Start Competing: Necrons Tactics
The Necrons are an ancient race, who fought the War in Heaven millions of years ago against the Old Ones and their servants, the Aeldari and the Krork (better-known these days as the Orks). In their attempts to win this war the Necrontyr, as they were, allied with the C’tan, a race of vampiric star gods. Shockingly the C’tan turned out to be bad guys, and they tricked the Necrontyr into transferring their consciousness into the bodies of robot skeletons, all the better to be manipulated. The most powerful of these new Necron leaders did at least catch on to the trick in time to fight the C’tan and shatter them, enslaving them in C’tan shards, but the damage was done and though the Necrons were now immortal and able to self-repair, the great mass of them were also not much better than automatons, and in any case the massive ruptures in realspace caused by the War in Heaven had allowed the Enslavers entry into the galaxy to start consuming all the life they could find. It sucked, so the Necrons hit da bricks and went to sleep until things looked a little more auspicious for them to start reclaming their empire. Whether they intended to do this for sixty million years before conveniently waking up when the Imperium was firmly dominating the galaxy is anyone’s guess, but it probably wasn’t the plan you or I would choose.
Faction Overview
Sputtering into life in 2nd edition, the Necrons got their first real codex in 3rd edition, with a very small and limited range. Since then they’ve been a popular faction and have gotten some significant range expansions, and they now offer a number of different playstyles, from the classic silver horde of Warriors on foot through a range of weird War of the Worlds-style tripod walkers and the strange Canoptek creations such as Wraiths. Their basic characteristics are toughness and resilience, enhanced by their ability to self-repair and resurrect fallen models, with some dangerous shooting and melee output to go with it. Still floating around in the mix are those shards of the C’tan from the long-ago War in Heaven, mere glimmers of what the C’tan once were but still highly powerful combatants on the tabletop.
How to Play Necrons in Warhammer 40k
Looking for advice on how to play Necrons? From getting started to playing at competitive events, we’ve got you covered with these articles.
- Competitive Faction Focus: Necrons
- Detachment Focus: Awakened Dynasty
- Detachment Focus: Canoptek Court
- Hammer of Math: Necrons Deep Dive
- Hammer of Math: Canoptek Court Shenanigans
- Hammer of Math: Resurrecting Necrons for Fun and Profit
- Competitive Stats for the Necrons
Hobby
Want to know how to paint your Necrons? Whether you’re looking for a simple silver drybrush and wash approach or a more complex and painstaking take on these archaic aliens, we’ve got you covered.
How to Paint Everything: Necrons
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How to Paint/Build Everything: The Necron Monolith
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