Best Necrons detachments 11th edition · ranked by winning lists
Every Necrons detachment, ranked by how many winning Necrons lists played it, with what it changes on the dice in our own words and the units it lifts most. From 9 winning Necrons lists, August – September 2026.
A winning list here is one that finished in the top quarter of its event. An army can take up to three detachments, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
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+2 S (Destroyer Cult) · +2 S after a loss
Lifts most: Ophydian Destroyers +41% · Lokhust Heavy Destroyers +25% · Canoptek Wraiths +24%
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+1 to hit after arriving
Lifts most: Tomb Blades +24%
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Re-roll hits of 1 · Re-roll hits in the Power Matrix
Lifts most: Canoptek Scarab Swarms +67% · Canoptek Spyders +50% · Plasmancer +50%
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+1 AP vs the closest target
Lifts most: Lokhust Heavy Destroyers +33% · Hexmark Destroyer +25% · Lokhust Destroyers +25%
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+1 to hit while led
Lifts most: Canoptek Spyders +33% · Canoptek Wraiths +32% · Ophydian Destroyers +19%
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+1 to hit vs targets on objectives
Lifts most: Canoptek Spyders +33% · Canoptek Wraiths +32% · Ophydian Destroyers +19%
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+1 AP near a Necrons Monster
Lifts most: Annihilation Barge +32% · Flayed Ones +28% · Deathmarks +25%
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+1 to wound vs the chosen unit
Lifts most: Triarch Stalker +25% · Imotekh the Stormlord +24% · Trazyn the Infinite +24%
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Ignores Cover (Cryptek)
Also in the book: Hand of the Dynasty, Hypercrypt Legion, The Phaeron's Armoury. We don't model their rules yet and no winning list in this window played them, so they aren't ranked. Boarding Patrol detachments, and other chapters' own, aren't listed.