Venomthropes

Venomthropes
Type	Infantry
Faction	Tyranids
Produced by	Brood Nest
Research	Venomthropes
Tier	3
Prod. time	3
Cost	18 20
Upkeep	2
Attributes
Group size	3
Armour	4
Hitpoints	18
Morale	4
Movement	3

Venomthropes are a Tyranid infantry unit with poisonous attacks and a protective spore cloud. (Only with Specialist Pack DLC)

Description

The Venomthrope serves as a living chemical weapon dispenser for the swarms of the Tyranid hive fleets. Its whip-like tentacles drip with a multitude of alien poisons. Indeed, so potent are these toxins that it is believed that a Venomthrope's very touch means certain death.

Weapons

3x Lash Whips Melee: Cannot overwatch. Swiftstrike: Increases the attacks. Upgrade: Bioweapon Symbiosis Increases the armour penetration of melee weapons.

3x Toxic Miasma Biomorph: 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. Poisoned: Increases the damage against infantry units. Upgrade: Biomorph Adaptation Increases the armour penetration of biomorphs.

Actions

3x Toxic Miasma Biomorph: 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. Poisoned: Increases the damage against infantry units. Upgrade: Biomorph Adaptation Increases the armour penetration of biomorphs.

3x Spore Cloud Increases the ranged damage reduction of adjacent allied units. Radius: 1 Passive action

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

3x 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.

Poisoned: Increases the damage against infantry units.

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

Researchable

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

Gaunt Instincts: Reduces the biomass upkeep. Requires: Gaunt 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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