Matt Bell — Necrons

Necrons/Cursed Legion + Skyshroud Spearhead/Strike ForceArchived

5th place · 5-1Archived from The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR — SUMMER 2026

29–30 Aug 2026 · Urmston, GB · played by Matt Bell

Submitted for 11th ed. · 11th Edition matched play — August 2026·Source: The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR — SUMMER 2026 results

1300·Updated Aug 31 by GrimSlate Archive

Strike Force2,000 limit

2,000pts

Units

Models

3/3

The read

resilience and objective control are in the bottom 8%.

«the bottom 1%» means above roughly 0% of sampled reference list shapes for that capability — a comparison, never win odds.

Shapevs the p50 ring

The shape, not the verdict. Area is not a score — two lists with the same area can play nothing alike. The bars beside it are the reading that counts, and each spoke is this list's percentile under baseline assumptions.

Every axisabove averagebelow

Open a row to see the units behind it.

Gap · Resilience

Fragile for its points

Bottom 1% · 1.02 per 100 pts · best available: Night Scythe (14%)

125 pts

Gap · Objective control

Few bodies to hold objectives

Bottom 8% · 1.81 per 100 pts · best available: Nekrosor Ammentar (10%)

185 pts

Gap · Reach

Short-ranged — has to close the distance

Bottom 10% · 0.51 per 100 pts · best available: Overlord (12%)

110 pts

Estimates from weapon profiles alone — terrain, mission scoring, stratagems and target priority are not modelled.

Battle readinessheuristic, not a score

Threat coverageAdequate

Answers 2 of the four target archetypes at or above average.

Mission scoringThin

11 scoring bodies, 29 OC on the table at deployment.

Delivery and reachThin

Deep Strike on 4 units, 0% of the points off the table turn 1.

Staying powerThin

Average T5.6, 4.9 W per model and 7 units with an invulnerable save.

Matchup lensthe same axes, re-weighted

40weighted percentile

What carries it

Anti-infantryp62 ×.2

Anti-elitep53 ×.2

Anti-hordep42 ×.2

Plan around

Anti-infantry is the clearest answer here; Objective control is the pressure point to plan around.

Rules package12 read

Army ×9Detachment ×2Warlord ×1

The army, detachment, enhancement and leader rules the maths read — including 11 conditional ones it did not fold into the numbers.

Which rules, and the stratagems they unlock

Army

Reanimation Protocolsconditional
Annihilation Protocolconditional
Command Protocolsconditional
Hyperphasingconditional
Power Matrixconditional
Worthy Foesconditional
Technosorcerous Augmentationsconditional
Cold Fervourconditional
Cosmic Distortionconditional

Detachment

Cold Fervourconditional
Transdimensional Deploymentconditional

Warlord

Warlord designation

Stratagems these units can trigger

Methodical Murder1 CP
Driven to Butchery1 CP

Legal-looking opportunities for these units and phases, not automatic bonuses — board state, CP and the exact trigger still decide.

Composition & risk

Points on the table turn 1: 2,000(100%)
In reserves: 0(0%)
Scoring bodies on the table: 11
Largest single investment: Lokhust Destroyers(10%)

Redundancy, special tools and leaders

Who carries each answer

anti-hordeFlayed Ones15%
18 units contribute
anti-infantryNekrosor Ammentar13%
18 units contribute
anti-eliteNekrosor Ammentar17%
18 units contribute
anti-armourNekrosor Ammentar16%
18 units contribute

No single unit owns an offensive answer — losing any one of them leaves the list functional.

Special tools

Deep Strike4
Infiltrators1
FLY7
Lone Operative2

Leader groups

Lokhust Lord → Lokhust Destroyers
Lokhust Lord → Lokhust Destroyers
Plasmancer → Lokhust Heavy Destroyers
Overlord → Lychguard
Skorpekh Lord → Skorpekh Destroyers
Imotekh the Stormlordunattached
Nekrosor Ammentarunattached

Secondary mission fit18 cards vs this list's shape

9Possible9Difficult

Possible — The list can attempt this, but it depends on positioning or a key unit.

A Grievous Blow
Bring It Down
Burden Of Trust
Cleanse
Display Of Might
Engage On All Fronts
No Prisoners
Plunder
Secure No Man's Land

Difficult — This condition is hard to support with the current list shape.

A Tempting Target
Assassination
Beacon
Behind Enemy Lines
Centre Ground
Defend Stronghold
Forward Position
Outflank
Overwhelming Force

Fit is about list shape, not about what you will draw. A «difficult» card is still scorable — it just needs the game to go your way.