Warhammer 40,000/10th Edition Tactics/Necrons

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This is the current 10th Edition's Necron tactics. 9th Edition Tactics are here.

Why Play Necrons

Pros

• You are one of the easiest armies to paint. Just get some primer, a metal paint, a wash and a glowing green and you're good to go.

Faction Rules

• Reanimation Protocols: Gone are the tests to resurrect, now you just recover d3 wounds each Command phase. Models with multiple wounds get those wounds back first, only ressing models once every model in the squad has their max wounds.
  • This also counts as last edition's Living Metal rule, as this applies to all vehicles as well.

Detachments

Awakened Dynasty

Special Rules

• Command Protocols: Units led by Characters get +1 to hit. Pretty basic.

Stratagems

• Protocol of the Hungry Void (1 CP): One unit gets +1 to Strength when they fight. If a character is leading this unit, they also improve the AP of their weapons by 1.

Unit Analysis

Characters

• Overlord:
• Lord
• Catacomb Command Barge
• Royal Warden
• Skorpekh Lord
• Lokhust Lord
• Hexmark Destroyer:
• Transcendent C'tan

Cryptek

• Technomancer
• Psychomancer
• Chronomancer
• Plasmancer

Epic Heroes

• Imotekh the Stormlord
• Orikan the Diviner
• Anrakyr the Traveller
• Vargard Obyron
• Illuminor Szeras
• Nemesor Zahndrekh
• Trazyn the Infinite
• C'tan Shard of the Deceiver
• C'tan Shard of the Nightbringer
• C'tan Shard of the Void Dragon

Battleline

• Immortals:
• Necron Warriors: Despite being an army that historically never needed to worry about morale, the Leadership of your most basic goons is now a rather mid 7+. Fortunately, their trademark aptitude for refusing to die remains in place as their Reanimation Protocols lets you raise d6 models (or d3+3 if you're on an objective) each Command Phase.
  • Both the Gauss Flayer and Gauss Reaper gained the Lethal Hits rule. The Flayers get the benefit of both range and Rapid Fire 1 so it can keep up in firepower against the Reaper. However, the Reaper lost the Assault type so now you can't shoot them after advancing and both guns took a hit to AP, making the Gauss Flayer as effective as a bolter at S4 AP-.

Infantry

• Lychguard:
• Deathmarks
• Flayed Ones
• Cryptothralls
• Skorpekh Destroyers:

Swarm

• Canoptek Scarab Swarms

Vehicles

• Conoptek Spyders
• Monolith: Toughness 14 makes them way tougher than before, capable of even shrugging off lascannons. As an improvement, the monolith can now deploy units from reserves or teleport units on the field to anywhere within 6" of it without needing to sit still, making it a much more usable deployment port. Its Death Ray took a major buff by getting S12 AP-4 D1+d6 with Sustained Hits d3. Its Portal of Exile also got a mixed change, getting a fixed 6 attacks but at AP-2.
  • The option between Particle Whips and Gauss Flux Arcs is a mix between reliability and weight of fire. The Flux Arcs are fixed at A3 S6 AP-1 with Lethal Hits for more effective critical hits and Rapid Fire 3 making it fire more up close. The Particle Whips throw a staggering A3d6 Blast with S8 AP-1 D2 and Devastating Wounds.
  • The damage track is a bit more significant to the monolith than it would to others. Once it reaches 7 wounds, not only does it take -1 to hit with all of its guns, but it also has its OC reduced from 8 to 4.

Walker

• Canoptek Reanimator:
• Triarch Stalker:

Dedicated Transports

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Warhammer 40,000 Tactics Articles (10th Edition)

General Tactics	General Weapons Terrain
Imperium	Space Marines (Black Templars, Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Deathwatch, Space Wolves) Grey Knights
	Adeptus Mechanicus Adeptus Titanicus Imperial Knights Imperial Guard Sisters of Battle
	Adeptus Custodes & Sisters of Silence Imperial Agents (Inquisition, Rogue Traders, etc.)
Chaos	Chaos Space Marines (Death Guard Thousand Sons World Eaters)
	Chaos Daemons Chaos Knights Chaos Titans
Eldar	Eldar (Craftworlds, Corsairs, Harlequins, Ynnari) Dark Eldar
Necrons	Necrons
Orks	Orks
Tau	Tau
Tyranids	Tyranids Genestealer Cults
Votann	Leagues of Votann

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Warhammer 40,000 Tactics Articles (9th Edition)

General Tactics	General Movement Psychic Fortifications Tactical Terrain Weapons Apocalypse
Imperium	Space Marines (Blood Angels Dark Angels Deathwatch Space Wolves) Grey Knights
	Adeptus Mechanicus Adeptus Titanicus Imperial Knights Imperial Guard Sisters of Battle
	Adeptus Custodes & Sisters of Silence Inquisition Officio Assassinorum Rogue Traders
Chaos	Chaos Space Marines (Death Guard Thousand Sons World Eaters)
	Chaos Daemons Chaos Knights Renegades and Heretics
Eldar	Craftworld Eldar Dark Eldar Harlequins Ynnari
Necrons	Necrons
Orks	Orks
Tau	Tau
Tyranids	Tyranids Genestealer Cults
Votann	Leagues of Votann

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Warhammer 40,000 Tactics Articles (8th Edition)

General Tactics	General Movement Psychic Fortifications Apocalypse
Imperium	Space Marines Blood Angels Dark Angels Deathwatch Grey Knights Space Wolves
	Talons of the Emperor (Custodes and Sisters of Silence) Adeptus Mechanicus
	Adeptus Ministorum (Sisters of Battle and minor factions) Adeptus Titanicus
	Imperial Knights Imperial Guard Inquisition Officio Assassinorum
Chaos	Chaos Space Marines (Death Guard Thousand Sons)
	Chaos Daemons Chaos Knights Renegades and Heretics
Eldar	Eldar Dark Eldar Harlequins
Necrons	Necrons
Orks	Orks
Tau	Tau
Tyranids	Tyranids Genestealer Cults

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Warhammer 40,000 Tactics Articles (7th Edition)

General Tactics	General Movement Psychic Fortifications
Imperium	Space Marines (Siege Assault Vanguard) Blood Angels Dark Angels Deathwatch Grey Knights Space Wolves
	Adeptus Custodes Cult Mechanicus Skitarii Adeptus Sororitas
	Imperial Knights Inquisition Officio Assassinorum
	Imperial Guard (Armoured Battlegroup Death Korps of Krieg Assault Brigade Death Korps of Krieg Siege Regiment Elysian Drop Troops D-99)
Chaos	Chaos Space Marines Khorne Daemonkin Chaos Daemons Renegades and Heretics
Eldar	Eldar Dark Eldar Harlequins Corsairs
Necrons	Necrons
Orks	Orks Ork Dred Mob
Tau	Tau
Tyranids	Tyranids Genestealer Cults

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Warhammer 40,000 Tactics Articles (6th Edition)

General Tactics	General Movement Psychic Fortifications
Imperium	Space Marines Blood Angels Dark Angels Grey Knights Space Wolves
	Adeptus Sororitas Inquisition
	Imperial Guard (Armoured Battlegroup Death Korps of Krieg Assault Brigade Death Korps of Krieg Siege Regiment Elysian Drop Troops) Militarum Tempestus
Chaos	Chaos Space Marines Chaos Daemons Renegades and Heretics
Eldar	Eldar Dark Eldar Corsairs
Necrons	Necrons
Orks	Orks Ork Dred Mob
Tau	Tau
Tyranids	Tyranids

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Warhammer 40,000 Tactics Articles (All)

General Tactics	General (8th) Movement (8th 7th) Psychic (8th 7th 2nd) Fortifications (8th 7th) Tactical Terrain Apocalypse (8th)
Imperium (8th)	Space Marines (8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd) Blood Angels (8th 7th) Dark Angels (8th 7th) Deathwatch (8th 7th) Grey Knights (8th 7th 6th 5th 3rd, AKA Daemonhunters) Space Wolves (8th 7th 6th 5th)
	Talons of the Emperor (Custodes and Sisters of Silence) (8th 7th) Adeptus Mechanicus (8th 7th) Adeptus Ministorum (Sisters of Battle and minor factions) (8th 7th 6th 3rd, AKA Witch Hunters) Adeptus Titanicus (8th)
	Imperial Knights (8th 7th) Imperial Guard (8th 7th 6th 5th 3rd) Inquisition (8th 7th 6th) Officio Assassinorum (8th 7th)
Chaos	Chaos Space Marines (8th 7th 6th 5th) Death Guard (8th) Khorne Daemonkin - 7th Edition Thousand Sons (8th) Chaos Daemons (8th 7th) Chaos Knights (8th) Renegades and Heretics (8th 7th 6th)
Eldar	Eldar (8th 7th 6th 5th) Dark Eldar (8th 7th 6th 5th 3rd Revised) Harlequins (8th 7th)
Necrons	Necrons (8th 7th 6th 5th 4th)
Orks	Orks (8th 7th 6th 5th 3rd) Ork Dred Mob - 7th edition (6th 5th) Ork Kult of Speed - 3rd edition Feral Orks - 3rd edition
Tau	Tau (8th 7th 6th 5th)
Tyranids	Tyranids (8th 7th 6th 5th) Genestealer Cults (8th 7th)

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