Playing as Necrons
Necrons vs Space Marines
Two durable armies grinding. Your advantage is that your losses come back and theirs do not.
Opening plan
Warriors early, hold a compact position, and take improved reanimation before any weapon research.
Scouting checklist
- Watch for Assault Squads — they can wipe a weakened squad and deny reanimation
- Check for a Machine Cult before Tier 3
Timeline
Danger timings
When this matchup typically turns, and what turns it.
- 06:00Assault Squads arrive and start wiping depleted squads
- 09:30Predator removes a Warrior squad in one engagement
Core interactions
What decides this matchup
- Never leave a squad at one model — pull it out and let it rebuild
- Deathmarks remove the Apothecary, which is worth more than it looks
- Gauss calibration is the answer to a Predator opening
Execution
Recommended builds
- Warrior wallGeneral-purpose opening · patch 1.0.0
- Doomsday siegeGeneral-purpose opening · patch 1.0.0
Editorial, pre-release
Nobody has played this matchup — the game is unreleased. This guide reasons from provisional statistics and will be rewritten from real games after launch.