This equals out to a wash but do take note when reading the codex that your Hive Tyrant's now 4 attacks aren't crippled by losing one to the tail. This does mean, however, that units with tails had their actual attack stat lowered by 1 to compensate. All of the tails are optional now and do not take an attack away from the user. TYRANID TOURNAMENT TIPS & TRICKS!Ī note on tails: The awful days of being forced to make one terrible tail weapon attack are over. The biggest difference, other than two thirds of the below do multiple damage per wound, is how many melee weapons now have a Normal, Monstrous and Massive variant that is the same stat line but the bigger they are the greater the potential to do more damage. Sadly, the stratagem can only be used once per battle and no doubling up on bonuses. Instead of a Warlord Trait, a Tyranid army can grant an extra rule to an infantry unit or monster of its choosing. With the Codex, there are now 6 powers plus the automatically known Smite power. The Hive Mind discipline is the only psychic table your psykers will be rolling on, or choosing from. So while choosing your custom adaptations let's you tailor your hive fleet to fit your army, you don't get access to hive fleet specific stratagems or psi powers. Keep in mind that unlike other races with similar custom traits, tyranids don't get to choose a main strain to be a successor of though the FAQ may end up saying otherwise.

Like several armies before them, the Psychic Awakening expansion will offer the Tyranids the ability to create bespoke Hive Fleet Adaptations by combining any two of the rules listed below. Splinter fleets take the Adaptation of their progenitor, while Hive Fleets not otherwise listed can pick and choose whichever Adaptation they like. Unlike other factions with Chapter Tactics-equivalents, your choice of Hive Fleet does not limit which special characters you can take. Another Codex brings another set of Chapter Tactics-equivalents, representing the main 3 Hive Fleets in the fluff Behemoth, Kraken, and Leviathan as well as 4 others that range from the obscure to the entirely new. When in doubt, rely on the codex version until the rules inevitably get changed once again. Once for the index, and again for the codex. No matter what edition of the game, Tyranids have traditionally been defined by three special rules: SynapseInstinctive Behaviour and Shadow in the Warp.įor some reason, designers have tended to tinker with these every time a new codex comes out, much to the endless aggravation and rage of countless Tyranid players. Every Tyranid unit needs to be assigned a Hive Fleet, either from the established fleets Behemoth, Kraken, and Leviathan to name a few or one of your own devising.

Tyranids 8th edition tactics