Editing Toxicrene

[[File:Toxicrene.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A Toxicrene. It is best not to be [[meme|touched by its noodly appendage]].]]
The '''Toxicrene''' is a monstrous [[Tyranid]] designed as a more offense-minded [[Venomthrope]]. Spotting a dozen [[Tyranid Bio-Weapons|Lash Whips]] all filled to the brim with a hideously effective poison (2+ with Instant Death on a 6) it is quite effective at dealing with tough enemies. Its model is very large: the massive tentacles make the Toxicrene nearly three times as wide and one and a half times as long, encouraging the use of pinning to be able to remove the tentacles while in transport.

On the tabletop the Toxicrene is an odd beast: while its hits are almost sure to wound, hitting is a bit of a problem with its low WS of 3, making it unlikely for you to wipe out a squad of [[Terminator]]s in one round. It also possesses an odd shooting attack (alongside the Venomthrope's Toxic Miasma) in the form of a 12" S3 AP- Poisoned 2+ Large Blast, with the added bonus of having Armorbane on damaged or open-topped vehicles. The downside is that while Armorbane is useful, at the end of the day 3+2D6 is only an average of 10, with the 14+ needed to even TOUCH the likes of a [[Land Raider]] being only a 1 in 12 chance. As such, this shooting attack is best not relied upon. At least it doesn't suffer from the creature's average BS like with its brother, the [[Maleceptor]]. Let [[Carnifex]]es take care of the vehicles if you must.

According to GW's advertising, the Toxicrene is effective at fighting and stalling powerful Monstrous Creatures like [[Wraithknight]]s and [[Riptide]]s. None of the [[Tau]] and [[Eldar]] players are taking this seriously, a scoffing not entirely undeserved when you consider the Toxicrene is footslogging while [[Wraithknight]]s and [[Riptide]]s are faster with Jet Packs and easy ways to ignore cover, that said if it DOES get in contact with either of them it is going to hurt making this a [[DISTRACTION CARNIFEX|distraction carnifex]] at worst. In direct combat however it is good at whittling down [[Terminator]] squads, especially those running with [[Apothecaries]]/[[Sanguinary Guard]].

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