Unit · Necrons
Canoptek Spyders
The named Necron units that can build Tomb Pylons anywhere on the map and extend the Power Matrix network.
Faction · Necrons
Player field sheet
Confirmed role
Confirmed role
Builders of Tomb Pylons
What the official source establishes
The named Necron units that can build Tomb Pylons anywhere on the map and extend the Power Matrix network.
Known limits
Do not invent the unit’s combat profile
Game statistics
Not published
These values will be added with their game version as soon as an authoritative source or the released game makes them measurable.
- Cost—Not published
- Hit points—Not published
- Damage—Not published
- Range—Not published
- Build time—Not published
- Squad size—Not published
Builders of Tomb Pylons
The Necron faction deep dive names Canoptek Spyders and says that they are capable of building Tomb Pylons anywhere on the map. The source then explains that the pylons spawn a new patch of Power Matrix and act as a translocation target for units entering the Tomb Citadel. That gives Canoptek Spyders a confirmed construction and network-support role in the Necron movement system.
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The published description makes the unit’s importance positional. A Spyder can place the structure that extends the Matrix and connects a remote point to translocation. The source does not say that the Spyder itself is a general-purpose combat unit, nor does it publish its cost, build time, movement, durability or the number of pylons it can create.
Do not invent the unit’s combat profile
The authority does not name a direct counter to Canoptek Spyders or explain what happens if one is destroyed while a Pylon remains. It also does not publish the distance limit, construction duration, Matrix size or translocation conditions. The reliable information is the building function, not a complete tactical card.
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The composition error is to confuse the Canoptek Spyder with the Tomb Pylon it builds. The unit is confirmed as the builder; the Pylon is the structure that creates the new Matrix patch and movement target. Exact combat role, production timing, survivability and counterplay for the Spyder remain unconfirmed.