necron monlith

[cheapbuster]

what do you poeple think of the necron monolith ?
and how many would you get if you were to collect/do collect necrons

[Devil's Advocate]

I have 1, I almost never use it on the table. It's a lovely brick, and somewhat functional, but very expensive. I could field 13 additional warriors for the price of the single monolith.

when I face it, I generally ignore it on the table and just go for the phase out.

[CylonDorado]

I punched one out with a wraithlord once. They havn't been quite as intimidating since.

[Jason]

It ain't as deadly as a Manticore, and it can't take punishment like assault terminators with storm shields. The monolith is up there on the threat level, but they definitely are not as scary as people make them out to be.

If I had Necrons, I'd get 3 for a triangle for the monolith formation.

[salamut2202]

i kill everything else. phase out mono

[Psychichobo]

It's always good to have one around to experiment with. Deep striking a large invincible brick on top of your opponent's objective is a good way to annoy them.

[darthbob]

They're too tough, but they're balanced out by the fact that you can ignore them completely and make them dissapear.

[orkblasta]

I think their a sweet unit but only in apoc games in which case your gonna want 3 to use the triangle formation thing.

[beardyneko]

Although I now have the knowledge to get rid of one with ease (The Warp Blast Gods are kind to me ^^) There was a time where one/three filled me with dread simply because of what they did to my units and my lack of knowledge of ridding myself of them.

[Hyper Kinetic]

As a Necron player, it is a bit hit and miss. It usually faces all of your opponent's anti-tank weaponry.... and, depending on what anti-tank you are facing off against, it is either really good or really bad. This thing laughs at Meltas and most Monstrous Creatures... but Las Cannon/Railgun spam is a good way to crimp your day.
Teleportation is fun and it really annoys the hell out of your opponent when a bad series of WBB rolls get re-rolled. Gauss Flux Arcs can be wonderful. My best is 13 units in range... sadly, I was against Marines and most of them were vehicles... but thirteen units in range... Awesome. Particle Whip is ok I guess... but is often lost to teleport units. You might get one go at it a game.
As a semi-mobile brick wall, they also perform ok... but you have to realise that relying on them for that is a dangerous game... particularly if Outflankers are capable of getting around them easily (anything with Fleet or better). If you have Line of Sight blocking terrain near the middle of the board, they can be used to extend it in a semi-reliable way.

Personal Opinions:
- In games of more than 1500 points, if you are going to take one, take two... or none at all. There is enough anti-tank at the 1500+ points levels to have a solid chance of removing it in a single turn... so having two means a higher chance of surviving. The Mobile Wall or Monolith bomb may also work better with two of them.
- They do take up valuable true anti-tank unit spaces (Heavy Ds) and reasonably good choices (Spyders), not to mention a huge chunk of points. This is a major consideration.
- In games of less than 1500 points, they can be either really good (against armies with little in the way of S9+ anti-tank) or really bad (against mobile armies that are able to get to your Warriors or against Anti-Vehicle spam).

They are also very resistant to non-Immobilised shots. Shaking/Stunning them means that you can't fire the Gauss Flux, but the Particle Whip is always allowed to be fired if you aren't teleporting anything (debatable on Deep Strike, but inarguable when teleporting a Necron unit). Losing a Weapon just means that you get one less shot per dice roll for the Gauss Flux Arcs. That means that it takes 6 Weapons Destroyed results to get rid of that weapon (debatable too, as the weapon itself only loses shots... it never says when it gets destroyed ).

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Of course, all of this is irrelevant if all you are after is something that looks intimidating. Multiple Monoliths look good in any Necron army.
Just note that they are annoying to assemble...

[genesis]

i hate their model... But, i like their prowess...

[hivefleetcollossus]

They have very powerful attacks, & Living Metal is helpful too.

I would buy two, only using one, rarely both.

[atilha]

I think then monolith is a bad choice in a necron army that is not at least 2000 points...
Ok, maybe one at 1500 points, but even if it is very powerfull on the table (difficult to destroy because of living metal, impossible prevent it from using it's powerfull attack...just very annoying and gives moving cover to the troops), it drops dramaticly the number of models you get on the table, and this is a real pain when you play necron.

[Biowraith]

Essentially this how it generally goes with , my monolith
Unskilled player: OH GOD AHHH! SHOOT I WITH EVERY THING!!!!!!!!! OMG OP!!!!
Skilled player: Ignor the 'lith kill the troop, phase out. yay.

[cheapbuster]

i supose they are usfull against infantry and vehicels (s9 ap1 if you dont roll badly)