Tyranids rumours

[Hive Fleet Ruina]

Wow, thanks Tyfus. Rep for you! Looking foward to January!

[Zarb]

Any words on what will happen with Tyranid weaponry? Looking to start a swarm, but don't wanna assemble a load of gaunts with devourers or whatnot and then have them str 1, ap - and range 5" when the new codex is out

[Zema]

Hopefully a new Gargoyle plastic box.

Wow, only a hopefully? I would have hoped GW would make the gargoyles their highest priority. Still, all sounds pretty good, nothing too drastic and let's hope they can get the emphasize more on horde and less on zilla.

[Padea]

I wonder if the fexes will get some new weapons/upgrades since some of them doenst apply now in the 5th. I hope i dont need to rebuild my fexes and tyrants..
About the gaunts costing 3 pts, that is before they get an weapon right? and they already have WoN. That means i could have like maybe say: Outflanking gaunts, ´w/Dev toxin sacs? And With WoN!? That would be awsome hehe... Just playing with the thought.
well only 3-4 months left anyway!

[Tyfus]

This rumous are flying around from Xas over at Bols.

A lot of them seems to contradicte other info which has stated 4 new races. There seems to be more here. Apply loads of salt.

today I had a chat with my friend again. When I asked him if he could tell me any more about the nids he produced a sheet of paper which looked quite like the summary sheet you get at the last pages.

When he went for the tiolett I quickly took out a pen and copiet as much as I was able to.


take from this what you want but I think there are several exciting bits (look at that hive tyrant alpha... or the fact that the hierodule is in!). any ideas what the two weapon attributes "strangle" and "subconscious weapon" could be?

Creatures: WS Bs S T W I A LDS Sv:A Sv:I
Hive Tyrant 5 3 5 6 4 5 3 10 3
Hive Tyrant Alpha 7 4 7 8 6 7 6 10 2
Tyrant guard 5 3 5 6 2 5 2+2 10 3
Broodlord 6 3 5 5 3 7 3+2 10 4
Broodlord Alpha 8 3 6 5 4 9 7+2 10 3
Brood Magus 5 4 4 4 3 6 3 10 2 4
Tyranid Warrior 4 2 4 4 2 4 2+2 10 4
Tyranid Warrior: Winged 4 2 4 4 2 4 2+2 10 5
Tyranid Warrior: Guardian 5 3 5 5 2 4 2+2 10 3
Lictor 9 0 6 4 3 9 3+2 10 5 4
Genestealer 6 0 4 4 1 6 2 10 5
Gaunt 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 5 6
Hormagaunt 4 3 3 3 1 4 1+2 5 6
Ripper Swarm 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 10 6
Ravener 5 3 4 4 2 5 3 10 5
Ravener Alpha 7 4 6 5 4 7 6 10 3
Trygon 6 3 8 7 6 5 8 10 2 4
Gargoyle 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 10 6
Zoantrophe 3 4 4 4 2 4 2 10 2 3
Malantrope 3 4 6 5 4 4 5 10 2 3
Exocrene 3 4 10 8 6 1 3 10 2 4
Biovore 3 3 4 5 2 1 1 10 3
Carnifex 4 2 7 6 4 3 3+4 10 3
Hierodule 4 3 10 8 8 3 4+4 10 2


Weapons: Range S AP
Barbed Strangler 36" S-1 5 Assoult 1 5" Blast, Strangle
Devourer 18" S-1 - Assoult 2X Living Ammonition, max S:6
Deathspitter 24" S+1 5 Assoult 1 3" Blast, Melta
Fleshborer 12" S+1 5 Assoult X Living Ammonition, max S:6
Spinebanks 12" S 5 Assoult X Twin Linked, Subconscious Weapon
Venom Cannon 36" S+2 4 Assoult 2X Poison (2+)
Biocannon 48" S 3 Assoult 2X

Mines: S AP
Bioazid 5 3 3" Blast Lance, 2d6 vs Armor
Toxic Gas 3 - 3" Blast Poison (2+), no cover saves allowed
Strangler 2 5 5" Blast Strangle
Spine Frag 6 4 5" Blast

[Bassline]

If i read that right Carni I3 be nice, its not like a dread where they move slow as its a machine, they are born to run across a batttle field and rip apart a tank i never got why it was I1 base

[Hive Fleet Ruina]

Originally Posted by Bassline

If i read that right Carni I3 be nice, its not like a dread where they move slow as its a machine, they are born to run across a batttle field and rip apart a tank i never got why it was I1 base

Well, they probably introduced the I3 to prevent the new space wolves from killing all the carnies in one round with that new rule.

It does not contradict the 4 new species. There are 4 new species there, and all the Magus and Alpha are from the same species, so...

Note the Subconscious Weapon and Strangle. Looks like a new rule... This might be a legitimate piece of rumour

NOTE: I just noticed that there are two different types of saves, if I am not incorrect... what could this mean?

[Phalanx]

I'd call fake. Brimstone on Warseer has pretty much said so. Also, considering that most of hte models there would be around 200-300pts each... It wouldn't be that great.

Brimstone has insinuated that the Trygon will be in the dex though. Also, considering he essentially called it that it would be out in a year last February when he was hinting to us at Warp Shadow about the plastic trygon I think he probably knows quite a bit about the new book.

[Heirodule]

unfortuantly im also inclinded to call fake, for several reasons

1) alpha tyrant is T8 with 6 wounds, at a faster initative than a genestealer. if im reading that right.

2) the alpha broodlord has 10 attacks on the charge!

3) the lictor is WS9, higher than a bloodthrister

4) Theres a second s10, T8, 6 wound beast in there, cept its got a 4+ invulnerable!

5) the fex is only S7, thats far too low.

6) theres a hierodule in there, its T8, but with 8 wounds. so thats like ploughing through 4 wraithlords, in one go!

So, without a doubt this is much much too good.

[lewbot1]

ok this looks like rubbish,

"When he went for the tiolett I quickly took out a pen and copiet as much as I was able to."

yeah right you got down that many stats, w/out anyone seeing in the 3 mins it takes to go to the toilet? get a life.