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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.
Necrons models (excluding Monsters) add 1 to the Hit roll when attacking a unit within range of an objective marker. In addition, ranged weapons on Necrons Vehicle and Necrons Mounted models (excluding Titanic) gain Assault, so they can Advance and still shoot.
2CP. A Necrons unit (excluding Monster and Titanic) adds 1 to Wound rolls against targets within range of an objective marker.
2CP. Attacks against a targeted Vehicle or Mounted unit with Strength greater than its Toughness take -1 to Wound.
1CP. A Vehicle or Mounted unit that has not moved skips the Advance roll and instead adds a flat 6" to its Move.
1CP. A Vehicle or Mounted unit can move horizontally through models and terrain features to reach a firing lane.
1CP. After an enemy unit shoots, a targeted unit (excluding Monster and Titanic) makes a Normal move of up to D6".
1CP. A unit within range of an objective marker you control activates its Reanimation Protocols.
Overlord or Catacomb Command Barge only. Friendly Necrons units (excluding Monster and Titanic) within 6" re-roll Hit rolls of 1 and Wound rolls of 1.
Ranged weapons in the bearer's unit gain Ignores Cover.
In your Command phase, pick a Vehicle or Mounted unit within 6"; until your next Command phase it can shoot in a turn it Fell Back.
In your Command phase, pick a Vehicle or Mounted unit within 6"; until your next Command phase, subtract 1 from the Damage of attacks allocated to it.
A Vehicle that gains Assault on its guns and ferries Warriors onto the objectives the rule rewards.
See the box: price and offersMobile anti-tank that wants both the Assault grant and the defensive stratagems for its fragile hull.
See the box: price and offersA durable ranged walker anchor that banks the objective +1 to Hit.
See the box: price and offersOne of only two models that can carry Dread Majesty.
See the box: price and offersThe Faction Pack rewrote his aura to Relentless March, adding 2" of Move to nearby Necrons units.
See the box: price and offersHow to play Starshatter Arsenal in 11th edition — the 3-DP mobile vehicle gunline, its shoot-on-the-move rule, and the tank stratagems that carry it.
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.
Starshatter Arsenal is the Necrons vehicle and heavy-firepower detachment: a 3-Detachment-Point mobile gunline built to shoot on the move and grind objectives. It reflects Warhammer 40,000 11th edition (Necrons Faction Pack v1.2, legal for matched play from 26 August 2026), which prints its full rules.
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The rule, stratagems and enhancements below are confirmed from the current Faction Pack. Its DP cost is not in that document, but the official Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 (26 August 2026) lists it at 3 DP, along with its enhancement points, and the Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word as points updates land.
Two effects. Any Necrons model (except Monsters) attacking a unit within range of an objective gets +1 to Hit — so your firepower sharpens exactly where the game is won. And ranged weapons on Necrons Vehicle and Mounted models (except Titanic) gain Assault, letting your tanks and skimmers Advance and still fire. It's a mobile gunline that rewards pushing onto the objectives rather than sitting back.
(Points weren't confirmed for 11th edition; check the app.)
Take it when you want a vehicle- and mounted-heavy mobile gunline that shoots on the move and grinds objectives — the home for Doomsday Arks, Lokhust Heavy Destroyers, barges and flyers. Its buffs are strongest against enemies sitting on objective markers, so it rewards holding and contesting. It's less suited to infantry-swarm or Titanic-centric lists, since most of its rules exclude Monster and Titanic models. At 3 DP it fills your whole 2,000-point budget, so it takes no support detachment.
Sample gameplan: deploy a mobile firebase of Doomsday Arks and Lokhust Heavy Destroyers with an Overlord carrying Dread Majesty. Use Chronoshift or Dimensional Tunnel to reach firing lanes while still shooting, prioritise units on objectives to bank the +1 to Hit, and spend Merciless Reclamation for a key +1-to-Wound volley. Protect your platforms with Unyielding Forms and Chrono-Impedance Fields, slide out with Reactive Reposition, and cap the turn with Endless Servitude.
3 DP, which fills the whole budget at a 2,000-point game, so it can't take a support detachment. DP costs aren't printed in the Faction Pack, but the official Munitorum Field Manual v1.3 (26 August 2026) lists it at 3 DP, and the Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word as points updates land.
Relentless Onslaught: Necrons models (except Monsters) get +1 to Hit against units within range of an objective, and Necrons Vehicle and Mounted ranged weapons (except Titanic) gain Assault so they can Advance and still shoot.
Vehicle gun platforms: the Doomsday Ark above all, plus Lokhust Heavy Destroyers, Annihilation Barges, Doom Scythes and Canoptek Doomstalkers — everything that gains Assault and wants the objective +1 to Hit.
Not really. Most of its rules exclude Monster and Titanic models and reward Vehicles and Mounted units, so it's built for an armour-heavy gunline rather than an infantry or C'tan list.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.