Gargoyles

Gargoyles
Type	Infantry
Faction	Tyranids
Produced by	Brood Nest
Research	Gargoyles
Tier	1
Prod. time	3
Cost	15 15
Upkeep	1.5
Attributes
Group size	8
Armour	2
Hitpoints	16
Morale	4
Movement	3

Gargoyles are a Tyranid jump infantry unit.

Description

A Tyranid attack is preceded by the beating of thousands of membranous wings as Gargoyle broods descend upon the foe, blotting out the sun and spitting death from their fleshborers. Their winged manoeuvrability gives Gargoyles a distinct hunting advantage. Wherever Tyranids attack a planet, the defenders look fearfully to the skies, for they know that every sky-borne shadow could be a flock of Gargoyles about to attack.

Weapons

8x Blinding Venom Blinding: Reduces the accuracy of the target infantry or monstrous creature unit. Melee: Cannot overwatch. Poisoned: Increases the damage against infantry units. Upgrade: Bioweapon Symbiosis Increases the armour penetration of melee weapons.

8x Fleshborer Assault: Classification. Upgrade: Gigaborer Hives Increases the armour penetration of short-ranged weapons.

Actions

8x Jump Pack Flies across obstacles to the target tile. Free action Consumes movement Cooldown: 3 Effect: +1.0 movement, +1.0 movement max

8x Override Instinctive Behaviour Focuses the Hive mind's attention to temporarily override instinctive behaviour. Free action Cooldown: 3 Cost: Scaling amount

8x Subterranean Assault Tunnels from a Trygon's Broodhive to another Broodhive. Consumes action points Consumes movement

Traits

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

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

Researchable

Extra Infantry Armour: Increases the armour. Requires: Extra Infantry Armour

Fleet: Increases the movement.

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

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

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

Strategy

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Tyranids

Units & Heroes Heroes Tyranid Prime • Tervigon • Hive Tyrant Infantry Termagants • Hormagaunts • Gargoyles • Tyranid Warriors • Malanthrope Venomthropes • Raveners • Biovores • Spore Mines • Zoanthropes • Lictors Monstrous Creatures Tyrannocyte • Carnifex • Haruspex • Exocrine • Trygon • Tyrannofex • Scythed Hierodule Flyers Hive Crone Stationary Norn Cyst • Broodhive
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