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No.

The Hive Tyrant is always a unit of a single model.

It gives you the right to purchase an extra unit of Hive Guards, and if you have a unit of Hive Guard you can your Tyrant to them but they are still two units.

Yeah you are right. I meant it right, expressed it wrong. With the 2 units I actually meant they still count as 2 VP when killed in Kill Points for instance.

But yes you are right, he becomes a part of the Guard unit at that point like an MC.

The end effect is still though, a Prime or a parasite cannot join an unaccompanied Tyrant.

Fragile: Yup agreed.