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Mod edit: Copying latest info into the OP from Nov 7th:

Eldercaveman wrote:
These images have leaked from next months Visions. Enjoy.

Tyrannocyte 75 points
Monstrous Creature
WS2 BS2 S5 T5 W6 I3 A3 Ld8 4+

5x Deathspitters

- Deep Strike
- Fearless
- Instinctive Fire (automatically fires all 5 guns, each at its nearest model).
- Drifting Death: Cannot run, charge or consolidate. Can Sweeping Advance.
- Transport Spore: Does not use up a FOC slot. Transport capacity 20, a Monstrous Creature counts as 20. Declare which unit is transported during deployment. Always enters via Deep Strike. Avoids models and impassable terrain exactly like a Drop Pod.

+25 points: Replace Deathspitters with 5xBarbed Stranglers or 5xVenom Cannons.



Sporocyst 75 points

WS2 BS2 S5 T5 W6 I3 ???

5x Deathspitters

- Fearless
- Infiltrate
- Instinctive Fire
- Immobile Pod
- Psychic Resonator: Synapse Creatures within 6" add 6" to their Synapse range.
- Spore Node: Can produce a Spore Mine Cluster with 3x Spore Mines in the Shooting Phase, in addition to shooting. Place within 6". Once per battle, can produce a Mucolid Spore.

+25 points: Replace Deathspitters with 5xBarbed Stranglers or 5xVenom Cannons.



Mucolid Spore Cluster 15 points
Infantry
WS- BS- S1 T3 W3 I3 A- Ld3

- Deep Strike
- Fearless
- Shrouded
- Massive Floating Bomb: Uses Floating Death and Living Bomb rules just like Spore Mines, but explodes with S8 AP3 instead of S4 AP4. S increases with number of spores just like Spore Mines.
- Skyblast: Can assault Zooming Flyers/Swooping FMCs, hit automatically on side armor.

+15 points/additional spore mine, max 2 additional.

Very nice.

That is a huge change!

I just gave my entire nid force to a friend that was getting into 40k, damn.

Time to start another nid force.

Not gonna lie..


Thrilled as feth about this !

Stupidly excited about this!

I am gonna buy 3 of them. Hopefully this can make some of the other units, more useful!

It being Heavy Support only and not taking up a FOC slot is a pretty great solution to the problem of objective secured transports. I wonder if we will see more of this? Probably not, since the much easier route would have been to simply not allow it in the first place...

There's mention of a Mucolid on the opposite page. Whatever the heck that's supposed to be.
Clearly the Nids have learnt about deathwind drop pods lol

Hey, this is exciting news for the Nids for once!

Isn't it Heavy Support?

APPARENTLY, according to the guy who posted it to the Tyranid Fanpage on Facebook, it makes...


The Tyrannocyte
The Mucolid (Spore Throwing, Biovore-esque MC)
The ??? (something else that is unknown....)

Mymearan wrote:
It being Fast Attack only and not taking up a FOC slot is a pretty great solution to the problem of objective secured transports. I wonder if we will see more of this? Probably not, since the much easier route would have been to simply not allow it in the first place...

It doesn't take up FOC?

Wow. If they have the same rules for current Drop Pods so half come in turn one (I cant read clearly what the rules are) then the CC bugs might have found the speed they were looking for..

Could any Tyranid players stop dancing around furiously at the news for a second and give the rest of us an idea of which previously unusable/bad units/builds could become usable again with this?

^sadly it does not come in on turn 1, it's regular Deep Strike. But come on

1. Is this also called a Mycetic Spore? Or is it getting a new name?

2. Red, why did you lock the "Nid news" thread? Doesn't this still fall under news? I thought you guys didnt like creating new threads for each individual release, as it clogs up? Not being an ass, just genuinely confused.

3. Looks awesome from small pics. I still need to pick up a couple big bugs to have on my paint shelf. Maybe this'll be one of them (alongside a 2-pack box of Carnifexes).

Very cool. Now, give us some updated rules for the Doom of Malantai so we have something fun to put in it.

I understand it was said there would be no Tyranid codex but..... I do believe with all these units, we might just have one... One can hope anyways

Reading some of the writing on the opposite page, the Mucolid will be an infiltrating artillery piece?

Pyrovores could become SEMI Decent, as could the Haruspex and heck this fether can even transport a Dimachereon !

Where are the rules for this? What do we know ?

For those who can't see the rules:

75 points

Transport Capacity 20, MCs count as 20
Can not Run or Charge, although it can fight in CC
WS/BS2, S/T5, W6, A3, Ld 8
Can not mishap on terrain or enemy units (same as Drop Pod)
Instictive Fire, but no description of that.

5 Deathspitters that can be swapped for 5 Venom Cannons or 5 Barbed Strangers for 25 points

So any unit in the dex can go inside one?


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And can it be taken as a dedicated transport or does it eat up FOC slots?

 beardman3000 wrote:
I understand it was said there would be no Tyranid codex but..... I do believe with all these units, we might just have one... One can hope anyways

Nah even for GW, less than a year between Codexes is stupid. I don't care how bad it is, charging £30 11 months later is a dick move.

These are good and all, but...they should've been in the codex.

Its a Non-Dedicated Transport that can carry ANY Unit of 20 models from the Nid Codex, or 1 MC from the Nid Codex.

Which is fantastic


As I say, sticking a Dimachaeron or a Stonecrusher in this thing...

Lawlz !

Oh... My.... God....

Tyranids actually getting meaningful LOVE?

This is incredible. I feel like dusting off my entire 'Nid army.

I don't care if they can't assault out of it upon DS, I am going to fill one of these bad-boys with Space Hulk Genestealers, and cackle like a kid on Christmas.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 beardman3000 wrote:
I understand it was said there would be no Tyranid codex but..... I do believe with all these units, we might just have one... One can hope anyways

Nah even for GW, less than a year between Codexes is stupid. I don't care how bad it is, charging £30 11 months later is a dick move.

These are good and all, but...they should've been in the codex.

well. that is true. It is ridiculous months after the codex to release tons of new bugs. Now we will need like 5 WD for the new models.

beardman3000 wrote:I understand it was said there would be no Tyranid codex but..... I do believe with all these units, we might just have one... One can hope anyways

Indeed. Adding a deep-striking, dedicated transport helps to fix so many problems it's crazy. It virtually gives us a new codex.

 Bloodhorror wrote:
Its a Non-Dedicated Transport that can carry ANY Unit of 20 models from the Nid Codex, or 1 MC from the Nid Codex.

Which is fantastic


As I say, sticking a Dimachaeron or a Stonecrusher in this thing...

Lawlz !

So does it take up any FOC? Or could I hypothetically take one for every single unit in the army?

I've just been sick with excitement

 beardman3000 wrote:


well. that is true. It is ridiculous months after the codex to release tons of new bugs. Now we will need like 5 WD for the new models.

I think, like the WFB Nagash stuff, the rules will be in the boxes as well as White Dwarf. Worth checking, but you shouldn't need to buy the WDs for the new units (unless you plan to conver/scratch build them from other kits)

 xttz wrote:

beardman3000 wrote:I understand it was said there would be no Tyranid codex but..... I do believe with all these units, we might just have one... One can hope anyways

Indeed. Adding a deep-striking, dedicated transport helps to fix so many problems it's crazy. It virtually gives us a new codex.

think of all the units that may be useful.... the Haruspex has potential. MAYBE. so many possibilities. right now I am thinking of 2 pods full of Devilgaunts with a dakkarant (flying where they will land)

 SHUPPET wrote:

 Bloodhorror wrote:
Its a Non-Dedicated Transport that can carry ANY Unit of 20 models from the Nid Codex, or 1 MC from the Nid Codex.

Which is fantastic


As I say, sticking a Dimachaeron or a Stonecrusher in this thing...

Lawlz !

So does it take up any FOC? Or could I hypothetically take one for every single unit in the army?

Doesn't take up ANY FOC

So you can easily have 20 of these in a 1500 point game