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This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The detachment rule below is confirmed against the free Necrons Faction Pack, which reprinted or amended it, and was 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. The stratagem and enhancement lists come from the 10th-edition codex and are cross-checked across two independent community rules mirrors. The Detachment Point cost and enhancement points here were checked against Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 (26 August 2026) and match it, but they move with dataslates, so confirm them in the Warhammer 40,000 app before a game.
At the end of your opponent's turn, remove a limited number of your unengaged Necrons units and place them into Strategic Reserves to redeploy later. The Faction Pack set that limit by battle size: up to 1 unit at Incursion, 2 at Strike Force and 3 at Onslaught. The detachment has the HYPERCRYPT tag and cannot be taken alongside another HYPERCRYPT detachment.
1CP. A Necrons unit (excluding Monsters) arriving this phase sets up anywhere more than 6" horizontally from all enemy models. The Faction Pack has rewritten the target section twice: v1.0 restricted it to units arriving via Deep Strike or Hyperphasing, and v1.2 rekeyed it to any unit arriving using an ingress move. v1.2 also adds an FAQ confirming the unit can be placed anywhere on the battlefield rather than only near a battlefield edge, even without Deep Strike.
2CP. A unit set up this turn through a Monolith's Eternity Gate becomes eligible to charge, which arriving units normally are not.
2CP. A Necrons Infantry unit that just lost models is removed and set back up wholly within 6" of your Monolith.
1CP. Every one of your Necrons units currently in Reserves activates its Reanimation Protocols.
1CP. A targeted Necrons Vehicle unit gains a 4+ invulnerable save for the phase.
1CP. Weapons in a unit shooting at your Titanic model within 18" gain Hazardous for the phase.
The bearer's unit skips the Advance roll and adds a flat 6" to its Move instead.
Models in the bearer's unit gain Deep Strike, popular on a Warriors block so it can arrive alongside the Hyperphasing shell.
Adds 1 to the number of units you can select for Hyperphasing, directly offsetting the Faction Pack's reduction.
The bearer's unit re-rolls Hit rolls of 1, upgrading to a full Hit re-roll in a turn the unit was set up on the battlefield.
The anchor: its Eternity Gate enables Dimensional Corridor and Hyperphasic Recall, and the Faction Pack rewrote that ability for 11th edition.
See the box: price and offersCheap, resilient scoring bodies to Hyperphase out and drop back onto objectives, ideally with Osteoclave Fulcrum.
See the box: price and offersReserve-and-arrive shooting that punishes whatever the opponent left exposed.
See the box: price and offersAnti-tank that wants Arisen Tyrant's full Hit re-roll on the turn it arrives.
See the box: price and offersLeads the reserved units and carries the enhancements.
See the box: price and offersFixes the shell's shortage of scoring bodies; DYNASTY and HYPERCRYPT are different tags, so it is legal.
Doubles down on reserve pressure with a deep-striking Tomb Blade wing.
How to play Hypercrypt Legion in 11th edition — the 2-DP teleport-and-redeploy detachment, its Hyperphasing rule (and the June 2026 nerfs), and how to control the board.
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.
Hypercrypt Legion is the Necrons teleport and board-control detachment: a 2-Detachment-Point package that makes units vanish off the table and re-insert exactly where you need them. It reflects Warhammer 40,000 11th edition (Necrons Faction Pack v1.2, legal for matched play from 26 August 2026), which retuned it.
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The rule, DP cost and core stratagems are well-corroborated; some stratagem wordings and points weren't cleanly confirmed for the June 2026 pack, so verify against the Warhammer 40,000 app before a game.
At the end of each opponent's turn, you select a limited number of your non-engaged Necron units, remove them, and place them into Strategic Reserves to redeploy or deep-strike back later. It's the ultimate board-control tool: threaten one flank, then reappear on the other.
Important 11th-edition change: the June 2026 pack nerfed how many units you can Hyperphase — it now scales with battle size at 1 unit at Incursion, 2 at Strike Force, 3 at Onslaught (down from 2/3/4 in 10th edition). If you're reading older guides, they overstate this. The detachment has the HYPERCRYPT tag, so it can't be paired with another HYPERCRYPT detachment (notably The Phaeron's Armoury).
The best-corroborated core:
The pack also includes recursion tools (reanimating reserves, returning a destroyed infantry unit near the Monolith); confirm their current wording in the app.
(Points weren't cleanly confirmed; check the app.)
Take it when you want a mobile, late-game-flexible army that dictates engagements by disappearing units and re-inserting them where the opponent is weakest. It's strong into armies that over-commit or leave objectives lightly held. At only 2 DP it's efficient and leaves 1 DP for a support detachment (any non-HYPERCRYPT one). After the June nerfs it's a solid, flexible pick rather than the auto-take it once was.
Sample gameplan: advance a Monolith up the centre. Each opponent's end-of-turn, Hyperphase 1-3 non-engaged units into reserve (use Dimensional Overseer for an extra). On your turn, redeploy: Cosmic Precision to place a shooting threat close to a weak flank, or feed a melee unit through the Eternity Gate and Dimensional Corridor to charge on arrival. Keep the Monolith alive and win the late game by teleporting fresh units onto objectives the opponent can't contest in time.
2 DP. At a 2,000-point (3 DP) game that leaves 1 DP for a support detachment — any that doesn't share the HYPERCRYPT tag, so not The Phaeron's Armoury.
Hyperphasing: at the end of each opponent's turn you pull a limited number of your non-engaged units into Strategic Reserves to redeploy later. In 11th edition the count scales by battle size — 1 unit at Incursion, 2 at Strike Force, 3 at Onslaught.
Yes. The June 2026 Faction Pack dropped Hyperphasing from 2/3/4 units to 1/2/3 by battle size, and tightened Cosmic Precision's placement to more than 6" from enemies, so older guides overstate both. The August 2026 v1.2 pack then went the other way on that stratagem, rewriting its target section so it covers any unit arriving using an ingress move rather than only Deep Strike or Hyperphasing arrivals.
Dimensional Overseer, which lets you Hyperphase one extra unit per turn — directly offsetting the June 2026 nerf to the base unit count. Osteoclave Fulcrum (Deep Strike on a Warrior block) is also excellent.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.