What is the oldest race in 40k?

Necrons Portal The Necrons are a race of mechanical warriors, created from the Necrontyr. They have lain dormant in their stasis-tombs for sixty million years. They are ancient beyond reckoning, pre-dating even the Eldar.

Do necrons have allies?

Nope. Us, orks, and tau cannot ally with any other faction. Erm, Tau have Kroot.

Do Space Marines have allies?

Though most Space Marine chapters will ally themselves with alien forces if the needs dictate such an alliance, these two chapters will never work alongside any force that is not human.

Can necrons ally with Space Marines?

Registered. As you probably have noticed, the Necrons don’t have any “Battle Brother” -level allies, but we have a few “Allies of Convenience”: Chaos Space Marines, Grey Knights, Orks and Tau.

Can the necrons defeat the Tyranids?

Each victory or loss, they learn and adapt. They would eventually create the perfect weapon against the Necrons, who themselves seem unable to develop anything new. Their last creation was the Tomb-Blade, and those are millions of years old. Through numbers and their ability to adapt, the Tyranids would eventually win.

Can nurgle affect necrons?

As this shows, even their super advanced technology is subject to ruination and damage. So I imagine if a world turns to say, Nurgle, then the same mechanical rust and rot might impact the crypts and alter them into not properly awakening the Necrons sleeping there.

Why are the tau immune to chaos?

1 Answer. The tau are not resistant to Chaos they are simply less connected to it. if you were to draw a scale from normal human to psykers to farseers of “connection to the warp” then Tau would be off the scale towards the human end meaning they have little connection to the warp and thus rarely get corrupted by chaos …

Is the Emperor of Mankind a chaos god?

No, Chaos is not powered by worship and devotion, but by emotion. The Emperor might have become some sort of warp-based entity, but not a Chaos god. Not all Warp Gods are Chaos Gods.