GAMES WORKSHOP 99120106042" Tyranid Hive Tyrant/The Swarmlord Plastic Kit

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Rarefied Enhancements (1CP) – Give a Relic to a CHARACTER that is not your WARLORD . Standard codex strat, but there’s a lot of good relics out there. A The Reaper of Obliterax – So long as the bearer is a model equipped with bonesword or monstrous bonesword, each time the model successfully wounds a target ( regardless of whether it makes a save against that wound roll) the target suffers 1 mortal wound. Enemy models cannot use any rules to ignore the wounds it loses. An offensive powerhouse in the hands of a HIVE TYRANT , pushing mortals into tougher targets and bypassing feel no pain rolls. This relic is a reasonable candidate for best in the Game and allows Tyranids to deal massive non-interactable damage even when the target rolls high on saves. S This was a questionable entry when it first hit and now has become a weird and bad choice compared to any other CARNIFEX variant from the main codex. Less durable and only available as a single model, the Heavy Support slot is in-demand and I don’t think there’s any way to justify this in a competitive list. Barbed Hierodule (Forgeworld) For a horde army, this is just a fabulous boon for getting better board coverage and claiming objectives early. That said, a horde army is likely the only times you’re going to see a Tervigon on the table, as it is intrinsically tied to Termagants in large numbers. Other lists are certainly going to find it helpful, but you’ve got a ton of your list tied up in a Tervigon without supporting bugs and what is it doing for you. A for horde lists, C+ for non-horde Psychic Augmentation (NEUROTHROPE) Behemoth offers a powerful punch for those players that prefer close combat and competitively the fleet sits at the third most popular. Kraken

These rules apply to any detachment that only include HIVE TENDRIL models ( excluding UNALIGNED if fortifications are your thing). This section mostly covers some of the housekeeping normal codex stuff. Rare OrganismsAs mentioned above in the Warp Shielding entry, Zoanthropes are almost mandatory in every competitive Tyranid list. Come for the Synaptic Imperative , stay for the easily-achievable “super” Smites! The Warp Blast ability improves your Psychic test result for any Witchfire power or Smite , adding +1 for every Zoanthrope model in the unit ( up to +3). Better still, the mortal wounds inflicted by the unit are increased by one for every remaining model ( up to 3 again). As the magic number here is three you’re mostly going to see MSU here, extra models are only going to help you keep your bonus topped off if you start losing models. One unit is usually enough, but doubling up on them might be worthwhile if you want to put emphasis pushing mortal wounds ( if you do be sure you have a Neurothrope with Synaptic Tendrils around to grant Warp Siphon to both ). The Leviathan psychic power Hive Nexus allows a single CORE unit access to a different Synaptic Imperative for the turn A good boost to mid-range shooting, especially if re-rolls are involved to fish for better results. Best applied to mass gunline fire mid-game, so if you’re mostly concerned with long range or melee this may not be so helpful. B Predatory Guile (BROODLORD)

Acidic Torrent (1CP) – Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase on an ACID MAW unit in Engagement Range with an enemy unit. For each ACID MAW INFANTRY model roll one d6, for each 3+ the enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound. If this is an ACID MAW MONSTER , roll 3d6 instead. This is not worth your while. D-Endless Swarm (1CP) – During the Command phase, select one ENDLESS MULTITUDE unit and return d3+3 models to that unit. These models can be placed in Engagement Range of an enemy unit only if the unit is already in Engagement Range of that unit. If you’re fielding a horde list this is going to be a standard, as its a way to bolster your better units that will be taking fire. Generally useful/good if you have those types of Troops on the table. A Adaptive Biology – Your WARLORD has a 5+ feel no pain. If you’re looking for durability over utility, this is not a bad choice on MONSTER units, especially the “less tough” Winged Hive Tyrant. Allows you to focus your Catalyst on a secondary unit. B+ Hive Mind Discipline An all-new and completely phenomenal game mechanic for 9th edition, Synaptic Imperatives allows Tyranid players to adjust to the state of the game and implement powerful army-wide buffs for the entire game round. To the dismay of Genestealer Cultists everywhere, this mechanic is only accessible if the army consists of only HIVE TENDRIL detachments and only if your detachments include a single choice of HIVE FLEET . This is a huge incentive to field your army as mono-faction mono-Hive Fleet and ditch the old 8th edition style of combining the best of multiple fleets. LIVING ARTILLERY units can be included in a HIVE TENDRIL detachment without breaking Hive Fleet Adaptation or Hyper-Adaptation, though they can never benefit from them themselves.

ranges with devourers, deathspitters or even heavier bio-cannons. Whatever weaponry it wields, a Tyranid Warrior is a dangerous and unforgiving foe, able to identify and exploit the weaknesses of its targets with innate shrewdness. Worse, with its alien consciousness permanently bonded to the ageless Hive Mind, a Tyranid Warrior can instantly draw upon a reservoir of knowledge and experience that spans epochs, should its own prove insufficient to the task at hand. [4] An extremely tough weapons platform, the Tyrannofex can be kitted out as either anti-infantry or anti-tank. Both options have some play but the most competitively popular by far is going to be the acid spray option, as D2 hits at range are a big threat to the numerous W2 models out there. The rupture cannon option is high risk/high reward and might not be the type of gamble you’d want to take in high-stakes play. If you do, it is likely best as Leviathan where the free hit re-roll is going to help mitigate poor results. Stone-crusher Carnifex (Forgeworld)

Synaptic Lynchpin – The WARLORD increases any Aura ranges and Command phase abilities that specify range by 3″. Very minor improvement and not worth your time. D An armored advance by the Iron Hands faces off against the Tyranid onslaught. Credit: Warhammer Community. The Hive Mind is so staggeringly complex in its power and construction that it either drives most psykers insane or kills them. The only known agent of the Imperium of Man believed to have looked upon the Hive Mind and retained his sanity is Chief Librarian Tigurius of the Ultramarines. This could be due to his uncanny talent for making accurate predictions in general, but the accuracy and frequency of his knowledge concerning the intentions of the Great Devourer seem to show he has indeed tapped into the Hive Mind, a feat thought possible only by a psyker possessed of power equivalent to that of the Emperor of Mankind.