Tyranid Heavy Support Tactics

In this section we will look at Tyranid Heavy Support choices and their tactics. Heavy support for a Tyranid army generally means bigger scarier monsters that can rip tanks and larger enemy creatures apart with ease.

General Tyranid
Heavy Support Tactics

The Tyranid Heavy Support is there to crack those tougher nuts!

Tyranid Heavy Support choices are generally slower than the other Tyranid units. That said, they can still run during the shooting phase, and their shooting weapons are assault weapons. This means they are still fairly quick.

> Also See: Tyranid Carnifex Tactics
> Also See: Tyranid Tyrannofex Tactics

Tyranid Biovore Brood Tactics

The Tyranid Biovore is a living cannon who's main purpose is to launch spore mines, but they are not too bad in a fight either!

Spore Mine Launcher

The Spore Mine Launcher is now a 48" assault weapon. This means that your Biovores can now be running around the table chucking out Spore Mines as they go!

> For more Spore Mine Tactics, See Tyranid Troop Tactics

Tyranid Trygon Tactics

The Tyranid Trygon is a new addition to the Tyranid army. And what a monster it is too! The model for this creature is 8 inches high! and its stats are truly frightening too.

The Tyranid Trygon is not a Synapse creature, so it will fall back on the instinctive behavior if it is our side synapse range. It has a height leadership value so you may take the risk. However if you have a hive mind in range, this will bolster your change of success.

Special Rule: Subterranean Assault

If being big and scary it not enough, the Tyranid Trygon has a ' Subterranean Assault' special rule. What is good about this is that the Tyranid Trygon can allow other units to enter play from its tunnels, even if they do not normally get the deepstrike special rule.

Tyranid Mawloc Tactics

The Tyranid Trygon's 'little' brother is the Tyranid Mawloc. The Tyranid Mawlock model is as scary as the Tyranid Trygon, but is looses some weapon skill and number of assaults

Special Rules Terror from the Deep and Burrow

What the Tyranid Mawloc looses in close combat skills in makes up for with these two special rules. I will deal with them together as they are best used together.

> Also See: Warhammer 40k Monstrous Creature Tactics