Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-46.162.84.254-20130704080553/@comment-24383134-20140105070014

Personally I feel the Necrons are the most powerful of all the factions. Everytime the Necrons rear their cold, green, metallic heads, the body count usually skyrockets and the tough guys start running for the nearest warp capable starship.

Most of the victories over the Necrons have only been won because the necrons were still mostly in stasis, and because the local Necron Lord was blown to bits in most instances. In a stand-up fight the necrons would overwhelm everything, their tech, ruthlessness, and capacity for war far outstrips every other faction they have encountered.

While I can't vouch for the tabletop game as my experience is limited to the books, and the RTS game (though I discount the RTS game), if memory serves the Necrons are even capable of repurposing the dead of their victims. I BELIEVE Necron Pariahs are created from the remains of Blanks, people with a null signature in the warp and an immunity to psychic powers/attacks, (See Jurgen :D)

Granted, yes, Orcs have the numbers to wash over the galaxy in a tide of green skin, ill tempers and horrible table manners, Chaos has the pure vindictiveness to wipe the galaxy of everything, the Imperium has the military might to fight them to a stand-still, and the Tyranids have the whole endless hunger thing going for them, but so far only the Space Marines have stood a chance against small Necron incursions, and even then they only barely managed to win. So, at least in my mind, the Necrons win.