Monoliths Suck...

... up points and enemy fire like there ain't no tomorrow.

Monoliths suck.

Say it with me.

Monoliths suck. Monoliths suck. Monoliths suck!

They eat up points, which means less Necrons and brings phase out quicker. They don’t threaten enemy units Necrons need to kill (Destroyers and Immortals superior against infantry, pie plate doesn’t threaten vehicles. Hyperbole people, hyperbole). They serve no purpose other than to scare noobs and make an already gimped army even worse.

Monoliths suck.

As for the other Heavy choices, Spyders can be handy to generate a scarab swarm and join a Destroyer Lord to get a super unit that soaks up a ton of fire. MCs help, but they aren’t going to be fighting off Nob Bikers or Assault Terminators.

I’d consider Heavy Destroyers nigh mandatory. Necrons have extreme difficulty dealing with mech and S9 is the best they can do. They’re expensive and obvious targets, but fairly resilient and can operate at extreme ranges.

Monoliths suck.

Heavy Ds are the Necrons’ best bet against armor, but that doesn’t make them good.

Monos don’t threaten armor because their pie plate scatters and if you’re using that then you don’t get to use the portal, its whole purpose in the first place. In the world of 5th Edition your either moving around in vehicles or fast enough that it doesn't matter or your a horde of 'Nids.

1. Nobody cares because you just ignore the Mono and phase out what few Necrons are running around.
2. Nobody cares, get phased out
3. Nobody cares, get phased out
4. Then you aren’t using the TANK DESTROYING particle whip right? Too bad Necrons that get destroyed by sweeping advance can’t get back up.
5. AP1 under the hole, you know, the kind that scatters, otherwise it’s just another crappy Earthshaker Cannon. It’s either that or your only decent ability.
6. You know, unless the enemy puts units near the portal to block it. But please, put your army in reserve so it can be destroyed piecemeal. Rapid firing Necron Warriors are so good, right? Right... except against vehicles, right...
7. Yay glancing hits. Oh wait, this is 5th edition.

Monoliths suck. Necrons suck as is, taking Monoliths just hurts your army that much more. Go ahead and terrorize some newbies with your crappy army, good luck against anyone halfway competent.

C’tan suck too, I’ll save you the long-winded thread that doesn’t tell anybody anything useful (brought to you by everyone’s favorite 40k strategist, bushido “I don’t know what I’m talking about” red panda).

- Chumby in this post on YTTH which was taken from this discussion on BoLS

Hopefully you have learnt something valuable from what Chumby has had to say.