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Apologies is this is a newb question.

I'm a tyranid player, so having one large swarm of 16 genestealers is often better than having 2 swarms of 8 (as each one now has an additional attack). I was wondering if its legal to combine two depleted swarms mid game?

I suspect the answer is no, just thought I would check.

FistOFun wrote:
Apologies is this is a newb question.

I'm a tyranid player, so having one large swarm of 16 genestealers is often better than having 2 swarms of 8 (as each one now has an additional attack). I was wondering if its legal to combine two depleted swarms mid game?

I suspect the answer is no, just thought I would check.

The rules are permissive, they tell you what you can do. There is no rule to combine Tyranids units together, so you cannot.

FistOFun wrote:
Apologies is this is a newb question.

I'm a tyranid player, so having one large swarm of 16 genestealers is often better than having 2 swarms of 8 (as each one now has an additional attack). I was wondering if its legal to combine two depleted swarms mid game?

I suspect the answer is no, just thought I would check.

No. There's couple armies that have strategems like that like IG and orks. Don't know if tyranids have such but since you are asking presumably answer is no.