Editing Genestealer Hybrids (section)

==Hybrid Metamorphs==
[[File:99120117003_GenestealerMetamorphs01.jpg|250px|right|thumb|"Look Ma! Four Scything Talons!"]]
Hybrid Metamorphs are special types of Genestealer Hybrids that use weapons more commonly found on other [[Tyranid]] organisms. These Metamorphs scuttle forward with preternatural speed, weapon limbs thrashing and biomorphs pulsing with toxins. Spontaneously spawned in a cult’s later cycles, they are thought to be created when a Tyranid hive fleet nears a prey planet that is host to a [[Genestealer Cult]].

When the day of the uprising arrives, it is the Hybrid Metamorphs that take pride of place upon the front line. In a storm of iron-hard claws, sinewy tentacles and slashing talons they crush and hack their way through everything in their path, an inspiration to the broodkin that worship them as sainted heroes of the cult. Essentially speaking, the closer a Hive Fleet is to the targeted planet, the more likely that first and second generation Hybrids would sprout nifty biomorphs. As such, to the greater cult, the Metamorphs mutations are seen as blessings of a higher power. Hybrid Metamorphs are worshiped as [[Living Saint|living saints]] by the infected hosts that sire them. [[Just As Planned|In truth, they are created not by the Patriarch’s will, but by the immortal sentience of the Hive Mind.]]

Due to their flexibility, Hybrid Metamorphs gain weapons not commonly found on regular Hybrids such as Metamorph talons (read: [[Lictor]] [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Grasping Talons|talons]]), [[Carnifex]] [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Crushing Claws|crushing claws]], and [[Tyranid Warrior|Warrior]] [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Lash Whip|lashwhips]]. Other more common equipment for the Metamorphs includes [[autopistol]]s, [[Grenades & Explosives#Blasting Charges|blasting charges]], [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Rending Claws|rending claws]], [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Feeder Tendrils|feeder tendrils]], [[Hand Flamer|hand flamers]], a [[Miscellaneous Weapons#Heavy Rock Saw|heavy rock saw]], a [[Miscellaneous Weapons#Heavy Rock Drill|heavy rock drill]] (with backpack) and a [[Miscellaneous Weapons#Heavy Rock Cutter|heavy rock cutter]]. Metamorph Leaders can be armed with a [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Bonesword|bonesword]].

Though it is common for two of a Hybrid Metamorph’s weapon-limbs to become solely adapted for war, the third remains truly prehensile, able to manipulate complex machinery and utilize Human weaponry and technology.