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	The Monolith got a fancy new resculpt. It is now a Lord of War and is extremely expensive both IRL and ingame. It has a new anti-armor loadout that replaces its gauss arrays with Death Rays. DEATH RAYS. They even got bumped up to a 2+ armor save. They still die surprisingly quickly due to not having any save vs Mortals, no FNP, and no built-in invuln save. Pair these with a Chronomancer.		The Monolith got a fancy new resculpt. It is now a Lord of War and is extremely expensive both IRL and ingame. It has a new anti-armor loadout that replaces its gauss arrays with Death Rays. DEATH RAYS. They even got bumped up to a 2+ armor save. They still die surprisingly quickly due to not having any save vs Mortals, no FNP, and no built-in invuln save. Pair these with a Chronomancer.

	~~=== 10th Edition ===~~
	~~Index time! Another soft restart of the Necrons as an army. One may even ask if GeeDubs even know what to do with the poor skelly bois since 7th edition. However this time it seems they got it right.~~

	First of all, subfactions, relics, warlord traits, most of the keywords and stratagems are gone. Instead, each faction has their "Army rules" and "Detachment rules". Army rules are static, Detachment rules changed based on your... well detachment. Going further about detachment, those are your subfactions now with "Enhancements" (read Warlord traits/Relics) and Stratagems. But fret not (yet), over corporate overlord James Workshop tried to streamline your pool of choosing. Each detachment has now 4 Enhancements and 6 Stratagems plus their detachment rule. Got it? Good. Now going further, one notable change is "The Leader" rules. Some characters now can be attached to some units and giving those units buffs and abilities. This will be important for later, trust me.

	~~Now, how all these changes affected Necrons? Oh let me tell you.~~

	First of all, Necron Army rule is yet another iteration of Reanimation protocols. I know, but trust me when I say third time is the charm. In your command phase units in your army activate their Reanimation protocols and reanimate D3. If any model in the unit is not at its starting wound characteristics, you start adding result of your D3 roll by 1 wound at the time until said model is fully healed. If you still have wounds to spare, if this unit is not at their full model number, you add back 1 model at 1 wound and start healing this model. You continue until you have used up all your D3 wounds. Now you may start screeching "that is so mid!" and you would be right. Emphasis on would be. Why? Let me explain it to you. As in previous editions, you can buff reanimation protocol somehow. Because of how it worked previously buffs were either "+1 to roll" or "trigger ability when you want". James Workshop sprinkled these buffs very and I mean VERY sparingly. It also got reflected on Necron model pricing. Because "it is so broken to return model"! Well this edition ... this kinda went out of the window.

	Introducing Reanimation protocol combo shenanigans! Let us start with our favourite Necron warriors. 20 models have 20 wounds. Their special rule is that instead of D3 they reanimate D6 and D3+3 while on an objective. Guaranteed 4 wounds/models each turn. But we can go further. Let us bring character to the mix. Lets add Overlord or Lord with good ol Orb. This piece of gear instead of triggering once per battle gives passive ability that reanimation protocols trigger also in your opponent´s Command phase. Right now, per turn if we stand on an objective we are at 2D3+6 which is guaranteed 8 wounds/models per turn. But we can go further. Canoptek reanimator have gotten a glowup worthy of Silent king himself. It now gives off 12" aura that adds D3 to your reanimation roll each time it activates. That is 4D3+6 per turn with 10 wounds/models guaranteed. Do you hear the Mechanicus players weep yet? Well I don't, so lets go further. Let us attach one more character. A cryptek, namely Technomancer. While being attached to a unit, this unit has 5+ Feel no Pain ability, which is "on a 5+ ignore lost wound". Do you hear the cries of pain and frustration yet? No? Here, add 2 Cryptothralls. Now, how that increases your survivability. Simple. They themselves have 4+ FNP and 2 wounds with Toughness 5. And unlike characters upon death they do not "deattach" from unit and thus can be reanimated. Voila. A fine soup. To be fair tho, this edition has been so broken so far that this is considered "normal" or even "decent" at best.

	Saying all that though, Necrons have been so far in the middle when it comes to competitive play which is best spot to be in currently since it ensure stability. And generally speaking, most of their units are decent and playable (except Psychomancer and Obelisk of course).

	~~Continuing with the Detachment rules, so far there is only one that gives unit +1 to hit if a Leader model is attached. Overall very decent.~~

	This is where I must end for now since there really is nothing more to talk of. Lore had nothing so far, and no new models had been released yet. We will have to wait till the end of the year for 10th edition codex replacing free indexes (thank you James Workshop), new models promised with new codex (WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ALMOST 3 YEARS FOR THAT RUMOURS ENGINE!!!!) and lastly there will be TV show on Warhammer+ named "Pariah Nexus" which will hopefully finally expand lore about Illuminor Szeras and his null zone (that does not work on miracles for some reason...) that got introduced back in 8th edition. Overall, hopium levels are at an all-time high.

	* Update since Codex dropped from a guy who did not play since GW added pivot again, and also the guy who wrote the first iteration of the 10th edition index for Necrons. I really like what y'all did with it btw. :*

	GeeDubs nerfed reanimation by firstly nerfing Warriors reanimation from D6 to D3 plus re-roll, secondly nerfing Reanimator +3 reanimation aura 12´´ to 3´´, resulting in very little usage for the rest of the edition. Lychguard also cannot be led by Crypteks, so no more Orikan 4++ save enabling warscythes to be usable. Also worth mentioning are Transcendent C´tan. This lil guy every time it advances, actually deepstrikes and actually has the Assault keyword on every weapon. And also lower Monolith toughness in exchange for more wounds, which is actually an upgrade even though Monolith is no longer the highest toughness conventional unit. Now, what did we get in return since this is a MASSIVE nerf to the unkillable Necron meta? Four new detachments and three new models. Let's start with the bad.

	Detachment Obeisance phalanx just sucks balls. Why, you may ask? Because GW forgot to give the literal Necron triad of the Necron Empire keyword Triarch and did the same with Triarch Stalker, which is lorewise a commander for the Triarch Praetorian forces. Some people found niche use of +1 to wound for specific units, but overall just a non-functional detachment.

	The second poorly thought-out detachment was Annihilation Legion. Firstly, they grouped together the Flayed ones and the Destroyer cult, which is akin to putting together two opposites of the political spectrum lorewise. Yes, they are both exiles from the mainstream, but they are also going in opposite directions to handle their eternal existence. Rules wise, they forgot Destroyers can shoot, so all the strategems only come into effect in melee, including reanimation, which leaves Heavy Lokhust Destroyers, Lokhust Destroyers, Lokhust Destroyer Lords and Hexmark Destroyers in the dust. Sidenote to this: 10th edition loves repeating strategems despite each detachment only having 6 available, so all 5 detachments have their own flavour of reanimation strategem, and Space Marines have an "Armour of Contempt" strategem in almost every detachment.

	~~And now let's start with the good. Canoptek Court and the Monolith- I mean Hypercrypt court.~~

	Hypercrypt court played into the niche of Necrons, which is teleportation, allowing players to take the models from the table at the end of the opponent's turn. This resulted in a plethora of shenanigans, including one where a Necron player deepstruck a FUCKING MONOLITH into Craftworld Eldar deployment zone turn one, thanks to him going second. (Someone please add memes about that thing) On top of that you can deepstrike 3" from your opponent, which is a straight up 97% chance to successfully charge or 100% to deepstrike a FUCKING MONOLITH and then pull a unit out of it. And guess what. You can straight up ignore the rule of Monolith about not being able to charge after being teleported to it. So if you go second, you can deepstrike a FUCKING MONOLITH 3" from the opponent, spit out 6 Skorpekh destroyers with Skorpekh Lord who has Arisen Tyrant Enhancement, which gives his unit full re-roll of hit rolls, and then said unit can charge thanks to Dimensional Corridor strategem. This minor move costs you 3 Command points buuut is worth every colour your opponents face makes. This, of course, was nerfed later but contested for the best detachment with the second one we will talk about, which was actually the goat.

	Canoptek Court, my beloved. Basically, you get to full re-roll hits for Canoptek/Cryptek units in your deployment zone, and if you capture half of the Objectives in No Man's Land, you also get full re-roll there. This is where I need to mention an important addition in the new codex. Canoptek Wraiths, or as I like to call them Canoptek Shrimps, can now be led by a Technomancer, which gives them a 5+ Feel no Pain roll. Now, in the 10th edition, being able to be led as a Necron unit is very strong since you can equip an enhancement. Canoptek court can give your character and unit Infiltrators, resulting in you having your unit of nigh-unkillable Shrimps anywhere on the map (outside of 9" from opponent) to be a menace. Other shenanigans are with a strategem that gives Cryptek models Devastating wounds. Here is another quirk of the 10th edition. Keywords of models are shared between all models. So if you put a Cryptek into any unit, it gains the Cryptek keyword. So here is the strategy that was so broken it lasted less than a month. Immortals with Tesla have Sustained hits 2. Plasmancer has the ability to give his led unit Crits on 5+. Now, 10 Immortals shoot, and you use the Cynosure of Eradication strategem, are within your Deployment zone, and your opponent stands on an objective marker. You get Sustained hit 2, Crit on 5+, full re-roll of wound roll and hit roll and also Devastating wounds. Result is on average 32 wounds dealt against your average Space Marine. Yes, this was nerfed within a few weeks.

	Last but not least (that belongs to Obeisiance Phalanx and Annihilation Legion) is Awakened Dynasty, or commonly known as "Index Necrons". Nothing changed for them since the Codex release, except for the enhancement Phasmal Subjugator which no longer gives "leader aura" but "only" +1 to hit aura. But this detachment actually became the respectable default for the Necron army. Reactive reanimation, resurrection of an infantry character (Illuminor "I cannot fucking die" Szarekh), and better strategems while having a leader becomes a staple, and after the nerf of Canoptek and Hypercrypt court, even becomes meta to this (February 2026) day.

	Overall, the Necron codex nerfed or side-graded reanimation protocols, which stung, but also made Necrons into one of, if not the most consistent army of the 10th edition, hovering at 50% winrate most of the time. However, there is one asterix which has to be mentioned, which is C´tan.

	Because Arks of Omen basically shot the army organisation and army detachments of the 9th edition in a dark alley, Necrons could field up to 6 FUCKING C´TAN SHARDS. This resulted in some stupid C´tan shard spam lists where even poor old "Banana man" Deceiver got to see the table. This was annoying at best and friendship-shattering at worst. C´tan in the 10th edition are very, very, very resilient. Each has: Toughness 11 (higher than large knights), 5+ Feel no pain, 12 wounds, 4+ Invulnerable save and lastly the ability to halve damage characteristic of any model attacking it. The last ability gets exploited by the Melta keyword since it is not a characteristic which elevates Sisters of Battle above Necrons in win rate (since Warhammer 40K is only Competitive mode now, and anything except that will be forgotten over the 10th edition).

	Now here is a salty adendum of an artist: Oh. My. Fucking. God. There is nothing regarding the 10th edition codex when compared to the previous. The pages are softer and easier to rip when compared to the 9th and 8th editions. There are no showcases of dynasties to inspire new players to make a custom dynasty, even though dynasties are more of a suggestion than a rule, compared to previous editions. There is one tutorial on how to paint your Combat Patrol, and it is very rudimentary. Even datasheets have these stupidly large blank spaces, which in Age of Sigmar Battletomes are filled with art. To summarise: Necron codex fucking sucks as a collector piece, and it will become more apparent as the edition progresses.

	~~Not too long after this release, with Kasrkin Killteam, all 3" deepstrike is nerfed into 6". Awakened dynasty becomes dominant now.~~

	And now here comes the Grotsmas update. For context, GW changed the guy who leads Warhammer 40k updates like a 6 months before Christmas 2025. This results in players actually getting new detachments before the new edition during December, which actually revitalises the interest in the game. Who could have fucking guessed that people like new content...

	Introducing the Starshatter arsenal. For context, 10th edition Doomsday Ark (further as DDA) was more commonly known as Casino Cannon because of its D6 hits and D6 damage. The 10th edition DDA has D6+1 attacks, 4 damage and Devastating wounds if you stay Stationary. As the name suggests, Starshatter Arsenal focuses on units like DDA by giving them the Assault keyword and +1 to hit anything on an objective. Also, there is a strategem which gives the ability to bypass terrain which DDA cannot otherwise do. So you can now do a vehicle-oriented Blitzkrieg with Necrons, which deletes anything on an objective marker. Especially interesting is strategem Merciless Reclamation, which allows +1 to wound on an objective and Reactive Reposition, giving D6" reactive movement, especially useful against charging. From personal experience, vehicles are not the only ones benefiting, and even infantry is able to fuck thanks to strategems and even do damage to big knights. This, combined with nerfs to Canoptek and Hypecrypt detachments, results in an immediate domination of the Starshatter (or as I like to call Starshitter) arsenal to dominate the meta, which of course results in a nerf increasing Command point prices and limitation on Monster (read C´tan).

	And here comes January 2026. Before the 500 worlds campaign drops, someone leaks a new Nightbringer model, which even GW is salty about and exceptionally is in (my humble opinion) the right because reveal was supposed to be a Killteam bossfight. During this, a second proper Necron Killteam is revealed, which translates to 3 new units. Sadly, all three are kind of niche, so useless for competitive play dominating 40K. Still love them though. However, once Nightbringer is revealed officially, all hell is let loose. All Necron C´tan shards are given an update, which deletes their "halve your damage characteristic" and, in exchange, gives them "mere": increase in their movement by 2, their wounds by 4, increases their save to 3+ and gives Nightbringer Deepstrike. This alone brings C´tan spam back on the menu, but there are also 3 new detachments given to Necrons, which brings them to 8 detachments.

	~~Once again, let us start with the bad.~~

	Cryptek Conclave is just worse than the Canoptek Court because it concentrates all its buffs on characters. It is playable because GW finally read the keywords, but your opponent will take the static secondary objective to hunt your character like dogs because you brought 10.

	Cursed Legion is just better than Annihilation Legion because it buffs all Destroyers regardless by giving them +2 Strength. This is massive because it allows Skorpekh Destroyers to wound Space Marines on 2+, but this is 10th edition, so this is only the middle of the road regarding new detachments.

	The Pantheon of Woe. Christ, Satan, Allah, Jehovah, Buddha, Perun, Odin and whoever else preserve us. This detachment follows the Imperial Agents detachment, focusing on assassin characters, but it is actually good. Every time you pick a C´tan, you have to give it an enhancement, which, while it increases its point cost, also gives said C´tan a pretty big power boost. The biggest offender is, as always, Nightbringer with a new huge model because his enhancement allows him to charge after using the Advance move. Combined with his new 10" from 6" and Deepstrike, it gives Nightbringer a huge threat range. However, since GW hates fun, it is nerfed next month by point increases. Do you remember "Index Necrons"? Well now it is the way to play Necrons just like back 3 years ago.

	And now comes the end of the 10th edition. As of March, Necrons are fearsome and still at around 50% winrate. Even though you can call Necrons boring, simple and internally unbalanced, this is arguably the best state they were in since the end of 7th edition. Reanimation protocols got so much better in their now 4th iteration, leader rules benefit their playstyle greatly, and GW finally dropped their reanimation points tax on them. Even though 10th has been "a boring product edition" overall, Necrons are in the best state they have been in for almost a decade. Remember that rules are temporary, but aesthetics are eternal, just like the Eternal Necron Empire.

	== How to Play (and Fight) the Necrons ==		== How to Play (and Fight) the Necrons ==

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	The Monolith got a fancy new resculpt. It is now a Lord of War and is extremely expensive both IRL and ingame. It has a new anti-armor loadout that replaces its gauss arrays with Death Rays. DEATH RAYS. They even got bumped up to a 2+ armor save. They still die surprisingly quickly due to not having any save vs Mortals, no FNP, and no built-in invuln save. Pair these with a Chronomancer.		The Monolith got a fancy new resculpt. It is now a Lord of War and is extremely expensive both IRL and ingame. It has a new anti-armor loadout that replaces its gauss arrays with Death Rays. DEATH RAYS. They even got bumped up to a 2+ armor save. They still die surprisingly quickly due to not having any save vs Mortals, no FNP, and no built-in invuln save. Pair these with a Chronomancer.

			=== 10th Edition ===
			Index time! Another soft restart of the Necrons as an army. One may even ask if GeeDubs even know what to do with the poor skelly bois since 7th edition. However this time it seems they got it right.

			First of all, subfactions, relics, warlord traits, most of the keywords and stratagems are gone. Instead, each faction has their "Army rules" and "Detachment rules". Army rules are static, Detachment rules changed based on your... well detachment. Going further about detachment, those are your subfactions now with "Enhancements" (read Warlord traits/Relics) and Stratagems. But fret not (yet), over corporate overlord James Workshop tried to streamline your pool of choosing. Each detachment has now 4 Enhancements and 6 Stratagems plus their detachment rule. Got it? Good. Now going further, one notable change is "The Leader" rules. Some characters now can be attached to some units and giving those units buffs and abilities. This will be important for later, trust me.

			Now, how all these changes affected Necrons? Oh let me tell you.

			First of all, Necron Army rule is yet another iteration of Reanimation protocols. I know, but trust me when I say third time is the charm. In your command phase units in your army activate their Reanimation protocols and reanimate D3. If any model in the unit is not at its starting wound characteristics, you start adding result of your D3 roll by 1 wound at the time until said model is fully healed. If you still have wounds to spare, if this unit is not at their full model number, you add back 1 model at 1 wound and start healing this model. You continue until you have used up all your D3 wounds. Now you may start screeching "that is so mid!" and you would be right. Emphasis on would be. Why? Let me explain it to you. As in previous editions, you can buff reanimation protocol somehow. Because of how it worked previously buffs were either "+1 to roll" or "trigger ability when you want". James Workshop sprinkled these buffs very and I mean VERY sparingly. It also got reflected on Necron model pricing. Because "it is so broken to return model"! Well this edition ... this kinda went out of the window.

			Introducing Reanimation protocol combo shenanigans! Let us start with our favourite Necron warriors. 20 models have 20 wounds. Their special rule is that instead of D3 they reanimate D6 and D3+3 while on an objective. Guaranteed 4 wounds/models each turn. But we can go further. Let us bring character to the mix. Lets add Overlord or Lord with good ol Orb. This piece of gear instead of triggering once per battle gives passive ability that reanimation protocols trigger also in your opponent´s Command phase. Right now, per turn if we stand on an objective we are at 2D3+6 which is guaranteed 8 wounds/models per turn. But we can go further. Canoptek reanimator have gotten a glowup worthy of Silent king himself. It now gives off 12" aura that adds D3 to your reanimation roll each time it activates. That is 4D3+6 per turn with 10 wounds/models guaranteed. Do you hear the Mechanicus players weep yet? Well I don't, so lets go further. Let us attach one more character. A cryptek, namely Technomancer. While being attached to a unit, this unit has 5+ Feel no Pain ability, which is "on a 5+ ignore lost wound". Do you hear the cries of pain and frustration yet? No? Here, add 2 Cryptothralls. Now, how that increases your survivability. Simple. They themselves have 4+ FNP and 2 wounds with Toughness 5. And unlike characters upon death they do not "deattach" from unit and thus can be reanimated. Voila. A fine soup. To be fair tho, this edition has been so broken so far that this is considered "normal" or even "decent" at best.

			Saying all that though, Necrons have been so far in the middle when it comes to competitive play which is best spot to be in currently since it ensure stability. And generally speaking, most of their units are decent and playable (except Psychomancer and Obelisk of course).

			Continuing with the Detachment rules, so far there is only one that gives unit +1 to hit if a Leader model is attached. Overall very decent.

			This is where I must end for now since there really is nothing more to talk of. Lore had nothing so far, and no new models had been released yet. We will have to wait till the end of the year for 10th edition codex replacing free indexes (thank you James Workshop), new models promised with new codex (WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ALMOST 3 YEARS FOR THAT RUMOURS ENGINE!!!!) and lastly there will be TV show on Warhammer+ named "Pariah Nexus" which will hopefully finally expand lore about Illuminor Szeras and his null zone (that does not work on miracles for some reason...) that got introduced back in 8th edition. Overall, hopium levels are at an all-time high.

			* Update since Codex dropped from a guy who did not play since GW added pivot again, and also the guy who wrote the first iteration of the 10th edition index for Necrons. I really like what y'all did with it btw. :*

			GeeDubs nerfed reanimation by firstly nerfing Warriors reanimation from D6 to D3 plus re-roll, secondly nerfing Reanimator +3 reanimation aura 12´´ to 3´´, resulting in very little usage for the rest of the edition. Lychguard also cannot be led by Crypteks, so no more Orikan 4++ save enabling warscythes to be usable. Also worth mentioning are Transcendent C´tan. This lil guy every time it advances, actually deepstrikes and actually has the Assault keyword on every weapon. And also lower Monolith toughness in exchange for more wounds, which is actually an upgrade even though Monolith is no longer the highest toughness conventional unit. Now, what did we get in return since this is a MASSIVE nerf to the unkillable Necron meta? Four new detachments and three new models. Let's start with the bad.

			Detachment Obeisance phalanx just sucks balls. Why, you may ask? Because GW forgot to give the literal Necron triad of the Necron Empire keyword Triarch and did the same with Triarch Stalker, which is lorewise a commander for the Triarch Praetorian forces. Some people found niche use of +1 to wound for specific units, but overall just a non-functional detachment.

			The second poorly thought-out detachment was Annihilation Legion. Firstly, they grouped together the Flayed ones and the Destroyer cult, which is akin to putting together two opposites of the political spectrum lorewise. Yes, they are both exiles from the mainstream, but they are also going in opposite directions to handle their eternal existence. Rules wise, they forgot Destroyers can shoot, so all the strategems only come into effect in melee, including reanimation, which leaves Heavy Lokhust Destroyers, Lokhust Destroyers, Lokhust Destroyer Lords and Hexmark Destroyers in the dust. Sidenote to this: 10th edition loves repeating strategems despite each detachment only having 6 available, so all 5 detachments have their own flavour of reanimation strategem, and Space Marines have an "Armour of Contempt" strategem in almost every detachment.

			And now let's start with the good. Canoptek Court and the Monolith- I mean Hypercrypt court.

			Hypercrypt court played into the niche of Necrons, which is teleportation, allowing players to take the models from the table at the end of the opponent's turn. This resulted in a plethora of shenanigans, including one where a Necron player deepstruck a FUCKING MONOLITH into Craftworld Eldar deployment zone turn one, thanks to him going second. (Someone please add memes about that thing) On top of that you can deepstrike 3" from your opponent, which is a straight up 97% chance to successfully charge or 100% to deepstrike a FUCKING MONOLITH and then pull a unit out of it. And guess what. You can straight up ignore the rule of Monolith about not being able to charge after being teleported to it. So if you go second, you can deepstrike a FUCKING MONOLITH 3" from the opponent, spit out 6 Skorpekh destroyers with Skorpekh Lord who has Arisen Tyrant Enhancement, which gives his unit full re-roll of hit rolls, and then said unit can charge thanks to Dimensional Corridor strategem. This minor move costs you 3 Command points buuut is worth every colour your opponents face makes. This, of course, was nerfed later but contested for the best detachment with the second one we will talk about, which was actually the goat.

			Canoptek Court, my beloved. Basically, you get to full re-roll hits for Canoptek/Cryptek units in your deployment zone, and if you capture half of the Objectives in No Man's Land, you also get full re-roll there. This is where I need to mention an important addition in the new codex. Canoptek Wraiths, or as I like to call them Canoptek Shrimps, can now be led by a Technomancer, which gives them a 5+ Feel no Pain roll. Now, in the 10th edition, being able to be led as a Necron unit is very strong since you can equip an enhancement. Canoptek court can give your character and unit Infiltrators, resulting in you having your unit of nigh-unkillable Shrimps anywhere on the map (outside of 9" from opponent) to be a menace. Other shenanigans are with a strategem that gives Cryptek models Devastating wounds. Here is another quirk of the 10th edition. Keywords of models are shared between all models. So if you put a Cryptek into any unit, it gains the Cryptek keyword. So here is the strategy that was so broken it lasted less than a month. Immortals with Tesla have Sustained hits 2. Plasmancer has the ability to give his led unit Crits on 5+. Now, 10 Immortals shoot, and you use the Cynosure of Eradication strategem, are within your Deployment zone, and your opponent stands on an objective marker. You get Sustained hit 2, Crit on 5+, full re-roll of wound roll and hit roll and also Devastating wounds. Result is on average 32 wounds dealt against your average Space Marine. Yes, this was nerfed within a few weeks.

			Last but not least (that belongs to Obeisiance Phalanx and Annihilation Legion) is Awakened Dynasty, or commonly known as "Index Necrons". Nothing changed for them since the Codex release, except for the enhancement Phasmal Subjugator which no longer gives "leader aura" but "only" +1 to hit aura. But this detachment actually became the respectable default for the Necron army. Reactive reanimation, resurrection of an infantry character (Illuminor "I cannot fucking die" Szarekh), and better strategems while having a leader becomes a staple, and after the nerf of Canoptek and Hypercrypt court, even becomes meta to this (February 2026) day.

			Overall, the Necron codex nerfed or side-graded reanimation protocols, which stung, but also made Necrons into one of, if not the most consistent army of the 10th edition, hovering at 50% winrate most of the time. However, there is one asterix which has to be mentioned, which is C´tan.

			Because Arks of Omen basically shot the army organisation and army detachments of the 9th edition in a dark alley, Necrons could field up to 6 FUCKING C´TAN SHARDS. This resulted in some stupid C´tan shard spam lists where even poor old "Banana man" Deceiver got to see the table. This was annoying at best and friendship-shattering at worst. C´tan in the 10th edition are very, very, very resilient. Each has: Toughness 11 (higher than large knights), 5+ Feel no pain, 12 wounds, 4+ Invulnerable save and lastly the ability to halve damage characteristic of any model attacking it. The last ability gets exploited by the Melta keyword since it is not a characteristic which elevates Sisters of Battle above Necrons in win rate (since Warhammer 40K is only Competitive mode now, and anything except that will be forgotten over the 10th edition).

			Now here is a salty adendum of an artist: Oh. My. Fucking. God. There is nothing regarding the 10th edition codex when compared to the previous. The pages are softer and easier to rip when compared to the 9th and 8th editions. There are no showcases of dynasties to inspire new players to make a custom dynasty, even though dynasties are more of a suggestion than a rule, compared to previous editions. There is one tutorial on how to paint your Combat Patrol, and it is very rudimentary. Even datasheets have these stupidly large blank spaces, which in Age of Sigmar Battletomes are filled with art. To summarise: Necron codex fucking sucks as a collector piece, and it will become more apparent as the edition progresses.

			Not too long after this release, with Kasrkin Killteam, all 3" deepstrike is nerfed into 6". Awakened dynasty becomes dominant now.

			And now here comes the Grotsmas update. For context, GW changed the guy who leads Warhammer 40k updates like a 6 months before Christmas 2025. This results in players actually getting new detachments before the new edition during December, which actually revitalises the interest in the game. Who could have fucking guessed that people like new content...

			Introducing the Starshatter arsenal. For context, 10th edition Doomsday Ark (further as DDA) was more commonly known as Casino Cannon because of its D6 hits and D6 damage. The 10th edition DDA has D6+1 attacks, 4 damage and Devastating wounds if you stay Stationary. As the name suggests, Starshatter Arsenal focuses on units like DDA by giving them the Assault keyword and +1 to hit anything on an objective. Also, there is a strategem which gives the ability to bypass terrain which DDA cannot otherwise do. So you can now do a vehicle-oriented Blitzkrieg with Necrons, which deletes anything on an objective marker. Especially interesting is strategem Merciless Reclamation, which allows +1 to wound on an objective and Reactive Reposition, giving D6" reactive movement, especially useful against charging. From personal experience, vehicles are not the only ones benefiting, and even infantry is able to fuck thanks to strategems and even do damage to big knights. This, combined with nerfs to Canoptek and Hypecrypt detachments, results in an immediate domination of the Starshatter (or as I like to call Starshitter) arsenal to dominate the meta, which of course results in a nerf increasing Command point prices and limitation on Monster (read C´tan).

			And here comes January 2026. Before the 500 worlds campaign drops, someone leaks a new Nightbringer model, which even GW is salty about and exceptionally is in (my humble opinion) the right because reveal was supposed to be a Killteam bossfight. During this, a second proper Necron Killteam is revealed, which translates to 3 new units. Sadly, all three are kind of niche, so useless for competitive play dominating 40K. Still love them though. However, once Nightbringer is revealed officially, all hell is let loose. All Necron C´tan shards are given an update, which deletes their "halve your damage characteristic" and, in exchange, gives them "mere": increase in their movement by 2, their wounds by 4, increases their save to 3+ and gives Nightbringer Deepstrike. This alone brings C´tan spam back on the menu, but there are also 3 new detachments given to Necrons, which brings them to 8 detachments.

			Once again, let us start with the bad.

			Cryptek Conclave is just worse than the Canoptek Court because it concentrates all its buffs on characters. It is playable because GW finally read the keywords, but your opponent will take the static secondary objective to hunt your character like dogs because you brought 10.

			Cursed Legion is just better than Annihilation Legion because it buffs all Destroyers regardless by giving them +2 Strength. This is massive because it allows Skorpekh Destroyers to wound Space Marines on 2+, but this is 10th edition, so this is only the middle of the road regarding new detachments.

			The Pantheon of Woe. Christ, Satan, Allah, Jehovah, Buddha, Perun, Odin and whoever else preserve us. This detachment follows the Imperial Agents detachment, focusing on assassin characters, but it is actually good. Every time you pick a C´tan, you have to give it an enhancement, which, while it increases its point cost, also gives said C´tan a pretty big power boost. The biggest offender is, as always, Nightbringer with a new huge model because his enhancement allows him to charge after using the Advance move. Combined with his new 10" from 6" and Deepstrike, it gives Nightbringer a huge threat range. However, since GW hates fun, it is nerfed next month by point increases. Do you remember "Index Necrons"? Well now it is the way to play Necrons just like back 3 years ago.

			And now comes the end of the 10th edition. As of March, Necrons are fearsome and still at around 50% winrate. Even though you can call Necrons boring, simple and internally unbalanced, this is arguably the best state they were in since the end of 7th edition. Reanimation protocols got so much better in their now 4th iteration, leader rules benefit their playstyle greatly, and GW finally dropped their reanimation points tax on them. Even though 10th has been "a boring product edition" overall, Necrons are in the best state they have been in for almost a decade. Remember that rules are temporary, but aesthetics are eternal, just like the Eternal Necron Empire.

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	~~[[File:Hitler hates the Necrons.jpg\|350px\|right\|thumb\|Hitler doesn't know how to counter his ol' pal Stalin's Necrons with his Imperial Guard. Maybe because he insists on using tanks.]]~~

	The current state of 9th Edition has S-tier armies sitting at a much, much higher power level than anything ranked below them. If the likes of Tau, Custodes, Tyranids and Harlequins are 10/10, A rank armies like Drukhari, Genestealers and Admech are 7/10. Necrons are currently considered A tier. Solid, but not really broken in any real form or fashion. Which is to say, compared to S tier armies, you're going to feel really outmatched.		The current state of 9th Edition has S-tier armies sitting at a much, much higher power level than anything ranked below them. If the likes of Tau, Custodes, Tyranids and Harlequins are 10/10, A rank armies like Drukhari, Genestealers and Admech are 7/10. Necrons are currently considered A tier. Solid, but not really broken in any real form or fashion. Which is to say, compared to S tier armies, you're going to feel really outmatched.

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			[[File:Hitler hates the Necrons.jpg\|350px\|right\|thumb\|Hitler doesn't know how to counter his ol' pal Stalin's Necrons with his Imperial Guard. Maybe because he insists on using tanks.]]

	The current state of 9th Edition has S-tier armies sitting at a much, much higher power level than anything ranked below them. If the likes of Tau, Custodes, Tyranids and Harlequins are 10/10, A rank armies like Drukhari, Genestealers and Admech are 7/10. Necrons are currently considered A tier. Solid, but not really broken in any real form or fashion. Which is to say, compared to S tier armies, you're going to feel really outmatched.		The current state of 9th Edition has S-tier armies sitting at a much, much higher power level than anything ranked below them. If the likes of Tau, Custodes, Tyranids and Harlequins are 10/10, A rank armies like Drukhari, Genestealers and Admech are 7/10. Necrons are currently considered A tier. Solid, but not really broken in any real form or fashion. Which is to say, compared to S tier armies, you're going to feel really outmatched.

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MAGAt is a made up term and it's amusing to see leftist retards repeat MAGA like it's a monster country. You guys sound awfully autistic, since autists make up words and stick to them like Chris Chanisms. Oh, drug addiction is a leftist retard problem in the West by the way. Sincerely, non-American dude who thinks Trump is an idiot.

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	Although they have been around since the [[Rogue Trader (sourcebook)\|Rogue Trader]] era, they have seen great change in almost every edition. [[Space Crusade]] (sort of) introduced them as "[[Chaos]] Androids" (oh, the [[Cadia\|''irony'']]...), and their first appearance under the Necron name was towards the end of second edition, where they were (as "Necron Raiders") a mysterious faction with essentially zero fluff and only a few models, all of which looked incredibly silly. However, with third edition they got their own [[Codex]] and a bunch of models fleshing them out as an army and introducing their rulers, and the [[C'tan]] (who were subsequently shoehorned into every major event in the 40k universe). [[Games Workshop]] then promptly forgot they existed and did not update them again until the closing days of fifth edition. [[Skub\|This was a controversial move]] as the Codex was written by [[Matt Ward]], who significantly changed the fluff, making them Newcrons. In short, they became [[Tomb Kings]] IN SPESS and the C'tan were demoted to being their bitches. And that's about it. Do note that although they are space Tomb Kings, they are not necessarily [[Rubric Marines\| space Egyptians]].		Although they have been around since the [[Rogue Trader (sourcebook)\|Rogue Trader]] era, they have seen great change in almost every edition. [[Space Crusade]] (sort of) introduced them as "[[Chaos]] Androids" (oh, the [[Cadia\|''irony'']]...), and their first appearance under the Necron name was towards the end of second edition, where they were (as "Necron Raiders") a mysterious faction with essentially zero fluff and only a few models, all of which looked incredibly silly. However, with third edition they got their own [[Codex]] and a bunch of models fleshing them out as an army and introducing their rulers, and the [[C'tan]] (who were subsequently shoehorned into every major event in the 40k universe). [[Games Workshop]] then promptly forgot they existed and did not update them again until the closing days of fifth edition. [[Skub\|This was a controversial move]] as the Codex was written by [[Matt Ward]], who significantly changed the fluff, making them Newcrons. In short, they became [[Tomb Kings]] IN SPESS and the C'tan were demoted to being their bitches. And that's about it. Do note that although they are space Tomb Kings, they are not necessarily [[Rubric Marines\| space Egyptians]].

	Gameplay-wise, some used to consider the Necrons to have been unduly OP during their introduction. A respectable amount of evidence can be gathered to grant credence to this viewpoint based on the ease with which they can blow up vehicles using the basic Warrior's Gauss Flayer. The rapid change in fluff between the 5th edition codex and its predecessor is [[skub\|controversial]], to put it lightly. While both versions of the Necrons' background have their fans, many would agree that the retconning was drastic and heavy-handed (Pariahs were awesome, until they were scrapped by [[Matt Ward\|our spiritual liege]] completely, probably because he realised how awesome they were and couldn't stand the idea of some of the lime-light being stolen from his precious [[Ultramarine\|Ultrasmurfs]]). On one hand, the Necrons' theme used to be that they were emotionless, implacable alien killers led by Lovecraftian star gods that fed on people's souls. Their background was very sparse and included all sorts of mysterious things about the Necrons and the C'tan that had implications for the whole setting of Warhammer 40,000. The new codex however gets rid of all that mystery and removes the dangerous feel the Necrons used to have in exchange for [[your dudes\|giving the individual Necron leaders and armies individual personality, which in turn allowed players to make their armies different]]. Whether you're a fan of this or not is up to you; there are pros and cons to both. This was different from the previous situation where [[Grey Knights\|basically everyone had an army of similar silver (or blue, for that matter) OP doom warriors wielding guns that could rip through tanks as well as infantry and had over the top fluff that made them out to be the baddest sons of bitches in the galaxy.]]		Gameplay-wise, some used to consider the Necrons to have been unduly OP during their introduction. A respectable amount of evidence can be gathered to grant credence to this viewpoint based on the ease with which they can blow up vehicles using the basic Warrior's Gauss Flayer. The rapid change in fluff between the 5th edition codex and its predecessor is [[skub\|controversial]], to put it lightly. While both versions of the Necrons' background have their fans, many would agree that the retconning was drastic and heavy-handed (Pariahs were awesome, until they were scrapped by [[Matt Ward\|our spiritual liege]] completely, probably because he realised how awesome they were and couldn't stand the idea of some of the lime-light being stolen from his precious [[Ultramarine\|Ultrasmurfs]]). On one hand, the Necrons' theme used to be that they were emotionless, implacable alien killers led by Lovecraftian star gods that fed on people's souls. Their background was very sparse and included all sorts of mysterious things about the Necrons and the C'tan that had implications for the whole setting of Warhammer 40,000. The new codex however gets rid of all that mystery and removes the dangerous feel the Necrons used to have in exchange for [[your dudes\|giving the individual Necron leaders and armies individual personality, which in turn allowed players to make their armies different]] rather than maintaining a one-dimensional "kill every living" MO. Whether you're a fan of this or not is up to you; there are pros and cons to both. This was different from the previous situation where [[Grey Knights\|basically everyone had an army of similar silver (or blue, for that matter) OP doom warriors wielding guns that could rip through tanks as well as infantry and had over the top fluff that made them out to be the baddest sons of bitches in the galaxy.]]

	The 7E Fluff in the codex is actually a lot more complex than those of prior codices, with complete sections dedicated to paint schemes and analyses on the markings on them (Where the last edition only barely even begins with that) while also beginning to fluff out some of the more prominent dynasties. However, not much of it actually changed from the last codex, so the C'tan are still a thing (but now they're treated with even less respect than a warrior, rather than leading the dudes), and the Newcrons as a simplified whole are still eccentric, megalomaniacal undead robots.		The 7E Fluff in the codex is actually a lot more complex than those of prior codices, with complete sections dedicated to paint schemes and analyses on the markings on them (Where the last edition only barely even begins with that) while also beginning to fluff out some of the more prominent dynasties. However, not much of it actually changed from the last codex, so the C'tan are still a thing (but now they're treated with even less respect than a warrior, rather than leading the dudes), and the Newcrons as a simplified whole are still eccentric, megalomaniacal undead robots.