what if you had a"health bar" for each army indicating how many points are left? that would show pretty clearly who has more on the table. (you could probably also calculate points per wound on monsters and vehicles). Very nice video btw, I enjoyed it:)
I love how i watched these guys in their last faceoff video, it was a slugfest, opened RUclips and to my surprise these 2 are back for a rematch. Let's gooooo!
Michael and James are my two favorite guest players on the channel. You can tell they really enjoy playing with one another. When Michael reminded James about what the Hexmark actually does so James didn't just out right dead his unit. Made my heart swell, what a stand up guy. This was truly a gentleman's match up. Great watch.
I’m new to 40K (havnt even painted my first army (Necrons) not played a game yet) but if death guard really aren’t as tank as Necrons that kinda lame. They gotta give them a slightly different version of RP where they don’t revive the dead (usually) and instead heal a good bit more.
Lets be fair, that first party of lychguard had no business surviving the pair of meganobz. First volley got through 20 total wounds, somehow hit 11 out of the twenty 5+ saves (on average that should have been 7 or less). Then the second squad completely whiffed (9 out of the 10 wound dice came up as a 1 or 2). Honestly, all things being perfectly average, the two meganobz squads with the extra CP was comfortably overkill for that squad. Just sheer luck swining a massive chunk of that game.
@@Derploop The cryptech gives them 5 FNP and when they are lead by a lord anything attacking them gets -1 to its wound rolls. They are absolutely great. I run two squads of 10 in my competative list against other like minded players. No way am I going to bring them in a casual game, lol
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I feel like they forgot about the epic challenge strat. definitely coulda gotten ghaz krumping the character for those assassinate points instead of them going into the bodyguard
The adjustments to lethality across the board in 10th absolutely boosted Necrons from being honestly only kind of okay, up to being a real player. Personally I like it. Everything about their lore says they should be a very serious threat all the time.
People are not quite used to the amount of res necrons can pull off in 10th. Once they do, you'll see a lot more concentrated overkills and that will blunt those resurrections. I do see necrons dominate in low point games though.
@@stevens9625 the amount of resurrections Necrons can do can become a gamble if you decide to overkill. Too much concentration in to a handful of units leaves the rest of the necrons to do what they want with the board even being a slower army this edition. Giving Necrons board control is gg because theyll just hunker down and blast you off the table the moment you get close with their new shooting advantages on top of the standard shoot phase. Those free overwatch abilites were brutal. Characters have really turned the tide for this army as it should have for years.
@@foreverfornever1124I think even with people trying to overkill, they will STILL be tough nuts to crack. Especially those litch guard. Second time seeing that unit with support behind it, second time seeing it just not dying. Also with overkill, the kill ability of the game has been lowered overall, and necrons got tougher, so even overkill might not be enough.
Pity I never found 40k to be anything like this fun to get in to. Was complicated, expensive, you were financially locked in to an army as you must buy yet more models to change anything... and it's a ton of painting. I didn't get much out of that, so never really got into it. But, the universe is awesome. These battle reports are entertaining, keep it up.
A very enjoyable Batrep to watch! It might've just been me, but it seemed like Reanimation is suuuuper crazy strong. 10th is looking to be a great edition, and I can't wait to see what y'all will put out next!
I was thinking the same thing. I felt for james every time those mid board Necrons reanimated. One guy died like 4 times. So frustrating. My wife plays necrons, and I hate them
@@royalblue9267 Necron have one, if not, the biggest win rate in tournament right now and the recent Dataslate didn't nerf them, all while nerfing the other top dogs. Don't get me wrong, 10th edition is pretty balanced and the vast majority of the factions are in the aimed win rate change, but Necron is one of the few outlier that get crazy results rn.
Great content as always y’all! Would love to see genestealer cults and sisters in future vids! Side note: JT’s excitement when all the orks make their charges at 17:30 made my day :)
"The dice tell a story" that is a WONDERFUL outlook! I cannot stress how awesome a demonstration of sportsmanship that line was in response to things not going your way
I love you all!! I'm new 40k (Warhammer in general) and even though a lot of stuff is going over my head, I get to watch these epic space battles! So worth the membership! (I am really loving the Necrons after all the matches I've watched so far)
Excellent game, thanks to James and Mike. Excellent presentation, the editing and commentary are top notch - another quality report! Thanks to everyone involved.
My oh my, that was a beautiful showcase! I don't have neither funds nor good shop access to play the game, but I kinda want those Necrons. I'm a bit of turtler in strategy games, so this slow, but tough and very shooty army that just keeps. on. coming. back. feels like made for that! Just as they should be, those wonderful ancient murdermachines!
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Love how it started in first attack phase with “If I roll a 2+ I ignore cover, I rolled a 3” followed by “Because of the new rules I have cover” and “Alright so thats a plus 1” and carries on lol
Yeah, best way to deal with the warrior bricks is just to charge them with vehicles and stuff to keep them busy since they can't fall back and shoot/charge. It's really hard to kill them all off.
Those necrons are resilient! I like that games of 10th Ed seem to be a bit less deadly, it’s nice still seeing a load of models on the table in round 5
Great game! I would love to see them on the show to play one of the other games you guys run. I wonder if James could be convinced to give Conquest a try. Thanks for another great episode.
My two absolute FAVORITE players on Play On, Michael and James, playing a MASSIVE 2,000 point Strike Force game with their awesome Necron and Ork armies is almost too good to be true. Thanks, Play On!
Been looking forward to this match. It was really close but it's nice to see the 'crons get some glory. Played a tournament two months ago where I ended up in the Final against an Ork player and he just wiped the floor with my 'crons, so this just makes me feel so much better.
Boy that was one of my favorite Episodes! Thanks team! Great to see those two players to meet on the board again! Omg the fighting in round two, the truck killing the flayed ones and the one guy taking out so many lichguard! Also 33:33 FIFTYTHREE TO FIFTYFOUR points i caaaan't omg it was so good. Thanks to everyone for playing and for sharing this episode!
This is why i take 30 kommandos in 10th edition. The Overwatch is insane and i love it 😂😂 so the stealth with the kommando units are great. This was a great match 😁
I just wanna take a moment and point out that James was able to keep a good attitude. And a great poker face because if I'm rolling that poorly and my Opponent is rolling that Hot, I'm Raging every time. Like I'm not gonna be mean to my opponent. But I might punch a steel poll.
This is an interesting one, I played against my friends Orks for about 6 games and he gets tabled every time with the new unbalanced Necrons so I'm surprised it was so close. We had literally every game decided by turn 2
Just found this channel and loving the content. Friends are twisting my arm to get into 40k, and so far I'm leaning towards Black Templar, Necrons or Votann.
Such a great batrep! I hate the 2+ hour batreps with every single roll, just talking, talking, talking.. you guys have such a fantastic format with the announcer and then cutting in some banter and reactions every now and then. Keep at it, yours are the only batreps I watch now!
A valiant effort to keep the game that close for the orks, but man alive that reanimation in both command phases (with orbs), bringing back partial models so never wasted is insane. Plus being able to do protocol of the undying legions twice per turn (after a shooting phase, and a fight phase getting hit). Just crazy, an absolute must to finish off entire units, yet that's harder to do in general these days.
James rolled a Battle shock test for his Meganobz and rolled a 7, and they have LD 7. How did they fail? I don't think the Necrons had something to give them an LD penalty.
When I went to Warhammer Fest I got The Infinite and the Divine and it was a really good book. I could just visualize every bit of it and that last part was very intense, which is one of the reasons i like necrons a lot as a faction
Really was looking forward to seeing what Necrons could do in 10th, was not disappointed! Also, that Hexmark destroyer is a unit I don't get to see too often, so that was a welcomed sight! Hitting on two's always, even in Overwatch? Nice! Also, reanimating is gonna be lit in 10th edition. :D
And that's secondary to his other power, which is a free retaliation barrage (full shooting activation as if it were the shooting phase) if a necron unit within 3"of him is shot. He only has 18" range, but dang that's potentially a LOT of shots.
Ooooooh Necrons vs Orks that seems really cool and new Tenth Edition and I bought a tenth edition rulebook to start playing and these orks give me inspiration I might get Orks and World eaters cause I have really cool Azrakh the Annihilator model so I figured I would start my world eater army with him
1st 10th edition battle report I fully watched. Every single other one I lost interest in after like 1st round. Just a very good way of presenting your matches.
Having an announcer really adds to the battle report viewing experience, I think more channels should consider it
Agreed. It makes the entire viewing experience 10x better.
The announcer makes it seem like a really cool sport broadcast
JT is insanely good at it as well, that counts for a lot.
10th looks like a blast! Thanks for the fun videos! Excited for the next one!
how showing info in objectives and units help alot for new comers
what if you had a"health bar" for each army indicating how many points are left? that would show pretty clearly who has more on the table. (you could probably also calculate points per wound on monsters and vehicles). Very nice video btw, I enjoyed it:)
i like it
Good idea. Let's get this to be the most liked comment so they do this.
What if instead of points it was total wounds of all combined units in each army?
I like this, aproved.👍
You want us to do more math?!
Well, Necrons certainly are lore accurate this edition
I love how i watched these guys in their last faceoff video, it was a slugfest, opened RUclips and to my surprise these 2 are back for a rematch. Let's gooooo!
I love how Micheals reaction is just the necoron reaction in their lore 13:27
Michael and James are my two favorite guest players on the channel. You can tell they really enjoy playing with one another. When Michael reminded James about what the Hexmark actually does so James didn't just out right dead his unit. Made my heart swell, what a stand up guy. This was truly a gentleman's match up. Great watch.
My 2 absolute favourite channel guests. Seeing Michael grow on screen from his first Battlerep to now has been great to see!
As a Death Guard player, seeing the Necrons fills me with envy.
As a necron player. My condolences, you fully deserve to be just as durable as us.
As a player of both DG and Necrons, it really hurts my soul that one of my armies just feels so much better to play than the other right now :(
I’m new to 40K (havnt even painted my first army (Necrons) not played a game yet) but if death guard really aren’t as tank as Necrons that kinda lame. They gotta give them a slightly different version of RP where they don’t revive the dead (usually) and instead heal a good bit more.
The lichguard were great bogging down and slowly wearing away at elite combat infantry
Lets be fair, that first party of lychguard had no business surviving the pair of meganobz. First volley got through 20 total wounds, somehow hit 11 out of the twenty 5+ saves (on average that should have been 7 or less). Then the second squad completely whiffed (9 out of the 10 wound dice came up as a 1 or 2).
Honestly, all things being perfectly average, the two meganobz squads with the extra CP was comfortably overkill for that squad. Just sheer luck swining a massive chunk of that game.
@@christophervennix9861 Would you remind me what happened? 4+ invuln for sword and board ignored somehow? Was it 20 mortal wounds?
@@Derploop The cryptech gives them 5 FNP and when they are lead by a lord anything attacking them gets -1 to its wound rolls.
They are absolutely great. I run two squads of 10 in my competative list against other like minded players.
No way am I going to bring them in a casual game, lol
@@nikinikolov6570 is the game not hit wound save (fnp) anymore?
@@christophervennix9861 there is no perfectly average for dice rolls.
its been a tough day guys, i have dialysis tonight. ad not only do i get to see 2 of my favorite guys on the channel! i get to be serenaded by the best voice caster on RUclips! big thanks yall made my evening stuck to the iron kidney all better!
Damn, lots of new viewers to the channel. You guys absolutely deserve it. The best battle reports around!
I feel like they forgot about the epic challenge strat. definitely coulda gotten ghaz krumping the character for those assassinate points instead of them going into the bodyguard
I think people are forgetting how useful a lot of those core strategems can be.
lot of us forget they exist but yeah
These new necrons are my kind of army. Resilient, destructive, and not lacking in fun tricks.
I had my doubt for necrons in 10th, but they look so much fun to play and able to go toes to toes with most other armies !
Same. The initial reveal for Reanimation had me pretty mixed, but once all the mixed support to it was revealed, I could see their strength.
The adjustments to lethality across the board in 10th absolutely boosted Necrons from being honestly only kind of okay, up to being a real player. Personally I like it. Everything about their lore says they should be a very serious threat all the time.
People are not quite used to the amount of res necrons can pull off in 10th. Once they do, you'll see a lot more concentrated overkills and that will blunt those resurrections. I do see necrons dominate in low point games though.
@@stevens9625 the amount of resurrections Necrons can do can become a gamble if you decide to overkill. Too much concentration in to a handful of units leaves the rest of the necrons to do what they want with the board even being a slower army this edition. Giving Necrons board control is gg because theyll just hunker down and blast you off the table the moment you get close with their new shooting advantages on top of the standard shoot phase. Those free overwatch abilites were brutal. Characters have really turned the tide for this army as it should have for years.
@@foreverfornever1124I think even with people trying to overkill, they will STILL be tough nuts to crack. Especially those litch guard. Second time seeing that unit with support behind it, second time seeing it just not dying. Also with overkill, the kill ability of the game has been lowered overall, and necrons got tougher, so even overkill might not be enough.
Pity I never found 40k to be anything like this fun to get in to. Was complicated, expensive, you were financially locked in to an army as you must buy yet more models to change anything... and it's a ton of painting. I didn't get much out of that, so never really got into it.
But, the universe is awesome. These battle reports are entertaining, keep it up.
Another great video asl always! I hope we get a battle report with the Salamanders.
Always love seeing either of these guests on the show, getting both at once is an extra treat!
What a game too!
Thanks
A very enjoyable Batrep to watch! It might've just been me, but it seemed like Reanimation is suuuuper crazy strong. 10th is looking to be a great edition, and I can't wait to see what y'all will put out next!
I was thinking the same thing. I felt for james every time those mid board Necrons reanimated. One guy died like 4 times. So frustrating. My wife plays necrons, and I hate them
10th is more broken than 9th. Play a few games vs necrons, you wont enjoy 10th.
It’s not that bad.
@@royalblue9267 Necron have one, if not, the biggest win rate in tournament right now and the recent Dataslate didn't nerf them, all while nerfing the other top dogs. Don't get me wrong, 10th edition is pretty balanced and the vast majority of the factions are in the aimed win rate change, but Necron is one of the few outlier that get crazy results rn.
@@magikazam8430 It’s not that bad.
I absolutely loved that battle. Necrons seem very fun to play. Great work guys
Incredible batrep and production quality guys. Really fun to watch and I'll be keeping an eye out for future content!
Looking forward to what should be two super different playstyles with fun xenos armies
Great content as always y’all! Would love to see genestealer cults and sisters in future vids!
Side note: JT’s excitement when all the orks make their charges at 17:30 made my day :)
"The dice tell a story" that is a WONDERFUL outlook! I cannot stress how awesome a demonstration of sportsmanship that line was in response to things not going your way
What a wonderful and professional editing in every video, it is a pure delight, thanks a lot.
I love you all!! I'm new 40k (Warhammer in general) and even though a lot of stuff is going over my head, I get to watch these epic space battles! So worth the membership! (I am really loving the Necrons after all the matches I've watched so far)
Excellent game, thanks to James and Mike. Excellent presentation, the editing and commentary are top notch - another quality report! Thanks to everyone involved.
Thanks
My oh my, that was a beautiful showcase!
I don't have neither funds nor good shop access to play the game, but I kinda want those Necrons. I'm a bit of turtler in strategy games, so this slow, but tough and very shooty army that just keeps. on. coming. back. feels like made for that! Just as they should be, those wonderful ancient murdermachines!
As a warning, they only come back if the unit is still alive, so if the enemy focuses fire one unit, if that unit gets wiped, the no reanimating.
proxy my guy! theres resources out there, play it with friends
Look into cheap, resin based 3d printers. 3d printing is a lot of hassle and is itself another hobby, but I promise it'll save you way more money than you think.
im loving the fact that these videos are legitimately putting up solid viewership numbers. very cool trend
I don't know how often they've played, but great sportsmanship on both sides considering how lopsided it was last time!!
Love how it started in first attack phase with “If I roll a 2+ I ignore cover, I rolled a 3” followed by “Because of the new rules I have cover” and “Alright so thats a plus 1” and carries on lol
Reanimating is crazy in tenth!
Yeah, best way to deal with the warrior bricks is just to charge them with vehicles and stuff to keep them busy since they can't fall back and shoot/charge. It's really hard to kill them all off.
Yeah they’ll nerf it in 3 months after everyone’s bought the books lol
@@pointynoodle no nerf yet
Those necrons are resilient! I like that games of 10th Ed seem to be a bit less deadly, it’s nice still seeing a load of models on the table in round 5
Agreed this is gunna be great for not having 50% of the army’s come in on reserve
LOVED the battle report! Both players were entertaining, clever, and best of all… having some fun.
Awesome production.
Great game! I would love to see them on the show to play one of the other games you guys run. I wonder if James could be convinced to give Conquest a try. Thanks for another great episode.
My two absolute FAVORITE players on Play On, Michael and James, playing a MASSIVE 2,000 point Strike Force game with their awesome Necron and Ork armies is almost too good to be true. Thanks, Play On!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh my word...those resurrections are absolutely insane! Coupled with the 5+++ is soooo good
'You chicken-hearted robot man.' - I really like this kind of trash-talking.
Been looking forward to this match.
It was really close but it's nice to see the 'crons get some glory.
Played a tournament two months ago where I ended up in the Final against an Ork player and he just wiped the floor with my 'crons, so this just makes me feel so much better.
I'm getting into 40k with 10th and The Necrons are going to get me there
Welcome to the Crons, may they serve you well
Same here
Join us in undeath...
A new Overlord awakens
Rejoice
I love both these armies. Couldn’t care less who wins!!! Bring on the green!!
Boy that was one of my favorite Episodes! Thanks team!
Great to see those two players to meet on the board again!
Omg the fighting in round two, the truck killing the flayed ones and the one guy taking out so many lichguard!
Also 33:33 FIFTYTHREE TO FIFTYFOUR points i caaaan't omg it was so good.
Thanks to everyone for playing and for sharing this episode!
What a fantastic game - grindy and tactical. Really enjoyed the history of these two players I've been watching since your channel started!
I love the energy of these battles!
They really help with understanding 10th too!
What a game! Really liked the format and the announcer, both dudes are good sports. Thanks!
I loved the video just got back into the channel guys. The new cards on screen and overall UI is great. Keep it up!!
This quality is incredible to say the least. So engaging. Well done
Bro the fact that the necrons simply couldn't stay down was the grossest part..
yeah well otherwise they'd get tabled turn 2-3? ;d
This is why i take 30 kommandos in 10th edition. The Overwatch is insane and i love it 😂😂 so the stealth with the kommando units are great. This was a great match 😁
Awesome video - very impressive editing, 2+ hour games are a bit long, this format is perfect. Nice
Job!
That second round James' rolling on the meganobs made me cry! Epic game tho, PLAYON!
Me too
Just been getting into the channel and am floored at the quality of these videos.
I just wanna take a moment and point out that James was able to keep a good attitude. And a great poker face because if I'm rolling that poorly and my Opponent is rolling that Hot, I'm Raging every time. Like I'm not gonna be mean to my opponent. But I might punch a steel poll.
o/ loved meeting you guys in GCC, sad I could only show up for one day & love watching Micheal teach someone 10th (kid did good surviving to win)
Great game! Hoping to see more of both of these players.
Don’t stop making these they’re beautifully done y’all are lively and seem to actually know the know
Pretty balanced game and super exciting. Ultimately dice really decided this one. Faction mechanics seemed pretty even at the end of the day
Best battle report ever. James one of my favorite wargamers to watch. Thanks guys
Wow! Thank you
The editing during deployment was fire 🔥
GREAT MATCH! 40k in 40m is the gold standard for Battle Reports. :D
The boyz are in the Meganobz are in Gazas in the Meganobz are in the Kans are in the trucks are in IM IN WAAAAAAGH
“You chicken hearted robot man.” I’m never not watching these now. Tremendous
I do love that JT uses slobbernocker whenever he can. It's very appropriate
This is an interesting one, I played against my friends Orks for about 6 games and he gets tabled every time with the new unbalanced Necrons so I'm surprised it was so close. We had literally every game decided by turn 2
Two of my top three favorite armies going to battle! Couldn't ask for more, great video!
That was a great great great great great game! So close to call! We need a 2 out of 3 playoff series for these armies!
Just found this channel and loving the content. Friends are twisting my arm to get into 40k, and so far I'm leaning towards Black Templar, Necrons or Votann.
Those models look fantastic and I'm very much a fan of those Necrons! VERY well painted!
Thank you!
The rematch we wanted but didn't deserve! Loved the video.
Such a great batrep! I hate the 2+ hour batreps with every single roll, just talking, talking, talking.. you guys have such a fantastic format with the announcer and then cutting in some banter and reactions every now and then. Keep at it, yours are the only batreps I watch now!
A valiant effort to keep the game that close for the orks, but man alive that reanimation in both command phases (with orbs), bringing back partial models so never wasted is insane. Plus being able to do protocol of the undying legions twice per turn (after a shooting phase, and a fight phase getting hit). Just crazy, an absolute must to finish off entire units, yet that's harder to do in general these days.
James rolled a Battle shock test for his Meganobz and rolled a 7, and they have LD 7. How did they fail? I don't think the Necrons had something to give them an LD penalty.
First time viewing a 40k game. I understand absolutely nothing but it looks real fun
This new resurrection orb rules are awesome. They work exactly like you imagine they should. I’m loving the new RP rules!
Dudes! This production value is insane! Well done crew!
21:37 Frayed Ends of Sanity
Hear them calling...
Hear them calling meeee, ah ha haha!
Damn Necrons are just brutal if you don’t have access to good snipers.
I was so focussed on the Ghost ark only taking Warriors that it didn't occur to me use the 11th slot to start it with a single character. Genius.
Nice Lexx reference. Now I have the Brunnen-G battle hymn stuck in my head!
Great video guys. Getting tired of my orks getting constantly beat. (Not just this channel)
When I went to Warhammer Fest I got The Infinite and the Divine and it was a really good book. I could just visualize every bit of it and that last part was very intense, which is one of the reasons i like necrons a lot as a faction
Great game, great production value, top notch
I like the projectile effects!
Really was looking forward to seeing what Necrons could do in 10th, was not disappointed! Also, that Hexmark destroyer is a unit I don't get to see too often, so that was a welcomed sight! Hitting on two's always, even in Overwatch? Nice! Also, reanimating is gonna be lit in 10th edition. :D
And that's secondary to his other power, which is a free retaliation barrage (full shooting activation as if it were the shooting phase) if a necron unit within 3"of him is shot. He only has 18" range, but dang that's potentially a LOT of shots.
Christ bless you, man I love how James painted his Orks with all that blood spray
Thanks!
I always get Celebrity Deathmatch vibes from your videos haha, awesome channel
My wife was watching and was surprised at how fast things went. Even with the editing.
Bit late but cant wait to see another awesome 10th batrep.
Also hopefully Necrons stomp the Green Gits
13:25 God that is such a Necron response to a host of Orks screaming "Waaagh!!!" XD
this was fun to watch! thanks guys! great reactions to eachother
I didn’t pay any attention to the lists because my jaw was too busy dropping on the paint jobs. They look incredible
Ooooooh Necrons vs Orks that seems really cool and new Tenth Edition and I bought a tenth edition rulebook to start playing and these orks give me inspiration I might get Orks and World eaters cause I have really cool Azrakh the Annihilator model so I figured I would start my world eater army with him
Love watching close games. Necrons reanimating is awsome!
every battle report the quality improves. amazing
Love Mr. James and his Orks. Well Played to both Mike and James!
Thanks
This really makes me want to put all those Necrons I bought in 9th together. Great game guys!
Love these bat reps. I really wish there was something like this for Age of Sigmar :(
1st 10th edition battle report I fully watched. Every single other one I lost interest in after like 1st round. Just a very good way of presenting your matches.
Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Damn the Necrons won't die!
Really like the shooting effects. It helps casuals like me know what's going on😅
I don't think those flying units had the movement to clear that terrain 😅, no more ignoring vertical movement
Which units?
@@michaelbuckthorp977 DDA Watson and the CCB