Tyranids codex pdf upgrade#

Some good choices in there, some feel better than others. The Warlord Trait allows your Warlord to heal D3 wounds in the Command Phase (doesn’t specify which one, but does say you can only do it once per turn). The general Hive trait gives you +1 to hit should you be fighting a unit with more models than yours (Monsters and Vehicle keyworded units count as 5 models for the purpose of this rule). Hydra: This fleet is for those who play in a meta where they are constantly outnumbered.Soul Hunger is a brilliant Warlord Trait, which causes any enemy psykers within 18″ to suffer Perils for rolling any doubles, not just a double 1 or 6. All your Ranged weapons gain an extra 4″, whilst the Hyper-Adaptation gives you an extra pip of AP if shooting within half range. Kronos: If you want to lean more into shooting and Psychic Powers, this could be the Hive Fleet for you.The strat allows you to in essence deep strike up to three of your units, with all the normal limitations. Whilst an enemy unit shooting a unit in your army that isn’t a Monster is classed as in Dense Cover from over 12″ away, which is nifty. Every Codex seems to have a build which gives Dense Cover to your army if the enemy shoots at you from over 18″ away, and this is the fleet in the Tyranid book that grants you this. Jormungandr: The sneakiest of Hive Fleets still.

Tyranids codex pdf upgrade#

It is an upgrade for a vast number of the models in the army, and allow any 6s to hit in combat to auto wound. At this point I have to mention, Toxin Sacs are amazing. The Hyper-Toxicity strat for 1CP allows a unit equipped with Toxin Sacs to auto-wound on a unmodified 5+ to hit. For example the Psychic Power, Poisonous Influence, allows one Gorgon unit on a warp charge of 7 to dish out mortal wounds on unmodified 6s to wound in combat (albeit to a max of 6).

Gorgon: A very tasty fleet in my opinion.

That’ll help your big beasties stick around for longer.

Leviathan: Ever a popular Hive Fleet,it has one of the strongest adaptations, basically giving you Transhuman on your Synapse critters, and a mini-Transhuman (rolls of 1-2 always fail) on your none-Synapse units.

The Hyper-Adaptation allows you to Move D3+3 on top of your normal movement instead of advancing, which is neat.

Kraken: The general trait is good, allowing your charging units to gain an extra dash of AP in combat.

I’m aware not everyone plays Behemoth, so here is some fun and tasty content from the other Hive Fleets: Plenty of options then, depending on your Hive Fleet. This unit has to have the Infantry keyword.

For 1CP (if your unit has the Endless Multitude keyword, such as Hormagaunts) or 2CP a model from a unit that is killed by the enemy in combat gets to fight before dying. In this case Monstrous Musculature adds 1 Damage to all of the models melee weapons.

Moving on, you also get a relic you could apply to a character.

Unstoppable Onslaught dishes out +1 to wound on a unit in comabt for a warp charge of 7.

Then you get an exclusive Psychic Power you can select.

Any unmodified 6s to wound in combat inflict a mortal wound in addition to normal damage. Again, using Behemoth as an example, I could swap the re-roll charges for one from either the Hunt Biomorphologies or Lurk Biomorphologies. Depending on your fleet, you’ll get to pick from two of the three tables.

Your Fleet then gets the option to swap your Adaptive trait before the first turn begins for one from one of three tables of Hyper-Adaptations.

You also get a Adaptive trait, which in this case allows you to re-roll charges (handy if, like me, you fail LOTS of charges).

For Behemoth you get +1 Strength when your unit charges, is charged, or Heroically Intervenes. Each Hive Fleet has changed since the previous Codex, so I’m going to break down what you get, using my Hive Fleet, Behemoth, as an example: So long as your entire army has the Tyranid keyword or Unaligned you’ll get all the bonuses for the Hive Fleet of your choice. The book points out quickly that models with the Living Artillery keyword (basically Spores) never gain Hive Fleet rules. Don’t forget, the Swarmlord also has the Hive Tyrant keyword, so you cannot include him and a generic Hive Tyrant in the same detachment. So we move onto the core rules of running a Tyranid army.įirst things first, for each Detachment you create you can only include one Hive Tyrant.