Carnifex

Carnifex
Type	Monstrous Creature
Faction	Tyranids
Produced by	Brood Haunt
Tier	3
Prod. time	4
Cost	24 40
Upkeep	4
Attributes
Armour	8
Hitpoints	30
Morale	6
Movement	3

Carnifex is a Tyranid monstrous creature unit with devastating close combat capabilities.

Description

Carnifexes are living engines of destruction, towering monsters of unyielding armoured chitin and knotted alien musculature. They are one of the toughest and deadliest of all a hive fleet's warrior creatures, created to spearhead assaults in massed battles. Though the Hive Mind has since created larger warrior-organisms, few are the Carnifex's equal in terms of size to strength, nor in terms of sheer destructive potential.

Weapons

Scything Talons Melee: Cannot overwatch. Upgrade: Bioweapon Symbiosis Increases the armour penetration of melee weapons.

Spine Banks Assault: Classification. Biomorph: Classification. Blast: Hits multiple group members of the target unit. Upgrade: Biomorph Adaptation Increases the armour penetration of biomorphs.

Stranglethorn Cannon Assault: Classification. Large Blast: Hits multiple group members of the target unit. Pinning: Temporarily reduces the movement of the target fearful infantry unit and prevents it from doing overwatch attacks. Upgrade: Ocular Proliferation Increases the armour penetration of long-ranged weapons.

Researchable

Bio-Plasma Assault: Classification. Blast: Hits multiple group members of the target unit. Upgrade: Gigaborer Hives Increases the armour penetration of short-ranged weapons.

Bone Mace Biomorph: Classification. Melee: Cannot overwatch. Upgrade: Biomorph Adaptation Increases the armour penetration of biomorphs.

Actions

Aura of Fear Reduces the morale of adjacent enemy units each turn. Radius: 1 Passive action Fear: Reduces the morale each turn.

Living Battering Ram Increases the damage. Free action Cooldown: 3

Override Instinctive Behaviour Focuses the Hive mind's attention to temporarily override instinctive behaviour. Free action Cooldown: 3 Cost: Scaling amount

Subterranean Assault Tunnels from a Trygon's Broodhive to another Broodhive. Consumes action points Consumes movement

Traits

Fearless: Reduces the morale loss and grants immunity to fear and pinning.

Instinctive Behaviour: The unit loses morale each turn while not in range of a synapse creature.

Monstrous Creature: Classification.

Move Through Cover: Negates the movement penalty in forests and imperial ruins.

Relentless: Negates the penalty for heavy and ordnance weapons.

Smash: Increases the melee armour penetration.

Researchable

Acid Blood: Enemies take damage when they cause melee damage. Requires: Acid Blood

Fleet: Increases the movement. Requires: Adrenal Glands

Furious Charge: Increases the melee damage. Requires: Adrenal Glands

Extra Monstrous Creature Armour: Increases the armour. Requires: Extra Monstrous Creature Armour

Regeneration: Restores hitpoints each turn. Requires: Regeneration

Toxin Sacs: Increases the damage of melee weapons against infantry units. Requires: Toxin Sacs

Megaunt Instincts: Reduces the biomass upkeep. Requires: Megaunt Instincts

Strategy

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Tyranids

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