An Ancient Evil Awakens

[NTaW]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/09/29/ancient-dynasties-of-the-necrons/

 

Oh look, Dynasties! I'm relieved to see that you can choose your own faction rules. I wonder if you can still pick one of the Command Protocols to be "your Dynasty's" and enact both in the same turn when it comes around.

[Daimyo-Phaeron Lenoch]

Even if they don't, if the codes are pretty decent I'm not even sure I'd miss the command protocols. They're nice little freebies but overall not too much to miss IMO, esp if the codes are good enough.

[Hathor42]

Mmm novokh flayed ones on void turn.

[Dread]

Mephrit is what I use and still looks good, so, just have to wait and see custom stuff looks like.

[WickedJester1013]

Also in the silent king picture in that article, what is the weird lightning arcs in the top left background?

[The_Chaplain]

Also in the silent king picture in that article, what is the weird lightning arcs in the top left background?

I think it's a custom piece of scenery made from an old necron monolith and some other doodads

[WickedJester1013]

Yeah kinda looked like that was the case,

[BolterZorro]

My hype is completly falling down seeing how complex are the rules, the protocols, the layers after layers of bonus malus, each turn changing them, etc...I want simple. Deep but simple. I don't want to frenetically buy anymore. I'd go probably for 2 doomstalkers for the love of the mini but that's it (and it dramatically completes visually my 2 or 3 indomitus halves with reanimators).

[Ahzek451]

Thats about my policy for the new models. 2 of each(as long as they are not unique), and 1 of anything that is a unit but I'll buy enough to max out the squad size. Build, paint, play, go from there. Buy another of the same unit if necessary. 

 

Hoping for some good codex leaks by this weekend. Per the usual, someone gets the codex a week in advance. 

Edited October 1, 2020 by Ahzek451

[Miek]

My hype is completly falling down seeing how complex are the rules, the protocols, the layers after layers of bonus malus, each turn changing them, etc...I want simple. Deep but simple. I don't want to frenetically buy anymore. I'd go probably for 2 doomstalkers for the love of the mini but that's it (and it dramatically completes visually my 2 or 3 indomitus halves with reanimators).

I love that some of the added complexity is handled before the game. I usually have at least a few days to prepare before a game, do it doesn't really matter if it takes another hour to build my army. Plus it kinda forces you to think about your battle plan, which is something I need to improve to help me play faster.

 

Still, I got my Indomitus and my old necrons. I doubt I'll buy anything else before I really get the chance to try those out with the new codex, and with the current events... That's unlikely to be soon.

[Ahzek451]

At first I felt the same, but honestly I think most people will just lock in the same protocols most if not the whole game. Since there is a bit of incentive as you get both directives if you match with your dynasty. I will most likely be doing that to stay consistent playing the Szarakhan dynasty and keeping the defensive buffs. It's just nice to know you can switch if you discover your playstyle or enemy requires it. 

In the past, very rarely has living metal and recovering 1 wound here and there made or broke a game. Occasionally I would see a bump up on the damage chart for a vehicle, but rarely would it help my characters. Now 2 wounds...that could be useful. Especially for MW units clinging to life by 1 wound. A re-roll to re-pair roll could also be clutch in certain cases. Especially if we have yet to see what other repair rules from res orbs, ghost arks, reanimators, and the rites of reanimation can do. 

 

Not making any bets, but I have a gut feeling GW wrote the repair rules the way they did to offset the other repair rules we have yet to see. Proper repairing that annoys the enemy the way we like it could be less...automatic and more tactical now. 

Edited October 1, 2020 by Ahzek451

[Tyriks]

You cannot pick one Protocol to last all game. You pick five of the six and each lasts for one turn.

[Anticontrarian]

At first I felt the same, but honestly I think most people will just lock in the same protocols most if not the whole game.

You can't do that, though. You have to pick a different one for each turn. That's why the Silent King's Voice of the Triarch ability references "the command protocol that you did not assign to any battle round" in its text-there are six protocols, and in any given game you'll be using five.

 

As an aside, "Shoot and make actions is going to give us a pretty nice leg-up on Objectives, especially when you consider the self-selected secondaries.

Edited October 1, 2020 by Anticontrarian

[Ahzek451]

Well bugger. 

[Marshal Loss]

New stratagems for the Necrons:

 

 

Battle Tactic Stratagems

First up are the Battle Tactic Stratagems. Along with a return of some of the classics such as Dimensional Corridor and Extermination Protocols, comes the incredibly deadly Techno-oracular Targeting.

Use this when firing the transdimensional beamers from your Canoptek Wraiths at high-Toughness enemies and take advantage of that sweet -3 AP and 3 Damage.

Epic Deed Stratagems

If you were the Space Wolves, these Epic Deeds would each get a song sung in their praise. Necrons don’t have time for singing, they’re too busy reclaiming the galaxy using Stratagems such as The Deathless Arise.

Play this when your Reanimation Protocols haven’t been as successful as you would have liked. Just when your opponent thinks they have an advantage, your dead Necrons return to the fray.

Requisition Stratagems

These are Stratagems that you use before a battle begins. Ever wanted to upgrade your Overlord to be the adjutant of their dynasty’s supreme ruler? 

Use this on an Overlord before the battle and ensure that they always have two nearby units so you can give them both that bonus to their attack rolls. Don’t forget that, since it lasts until the next Command phase, it will affect both shooting and close-combat attacks!

Strategic Ploy Stratagems

Just in case all of the others weren’t quite strategic enough, there are the Strategic Ploy Stratagems. Fans of Canoptek Scarab Swarms (and frankly, who doesn’t love the little critters?) will be itching to use the Self-destruction Stratagem.

Play this Stratagem when your Scarabs are outnumbered and outclassed in combat, and you want to take some of your enemies down with you.

Alternatively, if you want to disrupt your opponent’s tactics with some disappearing and reappearing Ophydian Destroyers, use Burrowing Nightmares.

Employ this Stratagem when you need a late-game objective grab. It’s also great for eliciting a real double-take from your opponent. Yes, that unit was right there, and now it isn’t, where’s it going to be next?

Wargear Stratagems

Want to improve your wargear during a battle? Well, the Crypteks have thought of that with the Wargear Stratagems, such as Malevolent Arcing.

Use this when your enemy has clustered all of their forces together to give them a real shock.

Dynastic Stratagems

There is also a Stratagem for each of the six Necrons dynasties in the codex. Anyone who chooses to follow the Silent King and pledge allegiance to the Szarekhan can use the Empyric Damping Wargear Stratagem.

Implement this Stratagem when you wish to dismiss warp-spawned powers with the same contempt that the Silent King himself would.

[Sarges]

- only one stratagem for each dynasty, meaning 34 generic ones. That's nice;

- almost everything looks quite good and useful, Malevolent Arcing is meh;

- GW SHOW US RITES OF REANIMATION ALREADY.

[01RTB01]

Szarekh/ monolith for techno oracular targetting :D

 

As for complexity, 9th is very wordy to kill rules lawyers. It's something we'll get used to and sorted.

 

Don't let it put you off :)

[Captain Idaho]

Yeah Rites of Reanimation seems crucial. Can't wait to see it.

 

I'm liking Techno-Oracular Targeting. Auto-wounding a Knight seems golden.

[Sarges]

Sneaky list of Cryptek Arcana from the new SM article:

[Karhedron]

The Void Dragon's spear could be brutal with Techno-Oracular Targeting since it hits all targets under a 12" line. Granted it is S9 already but getting auto-wounds on multiple hits seems really strong, especially as those hits are 3+D3 damage vs vehicles.

[NTaW]

Sneaky list of Cryptek Arcana from the new SM article:

What a glorious list of wargear! Those names are ridiculous and awesome too.

[Karhedron]

Sneaky list of Cryptek Arcana from the new SM article:

Interesting. I wonder if this will be unique or does it represent a change to how Relics in general will be handled. I would probably rather pay points for wargear than CPs.

[01RTB01]

I love the techno-babble, bring it on. Haven't been this excited to see a codex since the ork dex dropped in 9th and that was a doozy :D

[Tyriks]

I meant to say this yesterday and apparently just forgot, but the wording on that Deathless Arise strat seems to confirm that Rites of Reanimation are like RP but in our turn and tied to a Cryptek

[Tyriks]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/10/02/codes-in-your-codexes/

 

Not much new information here but it does show that Skorpekhs are coming down in points and will be bigger than 3 man groups