This is a bit of a muddled unit entry and competitively is not going to see much play. A CARNIFEX that has slightly better shooting rules and and slightly better melee rules at a slightly higher cost. Competitive Tyranid lists are looking to squeeze as much out of every unit as they can and the benefits here are not enough for the modest point tax. Hive Guard Norn-Queen • Hive Tyrant • Neurotyrant ( Neuroloid) • Broodlord • Neurothrope • Tervigon • Tyranid Prime • Trygon Prime • Malanthrope

Adaptive traits can be exchanged for another trait from three trait tables: Feed, Hunt, or Lurk. Each Hive Fleet has two tables specified in their Hyper-adaptation rule, while custom fleets may select one trait from two different tables of their choice. The full list of available Adaptive traits will be discussed after the main Hive Fleets. Behemoth This control can be disrupted, however, with the death of the Hive Mind's synapse creatures through which it transmits and augments its psychic commands, such as when a Hive Tyrant's death leaves the lesser Tyranid bioforms to act completely on basic animal instinct.

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This list looks to leverage the most of the durability buffs available to Tyranids with both the Zoanthrope Warp Shielding Imperative and Leviathan’s Synaptic Control trait to make big squads of Tyranid Warriors about as close to unkillable as the game allows while also buffing them for high damage at both shooting and combat. Two Harpies provide fast shooting to complement the ranged output of the main squads and the Reaper Flyrant makes its omnipresent return. This model is point-cheap for what it can accomplish in the right circumstances. Players may get hung up on the Terror from the Deep ability that ( similar to other Orbital Bombardment -like rules ) places a marker and promises pain for any enemy units that are within range at the start of your next Movement phase. This ability can be good to deter your opponent from a location, but a lot of players are going to just accept this as the cost of play and move on. This is neat, but unless you start the ball rolling on the first turn doing this ties your monster up off-table for another turn and against enemy units smaller than five models it’s going to fail a third of the time anyway. If you really want to force mortals onto an enemy unit, get this into combat where its Distensible Jaws ability can put in some work.

This, right here, is THE Synaptic Imperative . All others pale in comparison to the capability to reduce incoming damage for a round by up to 33-50%*. Typically utilized in the first turn unless you or your opponent are playing really cagey, apply this imperative when you’re going to be taking the heaviest fire. Competitively, it’s almost assumed that you’re going to be fielding a unit of Zoanthropes for this every time. The actual unit its tied to is great on its own, but if it was just 150pts for this alone it might still be worth it. It’s that good. Use it. A+ Even after a number of necessary targeted nerfs here, the Maleceptor still stands as one of the best models the Tyranid codex has to offer. Capable of manifesting two psychic powers and denying one, it also has the Encephalic Diffusion Psychic Action which reduces incoming range damage by 1 to all units within 6″ Aura. This can be helpful on the approach, especially if you pull first turn and combined with the multitude of other defensive buffs the Tyranid army has makes denting your beasts a real headache. Its Synaptic Imperative Psychic Oversight allows units to make a Psychic Action and still manifest powers ( though the Action does count toward the unit limit ); this is only going to be benefit Maleceptors unless you opt for a Warpcraft secondary. Predator Instincts – The model can perform a Heroic Intervention within 6″ horizontally and 5″ vertically. Applied to speedier MONSTER models this can be very useful, especially for staking out an objective since you can guarantee they will make it to combat with any enemy units that try to toe-in. B 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)

Note that the models that can use these abilities are based on a KEYWORD , which means both the Swarmlord and Winged Hive Tyrant have access to Relentless Ferocity by virtue of having the HIVE TYRANT keyword. Psychic Power: Poisonous Influence (WC 7) – One unit in Synaptic Link range causes 6s to wound in melee to inflict an additional mortal wound (up to 6). If you’re going the horde route ( which for Gorgon is not a bad choice), this is a great power to drag down larger targets in a sea of shrieking bugs. Loses its best targets as your army starts getting whittled down, but definitely a nice option to have. B+ battlefield situations. They can then, if the need arises, direct those Tyranid creatures near them, like an officer marshaling their forces, to exploit any tactical weakness that may appear in the enemy’s defences. [4] Your army dies more gloriously? If planned absolutely perfectly, the targeted application of some mortal wounds to enemy models might be a clutch strategic play, but that’s assuming your monsters ( which is what have Death Throes ) are dying and that’s somehow “all according to plan.” Still fails on a un-re-rollable 1-2, so don’t bet your match on it. D- Goaded to Slaughter (TYRANID WARRIOR)

Dermic Symbiosis – The model has a 4+ invulnerable. Very simple but it cannot be overstated how good this is on larger MONSTER models that don’t have an invulnerable save to start with. A 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.If all models in a detachment ( excluding HIVE TENDRIL LIVING ARTILLERY and UNALIGNED ) share the same HIVE FLEET keyword, the units in the detachment gain the Hive Fleet adaptation associated with that Hive Fleet ( custom Hive Fleets being an obvious exception). Hyper-Adaptations