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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 Tomb Blades units have Deep Strike, and when a Tomb Blades unit shoots in a turn it made an ingress move, its ranged attacks get +1 to Hit.
1CP. A Necrons Mounted unit that Falls Back is still eligible to shoot that turn.
1CP. When an enemy unit ends a move within 8" of an unengaged Necrons Mounted unit, that unit makes a Normal move of up to D3+3".
1CP. Ranged attacks against a targeted Necrons Mounted unit with Strength greater than its Toughness take -1 to Wound.
Tomb Blades unit only. +1 to the unit's Reanimation Protocols roll, keeping the alpha-strike skimmers on the table.
Destroyer Cult Mounted unit only. The unit's ranged attacks gain Assault, so it can Advance and still fire.
The core: Deep Strike plus +1 to Hit on the arrival shot, and the only carrier of Recursive Reanimation.
See the box: price and offersDestroyer Cult Mounted, and the intended holder of Deepening Madness for shooting on the move.
A Necrons Mounted character, so it picks up the whole stratagem toolkit.
See the box: price and offersAdds a reserve-based strike wing to an already reserve-heavy board-control shell.
Mounted Destroyers benefit from both Cold Fervour and Deepening Madness.
How to play Skyshroud Spearhead — the new 1-DP detachment that deep-strikes Tomb Blades for a +1-to-hit alpha strike, plus a mobile Necron skimmer toolkit.
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.
Skyshroud Spearhead is one of three new Necrons detachments in the Warhammer 40,000 11th edition Faction Pack (June 2026). At 1 Detachment Point it's a fast mobile-shooting package built around Tomb Blades and mounted Destroyers — ideal as a support bolted onto a larger 2-DP core.
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; the 1-DP cost is confirmed by the official Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 (26 August 2026), which also lists this detachment's enhancement points. Points updates move those, so confirm in the Warhammer 40,000 app before a game.
The detachment rule gives your Tomb Blades Deep Strike, and when a Tomb Blades unit shoots in the same turn it arrived from reserves, its ranged attacks get +1 to Hit. The intended loop is simple and strong: drop the Tomb Blades from reserves and immediately shoot at improved accuracy into a target the opponent left exposed. Around that, the detachment's stratagems give the rest of your Necron skimmers a mobility-and-evasion toolkit.
All three key off Necrons Mounted units:
(Points live in the app; confirm there.)
At 1 DP it's a lightweight support element, not a whole army. Bolt it onto a larger 2-DP core when you want reserve pressure, deep-striking board control, and durable mounted units that ignore Fall Back penalties. It's a great answer if your core list is slow and needs a fast strike element.
Sample gameplan: hold Tomb Blades in reserve. Early on, use mounted units to screen and grab midboard, leaning on Evasive Protocols against enemy anti-tank and Swift as Death to dodge chargers or reposition. When an opening appears, ingress the Tomb Blades next to a priority target and shoot at +1 to Hit; if they get tied up next turn, Omnilocked Strafing lets them Fall Back and still fire.
1 DP, confirmed by the official Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 (26 August 2026); the Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word as points updates land. That makes it a support package to bolt onto a larger 2-DP core at a 2,000-point game.
Transdimensional Deployment: your Tomb Blades gain Deep Strike, and when they shoot in the turn they arrive from reserves their ranged attacks get +1 to Hit — a reliable drop-and-shoot alpha strike.
Tomb Blades are the core, supported by mounted Destroyers like Lokhust Destroyers. All three stratagems key off the Necrons Mounted keyword, so any qualifying skimmer benefits from the mobility and evasion toolkit.
Not really. At 1 DP it's designed as a support detachment for the new DP-stacking system — pair it with a 2-DP core to add a fast, deep-striking Tomb Blade strike element to a slower list.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.