Post by Doc Ruby on Jan 11, 2014 7:17:31 GMT
With all the changes that the codex brings its easy to complain and moan about the loss of XYZ. However, without taking in all the changes you can't really get a feel for how this effects us nids as a whole. With all the rumor threads and talk of changes I found it difficult to keep track of what all actually changed. Thus, this list became a reality. What follows are my 'patch-notes' for the new Tyranid release, compiled based on my read through of the new codex while I referenced the old codex. This post contains only a list of changes and is not intended to be a codex replacement. As such, point values and rules that carry over from the old codex have not been listed. If you see an error or correction that needs to be made in the following list, feel free to reply with the appropriate update. Otherwise lets try and keep posts to a minimum to avoid any unnecessary negativity.
**As per the forum mods request, please keep discussions of these changes in one of the many other threads. If you like this list of changes you can let me know by pressing the thumbs up icon ->
Legend:
- Removed Mechanic/unit/rule
+ Addition of Mechanic/unit/rule
* Mechanic or unit/rule change
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***** Tyranid Army Rules: *****
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Instinctive Behaviour
* New Behavior type: Hunt
* Now rolls a d6 on one of 3 tables for effects when units start their turn outside synapse. There are 3 tables each containing 3 effects depending on the unit: Lurk, Hunt, and Feed.
Shadow in the Warp:
* This rule used to make enemy psykers within 12" roll 3d6 for psychic tests. It now lowers the leadership of enemy psykers within 12" by 3
Bio-artefacts
* A small array of Melee and Ranged artefacts have been added to the tyranid wargear list. These artefacts can be purchased by select Tyranid units detailed below.
* The Maw-Claws of Thyrax: Rending claws that award preferred enemy once you first slay an enemy with them.
* The Norn Crown: Increases synapse by 6"
* The Miasma Cannon: A str-1 poison 2+ cannon that can shoot a 36" blast or template
* The Ymgarl Factor: The old Ymgarl genestealers morph ability, allowing for a temporary +1 attak, str, or armor.
* The Reaper of Obliterax: A improved Bonesword/Lash-whip combo with +1 STR and the Shred USR
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****** Melee Biomorphs: ******
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General CC changes:
* Tyranids now follow the normal 40k rules for having multiple melee weapons (extra attack). However, Tyranids consider all melee weapons as "pairs", and therefore must have two "pairs" of weapons to get this benefit.
* The ability for Tyranids to retain 'all weapon benefits' has been removed. For example. equipping a Tyranid warrior with Rending Claws and Boneswords now has the side effect of making the warrior choose which weapon to use per the BRB pg. 51
Note: The Bonesword/Lashwhip combo is considered a single weapon pair so you can still use the Bonesword and the Lashwhip together.
Scything Talons:
* Ability to Reroll 1's (and all attacks for 2) has been removed
* Weapon is now AP6
Boneswords:
* No longer Ignores Armor and are instead considered AP3
* Instant Death based on to-wound rolls of 6 now instead of Leadership roll of 2d6/3d6 (for 2)
Crushing Claws:
* No longer provides d3 extra attacks
+1 STR
* AP2
* Armourbane
* Initiative penalty replaced with the Unwieldy USR (Strikes at i1)
Lash Whips:
* Instead of debuffing enemies in base contact Lash Whips now award +3 initiative to the wielder
Rending Claws:
* Have received AP5 in addition to the rending USR
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****** Biomorphs: ******
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Acid Blood:
* Wounds are now Str 5 AP2 instead of automatic and without save.
Acid Maw:
Note: Technicaly this is a pyrovore special rule but appears as a general biomorph upgrade.
* This ability used to allow the pyrovore to ignore armor on all of its attacks. Now, the pyrovore may exchange its normal attacks for a single Str5 AP2 attack.
Adrenal Glands:
Gained Fleet in addition to furious charge
Blinding Venom:
Note: Technically this is a gargoyle special rule but appears as a general biomorph upgrade.
* Gargoyles used to auto-wound on to-hit of 6. Now they can opt to trade their normal attacks for a single
str3 attack with blind USR and poison (6+) USR.
Flesh Hooks:
Note: These used to be Lictor ranged weapons only but now appear as a general biomorph upgrade.
* Operates as assault grenades but can also be fired in the shooting phase 6" str: user, assault 2.
* The rending USR from this ranged attack has been removed.
Regeneration:
* Instead of rolling a d6 for every lost wound and regaining it on a 6, you now roll a single dice and
regain a single wound on 4+
Spine Banks:
Note: Technically this is a renamed Carnifex special rule upgrade, but now appears as a general biomorph
upgrade
* New Addition
* Operates as assault grenades but can also be fired in the shooting phase 8" str: 3, assault 1, Blast
Toxic Miasma:
* Toxic Miasma used to force enemies in Base-to-base to take a toughness test at the end of each player
turn or suffer a wound. The wound ignored cover but could otherwise be saved. It is now a one-use ability
used at the initiative 1 step in combat. Enemies in base-to-base suffer a Str 3 AP- hit with the Poison and
Ignores Cover USR.
Tail Biomorphs:
* New Additions that allow units to make an additional melee attack with the following profiles:
* Bone Mace (Str-8 AP- Unwieldy)
* Prehensile Pincer (Str6 AP5)
* Thresher Scythe (Str4 AP4 Rending)
* ToxinSpike (Str1 AP6 Poisoned 2+)
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******* HQ *******
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Deathleaper:
* Now considered an HQ unit instead of Elite
* Has gained the Deepstrike USR
* Has gained the Fear USR
* Has gained the Very Bulky USR
*Where is it? Has been changed so that enemy models can only fire snap shots against the deathleaper
* What was that? has been removed
* Where is it? has been removed
* Where'd it go? has been removed
* Killing strike has been removed
*Just for clarification, Its After Me (The enemy character LD reduction) still remains.
Hive Tyrant:
+1 Balastic Skill
* Hive Tyrants are now Mastery level 2 (used to be 1)
* Hive Tyrants now start with 2 pairs of Scything Talons rather than 1 pair of Scything Talons and a Bonesword/Lash Whip
* Indescribable Horror now makes units roll an extra dice when taking fear tests against the Hive Tyrant instead of its previous effect.
* Old Adversary now only applies to the Hive Tyrant and only in Close Combat
* May now take a Prehensile Pincer for 10 pts (Tail Biomorph)
* May now purchase Bio-artefacts
* Armoured Shell removed from purchase list
Old One Eye:
* Now considered an HQ unit instead of Heavy Support
* Now equipped with the Thresher Scythe (Tail Biomorph)
* Old One eye has lost Rapid Regeneration
* Now has the normal regeneration rule
*Berserk Rampage now excludes attacks made from the Thresher Scythe
The Swarmlord:
+1 Balastic Skill
* The Swarmlord is now Psyker mastery 3
* The Swarmlords 18" single unit buff is now a choice between Furious Charge, Monster Hunter, or Preferred Enemy
* The Swarmlords bone sabers are now AP2 with the instant death USR. The 4+ Invulnerable save in CC remains. They've lost their ability to force a reroll of invuln saves.
Tervigon:
+1 Initiative
*Spawn Termagants: Gants are now spawned at the end of the movement phase, and are not allowed to charge on the turn they are spawned. They can still run/shoot. Spawned termagants are identical in every way to a Termagant unit chosen from the Troops section of the army list. The spawned unit is armed with fleshborers.
*Brood Progenitor no longer shares the tervigons biomorphs to the spawned gants. It now only awards counter-attack.
* Synaptic Backlash: This new rule is the old second portion of Brood Progenitor that contains the rule where termagant units within 12" are hit with Str3 attacks when a Tervigon dies.
* May now purchase Thorax Biomorphs
* Has lost the ability to purchase additional psychic powers
Tyrant Guard:
-1 attack
* Shieldwall has been updated to read that when the Tyrant Guard unit is joined with a hive tyrant the hive tyrant automatically passes look out sir rolls.
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* May now purchase Crushing Claws, Toxin, and Adrenal Glands
The Parasite of Mortrex
Removed from the game
Tyranid Prime
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* May now purchase Bio-artefacts
* May now purchase Flesh Hooks
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******* TROOPS ********
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Broodlord
* This unit has gained the 'Bulky' USR
Hormagant
* Bounding leap now adds +3" to your run role instead of allowing you to roll 3d6 and choose the highest
Mycetic Spore
* Removed from the game
Termagant
* The base requirement to take a Tervigon as a troop has increased from 10 termagants to 30 termagants.
Tyranid Warrior
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* May now purchase Flesh Hooks
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********* ELITE *********
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Doom of Malan'tai
* Removed from the game
Haruspex
* New Addition (Melee Monsterous Creature)
Hive Guard
-1 BS
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* This unit may now purchase the new Shockcannon
* This unit may now purchase Adrenal Glands and Toxin Sacs
Note: See the Impaler Cannon entry below for additional changes.
Lictor
* Lictors have gained the Fear USR
* Pheromone Trail no longer modifies reserve roles but still allows for other units to enter within 6" without scattering. The Lictor must have been on the board at the start of the turn for this to work.
* Chameleonic Skin now simply states that Lictors do not scatter when arriving from deep strike. They still have all their old USR's
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
Pyrovore
+1 wound
+1 attack
+1 initiative
* See the Acid Maw Entry in Biomorphs above. (All melee attacks are no longer ignore armor)
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
Venomthrope
-1 BS
* Spore cloud has been changed from its old effect to an effect that awards friendly models within 6" the shrouded USR. Note that it does say "Models" and not "units". Important to know that Shrouded works on the whole unit if at least 1 model has it.
* Venomthropes themselves now also have the shrouded USR
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
Ymgarl Genestealer
Removed from the game
Zoanthrope
* Psychic Brood: Zoanthropes are now a mastery 2 brotherhood of Psykers which means they share warp charges and psychic powers are essentially casted 'from the unit'. The plus side to this is when the 'unit' casts Warp Blast the number of attacks is equal to the amount of zoanthropes in the unit. Note that Warp Blast now expends 2 warp charges.
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
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***** FAST ATTACK *****
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Gargoyle
* See Blinding Venom in Biomorphs above
* Gargoyles use the new 'Hunt' table when rolling for their instinctive behaviour penalty.
Harpy
+1 wound
+1 attack
*Sonic Screech: Instead of granting assault grenades and halving enemies initiative this now lowers the enemies initiative by 5.
* No longer comes equipped with stinger salvo (It may now be purchased for additional points)
Hive Crone
New Addition (Flying Monsterous Creature)
Ravener
-1 attack
* This unit no longer has the Acute Senses USR
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
The Red Terror
* New Addition (Beast)
* Note: The red terror is purchased as a brood addition to a Ravener brood (Similar to the broodlord)
Tyranid Shrike
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* This unit may now purchase Flesh Hooks
Spore Mine
* Spore mines are now controlled by the player at 1/2 movement, run, and charge distance. Detonates automatically during Initiative 10 step.
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**** HEAVY SUPPORT ****
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Biovore
+1 initiative
+1 attack
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* Biovores use the new 'Hunt' table when rolling for their instinctive behaviour penalty.
Carnifex
+1 initiative
-1 attack
* Living battering ram no longer increases the Carnifex Initiative, Instead it allows for D3 hammer of wrath attacks.
* May now purchase the Thresher Scythe or Bone Mace. (Tail biomorphs)
Exocrine
* New Addition (Ranged Monstrous Creature)
Mawloc
* Effects of the mawlocs ability to deep strike onto models has been modified slightly. Instead of moving units they now attack them twice. Afterwards, if the mawloc cannot be placed it mishaps.
* Burrow has been updated to disallow its use on turn 1
* May now purchase the Prehensile Pincer and Toxinspike (Tail biomorphs)
Trygon
-1 attack
* May now purchase the Prehensile Pincer and Toxinspike (Tail biomorphs)
* Trygon Prime may now purchase Bio-artefacts
Tyrannofex
+1 initiative
* No longer comes equipped with a thorax weapon but may now purchase them for additional points
* May No longer purchase Cluster Spines upgrade
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******* WEAPONS *******
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Bio-Plasmic Cannon
* New addition (24" Str7 AP2 Large Blast, or Assault 6)
Drool Cannon
* New Addition (Template Str6 AP4)
Flesh Hooks
* Loss of Rending USR
Fleshborer Hive
* Additional 6" range for 18" total
Grasping Tongue
* New Addition (12" Str6 AP2 Assault 1, Gulp: Hit rolls of 6 are precision)
Heavy Venom Cannon
* No longer suffers a penalty on the vehicle damage table.
Venom Cannon
* No longer suffers a penalty on the vehicle damage table.
Impaler Cannon
* Special rules replaced with Homing and Ignores Cover USR's (Same effect)
Ripper Tentacles
* Removed from the game (Mycetic Spore)
Shock Cannon
* New Addition (18" Str5 AP5 assault 1, blast, haywire)
Strangleweb
* No longer wounds against the enemies strength. Is now a Str-2 template with the pinning USR
Spore Mine Cysts
* See Spore Mine Unit above
Tentaclids
* New Addition (36" Str5 AP5 Assault 1, haywire, one use, seeking: Attacks against flyers re-roll to-hit)
Dessicator larvae
* Previous special rule replaced with the Fleshbane USR
Electroshock grubs
* Gained the Haywire USR
Shreddershard beetles
* Gained the Shred USR
**As per the forum mods request, please keep discussions of these changes in one of the many other threads. If you like this list of changes you can let me know by pressing the thumbs up icon ->
Legend:
- Removed Mechanic/unit/rule
+ Addition of Mechanic/unit/rule
* Mechanic or unit/rule change
**************************
***** Tyranid Army Rules: *****
**************************
Instinctive Behaviour
* New Behavior type: Hunt
* Now rolls a d6 on one of 3 tables for effects when units start their turn outside synapse. There are 3 tables each containing 3 effects depending on the unit: Lurk, Hunt, and Feed.
Shadow in the Warp:
* This rule used to make enemy psykers within 12" roll 3d6 for psychic tests. It now lowers the leadership of enemy psykers within 12" by 3
Bio-artefacts
* A small array of Melee and Ranged artefacts have been added to the tyranid wargear list. These artefacts can be purchased by select Tyranid units detailed below.
* The Maw-Claws of Thyrax: Rending claws that award preferred enemy once you first slay an enemy with them.
* The Norn Crown: Increases synapse by 6"
* The Miasma Cannon: A str-1 poison 2+ cannon that can shoot a 36" blast or template
* The Ymgarl Factor: The old Ymgarl genestealers morph ability, allowing for a temporary +1 attak, str, or armor.
* The Reaper of Obliterax: A improved Bonesword/Lash-whip combo with +1 STR and the Shred USR
**************************
****** Melee Biomorphs: ******
**************************
General CC changes:
* Tyranids now follow the normal 40k rules for having multiple melee weapons (extra attack). However, Tyranids consider all melee weapons as "pairs", and therefore must have two "pairs" of weapons to get this benefit.
* The ability for Tyranids to retain 'all weapon benefits' has been removed. For example. equipping a Tyranid warrior with Rending Claws and Boneswords now has the side effect of making the warrior choose which weapon to use per the BRB pg. 51
Note: The Bonesword/Lashwhip combo is considered a single weapon pair so you can still use the Bonesword and the Lashwhip together.
Scything Talons:
* Ability to Reroll 1's (and all attacks for 2) has been removed
* Weapon is now AP6
Boneswords:
* No longer Ignores Armor and are instead considered AP3
* Instant Death based on to-wound rolls of 6 now instead of Leadership roll of 2d6/3d6 (for 2)
Crushing Claws:
* No longer provides d3 extra attacks
+1 STR
* AP2
* Armourbane
* Initiative penalty replaced with the Unwieldy USR (Strikes at i1)
Lash Whips:
* Instead of debuffing enemies in base contact Lash Whips now award +3 initiative to the wielder
Rending Claws:
* Have received AP5 in addition to the rending USR
**********************
****** Biomorphs: ******
**********************
Acid Blood:
* Wounds are now Str 5 AP2 instead of automatic and without save.
Acid Maw:
Note: Technicaly this is a pyrovore special rule but appears as a general biomorph upgrade.
* This ability used to allow the pyrovore to ignore armor on all of its attacks. Now, the pyrovore may exchange its normal attacks for a single Str5 AP2 attack.
Adrenal Glands:
Gained Fleet in addition to furious charge
Blinding Venom:
Note: Technically this is a gargoyle special rule but appears as a general biomorph upgrade.
* Gargoyles used to auto-wound on to-hit of 6. Now they can opt to trade their normal attacks for a single
str3 attack with blind USR and poison (6+) USR.
Flesh Hooks:
Note: These used to be Lictor ranged weapons only but now appear as a general biomorph upgrade.
* Operates as assault grenades but can also be fired in the shooting phase 6" str: user, assault 2.
* The rending USR from this ranged attack has been removed.
Regeneration:
* Instead of rolling a d6 for every lost wound and regaining it on a 6, you now roll a single dice and
regain a single wound on 4+
Spine Banks:
Note: Technically this is a renamed Carnifex special rule upgrade, but now appears as a general biomorph
upgrade
* New Addition
* Operates as assault grenades but can also be fired in the shooting phase 8" str: 3, assault 1, Blast
Toxic Miasma:
* Toxic Miasma used to force enemies in Base-to-base to take a toughness test at the end of each player
turn or suffer a wound. The wound ignored cover but could otherwise be saved. It is now a one-use ability
used at the initiative 1 step in combat. Enemies in base-to-base suffer a Str 3 AP- hit with the Poison and
Ignores Cover USR.
Tail Biomorphs:
* New Additions that allow units to make an additional melee attack with the following profiles:
* Bone Mace (Str-8 AP- Unwieldy)
* Prehensile Pincer (Str6 AP5)
* Thresher Scythe (Str4 AP4 Rending)
* ToxinSpike (Str1 AP6 Poisoned 2+)
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******* HQ *******
******************
Deathleaper:
* Now considered an HQ unit instead of Elite
* Has gained the Deepstrike USR
* Has gained the Fear USR
* Has gained the Very Bulky USR
*Where is it? Has been changed so that enemy models can only fire snap shots against the deathleaper
* What was that? has been removed
* Where is it? has been removed
* Where'd it go? has been removed
* Killing strike has been removed
*Just for clarification, Its After Me (The enemy character LD reduction) still remains.
Hive Tyrant:
+1 Balastic Skill
* Hive Tyrants are now Mastery level 2 (used to be 1)
* Hive Tyrants now start with 2 pairs of Scything Talons rather than 1 pair of Scything Talons and a Bonesword/Lash Whip
* Indescribable Horror now makes units roll an extra dice when taking fear tests against the Hive Tyrant instead of its previous effect.
* Old Adversary now only applies to the Hive Tyrant and only in Close Combat
* May now take a Prehensile Pincer for 10 pts (Tail Biomorph)
* May now purchase Bio-artefacts
* Armoured Shell removed from purchase list
Old One Eye:
* Now considered an HQ unit instead of Heavy Support
* Now equipped with the Thresher Scythe (Tail Biomorph)
* Old One eye has lost Rapid Regeneration
* Now has the normal regeneration rule
*Berserk Rampage now excludes attacks made from the Thresher Scythe
The Swarmlord:
+1 Balastic Skill
* The Swarmlord is now Psyker mastery 3
* The Swarmlords 18" single unit buff is now a choice between Furious Charge, Monster Hunter, or Preferred Enemy
* The Swarmlords bone sabers are now AP2 with the instant death USR. The 4+ Invulnerable save in CC remains. They've lost their ability to force a reroll of invuln saves.
Tervigon:
+1 Initiative
*Spawn Termagants: Gants are now spawned at the end of the movement phase, and are not allowed to charge on the turn they are spawned. They can still run/shoot. Spawned termagants are identical in every way to a Termagant unit chosen from the Troops section of the army list. The spawned unit is armed with fleshborers.
*Brood Progenitor no longer shares the tervigons biomorphs to the spawned gants. It now only awards counter-attack.
* Synaptic Backlash: This new rule is the old second portion of Brood Progenitor that contains the rule where termagant units within 12" are hit with Str3 attacks when a Tervigon dies.
* May now purchase Thorax Biomorphs
* Has lost the ability to purchase additional psychic powers
Tyrant Guard:
-1 attack
* Shieldwall has been updated to read that when the Tyrant Guard unit is joined with a hive tyrant the hive tyrant automatically passes look out sir rolls.
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* May now purchase Crushing Claws, Toxin, and Adrenal Glands
The Parasite of Mortrex
Removed from the game
Tyranid Prime
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* May now purchase Bio-artefacts
* May now purchase Flesh Hooks
***********************
******* TROOPS ********
***********************
Broodlord
* This unit has gained the 'Bulky' USR
Hormagant
* Bounding leap now adds +3" to your run role instead of allowing you to roll 3d6 and choose the highest
Mycetic Spore
* Removed from the game
Termagant
* The base requirement to take a Tervigon as a troop has increased from 10 termagants to 30 termagants.
Tyranid Warrior
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* May now purchase Flesh Hooks
***********************
********* ELITE *********
***********************
Doom of Malan'tai
* Removed from the game
Haruspex
* New Addition (Melee Monsterous Creature)
Hive Guard
-1 BS
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* This unit may now purchase the new Shockcannon
* This unit may now purchase Adrenal Glands and Toxin Sacs
Note: See the Impaler Cannon entry below for additional changes.
Lictor
* Lictors have gained the Fear USR
* Pheromone Trail no longer modifies reserve roles but still allows for other units to enter within 6" without scattering. The Lictor must have been on the board at the start of the turn for this to work.
* Chameleonic Skin now simply states that Lictors do not scatter when arriving from deep strike. They still have all their old USR's
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
Pyrovore
+1 wound
+1 attack
+1 initiative
* See the Acid Maw Entry in Biomorphs above. (All melee attacks are no longer ignore armor)
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
Venomthrope
-1 BS
* Spore cloud has been changed from its old effect to an effect that awards friendly models within 6" the shrouded USR. Note that it does say "Models" and not "units". Important to know that Shrouded works on the whole unit if at least 1 model has it.
* Venomthropes themselves now also have the shrouded USR
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
Ymgarl Genestealer
Removed from the game
Zoanthrope
* Psychic Brood: Zoanthropes are now a mastery 2 brotherhood of Psykers which means they share warp charges and psychic powers are essentially casted 'from the unit'. The plus side to this is when the 'unit' casts Warp Blast the number of attacks is equal to the amount of zoanthropes in the unit. Note that Warp Blast now expends 2 warp charges.
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
***********************
***** FAST ATTACK *****
***********************
Gargoyle
* See Blinding Venom in Biomorphs above
* Gargoyles use the new 'Hunt' table when rolling for their instinctive behaviour penalty.
Harpy
+1 wound
+1 attack
*Sonic Screech: Instead of granting assault grenades and halving enemies initiative this now lowers the enemies initiative by 5.
* No longer comes equipped with stinger salvo (It may now be purchased for additional points)
Hive Crone
New Addition (Flying Monsterous Creature)
Ravener
-1 attack
* This unit no longer has the Acute Senses USR
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
The Red Terror
* New Addition (Beast)
* Note: The red terror is purchased as a brood addition to a Ravener brood (Similar to the broodlord)
Tyranid Shrike
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* This unit may now purchase Flesh Hooks
Spore Mine
* Spore mines are now controlled by the player at 1/2 movement, run, and charge distance. Detonates automatically during Initiative 10 step.
***********************
**** HEAVY SUPPORT ****
***********************
Biovore
+1 initiative
+1 attack
* This unit has gained the 'Very Bulky' USR
* Biovores use the new 'Hunt' table when rolling for their instinctive behaviour penalty.
Carnifex
+1 initiative
-1 attack
* Living battering ram no longer increases the Carnifex Initiative, Instead it allows for D3 hammer of wrath attacks.
* May now purchase the Thresher Scythe or Bone Mace. (Tail biomorphs)
Exocrine
* New Addition (Ranged Monstrous Creature)
Mawloc
* Effects of the mawlocs ability to deep strike onto models has been modified slightly. Instead of moving units they now attack them twice. Afterwards, if the mawloc cannot be placed it mishaps.
* Burrow has been updated to disallow its use on turn 1
* May now purchase the Prehensile Pincer and Toxinspike (Tail biomorphs)
Trygon
-1 attack
* May now purchase the Prehensile Pincer and Toxinspike (Tail biomorphs)
* Trygon Prime may now purchase Bio-artefacts
Tyrannofex
+1 initiative
* No longer comes equipped with a thorax weapon but may now purchase them for additional points
* May No longer purchase Cluster Spines upgrade
***********************
******* WEAPONS *******
***********************
Bio-Plasmic Cannon
* New addition (24" Str7 AP2 Large Blast, or Assault 6)
Drool Cannon
* New Addition (Template Str6 AP4)
Flesh Hooks
* Loss of Rending USR
Fleshborer Hive
* Additional 6" range for 18" total
Grasping Tongue
* New Addition (12" Str6 AP2 Assault 1, Gulp: Hit rolls of 6 are precision)
Heavy Venom Cannon
* No longer suffers a penalty on the vehicle damage table.
Venom Cannon
* No longer suffers a penalty on the vehicle damage table.
Impaler Cannon
* Special rules replaced with Homing and Ignores Cover USR's (Same effect)
Ripper Tentacles
* Removed from the game (Mycetic Spore)
Shock Cannon
* New Addition (18" Str5 AP5 assault 1, blast, haywire)
Strangleweb
* No longer wounds against the enemies strength. Is now a Str-2 template with the pinning USR
Spore Mine Cysts
* See Spore Mine Unit above
Tentaclids
* New Addition (36" Str5 AP5 Assault 1, haywire, one use, seeking: Attacks against flyers re-roll to-hit)
Dessicator larvae
* Previous special rule replaced with the Fleshbane USR
Electroshock grubs
* Gained the Haywire USR
Shreddershard beetles
* Gained the Shred USR
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