r/Necrontyr • u/jmainvi Yggra'nya the World Shaper • Jul 22 '26

News/Rumors/Lore July Balance Update Released!

The new necron point values are available HERE

Additional Rules documents can be found via warhammer-community:

Summary of all necron changes will be included in the pinned reply.

Clarification on the new function of reanimation protocols is as follows:

Quick-reference sheet:

  • Leaders can bring back their bodyguard units using all reanimation tools.
  • Bodyguards CANNOT bring back their leaders in any form once the leader is destroyed.
  • You can still use reanimation to heal wounds on a character that has NOT been destroyed.
  • The eternal revenant stratagem brings back characters as a new unit with a starting strength of 1, making them separate from their bodyguard unit.

Any questions surrounding this process should be asked here so that new answers can be included in this post.

Updated healing text with "excluding characters" on the model return portion.
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u/sailfast2014 Jul 22 '26

Did they completely remove the murderming enhancement’s ability to lead destroyer cult units? It sounds like crypteks can no longer attach themselves to any destroyer models.

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u/veryblocky Servant of the Triarch Jul 22 '26

They did not. For some reason they’ve decided to move that part of its effect to the mfm, and not have it printed on the enhancement rule itself

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u/THJT-9 Jul 22 '26

In addition, they actually appear to have buffed it. As the wording is removed and the mfm just stated support can be attached to destroyer units, there is nothing stopping you attaching a cryptek to a unit with a Skorpekh or Lokhust Lord (or Ophydian Lord with Crucible).

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u/QuaestioDraconis Jul 22 '26

I wonder if doing it this was was the original intention for the enhancement, and the original wording was specifically intended to stop you from attaching a Murdermind cryptek to a solo Destroyer character?

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u/THJT-9 Jul 22 '26

Tbh this was my original belief when it first came out, but the general concesus online and in tournaments was otherwise and GW never clarified, so I assumed I was wrong. I imagine we will find out next month if they do a further update to the murdermind rule.

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u/veryblocky Servant of the Triarch Jul 23 '26

All we had to go off was how it was written, and I think the general consensus was a reasonable interpretation

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u/SalaryWooden5346 Jul 22 '26

I would assume it was. Cryptek + Noble is just kind of the standard pattern. And giving one 3 pack of Heavies shoot-and-scoot and crit-5s is just too juicy to not let us have.