Necrons — army rules

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One DESTROYER CULT or FLAYED ONES unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of that unit's attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, subtract 1 from the Hit roll for each attack targeting your unit.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit has shot. TARGET: One DESTROYER CULT or FLAYED ONES unit from your army that lost one or more models to that unit's attacks. EFFECT: Your unit may make a Normal move, but must end as near as possible to that enemy unit.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One DESTROYER CULT or FLAYED ONES unit from your army that has just destroyed an enemy unit, or just caused an enemy unit not previously Below Half-strength to become Below Half-strength. EFFECT: Your unit's Reanimation Protocols activate.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, right after an enemy unit ends a Fall Back move. TARGET: One DESTROYER CULT or FLAYED ONES unit from your army that began the phase within Engagement Range of that enemy unit. EFFECT: Roll one D6: on 2-5 that enemy unit takes D3 mortal wounds; on 6 it takes 3 mortal wounds. Your unit may then make a Normal move, but must end as near as possible to that enemy unit.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase. TARGET: One DESTROYER CULT or FLAYED ONES unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, whenever a model in your unit attacks a unit below Starting Strength, add 1 to the Hit roll; if the target is Below Half-strength, also add 1 to the Wound roll.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One DESTROYER CULT or FLAYED ONES unit from your army not yet chosen to fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, your unit's models may make Pile-in and Consolidation moves of up to 6" instead of up to 3".

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army not yet chosen to fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, add 1 to the Strength of melee weapons carried by your unit's models. Also, if a Necrons Character leads your unit, improve those melee weapons' Armour Penetration by 1 until the phase ends (this does not stack with other Armour Penetration improvements).

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, whenever a model in your unit attacks a unit within half range, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. If a NECRONS CHARACTER leads your unit, you may re-roll the Hit roll for that attack instead.

WHEN: Any phase. TARGET: One Necrons Infantry Character model from your army that was just destroyed (usable even though it was just destroyed). EFFECT: At the end of the phase, set your model back up on the battlefield as near as possible to where it was destroyed and not within Engagement Range of any enemy unit, with half its starting wounds remaining. RESTRICTIONS: Each model may be targeted by this Stratagem only once per battle.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has resolved its attacks. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army that lost one or more models to that unit's attacks. EFFECT: Your unit activates its Reanimation Protocols and reanimates D3 wounds (or D3+1 if a NECRONS CHARACTER leads your unit).

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the turn, ranged weapons carried by your unit's models gain [ASSAULT]. Also, if a Necrons Character leads your unit, you may re-roll Advance rolls for it until the phase ends.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, immediately after an enemy unit kills a NECRONS unit from your army. TARGET: One NECRONS CHARACTER unit from your army that was within 6" of the destroyed unit at the moment it was destroyed. EFFECT: Once the attacking unit finishes its attacks, your unit may shoot as though it were your Shooting phase, but it may only fire at that enemy unit, and only while that enemy unit is an eligible target.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has shot or fought. TARGET: One CRYPTEK model from your army that was destroyed by one of those attacks (you may use this Stratagem on it even though it is destroyed). EFFECT: For the rest of the battle, each attack a friendly CANOPTEK model makes against the attacking unit gets +1 to the Hit roll and +1 to the Wound roll.

WHEN: The start of your Shooting phase or Fight phase. TARGET: One CRYPTEK or CANOPTEK unit from your army wholly within your army's Power Matrix. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, weapons carried by CRYPTEK or CANOPTEK models in that unit gain the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.

WHEN: Start of your Shooting phase. TARGET: One CRYPTEK model from your army. EFFECT: Pick one objective marker within 18" of that model. Until the phase ends, weapons carried by friendly NECRONS models gain the [IGNORES COVER] ability when targeting units within range of that objective marker.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One CANOPTEK unit from your army that was chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, your unit can only be picked as the target of a ranged attack if the attacking model is within 18".

WHEN: Your opponent's Charge phase, just after an enemy unit declares a charge. TARGET: One CANOPTEK unit from your army that was a target of that charge and is wholly within your army's Power Matrix. EFFECT: Your unit's Reanimation Protocols activate.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, just after an enemy unit finishes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move. TARGET: One CANOPTEK unit from your army within 9" of that enemy unit. EFFECT: Your unit may make a Normal move of up to 6".

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase. TARGET: One CRYPTEK model from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each attack your model makes may re-roll the Hit roll and may re-roll the Wound roll.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One CANOPTEK WRAITHS unit from your army not yet chosen to move this phase. EFFECT: The next time your unit moves this phase, its models may pass through Walls and closed Hatchways as if they were not there, but no model may move more than 6" while doing so. RESTRICTIONS: Usable only once.

WHEN: End of your Movement phase. TARGET: One CRYPTEK unit from your army. EFFECT: You may close each open Hatchway within 3" of your unit. RESTRICTIONS: Usable only once.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One CRYPTEK model from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, your model has a 4+ invulnerable save.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each attack a model in your unit makes may ignore any or all modifiers to its Ballistic Skill or Weapon Skill characteristic and to the Hit roll. If the unit has the Cryptek keyword, it may also ignore any or all modifiers to the Wound roll.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Cryptek unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each time your unit is chosen to shoot, when picking an ability for the Technosorcerous Augmentations Detachment Rule you may pick one extra ability from those available.

WHEN: Start of your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Cryptek unit from your army. EFFECT: Pick one friendly NECRONS model (excluding Monsters and Vehicles) within 12" of a CRYPTEK model in your unit. Until the phase ends, that model gains the CRYPTEK keyword.

WHEN: Your opponent's Command phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army within range of one or more objective markers. EFFECT: Your unit's Reanimation Protocols activate. If it is a Cryptek unit, it reanimates 1 extra wound.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Cryptek Infantry unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, if your unit has the Necron Warriors keyword its models have a 5+ invulnerable save; if it has the Immortals keyword its models have a 4+ invulnerable save.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has shot or fought. TARGET: One Cryptek model from your army destroyed by one of those attacks (you may use this Stratagem on it though it is destroyed). EFFECT: For the rest of the battle, each attack a friendly NECRONS model makes against the attacking unit may re-roll its Hit roll.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit (excluding Monsters and Vehicles) from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, weapons carried by models in your unit gain the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Destroyer Cult unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each attack made against your unit has -1 to the Hit roll.

WHEN: Your Charge phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit (excluding Monsters and Vehicles) from your army that has not declared a charge this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each time your unit declares a charge, if one or more of its targets are within Engagement Range of one or more friendly units, add 2 to the Charge roll.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Charge phase. TARGET: One Destroyer Cult unit from your army. EFFECT: Until the turn ends, your unit may shoot and declare a charge even though it Advanced. RESTRICTIONS: Once per turn only.

WHEN: End of your opponent's Charge phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit (excluding Monsters and Vehicles) from your army within 6" of one or more enemy units that could declare a charge against one or more of them if it were your Charge phase. EFFECT: Your unit declares and resolves a charge that targets only one or more of those enemy units. Even on a successful charge, your unit gains no Charge bonus this turn.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after a Destroyer Cult unit from your army destroys an enemy unit for the first time this turn. TARGET: One friendly NECRONS unit (excluding Monsters and Vehicles) within 9" of that DESTROYER CULT unit. EFFECT: That friendly unit's Reanimation Protocols activate.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after a DESTROYER CULT unit from your army opens a Hatchway. TARGET: That DESTROYER CULT unit. EFFECT: For each enemy unit within 3" of that Hatchway, if the Hatchway is visible to it and that unit is wholly on the far side from your unit, it must take a Leadership test with -2 to the result; if failed, until the phase ends that enemy unit cannot fire Overwatch.

WHEN: Fight phase, just after a DESTROYER CULT unit from your army destroys an enemy unit. TARGET: That DESTROYER CULT unit. EFFECT: Pick one objective marker that your unit or the destroyed unit was within range of at the start of the phase. That objective marker is Secured by your army.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, at the start of the Reinforcements step. TARGET: One FLAYED ONES unit from your army in Reserves. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, models in your unit gain the Deep Strike ability. RESTRICTIONS: Usable only once.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army not yet chosen to move this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, if your unit has the FLAYED ONES keyword its models may move through friendly DESTROYER CULT models as if they were not there; if it has the DESTROYER CULT keyword its models may move through friendly FLAYED ONES models as if they were not there.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each attack a model in your unit makes may re-roll the Hit roll if your unit is within 6" of a friendly Cryptek unit. If your unit has the CRYPTEK keyword, you may also re-roll the Wound roll.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, ranged weapons carried by models in your unit gain the [PISTOL] ability.

WHEN: Start of any phase. TARGET: One Cryptek unit from your army. EFFECT: Pick one of the abilities from the Arcanoscientific Expertise Detachment rule. Until your next Command phase, your unit has that ability in place of any other from the Detachment Rule.

WHEN: End of your Fight phase. TARGET: One Cryptek unit from your army. EFFECT: Your unit may make a Normal move of up to 3".

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: Your NECRONS WARLORD. EFFECT: For each of your NECRONS units in Reserves, that unit's Reanimation Protocols activate.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit (excluding Monster units) from your army arriving via Deep Strike or Hyperphasing this phase. EFFECT: Your unit may be set up anywhere on the battlefield more than 6" horizontally from all enemy models. RESTRICTIONS: A unit targeted by this Stratagem cannot declare a charge that turn.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has shot or fought. TARGET: One NECRONS INFANTRY unit from your army that lost one or more models to those attacks, plus one friendly MONOLITH model. EFFECT: Remove your INFANTRY unit and set it back up anywhere on the battlefield wholly within 6" of your MONOLITH model and outside Engagement Range of all enemy units.

WHEN: Your Charge phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army that was set up this turn via the Eternity Gate ability of a MONOLITH model that began the turn on the battlefield. EFFECT: Your unit may charge this phase.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One NECRONS VEHICLE unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One TITANIC model from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks and within 18" of the attacking unit. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, weapons carried by models in the attacking unit gain the [HAZARDOUS] ability.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One LYCHGUARD or TRIARCH unit from your army not yet chosen to fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, melee weapons carried by models in your unit gain the [PRECISION] ability.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One NECRONS VEHICLE unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each time an attack is allocated to a model in your unit, subtract 1 from that attack's Damage characteristic.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit (excluding TITANIC units) from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit for each attack a model in your unit makes.

WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One LYCHGUARD or TRIARCH PRAETORIANS unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each time a model in your unit is destroyed before it has fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 4+ it is not removed; it may fight after the attacking model's unit finishes its attacks, then is removed.

WHEN: Any phase, just after your opponent's WARLORD is destroyed. TARGET: Your NECRONS WARLORD. EFFECT: For the rest of the battle, each time an enemy unit takes a Battle-shock or Leadership test, subtract 1 from the result.

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: One Lychguard or Triarch unit from your army. EFFECT: Until your next Command phase, add 1 to the Objective Control of models in your unit, or add 3 instead if the unit has the VEHICLE keyword.

WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each time a model in your unit is destroyed before it has fought this phase, roll one D6, adding 1 if the attacking unit is unravelling: on a 4+ it is not removed; it may fight after the attacking unit finishes its attacks, then is removed.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit (excluding Monsters) from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each attack a model in your unit makes against an enemy unit may re-roll a Hit roll of 1, and may also re-roll a Wound roll of 1 if the target is unravelling.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after a Necrons Monster unit from your army destroys an enemy unit. TARGET: One friendly NECRONS unit (excluding Monsters) within 6" of that MONSTER unit. EFFECT: If the destroyed enemy unit was unravelling at the start of the phase, your friendly unit's Reanimation Protocols activate. RESTRICTIONS: Once per turn only.

WHEN: Any phase, just after a Necrons Monster model from your army is destroyed, before its Deadly Demise roll. TARGET: That NECRONS MONSTER model (you may use this Stratagem on it though it is destroyed). EFFECT: Until the phase ends, your model's Deadly Demise inflicts mortal wounds on a 3+ instead of a 6.

WHEN: Command phase. TARGET: One Necrons Monster unit from your army. EFFECT: Pick one unravelling enemy unit visible to your unit. It must take a Battle-shock test with -1 to the result; if failed, it takes D3+1 mortal wounds. RESTRICTIONS: Once per battle round only.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, when an unravelling enemy unit is chosen to Fall Back. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army within Engagement Range of that enemy unit. EFFECT: When that enemy unit Falls Back, all its models must take a Desperate Escape test, with -1 to each test if that enemy unit is Battle-shocked.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Necrons Vehicle or Necrons Mounted unit (excluding Titanic units) from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each time an attack targets a model in your unit, if the attack's Strength exceeds your unit's Toughness, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit (excluding Monster and Titanic units) from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each attack a model in your unit makes against a target within range of one or more objective markers gets +1 to the Wound roll.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot. TARGET: One NECRONS unit (excluding Monster and Titanic units) from your army that was a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Your unit may make a Normal move of up to D6".

WHEN: End of your Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit (excluding Monster and Titanic units) from your army within range of one or more objective markers you control. EFFECT: Your unit's Reanimation Protocols activate.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One Necrons Vehicle or Necrons Mounted unit (excluding Titanic units) from your army. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, models in your unit may move horizontally through models and terrain features.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One Necrons Vehicle or Necrons Mounted unit (excluding Titanic units) from your army not yet chosen to move this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, if your unit Advances, do not roll for the Advance; instead, until the phase ends, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in your unit.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, add 1 to the Strength of melee weapons carried by models in your unit.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One NECRONS unit from your army that is Set to Defend and has not fought this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, melee weapons carried by models in your unit gain the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One NECRON WARRIORS or IMMORTALS unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each attack a model in your unit makes may re-roll the Hit roll.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after an enemy unit tries to stop a NECRONS unit from your army from operating a closed Hatchway. TARGET: That NECRONS unit. EFFECT: Roll one D6: on a 2-4 the enemy unit takes 1 mortal wound; on a 5+ it takes 2 mortal wounds.