Tyranid players... how many rippers are in a ripper swarm?

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**ServiceGames**

Is it 4 or 3. I can't remember.

Thanks in advance

SG

**Elbows**

Doesn't matter. If you're modeling them, use the right size base and just do them as you wish.

**mew28**

My friend usesses one because he is kinda cheap and just bought a bunch of bases and stuck one each to them. I used around 6 each to make it slook more like a swarm.

**Voss**

Going by what's in the picture for the tyranid swarm box... 5.

**Trickstick**

I was always partial to the FW rippers:

Spoiler:

Not cheap I guess but look really nice. 3 would be fine but the correct answer is probably as many as you can afford. Large ripper swarms look nice.

**MechaEmperor7000**

Ideally 5, most people settle for 3 or 4 depending on how many you wanna get out of a box. This is cuz Rippers traditionally had 3 wounds so people thought that's a good minimum number.