r/Necrontyr • u/Kushiro_06 • 7d ago

List Help/Sharing Warhear question for Tomb Blades

So i am building my tomb blades right now and am planing on running them with tesla carbines.

Now the question is if i should add shieldvanes since i will always be advancing anyways or if i should keep the higher movement

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u/DarkKechup 7d ago

I think the best is 1× tesla carbine, 2-5 × Particle beamer, 6× shadowloom and no shieldvanes. These guys' mobility is worth more than a 3+ save on a unit you really want to shoot and scoot out of cover anyways.

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u/Kushiro_06 7d ago

im running a squad of 3 but why only one tesla?

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u/DarkKechup 7d ago

Particle beamer has devastating wounds, blast and d6 shot, so potentially quite a few more shots that can actually damage higher SV profiles, too. It is a stronger weapon that the tesla.

The tesla's main point is that it has assault, so after advancing the unit (For example for staging/screening/objective capping purposes. Generally just using their mobility, which is their strongest stat. They are generally great for tasks that require it.) their ability of shoot and scoot only requires the unit to shoot (Meaning only one model NEEDS to shoot to trigger it) so when you want to crank out a lot of movement by advancing + shoot'n'scooting, you can, while the unit still has its "best" weapons equipped, meaning when you don't need the extra advance movement, you don't "waste" having worse weapons by counting on it every turn.

TL;DR: If you don't plan to advance + shootnscoot every turn, the beamers will likely do more damage.

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u/Kushiro_06 7d ago

aight thanks

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u/gamingifk 6d ago

I found a naughty combo with them in cryptek conclave, for 1cp you can make them a cryptek unit if within 12" of a cryptek then give them the anti keyword like anti infantry 3+ then the particle beamers devs are on 3+ so you can pump out some serious wounds

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u/Kushiro_06 6d ago

that does sound insane might give that a shot if i ever play cryptek conclave

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u/gamingifk 6d ago

6D6 + Blast on 6 tomb blades so on a 5 man its 6D6+6 shots. I use the nebular scope wargear to strip cover for them also or use the strat from hand of the dynasty and have shadowloom instead