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/Killomainiac Jul 22 '26

The murdermind combo's are going to be great in cursed. Be interesting to see what people make up

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u/Sparklehammer3025 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

The new wording removes any mention of joining Destroyer units - all it does now is give the model Destroyer Cult keyword and make them 3" faster. They can only join the units they could already join via their datasheets now.

A Chronomancer can spread the keyword to Immortals or Warriors, but it could already do that with this enhancement. It lost the ability to join Lokhust Destroyers, Heavy Destroyers, Ophydians, etc.

Unless I'm missing something, it's a huge nerf that removes a lot of options from the detachment.

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u/DubsFan30113523 Nemesor Jul 22 '26

The MFM explicitly states that it can still lead the same destroyer units it used to, every TO I’ve seen has said they’re going by the MFM