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just got this off steam (good price, £12 for dow gold, dow:wa, and dow:dc) and ffs, the necron are impossible to fight.

doing the campaign, i started off as tau. i attacked a standard necron area, nothing special, all basic infantry, regular base etc. within a couple of minutes, they had hit me with 3-4 squads of the necron infantry, and they just slaughtered me entirely.

i thought this was down to maybe the tau being really weak as a race early on, so i tried with space marines. same deal. nothing early on can match the necron units at all.

the only way i can counter them is if they attack me, and i can hold out long enough to build something like a baneblade tank for the imperials. every other race ive tried seems to just get destroyed by the basic infantry.

any tips on how to fight the necron? also your thoughts on the game series in general. i quite like it, but used to think it was too easy. now against the necron, its impossible
 
major trick with the necrons is to keep them knocked down and dont let them tech up. Any projectiles that explode will be good ie Imperial Guard with their grenade launchers or Space Marines with their grenades. Hope this has helped.
 
They're easy to defend against with Imp Guard, just build weapons bases and upgrade them to Autocannons.

Tau aren't the easiest race to use!
 
what about attacking. i seem to be fine on levels where the necron attack me, i can usually build about 2-3 basilisks that just obliterate anything near my base, but theyre such an awkward asset to take with you on the offensive.
 
Long as you have a few Kaskrin units and a couple of Leman Russ you should be fine!

Make sure you attatch Commisars, Preists and Psychers to your individual guard squads to boost their morale and abilities and don't forget to use the special abilities on the bottom right whenever you can! They can really help!
 
Hmm, I've always found the Necrons to be one of the weaker races except when seriously forted up, fairly unscientific rushes seem to do the trick most of the time. Their vehicles and lord character respawing where they were killed drives me mental though.
 
Northwind2 said:
Hmm, I've always found the Necrons to be one of the weaker races except when seriously forted up, fairly unscientific rushes seem to do the trick most of the time. Their vehicles and lord character respawing where they were killed drives me mental though.
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YES i hate that stupid hero constantly in my base.

i mean its a crappy feature. you got a fully fortified base, plenty of defence, nothing gets in, or out. he ends up by your hq, but he just never leaves. your own artillery blows your base up.
 
The worst is when you play online against a Necron player which almost everytime will send the lord into your base and then spawn squad after squad of flayed ones, pretty much keeping you occupied while they build up their base and send in more necrons. Pain in the ass when that happens!
 
when i was still playing it there were loads of complaints on the dow forum about team balancing regarding the necrons.... to me they kinda stick out and new players often use them when playing online because of those balance issues.... kinda sucks
 
Its not unbalanced if you're skilled enough, but the Necrons can be real tough right at the beginning before you have a few squads up and running. But once you have a decent army, Necrons are a piece of cake.

My best multiplayer match was a 4v4. My team got wiped, and i was storming around with a massive Space Marine army with a good mix of units. I was pretty much smashing through everything that i ran into. Smashed one guys army, then saw on the map that the 3 player strong army was headed my way. Turned my forces round and slammed into them. Surprisingly i actually took out just about their entire army, must've ben because they had a bad mix of units. Although they kept sending in reinforcements during the fight and quickly i was overwhelmed. Was still quite surprised how effective my army was at the time!
 
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Best unit in Tau is stealth suits with invisibility on and weapons teched up. Great for ambush or supporting heavy weapons/vehicles. Use them to clear a position near the enemy base and move your skyrays and battle suits up to take the base down while the stealths provide cover. dont forget that Necrons increase their pop cap by taking control points and their only resource is power.
 
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