Annihilation

Sorry this post's a bit late, the week's been a bit crazy for me.

Annihilation is a pretty straight-forward game type, and it's tactics are also fairly simple, so this'll probably be a short one.

The obvious thing to say is: focus fire targets. Don't leave squads half-dead, cuz they're not worth kill points. Glad we got that over with.


Here's my advice when it comes to Kill Point games - follow the natural flow of the battle. The kill points will come if you focus on taking out high priority threats rather than focusing entirely on the weak links of the enemy army. Have to decide between shooting 2 Marine models who are just barely hanging in there or softening up the assault squad that's about to hit your ranks? Go for the assault squad. Whatever you do, don't put yourself in a position where you're getting one kill point, only to give one back to your opponent - you WILL lose that way.

I always harp on the Necron strong-suit being durability...well this is where that comes into play more than in any other game type. Keep your squads alive, and they'll kill things. You might only get 2-3 kill points, but if you do it right, they'll be just a couple behind you.

If you have things like the Monolith or Veil of Darkness, it's even easier to play the denial game. Got a squad of warrior's that's down to 3 members? Turn your monolith around, and teleport them so that nothing can see them. Let them hide in some bushes somewhere, and keep going.

I keep looking over this, trying to find something to add, but that's really it. Sorry it's so short, but I did say at the beginning that Annihilation is pretty straight-forward, nothing fancy about it.

Starting next week, I'm gonna take a break from the 'Crons and talk about 40k strategy in general...the kind of stuff that they should have included in the manual in a tips & tricks section, but didn't. It'll seem fairly basic to many, but it's good to lay some ground work for the newer players out there. I think I'll be starting with Target Priority.