Scythed Hierodule

Scythed Hierodule
Type	Monstrous Creature
Faction	Tyranids
Produced by	Brood Haunt
Research	Scythed Hierodule
Tier	10
Prod. time	6
Cost	36 160
Upkeep	16
Attributes
Armour	8
Hitpoints	72
Morale	12
Movement	3

Scythed Hierodule is a Tyranid agile gargantuan creature unit that shreds entire armies. (Only with Assault Pack DLC)

Description

The Scythed Hierodule was first recorded during the invasion of Hamman's World, a small Imperial colony close to one of the tendrils of Hive Fleet Kraken. Hamman's World was attacked soon after Kraken's defeat on Ichar IV as the hive fleet began to splinter. Nothing like the Hierodule has ever been reported before. It is armed with four huge razor-sharp claws, each capable of slicing clean through a battle tank, and heavily protected by chitin plates, in places up to 30 cm thick. A Hierodule is far larger than a Carnifex and is a monstrous-killing machine, even by Tyranid standards.

Weapons

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

Bio-Acid Spray Hellstorm Template: Hits with increased accuracy against multiple group members of the target unit. No Escape: Increases the attacks against open-topped units. Ignores Cover: Ignores the ranged damage reduction of the target unit. 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.

Agile Increases the movement, but decreases the attacks. Requires action points Cooldown: 3

Stomp Free action Consumes movement Cooldown: 1 Large Blast: Hits multiple group members of the target unit. Melee: Cannot overwatch. Upgrade: Bioweapon Symbiosis: Increases the armour penetration of melee weapons.

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

Researchable

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

Traits

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

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

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

Feel No Pain: Increases the damage reduction.

Gargantuan: Classification.

Monstrous Creature: Classification.

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

Smash: Increases the melee armour penetration.

Strikedown: Temporarily reduces the movement of target infantry unit.

Researchable

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

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

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

Strategy

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