Tyranids + Shadowsword + Encephalic Diffusion = ???

[aruair]

Guys, I saw an older post about using a Shadowsword with Tyranids. I’ve wanted to try that out. But something I noticed is that with Encephalic Diffusion you can protect all “friendly” models within range. So, now you have your Shadowsword with all ranges weapons getting -1 strength to shoot it!

Alternatively, throw in some GSC bikes and make them tougher to deal with.

Or tank commanders.

Lots of weird and interesting options here, tbh. What do you think?

Here’s a Maleceptor article talking about Encephalic Diffusion for reference:
www.hostilegalaxy.com/2020/01/08/tyranid-tactics-maleceptor-and-encephalic-diffusion-mathhammer/

[naviedzony]

I toyed with Maleceptor about 5 times recently and to be honest the only reason for him to exist is Encephalic Diffusion. But this stratagem is already crazy expesive requiring a 160 pts model and 2 CP in the already CP-hungry army.

From my experience it's not worth it. Maybe in a game against mass bolter shooting it could be good. The best effect it has on weapons str. 4, as most of our monster are T:7 and infantry is T:3 and T:4.