Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Necrons (section)

====Annihilation Legion====

A detachment for the outcasts of the Dynasties, this is not a cult specially made for scoring objectives or holding points. While you have ObSec on your Flayed Ones, expecting melee-only units to merely camp on objectives is a waste of their value, regardless of if your other units can do it much better.
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* '''Restrictions:''' 
** All units must have the {{W40kKeyword|Destroyer Cult}} keyword or be Plasmacytes or Flayed Ones. As mentioned above, you got no troops.
* '''Benefits:'''
** Aside from the basic keyword for all units and special items, your warlord gets to refund their CPs for taking a Vanguard Detachment.
*** Doubly to compensate for your lack of troops, Flayed Ones of 10+ models get ObSec. Sadly, this is all you'll get.
** You can take Hexmark Destroyers as HQs instead of Elites.
*** Thankfully, you don't need to waste an HQ slot for these. You can take one for each Lokust Lord or Skorpekh Lord without needing a spare slot.
* '''Cult of Annihilation:''' Effectively replaces your Dynastic Code on everything but the Flayed ones. Your {{W40kKeyword|Destroyer Cult}} units get +1 to hit and wound units below starting strength. As destroyers already get to re-roll 1s to hit, you'll be getting quite a lot of mileage out of this.
Keep in mind that you can still choose a Dynastic Code for your flayed ones - which will probably be Novokh for charges.  

* '''Warlord Trait - Furious Destructor:''' An unmodified hit roll of 6 scores two extra hits.

* '''Relics:'''
** '''Chariot of the Hierarchs:''' Lokhust Lord only. Grants Transhuman (Any wound rolls of 1-3 auto-fail) and lets them consolidate +3", which makes them a lot more capable of handling melee if you're not using Skorpekh Lords.
** '''Nightcull Scythe:''' Skorpekh Lord only. This replaces their Hypherphase Harvester with an S+2 AP-4 D3 monster that can have damage spill over to crowds, making this the perfect tool to take against hordes of gaunts and guardsmen and even MEQs.
** '''Mask of Obliteration:''' Hexmark Destroyer only. This gives them the option to concentrate their pistols into a singular beam, dealing an S9 AP-3 D3+d3 to anything that crosses the line it makes. Provides a deterrent for monsters and tanks, but it's still wasted on MEQs and TEQs without exact setup.

*'''Annihilation Protocols:''' The replacement for Command Protocols that works with the Skorpekh and Lokhust Lords. It's uncertain if the errata that lets one protocol always be active can work for these, but the fact that
** '''Protocol of Swift Murder'''
*** Any units that move benefit from light cover, which is necessary with your limited unit choices and no repair units.
*** Units are able to heroically intervene.
** '''Protocol of the Killing Surge'''
*** Units gain +2" movement. 
*** Units can charge after falling back.
** '''Protocol of the Dread Strike'''
*** An unmodified hit roll of 6 in melee auto-wounds.
*** An unmodified hit roll of 6 with a gun auto-wounds.
** '''Protocol of the Undying Gaze'''
*** Units that fire within half-range ignore cover.
*** Units can shoot while performing an objective action.
** '''Protocol of Perfect Destruction'''
*** Add +1 to charge rolls.
*** Add +3" to consolidate and pile-in ranges.
** '''Protocol of the Immortal Warrior'''
*** Units gain +1 to Toughness
*** Units gain +1 to their saves, but not to any invulnerables.

*'''Stratagems:'''
**'''Swift Dismemberment (1 CP):''' One {{W40kKeyword|Destroyer Cult}} unit can charge after advancing. Expect to spam this a lot on your Skorpekhs and Ophydians.
**'''Hypherphase Impalement (1 CP):''' One unit of Ophydian Destroyers that fights can ignore any damage reduction abilities the enemy may have. 
**'''Efficient Disintegration (2 CP):''' When a unit of Lokhust Destroyers or Heavy Lokhusts shoot their gauss cannons/gauss destructors, add +1 to the damage of these weapons.
**'''Lurking Murderers (1/2 CP):''' Pick one pack of Flayed Ones entirely within terrain. They can now re-roll to wound for this phase. Costs 2 CP for a unit of 10+ models.
**'''Murderous Demise (2 CP):''' When a character dies before they could fight this turn, they can immediately fight or shoot before going down. 
**'''Canoptek Reinforcement (2 CP):''' Lets you resurrect a Plasmacyte within 3" of a {{W40kKeyword|Destroyer Cult}} unit. This can only be used once and can't bring them into combat, so don't expect to see this used much.
**'''Weaponised Bodies (2 CP):''' When a {{W40kKeyword|Destroyer Cult}} unit charges, pick a model within base contact. Roll a number of d6s equal to the model's wounds characteristic, dealing a MW on a 5+ to a max of 6. Made chiefly do take down tanks and monsters even faster.
**'''A Moment of Clarity (2 CP):''' Lets one unit gain ObSec, allowing you to snap up an objective in the last moment.

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