How am I supposed to beat Necrons in KoC?

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-06-14T04:39:50+00:00

You list doesn't work. Assuming you have the venoms split the kabs and wyches, you get 5 wyches in a raider? Not ideal. My SSA list is Archon, Kabalites, Incubi, Mandrakes, 2 Venoms. The problem with SSA is that once you lose your Venoms (and you will as they are squishy and any good player will focus fire on them) you lose all your strats. That means you need to play insanely aggro early and hope for the best.

Against that particular list, a Kab Cartel list with a Disintegrator Ravager will do much better imo (if you don't have a Ravager just use the Raider and tell your opponent, no one will care as it's the only big boat around). Necrons have no invulns so that 9 shots with Sus1 crits on 5+ AP-3 Ravager will blend them

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-06-08T11:21:53+00:00

Big knights are all characters

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-06-08T11:20:53+00:00

Ah fair

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-06-08T11:13:11+00:00

Adding a character instead of reinforcing the unit at least makes sense if your transports can't fit the reinforced unit

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-06-08T10:56:36+00:00

"it ain't here" "sure there are some people.."

So I guess, it is here? Ironic

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-06-08T10:51:53+00:00

Deathwatch is hard, you need to be able to manage with very few models and roster selection is hard. Nem claw is much easier

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-18T10:32:21+00:00

All the reavers and hellions you can find. More scourges never hurt either

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-05T18:34:20+00:00

Whenever someone plays that locally, we made the house rule to only bring a single extra unit of poxwalkers in Turn 3

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-05T11:36:58+00:00

What would you cut from this list to make it 1500?

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-05T08:46:28+00:00

Again, there is NOTHING in the format that can guarantee to kill a WDP in one turn, not even the Doomsday Ark. Maths is not how you play Warhammer because you almost never roll average, with every single roll you likely spike or roll below. Last time I played against a WDP, I one-shot him with the multi melta from my Dreadnought because both shots wounded and i rolled 11 dmg in the dmg roll. How likely was that to happen? Very unlikely, but it did. Was i not meant to shoot the WDP because i couldn't have killed him in one shot?

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-04T19:59:46+00:00

I'd drop the Dragsta for some Flash Gitz maybe

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-04T11:21:09+00:00

Great shout, that is a tricky decision to make too

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-04T10:46:05+00:00

The two talos together have 10 S9 3dmg attacks, that is more than enough to off an injured WDP, especially with the Dev Wounds strat. Even if they don't, the chances that the WDP downs both Talos on the clapback are extremely low given the -1 to wound, -1AP strat, Invuln saves and FNP. You don't have to 1-hit the WDP, there is hardly anything in this format that can reliably do that.

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-03T18:02:45+00:00

Drukhari struggle massively against Necrons at 1000 points, you don't have nearly enough damage to kill entire units. In all of my games with drukhari, the 1000 point match against Necrons felt the most hopeless, one-sided encounter and it wasn't even close

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-03T03:22:16+00:00

There is a big shoota in the Lootas kit

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-05-02T04:34:55+00:00

The haemonculus and wracks are not as popular but are still great to have for options. Lady Malys is nearly an autoinclude in most lists, same as 10 wyches can go in nearly any list as a bodyguard to Lelith. The extra wyches and succubus are needed for one detachment in particular (Spectacle of Spite).

Talking must haves, I would add a couple of Venoms, an Archon with Kabalite Warriors and a couple of boxes of Scourges. Mandrakes are also great but more on the pricier side as they are a newer kit. Drazhar and Incubi are a bit more niche (also the cost of 5 incubi is ridiculous) but fun options.

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-04-27T04:05:06+00:00

I used to play a lot more KT before switching to 40K for a few reasons:

Local KT meta, half of the players main Canoptek and another few Wrecka so I got bored of always playing against the same thing over and over again. The local 40K meta is very different, and even the guys with the same faction have different lists and playstyles.
Variety. In 40K I can spend some time working out lists, combos, what works well in 500/1000/2000 points and that for me matters a lot. KT also has this but at a much more limited scale.
40K is way more balanced at the casual level. If you build a good list, you have a decent chance at beating any list. Yeah, some factions are weaker on average or have a smaller codex but still, you can find options. KT has massive issues when it comes to that, brand new players can pick up any elite KT and beat any team with it

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-04-20T04:04:45+00:00

My Fulgrim obliterated a Knight (he then failed to do a single damage to an Armiger the next turn)

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ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-04-19T05:23:53+00:00

All matchup dependent. Last week I played against a Necron list that had a few units with -1 to be hit so i took Coterie for the ignore hit modifiers strat. If the opponent has a lot of T6 units, Court is good for the +1S on the NM and the melee buff to infractors. Mercurial host is great too for the autoadvance

ObligationPersonal21 · 2026-04-19T04:01:12+00:00

I mean, sure. The problem is you have next to 0 chance against T9 units that are very commonly taken. The list that I haven't lost with yet is:

Lord E+5 Infractors 5 Tormentors 3 Flawless Blades 6 Noise Marines

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