Hive Tyrant

Hive Tyrant
Type	Hero
Faction	Tyranids
Produced by	Alpha Ovipository
Research	Hive Tyrant
Tier	3
Prod. time	5
Cost	40.5 90 135
Upkeep	6 9
Attributes
Armour	8
Hitpoints	30
Morale	12
Movement	6
Item Slots	6

Hive Tyrant is a Tyranid flying synapse hero unit with terrifying psychic powers.

Description

Hive Tyrants are the commanders of the Tyranid swarms and enact the Hive Mind's will on the field of battle. Though individuals display a wide variety of physical characteristics, all Hive Tyrants are fearsome hulking monsters that tower over even a Dreadnought. They are brutally strong, able to shatter ferrocrete with sickening ease. Every part of such a beast's body is perfectly created to kill, even the layers of chitinous plating that protect them. A Hive Tyrant is a formidable opponent at any distance, as deadly with ranged weapons as it is with bonesword or claw.

Weapons

Heavy Venom Cannon Assault: Classification. Blast: Hits multiple group members of the target unit. Upgrade: Ocular Proliferation Increases the armour penetration of long-ranged weapons.

Prehensile Pincer Biomorph: Classification. Melee: Cannot overwatch. Upgrade: Biomorph Adaptation Increases the armour penetration of biomorphs.

Rending Claws Melee: Cannot overwatch. Rending: Increases the damage and armour penetration. Upgrade: Bioweapon Symbiosis Increases the armour penetration of melee weapons.

Researchable

Desiccator Larvae Ignores Cover: Ignores the ranged damage reduction of the target unit. No Escape: Increases the attacks against open-topped units. Biomorph: Classification. Fleshbane: Increases the damage against infantry units. Template: Hits with increased accuracy against multiple group members of the target unit. Upgrade: Biomorph Adaptation Increases the armour penetration of biomorphs.

Actions

Synapse Creature Grants this and adjacent units immunity to morale, fear and instinctive behaviour effects. Range: 1 Radius: self Passive action Effect: Synapse Link: The unit cannot be shaken or broken, is immune to fear and is not subject to instinctive behaviour.

Shadow In The Warp Reduces the morale of adjacent enemy psyker units each turn. Range: self Radius: 1 Passive action Effect: Shadow In The Warp: -2 morale

Indescribable Horror The Hive Tyrant reduces the morale of adjacent enemy units each turn. Radius: 1 Passive action

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

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

Psychic Scream Consumes action points Consumes movement Cooldown: 2 Radius: 1

Onslaught Increases the movement of the Hive Tyrant and adjacent allied units. Free action Cooldown: 3 Radius: 1

Dominion Increases the Synapse Link radius and the loyalty output of all cities. Passive action Synapse Link: The unit cannot be shaken or broken, is immune to fear and is not subject to instinctive behaviour.

Hive Commander The Hive Tyrant increases the damage and damage reduction of allied Tyranid units in the area. Free action Cooldown: 10 Radius: 3

Researchable

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

Traits

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.

Hero: Increases the damage reduction of infantry units.

Monstrous Creature: Classification.

Psyker: Classification.

Relentless: Negates the penalty for heavy and ordnance weapons.

Smash: Increases the melee armour penetration.

Psyker: Classification.

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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