Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-46.162.84.254-20130704080553/@comment-6078851-20140711142839

@ drycaend,

that's actually a good point about the strongest faction, the necrons have the ability to literally destroy the entire galaxy in a matter of minutes (or however long it takes to activate the entire celestial orrery). regardless of whether or not they do it, they have the technology to do so.

however i'll amend the statement - necrons are the strongest faction in the galaxy, because they have the power to destroy it. but even if they did it wouldn't destroy the tyranids because the vast majority of them aren't yet in the galaxy. in terms of numbers there are probably more tyranids in the galaxy right now than there are of every other species combined (in my opinion), and while galactic destruction would kill everything in the galaxy that would still leave the the rest of them (the bulk of their race which is still in inter-galactic space) unmolested. the hive-mind would probably be a little bemused, "what the hell happened to the buffet?!? that was looking really tasty! oh well, guess i'll put my kiddies back to sleep until we reach the next banquet table". :)

so necrons are the strongest faction in the galaxy, but i still think tyranids are the strongest faction in 40k.