Annihilation Legion: The 11th-Edition Necrons Destroyer Detachment

Your Destroyer Cult and Flayed Ones units can re-roll Charge rolls, and add 1 to the charge roll if any target is below half-strength — so your melee units reliably reach the enemy and hit even harder as the game grinds on. The June 2026 pack added a shooting buff: Destroyer Cult ranged attacks against the closest eligible target get +1 Armour Penetration, giving your Lokhust Destroyers real punch. It's a melee detachment with a genuine gunnery edge now.

• The Spoor of Frailty (Shooting/Fight) — +1 to Hit against enemies below Starting Strength, and +1 to Wound too if they're below half. A finisher that snowballs as targets weaken.
• Masks of Death (defensive) — a targeted Destroyer/Flayed Ones unit imposes -1 to Hit on the attacker. Protects your melee bricks going in.
• Pitiless Hunters (Fight) — 6" Pile-in and Consolidation moves to spread the melee lock or reach objectives.
• Murderous Reanimation (Fight) — triggers Reanimation after the unit kills, healing mid-combat.
• Insanity's Ire / Blood-fuelled Cruelty — reactive moves toward enemies that shoot you or Fall Back, keeping the hunt relentless.

• Soulless Reaper (Destroyer Cult character) — on a 3+, an enemy in Engagement Range can't Fall Back, locking a unit in melee.
• Eldritch Nightmare (Destroyer Cult character) — enemies in Engagement Range at the start of the Fight phase must take Battle-shock tests.
• Ingrained Superiority — Critical Wounds improve that attack's AP by 1.
• Eternal Madness — a fight-on-death save (4+) so a dying model still swings.

(Points weren't cleanly confirmed for 11th edition; check the app.)

• Skorpekh Destroyers — the core melee bricks; the charge re-roll gets them in and their hyperphase blades hit brutally hard.
• Lokhust Destroyers / Lokhust Heavy Destroyers — the main beneficiaries of the new +1 AP-vs-closest shooting buff.
• Ophydian Destroyers — deep-strike melee whose post-arrival charges become reliable with the re-roll.
• Flayed Ones — cheap horde melee that shares the charge bonuses.
• Skorpekh Lord / Hexmark Destroyer — Destroyer Cult characters that carry the DC-only enhancements.

Take it when you want an aggressive, in-your-face Destroyer Cult army that also brings punchy Destroyer shooting, and you enjoy a forward-deployed, charge-heavy list that grinds weakened targets. Be aware many 2026 reviews rate it the weakest current Necron Destroyer detachment, outclassed by Cursed Legion — so pick it for theme or a dedicated Destroyer collection rather than pure optimisation. At 2 DP it leaves 1 DP for a support.

Sample gameplan: deploy Skorpekh, Ophydian and Flayed Ones aggressively. Soften targets with Lokhust shooting to cash in the +1 AP, then charge with re-rolls (and +1 once a target drops below half). Use Pitiless Hunters to spread the lock, Soulless Reaper and Blood-fuelled Cruelty to punish Fall Back, and Murderous Reanimation to heal after kills — snowballing as enemies drop below strength.