Necrons – Lokhust Heavy Destroyers
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | Base |
50 Lokhust Heavy Destroyer (base: 60mm) |
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| 1‑3 | 50 Lokhust Heavy Destroyer |
8" | 3+ | 3+ | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3+ | 60mm |
If this unit contains 2 models, it has Power Rating 6. If this unit contains 3 models, it has Power Rating 9. Every model is equipped with: gauss destructor.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Enmitic exterminator | ||||||
| Enmitic exterminator | 36" | Heavy 3D3 | 7 | -1 | 1 | Blast |
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| Gauss destructor | ||||||
| Gauss destructor | 36" | Heavy 1 | 10 | -4 | 3D3 | - |
WARGEAR OPTIONS | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS |
• Any number of models can each have their gauss destructor replaced with 1 enmitic exterminator.
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ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Living Metal, Command Protocols, Reanimation Protocols Hardwired for Destruction: Each time a model in this unit makes an attack, re-roll a hit roll of 1. Repulsor Platform: Models in this unit do not suffer the penalty to hit rolls incurred for firing Heavy weapons in the same turn that their unit has moved. |
| FACTION KEYWORDS: NECRONS, | |
| KEYWORDS: INFANTRY, CORE, FLY, DESTROYER CULT, LOKHUST HEAVY DESTROYERS | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
EXTERMINATION PROTOCOLS2CP
Necrons – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Lokhust Destroyers have sacrificed every last ember of their souls in order to pursue the eradication of all mortal life.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when a LOKHUST DESTROYERS or LOKHUST HEAVY DESTROYERS unit from your army is selected to shoot. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, you can re-roll the wound roll.
TECHNO-ORACULAR TARGETING1CP
Necrons – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Guided by the painstaking predictions of a conclave of astromancers, this shot strikes inescapably true.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, before making the wound roll for an attack made by a NECRONS model from your army. Do not make a wound roll for that attack: it automatically wounds the target.
BLOOD RITES1CP
Novokh – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Anointed in the spurting blood of the foe, the movements of the Novokh legions become ever more swift, purposeful and deadly.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a NOVOKH unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit.
METHODICAL DESTRUCTION2CP
Sautekh – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The Sautekh Dynasty excel in systematic killing, marking each target then concentrating their fury upon it until it is completely obliterated.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, after a SAUTEKH unit from your army has finished making its attacks. Select one enemy unit that was targeted by an attack made by a model in that unit this phase. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made by a model in another friendly SAUTEKH unit against that enemy unit, add 1 to that attack’s hit roll.
DIMENSIONAL CORRIDOR1CP
Necrons – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Obeying recall protocols, this unit step into a temporary dimensional displacement tunnel and re-emerge from the eternity gate of a nearby Monolith.
Use this Stratagem at the start of your Movement phase. Select one CORE INFANTRY unit from your army that is on the battlefield. Remove that unit from the battlefield. In the Reinforcements step of this phase, set that unit back up on the battlefield anywhere that is wholly within 3" of a friendly MONOLITH model and more than 9" away from any enemy models.
RAPID REANIMATION1CP/2CP
Necrons – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Utilising ancient energy prioritisation technologies, Necron reanimation protocols are overcharged and rank upon rank of sundered Necron soldiery return to their feet.
Use this Stratagem when a unit from your army has its reanimation protocols enacted. Until the end of the phase, add 1 to all reanimation protocols rolls made for that unit. If you have a CRYPTEK model or a CHARACTER model equipped with a Resurrection Orb on the battlefield, this Stratagem costs 1CP; otherwise, it costs 2CP.
SWIFT DISMEMBERMENT1CP
Annihilation Legion – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Destroyers are never stationary when hunting, their modified bodies hurtling at high speed towards their next victim, eager to erase them from existence.
Use this Stratagem in your Charge phase. Select one DESTROYER CULT unit from your army. Until the end of the turn, that unit is eligible to charge in a turn in which it Advanced.
EFFICIENT DISINTEGRATION2CP
Annihilation Legion – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Those who face the Lokhust Destroyers in battle find themselves overwhelmed by a fusillade of deadly disintegrating energy beams.
Use this Stratagem in any phase, when a LOKHUST DESTROYERS or LOKHUST HEAVY DESTROYERS 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 gauss cannon or gauss destructor, add 1 to the damage roll for that attack.
SHIELD-PIERCER PROJECTORS1CP
Necrons – Boarding Actions – Epic Deed Stratagem
The Necrons have access to dark and terrible technologies that they can fold into their warriors weapons with horrifying ease, enabling them to overcome the most sophisticated enemy defences.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when a NECRONS model from your army shoots with a ranged weapon. Until the end of the phase, each time that model makes an attack with that weapon, invulnerable saving throws cannot be taken against that attack.
PRISMATIC DIMENSIONAL BREACH1CP
Necrons – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
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 CORE unit from your army that is in Strategic Reserves, and then select one friendly NIGHT SCYTHE or MONOLITH model that is on the battlefield. Set that CORE unit up anywhere on the battlefield that is wholly within 3" of that NIGHT SCYTHE or MONOLITH model and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. This Stratagem cannot be used in the first battle round.
A MOMENT OF CLARITY2CP
Annihilation Legion – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Every now and again, the killing urge infecting these warriors lifts, and a semblance of tactical acumen returns, before the efficient butchery begins anew.
Use this Stratagem in your Command phase. Select one ANNIHILATION LEGION unit from your army. Until the start of your next Command phase, that unit has the Objective Secured ability.
WEAPONISED BODIES2CP
Annihilation Legion – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
For the Destroyers, it is not enough to simply use their weaponry to slay their foes. Their weighty metallic limbs make excellent bludgeons, crushing their foes beneath them.
Use this Stratagem in your Charge phase, when a DESTROYER CULT unit from your army finishes a charge move. Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of that DESTROYER CULT unit. For each model in that DESTROYER CULT unit that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit, roll a number of D6 equal to that model’s Wounds characteristic. For each result of 5+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds).
RECLAIM A LOST EMPIRE1CP
Nihilakh – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Nihilakh seek to rule the galaxy, and once they have claimed a domain it is almost impossible to drive them from it.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase. Select one NIHILAKH INFANTRY unit from your army that is currently performing an action. That unit can still shoot this phase without that action failing.
TRANSLOCATION CRYPT1CP
Nephrekh – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Masters of teleportation technology, the Nephrekh ride into battle upon blinding beams of light from deep within their armoured tomb complexes.
Use this Stratagem before the battle when declaring reserves and transports (if you are playing a mission without this step, use this Stratagem during deployment instead). Select one NEPHREKH unit (excluding VEHICLE or MONSTER units) from your army. That unit gains the Dimensional Translocation ability.
TALENT FOR ANNIHILATION1CP
Mephrit – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Mephrit seek not merely to defeat their foes, but to entirely expunge them from the face of the galaxy.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when a MEPHRIT unit from your army is selected to shoot. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any normal damage (a maximum of 3 mortal wounds can be inflicted per phase via this Stratagem).
FLENSING CAPACITORS1CP
Necrons – Boarding Actions – Wargear Stratagem
Molecular disintegration emitters activate within these Necrons’ weapons, flaying away additional layers of enemy armour.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when a NECRONS 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 gauss weapon, an unmodified successful hit roll of 5+ automatically wounds the target.
DISRUPTION FIELDS1CP
Necrons – Boarding Actions – Wargear Stratagem
The thrumming aura of negative energy known as a disruption field warps and dissolves both armour and flesh.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a NECRONS unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of models in that unit.
EMPYRIC DAMPING1CP
Szarekhan – Wargear Stratagem
Many Szarekhan bear finely worked noctilith chest-ankhs that create an ambient counter-empyric field that deadens the abilities of even the most powerful psykers.
Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Psychic phase, when an enemy PSYKER attempts to manifest a psychic power within 18" of a SZAREKHAN unit from your army. Roll one D6: on a 4+, that psychic power is denied.
DISRUPTION FIELDS1CP
Necrons – Wargear Stratagem
The thrumming aura of negative energy known as a disruption field warps and dissolves both armour and flesh.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a NECRONS CORE unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Strength characteristic of models in that unit.
DISINTEGRATION CAPACITORS1CP
Necrons – Wargear Stratagem
Molecular disintegration emitters activate within these Necrons' weapons even as they open fire, flaying away additional layers of enemy armour in explosive eruptions of glowing dust.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, when a NECRONS 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 gauss weapon, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically wounds the target.
SOLAR PULSE1CP
Necrons – Wargear Stratagem
Many Necron weapons contain pulsing orbs, within which is bound the awesome power of a solar flare.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase. Select one enemy unit. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in a NECRONS unit from your army makes a ranged attack against that enemy unit, the target does not receive the benefits of cover against that attack.
Living Metal
The Necrons' semi-sentient metal skin lets them heal mid-battle.
At the start of your Command phase, each model in this unit regains 1 lost wound.The DYNASTIC AGENT keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
Elites
Fast Attack
Lords of War
The C’TAN SHARD keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
Elites
Lords of War
The NECRONS and CHARACTER keywords are used in the following Necrons datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Lords of War
The datasheets using UNALIGNED keyword can be found in the following Factions:
Unaligned: Unaligned.Imperium: Astra Militarum, Space Marines.
The UNALIGNED keyword is used in the following datasheets:
Troops
Fortifications
Normal Move
When a unit makes a Normal Move, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches equal to or less than the Move (M) characteristic shown on its datasheet, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
Advance
When a unit makes an Advance, make an Advance roll for the unit by rolling one D6. Add the result in inches to the Move (M) characteristic of each model in that unit until the end of the current phase. Each model in that unit can then move a distance in inches equal to or less than this total, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models. A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it made an Advance.- Advance: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
Fall Back
When a unit Falls Back, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches equal to or less than the Move (M) characteristic shown on its datasheet, and when doing so you can move it within Engagement Range of enemy models, but it cannot end its move within Engagement Range of any enemy models – if it cannot do this then it cannot Fall Back. A unit cannot declare a charge in the same turn that it Fell Back. A unit cannot shoot or attempt to manifest a psychic power in the same turn that it Fell Back unless it is TITANIC.- Fall Back: Models move up to M".
- Units that Fall Back cannot charge this turn.
- Units that Fall Back cannot shoot or manifest psychic powers this turn unless they are TITANIC.
Light Cover
When an attack made with a ranged weapon wounds a model that is receiving the benefits of cover from this terrain feature, add 1 to the saving throw made against that attack (invulnerable saving throws are not affected).- +1 to saving throws against ranged weapons.
- Invulnerable saving throws unaffected.
Engagement Range
Engagement Range represents the zone of threat that models present to their enemies. While a model is within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically of an enemy model, those models are within Engagement Range of each other. While two enemy models are within Engagement Range of each other, those models’ units are also within Engagement Range of each other. Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
Charging with a Unit
Once you have chosen an eligible unit to declare a charge with, you must select one or more enemy units within 12" of it as the targets of its charge. The target(s) of this charge do not need to be visible to the charging unit. You then make a charge roll for your unit by rolling 2D6. This is the maximum number of inches each model in the charging unit can now be moved if they can make the charge move. To make a charge move, the unit’s charge roll must be sufficient that it is able to end that move in unit coherency and within Engagement Range of every unit that was a target of its charge, without moving within Engagement Range of any enemy units that were not a target of its charge. If this is possible, then the charge is successful and the models in the unit make a charge move so as to fulfil the above conditions. If this is impossible, the charge fails and no models in the charging unit move this phase.- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
Overwatch
Certain rules enable units to fire Overwatch at an enemy unit before it can charge. If an enemy unit declares a charge that targets one or more units from your army that have such a rule, each of those units can fire Overwatch before the charge roll is made. A unit cannot fire Overwatch if there are any enemy units within Engagement Range of it. Overwatch is resolved like a normal shooting attack (albeit one resolved in the Charge phase) and uses all the normal rules, except that an unmodified hit roll of 6 is always required for a successful hit roll, irrespective of the firing model’s Ballistic Skill or any hit roll modifiers. In addition, when a model fires Overwatch, it does so at the charging unit. Any rule that states the unit cannot be targeted unless it is the closest target (e.g. Look Out, Sir) does not apply when firing Overwatch.- Overwatch: Before charge roll made, all charge targets that can fire Overwatch can do so.
- Can never fire Overwatch while enemy units are in Engagement Range.
- When firing Overwatch, shoot with unit, but attacks only hit on unmodified 6s.
Defensible (Set to Defend/Hold Steady)
If every model in an INFANTRY unit is on or in an Area Terrain feature with this trait, then it can either Hold Steady or it can Set to Defend (see below) when an enemy unit declares a charge against it.If every model in an INFANTRY unit is within 3" of an Obstacle terrain feature with this trait, then it can either Hold Steady or it can Set to Defend (see below) when an enemy unit declares a charge against it if, were you to draw a straight line, 1mm in thickness, between the closest parts of the bases (or hulls) of the two closest models in the two units, that line would pass over or through that terrain feature.
A unit cannot Hold Steady or Set to Defend while it is within Engagement Range of any enemy units.
If a unit Holds Steady, any Overwatch attacks made by that unit this phase will score hits on rolls of 5+. If a unit Sets to Defend, it cannot fire Overwatch this phase, but you add 1 to hit rolls when resolving attacks made with melee weapons by models in that unit until the end of the next Fight phase.
- INFANTRY units can Hold Steady or Set to Defend (if no enemy within Engagement Range).
- Hold Steady: Overwatch attacks hit on 5+.
- Set to Defend: Cannot fire Overwatch but add 1 to hit rolls in next Fight phase.
Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the hit roll is equal to or greater than the attacking model’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that attack scores one hit against the target unit. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.If an attack is made with a weapon that has an ability that says it ‘automatically hits the target’, no hit roll is made – that attack simply scores one hit on the target unit. An unmodified hit roll of 6 always scores a hit, and an unmodified hit roll of 1 always fails. A hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target. The result required is determined by comparing the attacking weapon’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown on the following table:
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If the result of the wound roll is less than the required number, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. An unmodified wound roll of 6 always successfully wounds the target, and an unmodified wound roll of 1 always fails. A wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
Terrain and Cover
Some pieces of terrain can provide certain bonuses to units in your army. Each bonus and how to acquire it is described in the Terrain Features section of the Core Rules. There are ways for some models to ignore such bonuses while making an attack, but it should be known what kind of benefit is ignored (see the Rare Rules for clarification).
Saving Throw
The player commanding the target unit then makes one saving throw by rolling one D6 and modifying the roll by the Armour Penetration (AP) characteristic of the weapon that the attack was made with. For example, if the weapon has an AP of -1, then 1 is subtracted from the saving throw roll. If the result is equal to, or greater than, the Save (Sv) characteristic of the model the attack was allocated to, then the saving throw is successful and the attack sequence ends. If the result is less than the model’s Save characteristic, then the saving throw fails and the model suffers damage. An unmodified roll of 1 always fails.
Performing a Heroic Intervention
When a unit performs a Heroic Intervention, you can move each model in that unit up to 3" – this is a Heroic Intervention move. Each model in the unit must finish its Heroic Intervention move closer to the closest enemy model. Remember that a unit must finish any type of move in unit coherency.- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
Reanimation Protocols
Should a Necron be slain, its body becomes wreathed in an eerie glow. Crawling limbs reattach. Sundered torsos and smashed skulls reform amidst emerald sparks. Witchlights flare back to life within dead eye-lenses and the Necron rises again, shambling back into their battle line. Those Necrons too catastrophically damaged to reform vanish instead, teleported away to their tombs for repair.
Each time an enemy unit shoots or fights, after it makes its attacks, if any models in this unit were destroyed as a result of those attacks but this unit was not destroyed, this unit's reanimation protocols are enacted and those destroyed models begin to reassemble.Each time a unit's reanimation protocols are enacted, make Reanimation Protocol rolls for that unit by rolling a number of D6 equal to the combined Wounds characteristics of all the reassembling models. Each Reanimation Protocol roll of 5+ is put into a pool. A Reanimation Protocol roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
If the number of dice in that pool is greater than or equal to the Wounds characteristic of any of the reassembling models, select one of those models to be Reanimated. A Reanimated model:
- Is added back to its unit with its full wounds remaining.
- Can only set up within Engagement Range of enemy units that are already within Engagement Range of the Reanimated model's unit.
- Cannot, if it is your Charge phase, be set up closer to any enemy units that are targets of a charge declared by its unit this phase.
- No longer counts as having been destroyed for the purposes of Morale tests this turn.
Example: In the Shooting phase, an enemy unit targets and makes its attacks against a 5-strong unit of Lychguard, destroying 3 models and leaving another with only one wound left. The Lychguard units reanimation protocols are enacted, and you now make Reanimation Protocol rolls for it. Each Lychguard has a Wounds characteristic of 2, so you would roll a total of six D6s. If you rolled 1, 3, 4, 5, 5 and 6, you would put three dice into a pool. This pool contains enough dice to Reanimate one of the destroyed models, and so it is set back up on the battlefield. After that model has been Reanimated, there is only one dice remaining in your pool. This is not enough to Reanimate another reassembling Lychguard model, as it is less than the models Wounds characteristic; this dice is therefore discarded.
Aura Abilities
Some abilities affect models or units in a given range – these are aura abilities. A model with an aura ability is always within range of its effect. The effects of multiple, identically named aura abilities are not cumulative (i.e. if a unit is within range of two models with the same aura ability, that aura ability only applies to the unit once).
Command Protocols
The Necron nobility make war in a codified and relentless fashion. Their command protocols crackle out across multi-dimensional spectra from carrier-wave projectors, compelling their semi-sentient soldiery into battle one overriding directive at a time.
If every unit from your army (excluding DYNASTIC AGENT, C’TAN SHARD and UNALIGNED units) is from the same dynasty, and you select a NECRONS CHARACTER model to be your WARLORD, this unit is eligible to benefit from this ability and the following rules apply.
After both sides have deployed, but before you have determined who will have the first turn, you must assign a different one of the command protocols below to each of the first five battle rounds, and note this down secretly on your army roster.
Example: Matts army is led by an Overlord (a NECRONS CHARACTER), and every model in it is from the same dynasty, therefore he must assign command protocols. He selects the following, writing them down on his army roster:
At the start of each battle round, if any NECRONS CHARACTER units from your army are on the battlefield, the command protocol that you assigned to that battle round becomes active for your army until the end of that battle round. Each command protocol is made up of two directives. When a command protocol becomes active for your army, reveal it to your opponent and select one of its directives. Until the assigned command protocol stops being active, while a unit that is eligible to benefit from this ability is on the battlefield, that unit benefits from the selected directive.
In addition, if all units from your army are from the same dynasty (excluding DYNASTIC AGENT, C’TAN SHARD and UNALIGNED units), select one command protocol that has not been assigned to a battle round (there will typically only be one). That command protocol is active in every battle round in addition to the one assigned to that battle round – select which directive your units will benefit from at the start of each battle round. Note that if this additional command protocol is the one described in your dynasty’s code, this means both of its directives apply to all units with this ability in your army in every battle round, in addition to the protocol assigned to that battle round. The available command protocols are shown below.
Designer’s Note: Some rules refer to ‘the active command protocol’, in these instances these rules refer to all command protocols that are active for your army.
After both sides have deployed, but before you have determined who will have the first turn, you must assign a different one of the command protocols below to each of the first five battle rounds, and note this down secretly on your army roster.
Example: Matts army is led by an Overlord (a NECRONS CHARACTER), and every model in it is from the same dynasty, therefore he must assign command protocols. He selects the following, writing them down on his army roster:
- Battle Round 1 = 2 (Sudden Storm)
- Battle Round 2 = 3 (Vengeful Stars)
- Battle Round 3 = 5 (Undying Legions)
- Battle Round 4 = 4 (Hungry Void)
- Battle Round 5+ = 1 (Eternal Guardian)
At the start of each battle round, if any NECRONS CHARACTER units from your army are on the battlefield, the command protocol that you assigned to that battle round becomes active for your army until the end of that battle round. Each command protocol is made up of two directives. When a command protocol becomes active for your army, reveal it to your opponent and select one of its directives. Until the assigned command protocol stops being active, while a unit that is eligible to benefit from this ability is on the battlefield, that unit benefits from the selected directive.
In addition, if all units from your army are from the same dynasty (excluding DYNASTIC AGENT, C’TAN SHARD and UNALIGNED units), select one command protocol that has not been assigned to a battle round (there will typically only be one). That command protocol is active in every battle round in addition to the one assigned to that battle round – select which directive your units will benefit from at the start of each battle round. Note that if this additional command protocol is the one described in your dynasty’s code, this means both of its directives apply to all units with this ability in your army in every battle round, in addition to the protocol assigned to that battle round. The available command protocols are shown below.
Designer’s Note: Some rules refer to ‘the active command protocol’, in these instances these rules refer to all command protocols that are active for your army.
1. Protocol of the Eternal Guardian Temporary dimensional shielding flickers into being around the Necrons as they stand tall upon the battlefield like graven statues.
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2. Protocol of the Sudden Storm Arcing energies leap from one Necron unit to the next, lending speed to their limbs and causing their eye lenses to blaze.
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3. Protocol of the Vengeful Stars Criss-cross fire leaps from the Necron ranks, forming a blazing corona of deadly energy from which there can be no escape.
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4. Protocol of the Hungry Void The Necrons strike with data-augmented accuracy, their murderous attacks as inescapable as the killing cold of space.
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5. Protocol of the Undying Legions At a hissing static signal, nanoscarabs are released in boiling black clouds that whirl about the legions and effect constant repairs.
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6. Protocol of the Conquering Tyrant The legions employ the strategies of their masters in perfect synchronicity, laying down hails of mechanically coordinated fire.
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Invulnerable Saves
Some models have an invulnerable save. Each time an attack is allocated to a model with an invulnerable save, you can choose to use either its normal Save (Sv) characteristic or its invulnerable save, but not both. If a model has more than one invulnerable save, it can only use one of them – choose which it will use. If you use a model’s invulnerable save, it is never modified by a weapon’s Armour Penetration value.- Invulnerable save: Saving throw that is never modified by attacking weapon’s AP.
- A model with an invulnerable save can use it instead of its normal Sv.
Mortal Wounds
Some attacks inflict mortal wounds – these are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury. Each mortal wound inflicts 1 point of damage on the target unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Do not make a wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saves) against a mortal wound – just allocate it as you would any other attack and inflict damage to a model in the target unit. Unlike damage inflicted by normal attacks, excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, resolve the normal damage first. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers the mortal wounds, as described before. If an ability modifies the damage inflicted by a weapon, and that weapon can inflict mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, the modifier does not apply to any mortal wounds that are inflicted (unless the rule specifically states otherwise).
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in the unit to lose one wound.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks in addition to normal damage always apply, even if normal damage saved.
The NECRONS keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Heavy Support
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
HQ
The CHARACTER keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
HQ
Elites
Lords of War
The DESTROYER CULT keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
Fast Attack
Army List
Datasheets collatedTroops
Dedicated Transport
Fast Attack
Heavy Support
The keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Heavy Support
The NIHILAKH and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Necrons datasheets:
Dimensional Translocation
The Necrons are unparalleled masters of technological lore, and can even bend the dimensions of space to suit their whims.
During deployment, you can set up this unit in a hyperspace dimension instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do, then in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases, you can set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from any enemy models.Manifesting Psychic Powers
When you select a PSYKER unit to manifest psychic powers, you select one psychic power that unit knows and attempt to manifest it. With the exception of Smite, you cannot attempt to manifest the same psychic power more than once in the same battle round, even with different PSYKER units. The same PSYKER unit cannot attempt to manifest Smite more than once during the same battle round.To manifest the psychic power, you must first pass a Psychic test. The opposing player can then select one of their PSYKER units that is within 24" of the PSYKER unit attempting to manifest the power and attempt to deny that power before its effects are resolved by passing a Deny the Witch test.
So long as the Psychic test was successful and the psychic power was not denied by a successful Deny the Witch test, the psychic power is successfully manifested and its effects, which will be described in the power itself, are then resolved. If the PSYKER unit can attempt to manifest more than one psychic power in its Psychic phase, you can then attempt to manifest those, one at a time, as described above. The number of psychic powers each PSYKER unit can attempt to manifest in its Psychic phase is listed on its datasheet.
- Select psychic power.
- You cannot select the same psychic power more than once per battle round, unless that power is Smite.
- Attempt to manifest the psychic power by taking a Psychic test.
- The opponent can attempt to deny the psychic power by taking a Deny the Witch test.
- If successfully manifested, resolve the psychic power’s effects.
- Select another psychic power.
Deny the Witch
When a PSYKER unit attempts to deny a psychic power, you must take a Deny the Witch test for that unit by rolling 2D6. If the total is greater than the result of the Psychic test, the Deny the Witch test is passed and the psychic power is denied. Only one attempt can be made to deny a psychic power. If a PSYKER unit can attempt to deny more than one psychic power in a psychic phase, this will be listed on its datasheet.- Deny the Witch: Passed if 2D6 exceeds result of the opposing PSYKER’s Psychic test.
- Only one attempt can be made to deny each psychic power.
The CRYPTEK keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
The NECRONS and CORE keywords are used in the following Necrons datasheets:
Dedicated Transport
Elites
HEAVY
Heavy weapons are amongst the biggest guns on the battlefield, but they require bracing to fire at full effect and are unwieldy to bring to bear at close quarters.When an INFANTRY model shoots a Heavy weapon, subtract 1 from the hit rolls when resolving that weapon’s attacks if the firing model’s unit has moved for any reason this turn (e.g. it made a Normal Move this turn).
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls if firing model is INFANTRY and its unit has moved this turn.
The FLY keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
Dedicated Transport
Elites
The CORE keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Objective Secured
Some units have an ability called Objective Secured. A player controls an objective marker if they have any models with this ability within range of that objective marker, even if there are more enemy models within range of that objective marker. If an enemy model within range of an objective marker also has this ability (or a similar ability), then the objective marker is controlled by the player who has the most models within range of that objective marker as normal.- Objective Secured: Player controls objective marker if any of their models in range have this ability.
Blast Weapons
Some weapons have ‘Blast’ listed in their profile’s abilities. These are referred to as Blast weapons. In addition to the normal rules, the following rules apply to Blast weapons:- If a Blast weapon targets a unit that has between 6 and 10 models, it always makes a minimum of 3 attacks. So if, when determining how many attacks are made with that weapon, the dice rolled results in less than 3 attacks being made, make 3 attacks instead. For example, if a Grenade D6 weapon with the Blast rule targets a unit that has 6 or more models, and you roll a 2 to determine how many attacks are made, that roll is counted as being a 3 and that weapon makes three attacks against that unit.
- When a Blast weapon targets a unit that has 11 or more models, do not roll dice to randomly determine how many attacks are made – instead, make the maximum possible number of attacks. For example, if a Grenade D6 weapon with the Blast rule targets a unit that has 11 or more models, that weapon makes six attacks against that unit.
- Blast Weapons: Minimum three attacks against units with 6+ models. Always make maximum number of attacks against units with 11+ models.
- Can never be used to attack units within the firing unit’s Engagement Range.
This datasheet has Heavy Support Battlefield Role. Full list of Necrons units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
The DESTROYER CULT keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
Fast Attack
Enmitic exterminator used in the following datasheets:
Gauss destructor used in the following datasheets:
The LOKHUST HEAVY DESTROYERS keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
The LOKHUST DESTROYERS keyword is used in the following Necrons datasheets:
Heavy Support
