Necron vulnerabilities

[Lornak Bloodgreed]

Living metal that self-repairs, is resistant to the elements and is capable of surviving molecular deconstruction/transformation. What could possibly stand a chance to deactivate this type of material?

In my opinion, the Tau stand the best chance of coming up with a counter-Necron weapon line in the form of pure electricity/energy weapons that can be deployed at a carefully discovered frequency or intensity to destroy Necron materials.

Is this something that's in a manner of speaking "scientifically possible" to wound and destroy this living metal material?

[Bonzai]

1.Wraith cannons/ vortex grenades. Shunting the whole thing into the warp is just as good as wrecking it.

2. A REALLY large Nid that can swallow the thing whole, and whose stomach acids can out pace the repair protocols.

3. Let some Lootahs and big meks get their hands on it. Next thing you know there will be looted monoliths, and Warboss'es with living metal teef.

4. If the Necrons attack Ultramar or the Tau Empire, thier plot armor should be more than sufficient to repell all Necron attacks. Probably by pretending to be star fleet engineers and coming up with some sort of quantum torpedo that reverses living metals polarity, causing thier molecules to repell each other, thus causing instant disintagration to living metal while leaving all else intact. Then the inventors will be executed as heretics for using non-codex/ sanctioned technology.

[Shiodome]

oxygen, water and time.

[RBLFunk]

Are EMP weapons ever described as effective against Necrons? Unless Necrons are ever specifically noted as resistant or immune (which would be a bit disappointing) I would think EMP attacks should be effective.

[artekfrost]

oxygen, water and time.

living metal is immune to rust, which is why time is the necrons greatest ally

[TheDoctor]

"There is no problem in the universe that cannot be solved with the proper application of explosives"

The solution is obvious- build a bigger gun.

[Kakapo42]

4. If the Necrons attack Ultramar or the Tau Empire, thier plot armor should be more than sufficient to repell all Necron attacks. Probably by pretending to be star fleet engineers and coming up with some sort of quantum torpedo that reverses living metals polarity, causing thier molecules to repell each other, thus causing instant disintagration to living metal while leaving all else intact. Then the inventors will be executed as heretics for using non-codex/ sanctioned technology.

Unless it's the aforementioned Tau who develop them, in which case they will instead be praised for inventing the technology, and it will be put into mass production and issued to any Tau forces who are at risk from Necron attack.

I've always thought enormous electrical discharges might be an idea against Necrons, as their living metal bodies would simply conduct the current and, while not necessarily being destroyed, any processors or other critical components run the serious risk of being short-circuited, overloaded or otherwise fried.

[Bookwrak]

Making the enormous assumption that they have processors, or anything that is actually susceptible to being short-circuited, overloaded, or otherwise fried in the first place.

[Nurgling Chieftain]

The Necrons themselves seem to be the only race specializing in non-psychic lightning attacks (tesla, voltaic staff). Notably it doesn't have any special effects against living metal or reanimation protocols.

For a race that's supposedly immune to rust, they sure are depicted as rusty an awful lot.

[Marzillius]

The Eldar (Alaitoc in particular) tend to infiltrate sleeping tomb worlds and shut them down, effectively "killing" all the Necrons on it. Otherwise, you simply shoot them until they don't stand back up anymore, or as someone said above, bombard them with D-Cannons, the Warp don't care about their reanimation.

[D503]

I find heavy bolters work much better at that task nowadays.

[Tay051173096]

Thousand sons tend to drop them quite well, failing that a dreadnaught to the face often offends...

[Toadius80]

Sternguards special ammo does the trick quite nice :-)

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[xxRavenxx]

Remodulate the shields to emit a tachyon burst, then eject your warp coils.

Job done. Whatever the job actually was...

[Lord Squidar]

I think any weapon that uses chaos or is chaos itself would do trick, since that probably arose in the galaxy after the necrons reached their peak.

What if chaos is the only weapon to beat the necrons, and humanity is the perfect host for chaos and its all part of some grand design... the plot thickens! ( i just like tentacles, come to the dark side)

[Stonerhino]

The warp and or pure Chaos is not the trick. The Nightbringer's flagship "Harbringer of Darkness" has been in the warp for 60+ million years and not destroyed yet. And if it was not for some super smurfs who scared off a C'Tan. Then it would back in the material universe.

Also, the early torch ships that the Necrontyr used to build their first empire used living metal. Meaning that living metal does not have any extra vulnerablities to emp or anything else that would be encountered in interstellar space.

Sadly it appears that the only way to defeat living metal is to damage it beyond it's repair protocals. And even then you have to hope that the Necron in question does not have a res orb handy. Look at the fight between Tigurius and the Voidbringer. The Voidbringer, was being assulted by Tigurius's full psychic might. Activates his res orb and repairs faster then Tigurius can damage him. He even starts laughing at Tigurius again.

Until he learns that his res orb is actually a trap.

And I think you have it backwards in that only the Necrons have the means to truely defeat Chaos but are so old that Chaos doesn't even know how bad it could be.

[Lord Damocles]

1.Wraith cannons/ vortex grenades. Shunting the whole thing into the warp is just as good as wrecking it.

In the short term (you get rid of the threat) maybe, but Necron constructs have been shown to survive reasonably well in the warp - The Bringer of Darkness, the tomb of the Setekh (plus inhabitants) as part of the Kronos, the Monolith aboard the Unholy Harbringer, and presumably the Herald of the Storm on Medusa V (otherwise leaving him there wouldn't have been much of a punishment).

living metal is immune to rust, which is why time is the necrons greatest ally

The wreckage of the Bringer of Darkness (plus objects made from it) appear to corrode in Nightbringer, and Necrons/constructs are often shown with corrosion on them in painting guides/schemes.

Although technically, I guess necrodermis might be imune to rust, as that requires the presence of iron...

[stainawarjar]

Here you go.

[Cthell]

Are EMP weapons ever described as effective against Necrons? Unless Necrons are ever specifically noted as resistant or immune (which would be a bit disappointing) I would think EMP attacks should be effective.

They certainly are in Apocalypse reloaded - the Tau anti-vehicle EMP bomb (it's either icefire of the other one, but I always get the names mixed up) is specifically noted as affecting Necrons, while the anti-organic Neutron bomb specifically does not affect Necrons; from this I'd suggest lobbing as many haywire/emp grenades at them as you can get hold of.

Other options would include the Eldar wraithbone nanites used in the Void spinner (should be an interesting thermodynamic battle), melta/plasma weapons (ionise the stuff and it can't reform), or teleporting it into solid rock/center of planet/nearest star. You might also have some fun with gravity or time manipulation

[Tethylis]

Sadly it appears that the only way to defeat living metal is to damage it beyond it's repair protocals. And even then you have to hope that the Necron in question does not have a res orb handy.

Yet remarkably if you knock a few of them down with bat then chase after the rest of them this seems to stop all res orbs and living metals from functioning.