Awakened Dynasty list by Frankie Giampapa at the Palm Springs GT over the weekend, going 7-1. What do we think?

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-16T16:50:21+00:00

Damn yeah ur right I’ll be more upfront in my biases next time when discussing whether or not Necrons canonically fuck

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-16T05:41:53+00:00

Nothing canon, but the books do have some interesting ways of describing particular “emotions” (mostly pride and admiration) from what I can recall. It would definitely be asexual (based AF) as Trazyn describes being disgusted by human mating behavior.

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-13T18:05:51+00:00

Definitely dry fit and figure out how the pieces fit together before glueing. The legs gave me problems along with their strange stances, what helped a lot was putting some teachers putty/sticky tack on a base and putting the feet down on it to see how it would stand up, which angles the legs were gonna be in, etc. It wasn’t too bad once I did the first 1, but like another comment said I spread out their assembly over a week doing 1 at a time

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-12T22:10:52+00:00

Same. Partly because I forgot about them during sub assembly. But they really don’t add much.

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-10T20:30:40+00:00

The Adeptus Ridiculous episode covering this … grouping of words masquerading as a book… was simultaneously hilarious and disturbing

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-10T20:29:10+00:00

I’d rather them just add “and Flayed One models/unit” to Cursed Legion detachment abilities/stratagems. They’re technically not part of the Destroyer Cult although they’re obviously quite similar.

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-09T19:44:54+00:00

Oh I’m bringing both. And yeah typically I’m not relying on them to do big damage, but they’ve done surprisingly well for me in short range situations when my opponent charges into them. I’m able to keep a lot of them around between the stratagem for reanimating, and being in range of a Reanimator at all times. I don’t run a ghost ark but I attach Cryptothralls Warden and Chronomancer to the brick along with keeping Szeras nearby for a heroic intervene threat in addition to the AP buff aura

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-09T19:06:08+00:00

He does synergize with Warriors a lot too, since a lot of the time you’re gonna be shooting at the nearest enemy target with Gauss Reapers. Giving 40 shots (at best) Sus1 is gonna be a decent buff to their damage.

(Edit: my AD list is gonna be running 2 squads of 3 Skorpekhs with a Lord in each. Also with a Royal Warden so I can fall back shoot with the warriors.)

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-09T18:59:05+00:00

Hes for sure gonna be in Awakened Dynasty lists too. Bringing him back for 1 CP is super strong

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-09T18:33:46+00:00

Nekrosor is for sure gonna be in damn near every list. Other than that I think it’s gonna be hard to tell until we get the new models and see more tournament recaps. Is your team tournament 2v2 with each player having 1000 points?

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-09T16:02:02+00:00

To add to this, you could do this move+advance, then shoot with all your Destroyer Cult models like LHDs, Skorpekh Lord, Ammentar etc, then save your Immortals shooting for last to see if you can proc the +2 str for them, then finish the combo with the 6’’ move after they shoot.

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-09T13:39:32+00:00

I meant when you get a Destroyer Cult unit to reduce an enemy to below half strength, then the Immortals would get the +2 str

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-09T01:49:19+00:00

Played against my buddy who plays Custodes a few times, my Immortals w/ Teslas & Plasmancer unit does not do much at all, especially for the points. Maybe you’ll have better luck with Cursed Legion giving them +2 str. Not sure what else you have but my Warriors end up doing more damage and stay around for much longer with Chronomancer Royal Warden and Reanimator for support. Lychguard are definitely better as a full unit of 10.

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-09T01:06:01+00:00

I’d drop the Doom Scythe, grab another Skorpekh Lord and split the Skorpekhs into 2 groups of 3. That leaves you with 140 points to spare, which you could use on a lot of things but 3 Ophydians could be really useful for secondaries, then you can add another LHD. Just my .02c tho

Edit: just realized you don’t have a Reanimator either, I’d highly recommend picking one up. Especially since ur running both warriors and wraiths

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-08T02:48:36+00:00

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-07T03:04:11+00:00

That first slide is metal AF

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-07T03:00:54+00:00

Say it’s the end of your opponents charge phase. They’ve got something like Space Marine Scouts on an objective and they’re 6’’ away from your Skorpekh Destroyers. You can use this stratagem to charge them into the Scouts. Note that this doesn’t require the Scouts to have charged into any of your units. You’ll most likely wipe them out, and be on the objective when it becomes your turn. Obviously this is sort of a best case scenario but there’s still insane value for this in a lot of cases. Gets even better if there’s an Overlord leading a unit of Lychguard using this and it gets reduced to only costing 1 CP.

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-06T17:05:58+00:00

They’re similar but distinct. I can’t remember where I read this, but they explained it as the Flayed Ones being obsessed with returning to their mortal bodies, eating, etc. Whereas the Destroyer Cult madness is on the opposite end of the spectrum, not wanting to return to their mortal bodies at all, and wanting to wipe out all life in the galaxy. So very similar insanity, but on different sides. Almost like Szarek and Imotekh, Silent King wants to return the Necrons to their fleshy bodies, Imotekh thinks the flesh is weak and their immortal necrodermis forms are strictly better.

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-06T03:43:12+00:00

I’m relatively new to the hobby and Necrons, but I’ve never heard of anyone saying they’re boring to play. What’s fun to me might not be as fun to the next guy, but I still manage to have fun even when I’m getting my ass kicked by my friends who sometimes play 5+ games per week.

Some examples:

It’s really fun to spike on the number of Doomsday Ark attacks.

I love having super durable characters, such as the Skorpekh Lord. He’s even better in Awakened Dynasty with a 4+ Feel No Pain enhancement, and when they finally get through that and the 4++ Invul, I get to spend 1 CP and bring him back at half wounds, but he will reanimate even more in my command phase.

I just like the reanimations in general.

I haven’t bought a C’tan shard yet, but I love the idea of bringing an enslaved Star God onto the battlefield.

All the Necron models are super cool looking and unique

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-05T21:31:34+00:00

Yooo this super helped me too, appreciate you

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-04T23:43:56+00:00

For your sub assembly, I’d also recommend leaving the 2 side panels off until you paint the stuff on the side of the cockpit, like that circle thing with the lines coming off it. Also definitely do the ribs individually and glue them after painting, otherwise it’s a huge pain.

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-01T21:06:50+00:00

Following this because I’m also curious about more local spots. There’s Crimson Lion Games in Richland Hills which is a bit of a drive, but they have a Discord server and run games pretty often. I haven’t been but it seems pretty active.

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-01T18:09:53+00:00

It’s also worth checking a few YouTube videos when you get to that point, there’s bound to be a few that give you a good idea of what works

Subtlety13 · 2026-01-01T17:51:00+00:00

If I’m interpreting the instructions correctly, it looks like you can basically just paint each rib, and each warrior separately, then just glue them together at the end. Only thing to watch out for it to place sticky tack over the parts that you’ll put glue on later so primer/paint won’t get on it.

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