Necron dynasties are getting a touch-up in 9th Edition once their codex drops with some updated 40k rules that have been spotted!
u/Drallcom3 on Reddit, posted a link that leads to a picture of a blurry Necron dynasty rules sheet. WARNING, when we clicked on the link, we instantly got about three malware blockage notices so we wouldn’t recommend going there yourself. Luckily, somebody transcribed it all and we managed to take a quick pic of the rules before we got off the page.
There were all from the Codex preview from over the weekend that Games Workshop put out.
New Necron Dynasties 9th Edition 40k Rules Emerge
Mephrit
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+3″ weapon range
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Half range: AP better by 1
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Protocol of Vengeful Stars stratagem: Get both stratagem effects
Novokh
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+1 charge rolls
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AP better by 1 when charged etc
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Protocol of the Hungry Void stratagem: Get both stratagem effects
Szarekhan
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5+++ for MWs
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Re-roll one wound attack per unit
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Protocol of the Undying Legions stratagem: Get both stratagem effects
Nephrekk
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6++
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Advance is 6″ and counts as translocate
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Fallback and translocate ignore models
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Protocol of the Sudden Storm stratagem: Get both stratagem effects
Nihilak
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Everyone has obsec (objective secured) (or counts as +1 model)
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Turn AP -1 into AP 0
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Protocol of the Eternal Guardian stratagem: Get both stratagem effects
Sautekh
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Re-roll morale
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Rapid-fire is now double shots in 18″
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Protocol of the Conquering Tyrant stratagem: Get both stratagem effects
What Are These Protocols?
You probably noticed at the bottom of each of these dynasty rules lists are these things called “protocols”. There seems to be a split in the community of what these are exactly.
Some say the protocols are Stratagems and some say the protocols are the faction’s equivalent to Doctrines for Space Marines. One thing to note is that although all of the protocols have different names, they say “Get both Stratagem effects”. This could be that each faction is getting a unique Stratagem with two effects to pick from.
However, once a certain stage of the Necron’s protocol activates, the Stratagem becomes super useful as you get both effects. It’s total speculation right now but it’s worth a mention as the Space Marines seem to be getting trait updates as well.
With all of this now in the open, which Necron dynasty looks to be the most competitive? Will we see some Necron lists spam Sautekh Warriors with the new S5 Ap-2 weapon to get more reach/shots out of the gun?
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