Hive Crone

Hive Crone
Type	Aircraft
Faction	Tyranids
Produced by	Capillary Tower
Tier	7
Prod. time	5
Cost	27 60
Upkeep	6
Attributes
Armour	8
Hitpoints	36
Morale	12
Movement	6

Hive Crone is a Tyranid flyer unit that excels against airborne targets.

Description

The Hive Crone is a flying monstrosity used by the Tyranids to establish air superiority over prey worlds. It is a creature perfectly adapted to aerial combat, able to wrestle enemy aircraft out of the skies as proficiently as any daredevil pilot at the controls of a sophisticated jet-fighter.

Weapons

Drool Cannon Assault: Classification. Ignores Cover: Ignores the ranged damage reduction of the target unit. No Escape: Increases the attacks against open-topped units. Template: Hits with increased accuracy against multiple group members of the target unit. Upgrade: Gigaborer Hives Increases the armour penetration of short-ranged weapons.

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

Tentaclids Assault: Classification. Haywire: Increases the damage and ignores armour against vehicles and fortifications. Seeking: Increases the ranged accuracy against flyers. Upgrade: Ocular Proliferation Increases the armour penetration of long-ranged weapons.

Researchable

Stinger Salvo Assault: Classification. Upgrade: Gigaborer Hives Increases the armour penetration of short-ranged weapons.

Actions

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

Jink Increases the ranged damage reduction but reduces the accuracy. Cannot be used if the unit has attacked this turn. 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

Tentaclids Assault: Classification. Haywire: Increases the damage and ignores armour against vehicles and fortifications. Seeking: Increases the ranged accuracy against flyers. Upgrade: Ocular Proliferation Increases the armour penetration of long-ranged weapons.

Researchable

Hammer of Wrath Increases the damage. Free action Cooldown: 3 Technology: Hammer of Wrath

Traits

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

Flyer: Can fly over cliffs, water and enemy units. Cannot capture artefacts or outposts. Ignores zone of control of enemy ground units. Cannot be hit by ground melee weapons and are hard to hit by ground weapons without skyfire. No penalty for heavy and ordnance weapons.

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

Monstrous Creature: Classification.

Raking Strike: Increases the Hive Crone's melee attacks. Additionally increases the melee attacks against flyers.

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

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

Fleet: Increases the movement. Requires: Adrenal Glands

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

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

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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