Hive tyrant cover saves.

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**sexiest_hero**

Could a unit of warriors confers coversaves to a hive tyrant? How about zoanthropes?

**Vaktathi**

If the warriors/zoanthropes physically obscure 50% of the hive tyrant, then yes.

**Webbe**

Densely packed in several lines it should be no problem but if they just stand base to base on a single line you probably see more than 50%.

It can be very hard to determine (which is why I don't like the 50% rule for vehicles and monstrous creatures), especially if they are painted with similar coulours.

**Razerous**

Tis a judgement call i agree but really you wanna protect your warriors more than your tyrant. Base to basing warriors to provide a meat-shield for the tyrant means all those blast-weapons have just become quite a bit more deadly =against the warriors. Any wise-player would re-direct firepower accordingly - warriors are rarely cheap and will simply become a point-sink if used like that.

**Drunkspleen**

an easier way to get cover saves for your tyrant would be to put two tyrant guards with him and line it up behind gaunts, as long as atleast 50% of the unit is eligible for a cover save (in this case the guards are while the tyrant is not) then the entire unit may take cover saves.

**Razerous**

Darstardly!

**whitedragon**

Razerous wrote:Darstardly!

Or even better, model your tyrant crouching. Or use the 2nd edition model, which is half as tall.

**sexiest_hero**

I usually have genestealers infront of the warriors and guants infront of them, so everybody gets covered....sept for the poor guants. Good Idea on the guards, but I have the old supper tall ones from 3rd ed

**arinnoor**

sexiest_hero wrote:I usually have genestealers infront of the warriors and guants infront of them, so everybody gets covered....sept for the poor guants. Good Idea on the guards, but I have the old supper tall ones from 3rd ed

Guard aren't monster though are they? So should the guants in front of them give them a cover say and then their special rules says your attacks have to hit them not the Tyrant. (Note- have read the Tyranid Codex in forever so sorry if this is wrong)

**Janthkin**

arinnoor wrote:
sexiest_hero wrote:I usually have genestealers infront of the warriors and guants infront of them, so everybody gets covered....sept for the poor guants. Good Idea on the guards, but I have the old supper tall ones from 3rd ed

Guard aren't monster though are they? So should the guants in front of them give them a cover say and then their special rules says your attacks have to hit them not the Tyrant. (Note- have read the Tyranid Codex in forever so sorry if this is wrong)

Nope, you're right. This is the much easier way to get a cover save for a Tyrant; just give his guards in cover.