Editing Tyranid Warrior (section)

===10th Edition===
Tied with [[Deathleaper]] for the cheapest Character in your army, the Winged Tyranid Prime is quite useful. Double the Wounds of a base Warrior, half the OC and twice the Movement at 12" flying, the Prime can be used as an assassin unit if there's plenty of cover for you to hide behind. Alterantively it can be used to buff one of your units of Warriors or a flock of Gargoyles, but those are less supported by its ability. And a useful one it is: all weapons in that unit (but NOT the Prime itself) gained Sustained Hits 1 for some extra damage. It is not slouch in its own right: A6 S6 WS2+ D2 is a decently beefy statline, but it is once again hampered by its AP of -1. Most notable is its Death Blow ability: if it dies in melee without having fought on a 4+ it doesn't die, fight, then dies anyway. Not the most useful gimmick since it relies on you losing, and it might have been better if the Prime didn't have this since it would make him cheaper. So depending on what you're facing fly him alone for an assassination unit (don't make him a Warlord in this case, because he WILL die from return fire!) or slap him into a unit of melee Warriors to deal out even more pain.

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