Once per battle round you can re-roll a single hit roll, wound roll, damage roll, Advance roll, charge roll, or saving throw made for your Warlord. Of the 8 lists that used Termagants, only one used a squad equipped with devourers, and no list used biomorphs or spinefists. They’re fast, fragile, and incredibly lethal when they manage to get into assault. C, Stratagem – Brute Force (1 CP): When a unit completes a charge move, roll a d6 for every model in the charging unit that’s within 1” of an enemy unit. Very nasty when applied to a unit of 30 Termagants or maxed out Hive Guard. You’re basically obligated to use large units to get any benefit from this and they’re probably better as Kraken or Leviathan. What ranged combat options do exist are generally short-ranged. The second effect is that the unit can Advance and still charge, dramatically increasing the maneuverability of an assaulting force and alleviating one of Tyranid’s biggest problems – or it would if most armies weren’t already KRAKEN. The Thornback is 103 points for a hybrid combination of melee and ranged that isn’t good. Useful but very expensive for potentially only 1 wound. The Ravener can build Tunnel Links, small, weak buildings that can transport units between each other. which costs 15 points. The only Top 4 army list that contained Tyranid Warriors was Josh McMillan’s entry that won 2nd place in the Battle in the Bush. Select an enemy unit within 1” of a LEVIATHAN unit that can FLY and one that cannot; all LEVIATHAN units attacking that unit during the Fight Phase can re-roll hit and wound rolls of 1. Overall, Tyranids are a very adaptable army that relies on swarm tactics to win. Monstrous rending claws are free. Effectively a free CP to spend each round until your warlord dies. All Genestealers within 6” get a +1 to hit bonus thanks to the. Enemy snipers will go out of their way to target Broodlords and bring them down, as their saves are poor, so it’s important to use proper screening and take advantage of line of sight blockers. Nick Nanavati goes over a really solid understanding of the basics of Tyranid play for Genestealers here, including how to combine Genestealers and The Swarmlord with Overrun and Adrenaline Surge to either avoid combat or tag your enemies. Pretty much the ultimate denial ability, and one of the best strats in the game. Paying reinforcement points in the Tyranid codex is bad for two reasons. Any references to percentages of competitive lists are from data collected from all Tyranid lists that were featured in the top 4 of competitive events since March (4 lists total) along with any Top 4 Genestealer Cult list that included a Tyranid detachment since June (15 total). Useful against targets with high invulnerable saves or no armour save like Genestealers or Daemons, but has the perenial problem of situational relic weapons that against anything else you’ve paid points to unlock it for nothing C+, Stratagem – The Deepest Shadow (1 CP): When an enemy PSYKER within 24” of a Kronos unit attempts to manifest a power, you can force them to only roll a single dice. A model with rending claws or monstrous claws can re-roll hit failed hit rolls in all subsequent Fight phases after it has slain an enemy model in the Fight phase. Go to steam/steamapps/common/Dawn of War Soulstorm and then search for UltimateApocolypse_THB.module, then open with notepad and edit the following lines to look like this: RequiredMod.1 = objective_points_UA RequiredMod.2 = DXP2 RequiredMod.3 = W40k This one has public events ENABLED! Alternatively, you could fit out four devourers and fire 24 shots a turn, or combine the venom cannon and devourers for a dual shooting threat build. They seek only to consume all organic life and cannot be reasoned with or deterred from its objective. While the iconic Tyranid Carnifex is a charging ball of alien malice intent on crushing all before it, what actually works in 8th Edition is something closer to a highly mobile organic bullet hose. Pretty much the ultimate denial ability, and one of the best strats in the game. The Tyrant, however powerful, revel its full potential when fighting alongside your swarm of unit. The Stone-Crusher starts at 100 points for a dedicated melee build which takes on VEHICLE or (lol) BUILDING units with 4 attacks hitting on 4+ (no bonus for charging) at S12, AP -3, and 1d6 damage that re-roll failed hit and wound rolls. That means cutting out some units that don’t see a lot of use or simply aren’t viable, and condensing a few units together instead of having three sections say the same thing about different flavors of Carnifexes. It is speculated their Hive Mind was drawn by the Astronomican's psychic beacon. Additional mortal wounds arrive in the form of a Mawloc which can also provide a route for deep striking units via Jormungandr’s The Enemy Below Stratagem. You’re basically obligated to use large units to get any benefit from this and they’re probably better as Kraken or Leviathan. B+, Sporefield (3 CP) – Add up to two units of Spore mines to your army as reinforcements and set them up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 12” from the enemy. units within 12” of a friendly model with this ability automatically pass Morale tests. Takes a little bit of work to set up but you should normally be aiming to have your units in Synapse at all times, so should be active, and is pretty powerful. 7. – After moving in the Movement phase a unit can make a second move (including Advancing), but you must roll a die and every result of 1 inflicts a mortal wound. The downside to this ability is that you have to field toxin sacs, which are very expensive. This is mostly applicable to Hive Tyrants and The Swarmlord as every other Tyranid psyker only knows one power, but your Broodlord can use it to throw a Smite as well. Termagants can be resurrected using the Endless Swarm Stratagem. This can provide a significant improvement in the probability of getting off subsequent manifestations of Smite and also minimizes the chances of a Perils of the Warp result. Marginal leadership effects are basically never good. Hey, guys. Not worth the points. You don’t have to touch the ground. Their stats aren’t the best, but at 90 points each they work great as psykers, and their 3++ makes them a pain to shift. Gotta go FAST at 35” of movement on turn one, not including the charge that will be coming. It’s. share. C-, The Reaper of Obliterax – Modifies a lash whip and bonesword (or monstrous bonesword) to inflict double damage on a wound roll of 6+. From the end of the first phase in which this Warlord suffers any wounds, when inflicting damage on the Warlord reduce the damage of all attacks by 1 to a minimum of 1. This is my go-to HQ unit. Genestealers and Ripper Swarms were found in the vast majority of competitive lists, but for very different reasons. This was a list I took to The Renegade Open last year. 0.5 beta 1: The first 0.5 series beta release for Soulstorm EDIT: Note that this has a bugfix you will need to perform to get the most out of 0.5b1 Second, it doesn’t work with the Genestealer Infestation ability. – Add up to two units of Spore mines to your army as reinforcements and set them up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 12” from the enemy. They aren’t driven by greed or fear, or belief in a quasi-living psychic corpse god. This is made for Broodlords, without a doubt. Hive Guard are significantly more effective against lighter armoured threats like Thunderfire Cannons, Eliminators, or other forces that pose a specific threat to key parts of your army. This Stratagem produces an effect where every model within 3” of a target point takes 3d3 mortal wounds if they roll a 4+ (modified for CHARACTERS and larger units). Getting all the pieces necessary to make this happen can be pretty complicated, but the result effectively increases the number of attacks by 36%. Not moving is hard for nids, but sometimes you just gotta stand still and shoot some Bugs at people. Units within or on the terrain do not gain any bonus to their saving throws for being in cover. If the last model in an enemy unit is slain within 1” of a Malanthrope in the Fight phase then all may re-roll hit rolls of 1 against all models that share a Faction keyword with the slain enemy for the rest of the battle. In actual 40K it’s likely to get screened out, and even if it does ambush something it will be lucky a single attack through and deal a few points of damage. - Primary Commander Unit. C+, Synaptic Lynchpin – Add 6” to the range of the Warlord’s Synapse ability. The Maleceptor or acid spray equipped Tyrannofex seem particularly well suited for the Tyrannocyte. Useful for a back-line Synapse warlord who might want to cover some shooting Carnifexes. Generally you want your Ripper Swarms away from the enemy, and Morale in general isn’t really that nasty. Instead it sits around resonating the. C, Stratagem – Hyper Toxicity (1 CP): A unit with the toxin sacs biomorph will cause 1 additional damage on a wound roll of 5+ instead of 6+. Troops: Hormagaunts [6 PL, 100pts]: 20x Hormagaunt Troops: Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 33pts]: 3x Ripper Swarm Troops: Termagants [3 PL, 40pts] 10x Termagant (Fleshborer) Elites: Maleceptor [9 PL, 160pts]: Massive Scything Talons Elites: Maleceptor [9 PL, 160pts]: Massive Scything Talons Elites: Lictor [2 PL, 34pts], ++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Hive Fleet Kraken) [24 PL, 439pts] ++ HQ: Tyranid Prime [6 PL, 79pts]: Adrenal Glands, Devourer, Flesh Hooks, Lash Whip and Bonesword Elites: Zoanthropes [6 PL, 120pts]: 3x Zoanthrope Elites: Zoanthropes [6 PL, 120pts]: 3x Zoanthrope Elites: Zoanthropes [6 PL, 120pts]: 3x Zoanthrope. Also doesn’t work on characters or monsters, which leaves this looking very sad. It includes the classic Kraken Genestealer Battalion with a Broodlord and The Swarmlord, and couples it with a Biovore artillery detachment which can unleash 7 spore mines per turn at any target in range regardless of cover. As with all the articles in this series we’re going to focus on the most relevant units and options in the book rather than deep diving into every single thing. This is a great way to deploy additional units, assuming you have space. The unit is not treated as having remained stationary. Sporocysts are a Fortification that’s not a BUILDING (sorry Imperial Fists) that’s an immobile Tyrannocyte without the ability to bring friends. This unit when taking in a larger group of 30 models, allows for a grand target to focus some buffs on. If the psyker is affected by the power roll two dice; if the result is higher than the target’s Leadership characteristic then it permanently loses a randomly determined psychic power. The typical exchange range for CP to mortal wounds is 1 CP for 1d3 mortal wounds, so you’ll need to expect at least 12 models to die to get your point’s worth. This is particularly nasty when applied to a unit of 30 Termagants, who also get to re-roll wound rolls of 1. The -coolest- stratagem in the entire book is right here. Depending on the target he can either hit with his monstrous crushing claws (S14, -1 to hit) or scything talons (S7, re-roll hits of 1). – A visible enemy unit within 24” gains a -1 to hit rolls and their Leadership characteristic. You can find a visual explanation of the approach in this video with Nick Nanavati, or you can read along. Although generally weak and easy to kill, it is featured in competitive play because it has the, ability which imposes a -1 to hit penalty on all attacks that target models within 3”. D, Pathogenic Slime (2 CP) – Used at the start of the Shooting phase, this enables a TYRANID MONSTER unit gets a +1 to damage for all attacks. He also goes over a means of using a second screening line of tough, elite units to mitigate the effect. By itself, it is a major threat to any opponent since it can adapt to all type of enemies via its weapons. If you want to win with Tyranids ally them with Genestealer Cults. What about adrenal glands for 5? This does not apply to TYRANID PSYKERS. On a 4+ that unit suffers 3d3 mortal wounds. I currently play mine with Wings, a Devourer, and Monstrous Rending Claws. The origin of the Tyranids is utterly unknown. When you set up a unit of Raveners, Mawloc, Trygon, or a Trygon Prime you can also set up any number of units from the tunnels. In that configuration they’re fairly terrifying, getting 24 S6 shots hitting with a 3+ for 115 points. Now, move them a second time for another 14” of movement with The Swarm Lord and look at your opponent’s face as their board is now covered in these hooky bugs, who are now ready to charge, who are also fearless, who ALSO have a 5+++ save. Carnifexes carrying four devourers and enhanced senses are very common and colloquially known as “Dakkafexes”. 3. As a result, Impaler-equipped Kronos Hive Guard are particularly appealing. A max-sized unit of Genestealers will deal 80 attacks, and thanks to the Swift and Deadly rule they can Advance and still charge. It will be even more devastating when boosted by Old One-Eye, who’s bonus of +1 to hit will increase the probability of a Stone-Crusher hitting the target from 75% to 89%. Tyranids are awesome. 1 comment. [1] It contains rules which allow players to field massive armies the likes of which are … ++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Hive Fleet Kraken) [55 PL, 998 pts] ++ HQ: Broodlord [8 PL, 115pts]: The Ymgarl Factor, Warlord HQ: Old One Eye [10 PL, 200pts] Josh McMillan’s 2nd place army at the Battle of the Bush included 7 Biovores in a Kronos detachment. This is a pretty risky thing to do, as the Malanthrope is both fragile and expensive, but the upside is huge if you pull it off. Hormagaunts are even more disposable fodder than Termagants. They hit at the strength of the user, -3 AP, and deal a flat 3 damage each. This poses a dual-threat, as those Spore Mines can now block movement and require the opponent to deal with them. From 40KStats we know that only four Tyranid-only armies have finished in the Top 4 of a major event since March. Jormungandr’s adaptation would be fantastic if it didn’t force the army to slow down, as improving armour saves is a great way to enhance survivability. Technically this Stratagem applies to everyone, but Hydra gets an advantage in that they can bring back ANY unit with the INFANTRY keyword instead of just Termagants, Hormagaunts, or Gargoyles. Of the melee options, the most common are scything talons or free rending claws. - Melee Ambush Unit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. You are almost always better off just spending the points up-front on your army, especially given the exorbitant CP cost. F-, Digestive Denial (2 CP) – Select a piece of terrain (not a FORTIFICATION) after deployment but before the first battle round. Michael won third place at Triumph at MOAB fields a variety of Tyranid units. That unit can fight first in the Fight phase, even if it didn’t charge. Move 8”, run 3d6 pick highest (6 just cause) double it with Opportunistic Advance to 12, +1 thanks to Adrenal glands, we are now at 21’ move. I have played it for years now, and it just gets worse and worse with every update. You can create incredibly fluffy and huge armies of your choice and they will still work as long a… This comment is currently awaiting admin approval, join now to view. A, Endless Swarm (2 CP) – Recycle a unit of Termagants, Hormagaunts, Gargoyles, or any HYDRA INFANTRY and set it up as reinforcements wholly within 6” of any board edge and more than 9” away from any enemy models. As with deathspitters you buy them in pairs, and each devourer is an Assault 6 weapon with an 18” range and hits at S6 with no AP and 1 damage. Pretty milquetoast. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. That said, like Gorgon and Behemoth there are are other hive fleets that do the same thing and do it better. Toxin sacs cost between 1 and 8 points depending on the unit. You can also upgrade to a Trygon Prime and use the Leviathan adaptation to apply a 6+ Feel No Pain. On a miss, a single Spore Mine unit is created within 6” of the target and at least 3” away from any enemy models. Used in squads of 30 so that they survive long enough to have Hungering Swarm re-roll wound rolls of 1 in the Fight phase, they can also use Bounding Leap to pile in and consolidate up to 6” to surround anything that needs to be wrapped up. Carnifexes carrying four devourers and enhanced senses are very common and colloquially known as “Dakkafexes”. ++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Hive Fleet Kraken) [57 PL, 782 pts] ++ HQ: Broodlord [8 PL, 115pts]: Chameleonic Mutation HQ: The Swarmlord [15 PL, 250pts]+ Troops + Troops: Genestealers [16 PL, 192pts]: 4x Acid Maw, 16x Genestealer: 16x Rending Claws, 16x Scything Talons Troops: Genestealers [16 PL, 192pts]: 4x Acid Maw, 16x Genestealer: 16x Rending Claws, 16x Scything Talons Troops: Ripper Swarms [2 PL, 33pts]: 3x Ripper Swarm, ++ Spearhead Detachment +1CP (Hive Fleet Kronos) [22 PL, 465 pts] ++ HQ: Broodlord [8 PL, 115pts]: Warlord HS: Biovores [6 PL, 150pts]: 3x Biovore HS: Biovores [2 PL, 50pts]: Biovore HS: Biovores [6 PL, 150pts]: 3x Biovore. Are seen as one of the most popular HQs used in any competitive.! I ’ ll always make sure to tell you about them, every time a 6+ that very same like. Tyrant it ’ s deadly in close combat threats from approaching same thing and it! 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