Got a game in last Thursday with the Squats against uberChris's Necrons

Chris, what did I get wrong in your list? Looks like I ended up 75 points shy.

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Start of Game


Start of Game


Monoliths advance, laying a BM on the Gyros


Destroyers fail to retain and move.


The Gyros fail, shoot and break the Destroyers, taking three units out.


Monoliths advance and do a point of damage to a Goliath, it crits and they break


Robots doublt and screen.


Monliths advance and lay a BM on the Robots.


The Colossus doubles and wipes out hte Destroyers.


Monoliths double and destroy the Gyro.


Bikes screen the Colossus


A Phalanx advances and lays a BM on them.


They are engaged by Flayed Ones, who take overwatch from the Thunderfires


And wiped out


Bikes engage the Flayed Ones


Crap saves for Squats, Necrons make all of them.


The Bikes break.


A Phalanx advances and breaks the Gyros.


Destroyers and Wraiths engage the RObots


They're wiped out


Infantry Surface on the far left of the table


Monoliths come back in behind the Gyros

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Turn 2


Turn 2


The Colossus advances and scores 6 hits on the BTS, it saves all but one. The Gyros retain and advance to screen it, taking out a Flayed one.


A Phalanx advances and lays a BM on the Thunderfires


The Monoliths retain and destroy the Golith


The Thunderfires sustain, hit the BTS twice and it saves.


The BTS engages them


Wiping them out for a Wraith


Warriors march and grab Blitz


Monoliths double and take out two Termites, a Phalanx retains and engages the,


3-0, Necrons


Thunderers wiped out


Monoliths fail and move.


A Phalanx engage the broken bikes


They're wiped out


Monliths break the Gyros


Flayed ones marshal


Berzerkers surface

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Turn 3


Turn 3


Flayed ones engage the Colossus


It fails 4 out of 5 hits, gets critted and is destroyed for no Necron losses


Gyros advance and score 3 hits on the BTS, all saved


Monoliths break them


Overwatch


End of Game


End of Game

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This ended up 3-1 Necrons with Blitz, T&H, BTS to Blitz. The Squats had some pretty bad luck and the Necrons managed some good saves throughout. Getting to go first in turn 3 or breaking the BTS could have swung it to 3-2 or maybe even a turn 4 but the dice weren't cooperating.

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Hey Dave, for some reason I thought Destroyers were 350 points base. The Heavy Destroyer formation with one Wraith is only 350 points, which drops the other Destroyer formation to 475 points so my army total was 2,945 points.

Yeah, the dice were kind to me. I'm looking forward to trying out the Squats in the next game, should be fun.

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That was a good read. Have a squats player in our group here too. Necrons are a tough match up for the stunties. Clearly some bad dice rolls though.

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Depends on the squat build, deployment, and terrain. Deployment is key against Necrons, and building a plan to deal with teleporting into it. A few suggestions:
1. Invert your scout screens. I'm generally pretty happy if i can wipe a fragile scout unit with an assault, so keeping them behind more substantial units like warriors and berzerkers will help.
2. Only overwatch assaulting units. Necron assaults rely in part on having no BM's to win, as they don't hit quite as hard as you'd think, and if you take out a few warrior stands even better.
3. Try and keep clear lines of fire wherever possible when on overwatch. I'll often avoid overwatch fire with Necrons by good use of terrain.
4. Necrons can really struggle to take out the sturdier war engines. A couple of them are an absolute nightmare to deal with, as they are difficult to take out in assault.
5. Objective placement is also your friend. Necrons are slow, so spreading objectives can be pretty effective.
6. Never shoot a monolith unit that isn't in a good position! If you break them it just gives them a chance rally off board and re-deploy somewhere better.

You can't do much about crappy dice though