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This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The detachment rule, stratagems and enhancements below are taken from the free Necrons Faction Pack and were re-verified on 27 August 2026 against v1.2 of that pack, the version made legal for matched play by the 26 August 2026 balance update. Detachment Point costs and enhancement points are not in that document; the values here were checked against Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 (26 August 2026) and match it, but they move with every points update, so treat them as a planning aid and confirm them in the Warhammer 40,000 app before a game.
Friendly Immortals and Necron Warriors units have Assault on their ranged weapons, and an Advance move no longer stops those units being eligible to start an action. The detachment has the DYNASTY tag and cannot be taken alongside another DYNASTY detachment.
1CP. An Immortals unit gains +1 Objective Control until the end of the turn, for swinging a contested marker.
1CP. An Immortals or Necron Warriors unit secures one objective it currently controls, banking the point before the tide moves on.
1CP. After an enemy unit shoots your Immortals or Necron Warriors, that unit snap-shoots back, and can only target the attacker.
Necron Warriors unit only. The unit gains Scouts 5", so a Warriors block can redeploy before the first turn.
Immortals unit only. The unit's ranged attacks gain Rapid Fire 1, roughly doubling its shots at half range.
The cheap battleline body count the detachment is built around, and the only unit that can take Enlivened Sentinels.
See the box: price and offersThe durable firepower core; every stratagem and the Tools of Dominion upgrade key off the Immortals keyword.
See the box: price and offersA cheap leader for a battleline block that is pushing up the board.
See the box: price and offersA teleport shell that lacks scoring bodies; different Unique Tag, so the pairing is legal.
A Destroyer core that wants cheap infantry holding the objectives behind it.
How to play Hand of the Dynasty — the new 1-DP 'Silver Tide' detachment that lets Warriors and Immortals advance, shoot and still hold objectives.
Sprue Sentry strategy commentary for 11th edition, not official rules. Games Workshop updates points and rules regularly; always confirm against the current official rules and latest update before a game.
Hand of the Dynasty is one of three brand-new Necrons detachments in the Warhammer 40,000 11th edition Faction Pack (June 2026). At just 1 Detachment Point it's a compact infantry package — a natural support to bolt onto a larger 2-DP core, giving your Warriors and Immortals the mobility Necron footslogging troops have always lacked.
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The rules below are confirmed from the current Faction Pack, re-checked against v1.2 (legal for matched play from 26 August 2026), which left this detachment's printed rules unchanged; enhancement points come from the Warhammer 40,000 app, so confirm those before a game.
The detachment rule gives your Immortals and Necron Warriors two things: their ranged weapons gain Assault (so they can shoot after Advancing), and Advancing doesn't stop the unit starting an action that turn. Together that turns the slow Necron 'Silver Tide' into a mobile objective machine — it can rush up the board, still shoot, and still perform actions or hold points. It has the DYNASTY tag, so it can't be combined with another DYNASTY detachment (notably Awakened Dynasty).
(Points live in the Warhammer 40,000 app; confirm there.)
At 1 DP this is a support package, not a whole army. Bolt it onto a larger 2-DP core when you want a mobile, objective-grabbing infantry element — it gives your battleline the speed to reach and hold the midfield that Necron infantry historically lacked. It's at its best in objective- and action-heavy missions where advancing, shooting and securing points every turn matters more than raw punch. Remember the DYNASTY tag rules out pairing it with Awakened Dynasty.
Sample gameplan: deploy a wide screen of Warriors and Immortals, ideally with Enlivened Sentinels on a Warriors block to Scout 5" before turn one. Advance aggressively onto midfield objectives — Assault weapons keep you shooting — then use Will of the Conqueror to bank an objective and Dominance Protocols to win a contested one. Punish enemy shooting with Nanosaturation, and let Reanimation Protocols keep the tide topped up as it grinds forward.
1 DP, making it one of the cheapest Necron detachments — designed as a support package to bolt onto a larger 2-DP core at a 2,000-point (3 DP) game rather than as a standalone army.
Hypermotility Protocols: your Immortals and Necron Warriors get Assault on their ranged weapons (so they shoot after Advancing) and can still start an action after Advancing — turning the slow Necron infantry tide into a fast objective-grabbing force.
No. Hand of the Dynasty carries the DYNASTY Unique Tag, and two detachments can't share a tag, so it can't be paired with Awakened Dynasty. Pair it with a non-DYNASTY 2-DP core instead.
Necron Warriors and Immortals — the detachment's rule, stratagems and enhancements all key off those two units. A Warriors block with Enlivened Sentinels (Scouts 5") and an Immortals brick with Tools of Dominion (Rapid Fire 1) are the core.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.