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=== Special Rules ===
The following special rules apply to Tyranid detachments:

'''No-one is Safe!'''

:''Some creatures have instincts optimized for remaining hidden, able to cause surprise carnage whenever the foe thinks they’ve cleared the last of them once and for all.''

Lictors and Genestealer Broods have the Implacable Advance special rule.

'''Take Down the Big Ones!'''

:''Even though it would not become formal tactica until the Tyranids were faced thousands of years later, it was frequently recognized that among little-understood xenos, bigger creatures were frequently leaders or specialists that were more important to the enemy’s forces – and also that they were more dangerous and challenging foes, and more glorious to defeat.''

When multiple different kinds of Tyranid models are engaged in the same combat, non-Tyranid models gain Precision Strike with the restriction that it can only be used to re-allocate hits to the largest eligible Tyranid models (as determined by base size). The Tyranid player can choose which equally-eligible models among the equally-largest models are hit. Ripper Swarms, Sky-Slasher Swarms, and Spore Mines are exceptions and are always considered to be the smallest eligible models, and are equally as small as each other.

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''Can’t really do anything else to make up for the lack of Challenges that hasn’t already been done with the Alpha Bioform rules.''
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==== Unit Changes ====
The following changes apply:

'''Tyranid Prime''' — 85pts. Have the same profile, Special Rules, and options as in Codex Tyranids, plus the following options:
* May gain Secondary Organs for 21pts
* May gain a Bonded Exoskeleton for 15pts
* May gain a Reinforced Carapace for 27pts
* May gain a Voltage Field for 23pts
* May gain Regeneration for 29pts

'''Tyrant Guard Brood''' — have the same profile, Special Rules, and options as in Codex Tyranids, plus the following options:
* All models in the unit may:
** gain Secondary Organs for 20pts/model
** gain Hopfoot for 20pts/model
* One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 10pts

'''Tyranid Warrior Brood''' — have the same profile, Special Rules, and options as in Codex Tyranids, plus the following options:
* All models in the unit may:
** gain Secondary Organs for 11pts/model
** gain a Bonded Exoskeleton for 8pts/model
** gain a Reinforced Carapace for 14pts/model
** gain a Voltage Field for 12pts/model
** gain Regeneration for 15pts/model

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''The cost of each upgrade is extremely deliberate, any one upgrade is great and they just get better as they’re combined, but buying all of them, while creating an extremely fearsome unit, will cost as much (or more) as just buying three times as many. What this does is give you options to play the way you want to play. If you want super-elite troops, you can have that, if you want survivability to battle cannons (or even just heavy flamers, kthx), you can have that. Heck, half the problems with Synapse (and therefore Instinctive Behavior) across the whole army is the result of the extreme inflexibility of traditional Tyranid Warriors. These are [[Your_dudes|your dudes]], after all, and Tyranid Warriors especially should be the core of most Tyranid forces, not just another overcosted borderline-joke unit in a long list of overcosted borderline-joke units.''
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'''Termagant Brood''' — 90pts for 20 Termagants. May add up to 30 additional Termagants for 3pts/model. One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 5pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged. Note: The Scuttling Swarm special rule should be read to require broods of at least 30 Termagants, but otherwise remains unchanged.

'''Hormgaunt Brood''' — 105pts for 20 Hormgaunts. May add up to 30 additional Hormgaunts for 4pts/model. One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 10pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Mucolid Spores''' — Gains the Support Squad special rule.

'''Hive Guard Brood''' — May include up to 5, rather than 2, additional Hive Guard at the listed points cost. One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 10pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Lictor Brood''' — Immediately before deployment, each Lictor in the Brood may be separated from the rest of the Brood and operate independently, counting as separate units for all rules purposes. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Zoanthrope Brood''' — Zoanthrope Broods containing a Neurothrope may gain the Vortex of Doom psychic power from the Daemonology (Sanctic) psychic discipline, for 59pts, instead of generating an additional power from the Powers of the Hive Mind discipline. The Vortex of Doom psychic power acquired by this unit in this way, counts as a Powers of the Hive Mind psychic power and not a Daemonology (Sanctic) power in all respects. This power is lost if the Neurothrope is removed. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Venomthrope Brood''' — Immediately before deployment, each Venomthrope in the Brood may be separated from the rest of the Brood and operate independently, counting as separate units for all rules purposes. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Maleceptor''' — The Maleceptor costs 135pts. May include up to 2 additional Maleceptors at the listed points cost. All other options remain unchanged.

'''Haruspex''' — May include up to 2 additional Haruspex at the listed points cost. One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 20pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged, although all models must purchased the same options if any options are chosen.

'''Pyrovore Brood''' — May include up to 5, rather than 2, additional Pyrovores at the listed points cost. Pyrovores have the Unit Type: Beasts. One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 10pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Tyranid Shrike Brood''' — All models in the unit may take Secondary Organs for 14pts/model. All models in the unit may take a Bonded Exoskeleton for 5pts/model. All models in the unit may take a Reinforced Carapace for 16pts/model. All models in the unit may take a Voltage Field for 18pts/model. All models in the unit may take a Regeneration for 15pts/model. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Ravener Brood''' — One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 15pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Gargoyle Brood''' — One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 10pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Toxicrene''' — May include up to 2 additional Toxicrenes at the listed points cost. One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 5pts. All other options remain unchanged, although all models must purchased the same options if any options are chosen.

'''Carnifex Brood''' — One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 20pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Biovore Brood''' — May include up to 5, rather than 2, additional Biovores at the listed points cost. One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 5pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Trygon''' — May include up to 2 additional Trygons at the listed points cost. One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 10pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged, although all models must purchased the same options if any options are chosen.

'''Trygon Prime''' — Gains a Voltage Field at no additional cost. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged.

'''Mawloc''' — May include up to 2 additional Mawlocs at the listed points cost. One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 10pts. All other options from Codex Tyranids remain unchanged, although all models must purchased the same options if any options are chosen.

'''Stone Crusher Carnifex Brood''' — One model may purchase the Alpha Bioform upgrade for 20pts. All other options remain unchanged.

==== Wargear Changes ====
:'''Strangleweb''' — If fired on Overwatch against a unit, and it causes at least one unsaved wound, the unit containing the model armed with the Strangleweb gains the Counter-Attack special rule and counts as being armed defensive grenades for the remainder of the Assault phase.