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You can only have one "supreme Commander" in an army anyway. But it is noted in the design notes at the bottom.
And you can have 2 formations of 1 Warbarque each.
There's a good reason for there being 4 units in a monolith formation. 3 units in a formation is an automatic break with the loss of a single unit.
as to the Obelisks, Even though I put in there that I'd adjusted their stats to what I thought I had long ago, I just noticed that I, in fact had NOT done that.
So, if you have a copy, change the Armor to 5+, and remove scout.
Now, I was willing to try out the Warbarque because frankly, it was a better option than the Aeonic Orb for a ranged fighter, or Abbattoir as a portal.
In a 2700-3000 point game (tournament standard), you can choose between having 1 Harvester Engine (plus a Pylon if you play 3000pts), a C'tan and 2 Warbarques, or 2 Warbarques and 1-2 Pylon(s).
In the first case, you have a big bad unit... which is a huge target. If you are playing a big game, you might actually have some AA cover
In the second case, you get two tough portals and a nasty supreme commander. Of course, it's basically open season for Aircraft.
the third option gives you some variety.
Now, sure, the Necron have great assault capability... but then so do the Eldar and Space Marines.
I don't know if you've ever seen a clipping attack performed by Warp Spiders, but it is a thing of beauty.
You could build a Space Marine army built of all Terminators if you wanted, or Terminators and Assault Marines.
Or you can mix the brutal assault abilities these two armies posses, with the VASTLY superior ranged firepower ability they posses compared to the Necron, even with the Warbarque. A formation of Predator Annihilators put out twice the firepower of an Obelisk formation for about the same cost... Falcons can put out almost three times the firepower.
Remember, as you look at all their advantages, the Necron have NO Air, No Artillery. They can be shut down easily with Disrupt weapons, combined with putting down their Monoliths. You don't even have to kill them, you just have to concentrate on breaking them on Turn 3 to sweep the board.
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"Do not come whining to me because you are weaker than your enemy." - Alexander Corvinus
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, although I can understand other people's reservations. ?My only recommendation is to give it a crack. ?The list is sorely lacking a variety of unit types, not to mention something in the SHT-equivalent range. ?There isn't anything in the fluff that I know of, but I don't believe the Abbatoir was in the fluff either (and that certainly met with Jervis' approval back in the day). And as for it being yet another model you "have to scratch build", I was able to build mine with relative ease compared to a Pylon or Monolith. 
