Necrons and reanimation protocols OP

[ReverendMeat]

After beating the campaign I'm trying some skirmish against AI at 500 points just to get a feel for different matchups. BA against Necrons and I lost twice, never lost against AI before. It feels like real ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it takes 3 units to kill a unit of basic Necron infantry.

[SaD-82]

Originally posted by ReverendMeat:

it takes 3 units to kill a unit of basic Necron infantry.

Depends on the units you're using and on the units you're engaging with those units.

[ReverendMeat]

2 hellblasters and an intercessor squad vs 1 unit of either warriors or deathmarks I don't remember

[Fawxkitteh]

Only two can get up in a turn.
I don't have them, but I assume they pay a bit extra for their units for that chance.

I haven't really played Blood Angels either, but I've seen how much damage they can output.

You don't want to spread your damage too much because Necron regenerate, but using three units to take down a set of Warriors definitely doesn't sound right to me.
If you're going to overkill by a lot, might as well take a chunk out of a different unit and cut their firepower, depending on positioning.

I mean Necron are slow, and a lot of their basic troops aren't great in melee.

[ReverendMeat]

Taking assault troops didn't help, got tabled. But I think my problem with reanimation protocols is I don't understand when it works. Played necrons against BA and sororitas today and it only seemed like reanimation kicks in if the unit takes damage that turn?

[♔ Affable 7th Wave Teaboo ♔]

Originally posted by ReverendMeat:

Taking assault troops didn't help, got tabled. But I think my problem with reanimation protocols is I don't understand when it works. Played necrons against BA and sororitas today and it only seemed like reanimation kicks in if the unit takes damage that turn?

iirc each reanimating unit can reanimate once per turn. Meaning, you can hit them with some single target powerful shot, triggering the protocol on a single guy, and then unleash the actual splash/aoe fire to mop them up - they will not be able to recover a model till next turn. Heavy flame/inferno are always solid for wiping them after their reanimation was wasted.

[Meep42]

Originally posted by ReverendMeat:

Taking assault troops didn't help, got tabled. But I think my problem with reanimation protocols is I don't understand when it works. Played necrons against BA and sororitas today and it only seemed like reanimation kicks in if the unit takes damage that turn?

It's a chance for each model to immediately get back up when it's killed. Once they're actually dead they don't come back. Only up to 2 models from each squad can get back up each turn, so focus firepower on one unit at a time to finish them off.

[ReverendMeat]

Thanks guys, played a couple more and it turns out I had vastly misunderstood what "once per turn" meant