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Saying Goodbye to Old Tyranids

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Jan 10 2014
Warhammer 40K

Today is time to say goodbye.  We’ve all had our fun with the bugs over this last codex.  Today is their last day.  Time to take a look back:


First lets take a step back and enjoy some old Tyranid battle reports – including our 4th Edition Tyranids vs 5th Edition Tyranids batrep and the first batrep we ever did with Nids from 5 years ago!

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PS, if anyone has seen this Tyranid army it’s lost in California and wants to come home…email us

And here’s a blast from the past dated December 27th, 2009 – when the last codex shipped.  What bugs were you playing then?

Lots of reports coming in from overseas of 1st hand views of the codex at long last:
Here are some confirmed morsels to keep you on the edge of your seat:

 Carnifex: WS:3 BS:3 S:9 T:6 W:4 I:1 A:4 Ld:7 Sv:3
Scary options such as the return of old-school bio-plasma which is now a 12″ Plasma Cannon
Groups of 1-3 confirmed, +2 I when charging. Costed as Leman Russ Eradicator

Trygon: WS:5 BS:3 S:6 T:6 W:6 I:4 A:6 Ld:8 Sv:3
Its bioelectric field is a 12″ S:5 AP:5 Assault 6 weapon.
It indeed deepstrikes and leave a marker behind that other tyranids can reserve through.
Costed as Baharroth.

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Zoanthropes: WS:3 BS:4 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:3 A:1 Ld:10 Sv:5
Dual modes of fire are 24″ S:5 AP:3 Assault 1 Blast, OR the 18″ S:10 AP:1 Assault 1 Lance (move over Tau)
Unit sizes are 1-3 and they are Elites. Costed as a SM Predator.

Tyranid Warriors: WS:5 BS:3 S:4 T:4 W:3 I:4 A:3 Ld:10 Sv:4
Can be put in a landingspore, unitsize 3-9, costed as a CSM Termy.

SwarmLord: WS:9 BS:3 S:6 T:6 W:5 I:6 A:4 Ld:10 Sv:3
Causes Instant Death, Armed with quad boneswords, 4+ Invulnerable, Gives +1 to reserves.
Costed as a pair of Colossus.

Just remember these when you complain about Tyranid Warriors!

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We are looking forward to the new codex tomorrow, but use the comments below to leave your favorite (or infamous) memories of the good, the bad, and the ugly for the current codex on it’s last day in the sun.  Have at it.

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Author: Larry Vela
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