Editing Codex - Necrons: /tg/'s 9th Edition (section)

====Strategic Ploy Stratagems====
*'''Adaptive Subroutines (2 CP):''' ''The Crypteks have invested their mechanical constructs with complex hunter-killer algorithms.''
::Use this Stratagem after a {{W40kKeyword|Canoptek}} unit from your army has Advanced. That unit can still shoot and/or charge this turn.

*'''Aetheric Interception (1 CP):''' ''With hunters' instincts honed over eons, the Deathmarks pounce precisely at the moment their prey enter battle, gunning them down before they can even act.''
::Use this Stratagem in the Reinforcements step of your opponent's Movement phase, after an enemy unit has been set up on the battlefield. Select one {{W40kKeyword|Hyperspace Hunter}} unit from your army that is either on the battlefield, in a hyperspace dimension, or in Strategic Reserves.
::-If that {{W40kKeyword|Hyperspace Hunter}} unit is in a hyperspace dimension or in Strategic Reserves, set it up anywhere on the battlefield that is within 18" of that enemy unit and more than 9" away from any enemy models.
::-That {{W40kKeyword|Hyperspace Hunter}} unit can, at the end of the phase, shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but until the end of the phase it can only target the enemy unit that was just set up on the battlefield (and only if that enemy unit is an eligible target for that attack).

*'''Atavistic Instigation (1 CP):''' ''As the Doom Scythe screams overhead, its foes search for any cover lest they too be disintegrated in the ensuing onslaught.''
::Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when a {{W40kKeyword|Doom Scythe}} model from your army is selected to shoot. After you select the target unit for that model's Heavy Death Ray, select one enemy unit (that is not a {{W40kKeyword|Vehicle}} or a {{W40kKeyword|Monster}} unit) within 3" of that target (you can select the target itself if you wish); that enemy unit can either brace or duck for cover.
::-If that unit braces, it suffers D3 mortal wounds.
::-If that unit ducks for cover, then until the end of the turn, subtract l from the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit, and that unit cannot fire Overwatch or ''Set to Defend''.

*'''Burrowing Nightmares (1 CP):''' ''Writhing and hissing, these Ophydian Destroyers plunge back into the bedrock with slashing claw strokes and flickering dimensional displacements. The foe looks on fearfully, knowing that the murderous androids will not remain buried for long.''
::Use this Stratagem at the start of your Movement phase. Select one {{W40kKeyword|Ophydian Destroyers}} or {{W40kKeyword|Ophydian Lord}} unit from your army that is on the battlefield. Remove that unit from the battlefield. In the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase, you can set that unit back up on the battlefield anywhere that is more than 9" away from any enemy models. If the battle ends and that unit is not on the battlefield, it is destroyed.

*'''Curse of the Phaeron (1/3 CP):''' ''Necron nobles are jealously protective of their armory - should foes destroy such a jewel of the dynastic hoard, they risk triggering vengeance protocols intended to demonstrate the Necrons' displeasure in an explosive fashion.''
::Use this Stratagem in any phase, when a {{W40kKeyword|Necrons}} {{W40kKeyword|Vehicle}} model from your army is destroyed. Do not roll to see if that model explodes: it does so automatically. If that model has the {{W40kKeyword|Titanic}} keyword, this Stratagem costs 3CP; otherwise, it costs 1 CP.

*'''Damage Control Overrides (1/2 CP):''' ''Its self-repair routines overridden, the vehicle briefly operates at peak efficiency despite being critically damaged.''
::Use this Stratagem in the Command phase. Select one {{W40kKeyword|Necrons}} {{W40kKeyword|Vehicle}} model from your army that has a Wounds characteristic of 10 or more. Until the start of your next Command phase, that model is considered to have its full wounds remaining for the purposes of determining what characteristics on its profile to use. If that model has the {{W40kKeyword|Titanic}} keyword, this Stratagem costs 2CP; otherwise, it costs 1CP.

*'''Emergency Dimensional Corridor (1 CP):''' ''Before it is destroyed, the Necron construct shifts all power to its dimensional gateway, beaming in warriors to take its place.''
::Use this Stratagem when a {{W40kKeyword|Night Scythe}} from your army is destroyed. Do not roll for the embarked models, they all automatically survive.

*'''Enslaved Protectors (1 CP):''' ''Should danger threaten, Canoptek constructs are compelled by their programming to surge selflessly to their masters' aid.''
::Use this Stratagem in your opponent's Charge phase. Select one {{W40kKeyword|Canoptek}} unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, that unit is eligible to perform Heroic Interventions as if it was a {{W40kKeyword|Character}}.

*'''Euclidean Mindphase (2 CP):''' ''Dark technologies hidden deep within a tomb complex twist the mind and perspective of enemy intruders, leaving them defenseless against the incoming retribution.''
::Use this Stratagem in your enemy Movement phase, when an enemy unit finished its movement on a friendly {{W40kKeyword|Tomb Citadel}}. Until the beginning of your opponent's next Movement phase, each time that unit makes an attack, it has to subtract 1 from the hit roll; in addition, that unit can't be chosen to fire Overwatch.

*'''From the Dust We Rise (2/3 CP):''' ''It is impossible to destroy the mechanical hordes of the Necron. Even when they fall, they just rise up again from the ground and continue their endless advance.''
::Use this Stratagem when a unit with the ''Reanimation Protocols'' special rule is completely destroyed by an enemy unit's attack. That unit’s reanimation protocols are enacted, and every destroyed model in that unit begins to reassemble. This Stratagem can only be used once for each unit. This Stratagem costs 3 CPs if the selected unit has a starting strength of more than 10 models or has the ''Living Metal'' special rule; otherwise; it costs 2 CPs.

*'''Prismatic Dimensional Breach (1 CP):''' ''Engaging a secondary prismatic filter built into its invasion beam projector, the Necron construct splits the skin of realspace with multiple dimensional doorways from which the dynastic legions advance.''
::Use this Stratagem in the Reinforcements step of your Movement phase. Select one {{W40kKeyword|<Dynasty>}} {{W40kKeyword|Infantry}} unit from your army that is in Strategic Reserves, and then select one friendly {{W40kKeyword|<Dynasty>}} {{W40kKeyword|Gateway}} model that is on the battlefield. Set that unit up anywhere on the battlefield that is wholly within 3" of that model and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. This Stratagem cannot be used in the first battle round.

*'''Reanimation Prioritisation (1 CP):''' ''Canoptek Reanimators can quickly re-prioritize which warriors are in greatest need of their healing beams.''
::Use this Stratagem in your opponent's Shooting phase, when a {{W40kKeyword|Necrons}} unit from your army is selected as the target of an attack. Select one {{W40kKeyword|Canoptek Reanimator}} model in your army that is within 6" of and visible to the targeted unit. That model can use its Nanoscarab Reanimation Beam ability as if it was your Command phase, selecting the targeted unit to be healed by its reanimation beam (any unit that was already being healed by that model's reanimation beam is no longer considered to be healed by it).

*'''Relentless Onslaught (1 CP):''' ''The Necron soldiers stride forward, tracking their targets and unleashing volley after volley with merciless efficiency.''
::Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when a {{W40kKeyword|Core}} unit from your army is selected to shoot. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack with a Rapid Fire weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 scores one additional hit.

*'''Repair Subroutines (2 CP):''' ''When engaged in a battle of attrition, Canoptek constructs react by enabling a series of repairing adaptive subroutines.''
::Use this Stratagem in the enemy Shooting or Fight phase, when a {{W40kKeyword|Canoptek}} unit from your army is activating its reanimation protocols. Until the end of the phase, re-roll any unmodified roll of 1 and 2.

*'''Revenge of the Doomstalker (2 CP):''' ''Should their masters be slain, vengeance sub-protocols within Canoptek Doomstalkers are triggered. The looming machines swing their guns to bear upon those who struck the killing blow.''
::Use this Stratagem in any phase, when a {{W40kKeyword|<Dynasty>}} {{W40kKeyword|Character}} unit from your army is destroyed by an enemy unit. Select one friendly {{W40kKeyword|<Dynasty>}} {{W40kKeyword|Canoptek Doomstalker}} model from your army.
::-At the end of the phase, that {{W40kKeyword|Canoptek Doomstalker}} model can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but it can only target that enemy unit (and only if that enemy unit is an eligible target for that attack).
::-Until the end of the battle, each time that {{W40kKeyword|Canoptek Doomstalker}} model makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, add 1 to that attack's hit roll.

*'''Self Destruction (1 CP):''' ''The self-destruct protocols of Canoptek Scarabs cause them to explode in a hail of razor-sharp armor fragments.''
::Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a {{W40kKeyword|Canoptek Scarab Swarms}} unit from your army is selected to fight. Select one model in that unit. After that unit has finished piling in, you can select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of that model and roll one D6: on a 2-5, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds; on a 6, that enemy unit suffers 3 mortal wounds. The {{W40kKeyword|Canoptek Scarab Swarm}} model is then destroyed.

*'''Shadows of Drazar (1 CP):''' ''These Flayed Ones have drawn the crawling shadows of their charnel realm through the veil with them. Now, they slink ever closer to the enemy, their red eyes glowing like eerie lanterns from amidst coiling curtains of ice-cold darkness.''
::Use this Stratagem in any phase, when a {{W40kKeyword|Flayed Ones}} unit from your army is selected as the target of an attack. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made against that unit, subtract 1 from that attack's hit roll.

*'''Slayers of the Bold (1 CP):''' ''The codes of honor of the ancients grant no forgiveness to those who dare not challenge their enemies to a fair fight.''
::Use this Stratagem after an enemy unit successfully charged a {{W40kKeyword|Noble}} unit from your army. Enemy units within 1" of that {{W40kKeyword|Noble}} don't count as having charged with regard to abilities or for determining combat order.