Necrons

The Goonhammer Hot Take: Necron FAQ

A month in to the glorious new era of Necrons being actually fun to use competitively, we today received the first FAQ for their new Codex. This covers several of the questions that we had about some of their...

9th Edition Imperial Armour Compendium: The Goonhammer Review

Forge World formed a key part of competitive play in 8th Edition, offering a wide range of additional options for some factions alongside some very cool models for players who wanted to try something different. The impact was, shall...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Codexes Catch On

Welcome once again, seekers of list-based novelty. This weekend's event profile looks pretty similar to last week's - a couple of small GTs, and a large number of RTTs. With the new books still at least moderately warm off...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Northern Front and New Books

The past weekend was another relatively quiet one on the scene in terms of big events, with just a single GT to look at, but smaller events are still churning on and with new books just having come out...

Hammer of Math: Command Protocols

This week's Hammer of Math takes a look at a completely new mechanic within the Necron codex: Command Protocols. When Space Marines got their massive monofaction boost in the form of Combat Doctrines back in September 2019, it was only...

Codex: Necrons Round-up

We can't tell you how excited we are that after what seems like three long years of scraping by with rules that made the army a competitive afterthought, Necrons have gotten a full revamp. The new codex introduces a...

Immortal Warriors – The Lore of Codex: Necrons 9th Edition

The armies and factions of Warhammer 40,000 are all brutal and impressive in their own ways. As new books release, we dive into the lore presented in each, and how it shapes the fictional universe we love and make...

Codex Necrons: Competitive Roundtable

With Codex Necrons out in the wild, we've assembled a trio of tournament players to give you their take on how it's going to perform in a competitive setting. Let's find out what they think! In case you missed...

Crusade Focus: Necrons

Similar to the Imperial forces in Codex: Space Marines (whose Crusade rules we reviewed earlier this week), Necrons got their own set of Crusade rules in their new codex, fleshing out the faction with new agendas, relics, traits, and...

Editor Showdown Battle Report – Space Marines vs. Necrons

The 9th Edition Marine and Necron codexes appearing at the same time handed us an exciting opportunity. As anyone who has encountered my alter-ego OVERLORD WINGS will know, I'm a keen Necron player, while fellow editor Corrode has been...