Necrotech

Necrotech Cryx Solo

Prime This model is available in one Prime Army, Dark Host. It can also be used in the Unlimited game mode. You can view the other Mk3 models that made it into a Legacy Army at this page. Note that the rest of this page is about the model's Mark III rules.

Part necromancer and part evil genius - spiced with a dash of deranged lunatic - Lord Toruk's necrotechs blend talent and terror. Tasked with the details of constructing the undead soldiers and machines of the Cryxian army, they deliver steady reinforcements to the lines and do not hesitate to use their own dead flesh to test ingenious attachments and necromechanikal augmentations. Necrotechs improvise scrap thralls from heaps of bone and metal taken from corpses and destroyed 'jacks. Once animated, these thralls shamble forth as delivery vehicles for necrotite-enchanced bombs.

See also Category: Necrotech for other models that count as Necrotechs.

Basic Info

Necrotech
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Abilities

• Undead
• Create Scrap Thrall (★ Action) - When this model uses this ability remove one or more scrap tokens from this model, then roll a d3 for each scrap token removed. Add to play up to that number of Scrap Thrall placed completely within 3" of this model. A placed Scrap Thrall must forfeit its Combat Action the turn it is put into play.
• Repair [d6] (★ Action) - RNG B2B. Target friendly Faction construct model. If the model is in range, remove d6 damage points from it.
• Spare Parts - When a warjack is destroyed in this model's command range, it gains one scrap token. This model can have up to three scrap tokens at any time. Before making a repair roll, this model can spend one scrap token to add +2 to its roll.
• Steady - This model cannot become knocked down.

Weapons

• Vice Claw - 2" reach, P+S 10 melee weapon

Theme Forces

• Cryx
  • Black Industries
  • Dark Host

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Mortenebra is leading the army.

Thoughts on Necrotech

Necrotech in a Nutshell

A Necrotech, while not a game-breaking solo by itself, is quite easy to fit in almost any list. It has a rock-bottom cost, repairs warjacks and creates Scrap Thralls. Against moderate amounts of shooting a Necrotech is actually pretty valuable, as it can keep a 'jack fully functional even if the jack gets hit in exactly the wrong column. With some warcasters, the usefulness of a Necrotech goes up even more. Movement and positioning of a Necrotech is key so that he can repair a 'jack before it activates.

Combos & Synergies

• Mortenebra1 can use Overrun to have a 'jack advance to a Necrotech for repairs, then use it's normal movement to advance right back to where it was. You can also use the created Scrap Thralls as Sacrificial Lamb targets and blow them up at will.
• He's worth taking with a Colossal, to keep it running as long as possible.
• He can repair construct warcasters: Deneghra3, Skarre3, and Mortenebra2.
• Terminus this guy is undead unlike the Black Ogrun Ironmongers so he and any scrap Thralls he makes gain tough. Mitigating, but not removing the issue of spawning exploding Thralls right next to you.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• He's too slow to keep up with most Cryx jacks.
• D6 is unreliable and you might not roll enough boxes to reactivate all your systems.
• Cryx jacks are not the most durable, so they go down before getting repaired more often than not.
• When creating Scrap Thralls from a wreck, they can't activate and they have be placed nearby. Meaning your Necrotech is now standing in explosion range of at least one of them, more likely a couple. Also all of the Scrap Thralls are likely within explosion range of each other.

Tricks & Tips

• A Necrotech is a half-decent combat solo considering his cost. Having a long-range melee weapon means he can jam the enemy and threaten a lot of free strikes.

Other

Trivia

• Released way back in Warmachine: Prime (2003)
• Sculptor: Will Hannah

Other Cryx models

Cryx Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup & Similar
Warcasters	Agathia - Aiakos2 - Asphyxious1 - Asphyxious2 - Asphyxious3 - Coven - Deathjack2 - Deneghra1 - Deneghra2 - Deneghra3 - Goreshade1 - Goreshade2 - Goreshade3 - Mortenebra1 - Mortenebra2 - Rahera - Scaverous - Skarre1 - Skarre2 - Skarre3 - Sturgis2 - Terminus - Venethrax
Warcaster attachments	The Withershadow Combine - Satyxis Blood Priestess - Skarlock Thrall - Doctor Stygius (Partisan) - Madelyn Corbeau (Mercenary)
Other Warjack Controllers	Jack Marshals: Iron Lich Overseer       "Junior Warcasters": Aiakos1 - Asphyxious4 - Deneghra0
Light	Cankerworm - Deathripper - Defiler - Helldiver - Nightwretch - Ripjaw - Scavenger - Shrike - Stalker
Heavy	Barathrum - Corruptor - Deathjack1 - Desecrator - Erebus - Harrower - Kharybdis - Inflictor - Leviathan - Malice - Nightmare - Reaper - Seether - Slayer
Colossal	Kraken - Sepulcher
Units, Solos, Battle Engines, & Structures
Units	Asphyxious4 - Bane Knights - Bane Riders - Bane Warriors - Bile Thralls - BO Boarding Party - BO Ironmongers - BO Smog Belchers - Blackbane's Ghost Raiders - Bloodgorgers - Marauders - Carrion Thralls - Cephalyx Drudges - Cephalyx Overlords - Mechanithralls - Necrosurgeon - Revenant Cannon - Revenant Crew - Satyxis Gunslingers - Satyxis Blood Witches - Satyxis Raiders - Scharde Dirge Seers - Scharde Pirates - Soulhunters - The Devil's Shadow Mutineers - The Withershadow Combine
Solos	Aiakos1 - Agrimony - Axiara - Bane Lord Tartarus - Bloat Thrall - BTO Mobius - Captain Rengrave - Darragh Wrathe - Doctor Stygius - Deneghra0 - Gerlak - Hellslinger - Iron Lich Overseer - Machine Wraith - Master Gurglepox - Misery Cage - Necrotech - Ol' Grim - Pistol Wraith - Satyxis Blood Priestess - Satyxis Raider Captain - Scrap Thrall - Skarlock Thrall - Severa Blacktide - Soul Trapper - Warwitch Siren
Battle Engines & Structures	Wraith Engine
Theme Forces
Black Industries - Dark Host - The Ghost Fleet - Scourge of the Broken Coast
Mercenaries
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Cryx Mercenary
This index was last updated: 2021.11

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Undead - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Repair      (Edit) When repairing warjacks, you can choose which damage boxes to heal - they don't all have to be the same column. If you get a +1 bonus to a repair roll, that is one extra hitpoint healed. Not +1 to the number of pips showing on the dice.

Rules Clarification : Steady      (Edit) If you are hit by a knockdown effect during your own turn then ... nothing happens. Unless it was a Slam or a Throw that knocked you down. In that situation, there is a core rule that says "models immune to knockdown that become knocked down from a slam or throw must forfeit either movement or action when they activate". But that core rule doesn't apply to other knockdowns (lots of players assume it does) Steady models are still susceptible to other effects of knock-down attacks (if there are any). For instance, a Head Butt attack causes damage and knockdown - a Steady model would still take the damage. A knocked down model that gains Steady will remain knocked down, because the "cannot be knocked down" is not retroactively applied. Steady models who make a tough check during an advance can continue advancing. (Locked Thread)

Rules Clarification : Spare Parts      (Edit) If a warjack dies within range of multiple Necrotechs, they all gain a token (not just the closest Necrotech). Because unlike collecting souls and corpse tokens, it's not worded as "this model gains the warjack's scrap token". Instead it's "this model gains a scrap token". (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Create Scrap Thrall - None yet. (Edit)