam Selene]

The last pic where their are 2 warriors left out in the open, the reason they were their (to goad the orks into the trap) is now done, have the spyders and Immortals get infront of them to hold up the orks more.