Necron Unit of the Week Series: Skorpekh Lord

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NECRON UNIT OF THE WEEK SERIES

Welcome to the Necron Unit of the Week series for 10th edition! Each week will see a different unit from the Codex, Imperial Armour, and Legends datasheets featured for discussion. The goal here is to discover and chronicle tactics for the featured unit so that new players and veterans alike can use this database to inform their strategies with the wider knowledge of the forum. The game of Warhammer 40,000 is ever changing though, and as the rules evolve throughout the edition everyone should feel free to return to older threads with the release of new FAQs/errata, changes in points values, information gathered from games played, and of course the Codex being released. These threads are also great places for newcomers to the Necrons to post their questions about tactics related to the featured units.

Please note that the purpose of this series is not to lament what the current meta deems “ineffective”, or that another unit “does it better”. Those units will get their own threads.

 

This week’s unit is:

Skorpekh Lord

 

What are effective ways to get a Skorpekh Lord into combat?

What units types are your best target?

How do you get the most out of the Crimson Harvest ability?

Are there any Detachments, Enhancements, or Stratagems of unique benefit?

 

 

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[Tawnis]

I know that Annihilation Protocol isn't the most popular, but this is pretty much the unit it was made for. Stick him with 6 Skorpekh Destroyers, run them straight at something you want dead while protecting them with Masks of Death and let them do their thing. The enhancements in this detachment are pretty underwhelming, so I don't really run them, just baseline is fine. 
 

As usual though, characters are always good in Awakened Dynasty. I've had games where I've run two sets, one with Nether-Realm Casket and another with Veil of Darkness for protection, and that puts a lot of pressure on fast for your opponent to have to deal with them before they are in their face.