What is the Power Matrix?

A spreading field Necron buildings must sit on. Each building extends it, and the bigger the Matrix, the more Dominion resource you earn. Units standing on it heal faster and get tougher.

What are Resurrection Galleries?

Buildings that bring fallen units back for free. You pick a preferred unit type, and when one of that type dies, the Gallery replaces it.

What is the Necrons' weakness?

Speed. Most Necron units are slow, so they struggle to respond across the map. Fight them outside the Power Matrix and focus fire to kill units outright.

Are Necrons good for beginners?

They are less forgiving than Space Marines: you need to plan the Matrix and your economy. But their resilience makes mistakes less punishing than with a pure aggression faction.

Necrons in Dawn of War IV – Power Matrix, Tomb Citadel & How to Play

Dawn of War IV Necrons and Monolith

Who they are

Ancient android revenants awakening from a 60-million-year slumber to reclaim their empire. In Dawn of War IV they are the patient faction: slow to move, hard to remove, and increasingly difficult to stop.

The Power Matrix, explained

The Tomb Citadel is your strategic centre: a powerful, upgradeable building that also produces units. From it you spread the Power Matrix:

Many Necron buildings can only be built on the Matrix.
Every building you place extends the Matrix further.
A bigger Matrix means more Dominion resource.
Units on the Matrix heal faster, get tougher and become harder to kill.

That is the snowball: territory becomes economy, and economy becomes an army that will not die.

Resurrection Galleries

Necrons can build Resurrection Galleries that bring fallen units back for free. You select a preferred unit type; whenever a unit of that type dies, the Gallery replaces it. It does not make Necrons unkillable, but it changes attrition: trading units one-for-one against Necrons is usually a losing deal.

How to play Necrons (official advice)

Outlast, don’t outrun. Leverage resilience in prolonged engagements.
Advance the Matrix methodically and fight inside it whenever possible for the bonuses.
Use translocation in the mid and late game to offset slow movement.
Lean on Scarabs. The cheap, tiny Scarab swarms are one of the faction’s favourite tools.

How to play against Necrons (official advice)

Fight outside the Power Matrix. Their units lose healing and toughness bonuses there.
Kill units outright. Focus fire — wounding Necron units is not enough, because they are built to survive and recover.
Exploit their slowness. Strike vulnerable positions elsewhere while their army advances.
Do not let the Matrix grow unchecked. Every building extends it and feeds their economy.

What is confirmed

Tomb Citadel, Power Matrix, Dominion, Resurrection Galleries and Scarabs are all confirmed by the developers’ July 29 deep dive.
Necrons have a dedicated campaign and are playable in multiplayer/skirmish.
Their units are intentionally slower than other factions’, with a few exceptions.

For the faction overview, see Dawn of War IV factions; for the campaign, see campaign.

Necrons in Dawn of War IV