Played a game last night, 2k. Decided to take 8th edition point and rules Necrons out for one last spin (9th edition mission and rules) and brought a weird list. An Overlord, a Plasmancer (okay he's not 8th, shut up), a Cryptek, 40 Warriors, 15 Immortals, 6 Wraiths, 2 Doom Scythes, and a Triarch Stalker. Going up against my Guard friend who figured out WAY before the internet how good Chimeras and Scout Sentinels were backed up by indirect fire Manticore Tank ace and Basilisks (and a few Tank Commanders).
He didn't bring that list, though. We know it's very good, so he's experimenting. What I saw across the board was 60 conscripts, a metric ton of Guardsmen, an Inquisitor in some chair-like thing that had a 30 inch range multi-melta, and tons of special weapons models, teams, and veterans.
I usually lean heavily into anti-tank IN GENERAL because I love me some lascannon equivalents. That kind of list would've torched me. I lucked out in bringing what I did, but also got first turn and got a charge off with the Wraiths. He then rolled poorly the rest of the game.
I thought the table was about to be flipped, though, when he managed to score 14 wounds on the three remaining Wraiths with his at that point massed Cadian mortar fire. 14 wounds, 13 saves. Even if they had been 9th edition Wraiths, it still would've been 12 saves. I rolled eleven 5's and 6's and one 4.
He conceded at that point, but I think his targeting was off and he should've aimed more at my softer targets, but I have no idea. It was just one of those games. The Triarch Stalker shrugged off the first lascannon hit due to Quantum Shielding, he could never really get enough firepower into the Doom Scythes due to the -1 to hit, and I sent the Wraiths into his lines at a point where dense cover woods were blocking off most of his army and so THEY got -1 to hit....Terrain's important.
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