Tyranid Close Combat Weapon Question

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**Gavinator**

So the BRB says if you have 2 close combat weapons you gain +1 attack (probably not exact wording but I'm a deployed soldier soIdon't have my rules handy). So the nid codex says claws and teeth are counted as normal close combat weapons. My question is does a Tervigon, that comes with claws and teeth, if upgraded with Scything Talons or Crushing Claws (additional close combat weapons) get a natural +1 to it attacks due to having 2 close combat weapons? Trygons get a natural +1 for 2 sets of Scything Talons so isnt this the same boat?

**kirsanth**

No. As per the Tyranid codex, Tyranids do nit use close combat weapons. As such.

**SoloFalcon1138**

Check the first page of the Tyranids rules (page # escapes me, codex is elsewhere).

**Battlesong**

Unfortunately, no. While I don't have the exact wording as I don't have my codex with me, the Nid codex does explicitly state that Nids never get bonuses from multiple CCWs.

**nosferatu1001**

Page 33 or 32, from memory

**rigeld2**

33.

**Mongooli**

Page 33

Tyranid creatures do not wield close combat weapons as such, and as a result never receive bonus attacks for fighting with more then one close combat weapon - these bonuses are already included in the creatures profile.

**Grey Templar**

Nids have no CCWs. They have Biomorphs that give bonuses to their melee attacks, and unlike normal CCWs they all stack with each other.

So a unit with Scything Talons, venom glands, and Boneswords rerolls 1s, has poison, and its attacks ignore armor saves while also causing ID on a failed Ld test for the victim.

If they were CCWs you would have to choose one to attack with.