Detachment Rule
Leader-beasts
Tyranid Warriors are adapted to shepherd the hive fleet’s teeming swarms to war. Benefiting from heightened senses, hardened forms and great strength, they serve as ferocious beacons for and enforcers of the Hive Mind’s indomitable will.
Tyranid Warriors (see below), Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip and Winged Tyranid Prime units from your army have a 5+ invulnerable save.
KEYWORDS
Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-weapons and Tyranid Warriors with Melee Bio-weapons units from your army gain the TYRANID WARRIORS and BATTLELINE keywords, and while such a unit is not Battle-shocked, TYRANID WARRIORS models in that unit have an Objective Control characteristic of 3.
KEYWORDS
Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-weapons and Tyranid Warriors with Melee Bio-weapons units from your army gain the TYRANID WARRIORS and BATTLELINE keywords, and while such a unit is not Battle-shocked, TYRANID WARRIORS models in that unit have an Objective Control characteristic of 3.
Stratagems
PARASITIC PAYLOAD
1 CPWarrior Bioform Onslaught – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-weapons unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability. After your unit has resolved its shooting attacks this phase, select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the turn, models in that unit cannot have the Benefit of Cover.
TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-weapons unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability. After your unit has resolved its shooting attacks this phase, select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the turn, models in that unit cannot have the Benefit of Cover.
RESTORATIVE IMPULSE
1 CPWarrior Bioform Onslaught – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Command phase
WHEN: Your Command phase.
TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors unit from your army that is below its Starting Strength.
EFFECT: Return 1 destroyed model (excluding CHARACTER models) to your unit.
TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors unit from your army that is below its Starting Strength.
EFFECT: Return 1 destroyed model (excluding CHARACTER models) to your unit.
SPONTANEOUS HYPERCORROSION
1 CPWarrior Bioform Onslaught – Wargear Stratagem · Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Strength characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit and add 1 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by Tyranid Warriors and Winged Tyranid Prime models in your unit.
TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Strength characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit and add 1 to the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by Tyranid Warriors and Winged Tyranid Prime models in your unit.
SYNAPTIC AMPLIFICATION
1 CPWarrior Bioform Onslaught – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: If that unit is a Tyranid Warriors unit, select up to one Endless Multitude unit from your army, that is not Battle-shocked, within 6" of it. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in those units makes an attack, re-roll a Wound roll of 1, and, if it is a TYRANID WARRIORS unit, re-roll a Hit roll of 1 as well.
TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: If that unit is a Tyranid Warriors unit, select up to one Endless Multitude unit from your army, that is not Battle-shocked, within 6" of it. Until the end of the phase, each time a model in those units makes an attack, re-roll a Wound roll of 1, and, if it is a TYRANID WARRIORS unit, re-roll a Hit roll of 1 as well.
SYNAPTIC MICRONODES
1 CPWarrior Bioform Onslaught – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Movement phase
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors unit from your army.
EFFECT: Select one objective marker you control that your unit is within range of. That objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.
TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors unit from your army.
EFFECT: Select one objective marker you control that your unit is within range of. That objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.
SYNAPTIC SHIELD
1 CPWarrior Bioform Onslaught – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: If that unit is a TYRANID WARRIORS unit, select up to one Endless Multitude unit from your army, that is not Battle-shocked, within 6" of it. Until the end of the phase, each time a ranged attack targets one of those units, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of that unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: If that unit is a TYRANID WARRIORS unit, select up to one Endless Multitude unit from your army, that is not Battle-shocked, within 6" of it. Until the end of the phase, each time a ranged attack targets one of those units, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of that unit, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.
Enhancements
Synaptic Tyrant
10 ptsNeurotyrant model only. During the Declare Battle Formations step, the bearer can be attached to a Tyranid Warriors unit.
Ocular Adaptation
20 ptsWinged Tyranid Prime or Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip model only. Each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
Sensory Assimilation
20 ptsWinged Tyranid Prime or Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip model only. Each time an attack targets the bearer’s unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
Elevated Might
30 ptsTYRANIDS model only. The bearer’s unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced.