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==Overview==
Warscythes are used by high-ranking Necrons, including [[Necron Overlord|Overlords]], [[Necron Lord|Lords]] and [[Lychguard]]s. It is of a similar design to the [[Staff of Light]], although it has no ranged attack and is more formidable in combatmelee. They are made of the same [[living metal]] as their ships and bodies and can carry itself effortlessly through all types of armour, including heavy energy fields, thanks due to its own entropic field generator.{{Fn|2}} A well -directed attack can take off the end of a [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]] or scythe open the side of a bunker.{{Fn|1a}} A Warscythe's power core blazes with the heraldic color of its wielder's [[Necron Dynasty|Dynasty]].{{Fn|2}}
A curious side effect of the warscythe’s power field is to render the weapon almost impossible to destroy. There are several well-documented instances of warscythes surviving direct hits from [[lascannon]]s, and even from [[Turbo-Laser Destructor|turbo-lasers]], with little harm to show for it. Unfortunately, this protection does not extend to the wielder, and it is quite common for a warscythe to survive a battle where its master does not.{{Fn|2}}
==Variants==
*[[Necron Pariah|Pariahs]] carry a model of Warscythe with a built-in [[Gauss Blaster]].{{Fn|1b}}
*A more traditionally scythed-shape variant of the Warscythe known as the '''Voidscythe''' is also used by Overlords.
==Images==
<gallery heights="200px" mode="packed">
NecronLord.jpg|A [[Necron Lord]] with a Warscythe
Warscythe 2.jpg|[[Necron Overlord]] with a Warscythe Voidscythe (7th edition)
</gallery>
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 14
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 17
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Munitorum: Warscythes (Background Book)]]{{Cite thisMarker End}}*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Necrons (8th Edition)]], pg. 71
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