Detachment Rule
Feed the Swarm
Even as the beasts of the Assimilation Swarm stalk across the battlefield they make use of the abundant biomass yielded up by the prey worlds slow demise. Warrior organisms heal even the most grievous wounds in moments, or stagger upright and return to the fight after they seemed slain. A strain of revolting vitality flows through the Tyranid broods as though leeched direct from their dismayed victims.
In your Command phase, each Harvester unit from your army can Regenerate one friendly TYRANIDS unit that is within 6" of it. A unit can only be regenerated once per phase. Each time a unit regenerates, do one of the following:
- One model in that unit regains up to D3+1 lost wounds.
- One destroyed Infantry model (excluding Characters) is returned to that unit with its full wounds remaining. If that unit is an Endless Multitude unit, up to 3 destroyed models are returned instead.
Stratagems
ABLATIVE CARAPACE
2 CPAssimilation Swarm – Epic Deed Stratagem · Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. If your unit is within range of an objective marker you control, until the end of the phase models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability instead.
TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability. If your unit is within range of an objective marker you control, until the end of the phase models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability instead.
BROODGUARD IMPULSE
1 CPAssimilation Swarm – Epic Deed Stratagem · Any phase
WHEN: Any phase.
TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Until the end of the battle, each time a friendly TYRANIDS model makes an attack that targets the enemy unit that just destroyed your HARVESTER unit, add 1 to the Wound roll.
TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.
EFFECT: Until the end of the battle, each time a friendly TYRANIDS model makes an attack that targets the enemy unit that just destroyed your HARVESTER unit, add 1 to the Wound roll.
RAPACIOUS HUNGER
1 CPAssimilation Swarm – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Fight phase
WHEN: Your Fight phase.
TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army that just destroyed an enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit immediately Regenerates (See Feed the Swarm). When doing so, if your unit is a Harvester unit and you choose for one model to regain up to D3 lost wounds, that model regains up to 3 lost wounds instead.
TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army that just destroyed an enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit immediately Regenerates (See Feed the Swarm). When doing so, if your unit is a Harvester unit and you choose for one model to regain up to D3 lost wounds, that model regains up to 3 lost wounds instead.
RECLAIM BIOMASS
1 CPAssimilation Swarm – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Any phase
WHEN: Any phase, when a TYRANIDS unit from your army is destroyed, before the last model in it is removed from play.
TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army that is within 6" of that destroyed unit.
EFFECT: Regenerate one friendly TYRANIDS unit within 6" of your HARVESTER unit (See Feed the Swarm).
TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army that is within 6" of that destroyed unit.
EFFECT: Regenerate one friendly TYRANIDS unit within 6" of your HARVESTER unit (See Feed the Swarm).
SECURE BIOMASS
1 CPAssimilation Swarm – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Fight phase
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. If your unit is a Harvester unit, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit as well.
TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability. If your unit is a Harvester unit, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit as well.
TYRANNOFORMED
1 CPAssimilation Swarm – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Command phase
WHEN: Command phase.
TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army that is within range of an objective marker you control.
EFFECT: That objective marker remains under your control, even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn.
TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army that is within range of an objective marker you control.
EFFECT: That objective marker remains under your control, even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn.
Enhancements
Biophagic Flow (Aura)
10 ptsTYRANIDS model only. While a friendly Harvester model is within 12" of the bearer, when using the Feed the Swarm ability, that HARVESTER model can Regenerate one friendly TYRANIDS unit that is within 9" of it, instead of one within 6".
Instinctive Defence
15 ptsTYRANIDS model only. While the bearer is within 6" of one or more friendly Harvester units, you can target the bearer’s unit with the Heroic Intervention Stratagem for 0CP. In addition, while the bearer is within 6" of one or more friendly HARVESTER units, models in the bearer’s unit have the Fights First ability.
Regenerating Monstrosity
20 ptsTYRANIDS model only (excluding Monsters models). The bearer’s unit can be regenerated up to twice per phase, instead of once.
Parasitic Biomorphology
25 ptsTYRANIDS model only. Add 1 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit. The first time the bearer’s unit destroys an enemy unit in the Fight phase while the bearer is within 6" of one or more friendly Harvester units, until the end of the battle, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit.