Warhammer 40000 Tyranid Heavy Support Tactics

In this section we will look at Tyranid Heavy Support choices and their tactics.

General 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.

Tyranid Carnifex Brood Tactics

The Tyranid Carnifex is one of the Iconic models in the Tyranid army. Now you can have three per brood, but the point cost has risen.

The Carnifex and the Hive Mind

The Carnifex Leadership is not particularly high. This means that it is risky to have the Carnifex out side of Hive Mind zone.

Special Rules

The Carnifex comes witha few special rules.

Fearless

The Tyranid Carnifex get the 'Fearless' special rule.

Living Battering Ram

One of the weaknesses of the Carnifex is that they have a low initiative score. This special rule gets the Carnifex an even fight with a Imperial Guard trooper! Be aware that this will be negated if you have to assault over cover (So the Guardsman will still probably still strike first!)

Upgrade Options

Crushing Claws

Deathspitter

Devourers

Stranglethorn Cannon

Heavy Venom Cannon

Frag Spines

Adrenal Glands

Toxin Sacs

Bio-Plasma

Regeneration

Tyranid Old One Eye

'Old One Eye' is a unique creature, so you can only have one in your army.

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 itst stgats are truly frighening too.

The Trygon is not a Synaps creature, so it will fall back on the instinctive behavior if it is our side synapse range. It has a hight leadership value so you may take the risk and

Special Rule: Subterranian Assault

If being big and scarry it not enough, the Trygon has a 'Subteranean 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 Trygons little brother is the Tyranid Mawloc. The Morlock model is as scarry as the 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.

Tyranid Tyrannofex Tactics

The Tyrannofex is huge! The model in this picture is the Forge world Hierodule, but they are close enough to swap places. And at 250 points, it costs nearly as much as a Land Raider!

They are not invulnerable though. Because they are creatures, they will be vulnerable to sniper fire, as Sniper wound on a 4+ regardless of toughness.

The Tyrannofex and the Hive Mind

For all it's size, the Tyrannofex is not a Synapse creature! So you will need to keep it within hive mind range.