Tyranids get a Drop Pod - Update Nov 7th, and a Neurothrope / Venomthrope / Zoanthrope! Pg 17

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**gorgon**

Ravajaxe wrote:
Woaw ! Just woaw !

I'm so pumped now for the tyranid force I'm buiding. This will undoubtedly change a lot of things in tyranid competitive perspective.
I have noticed two things : this beast has 5 firing weapons, while monstrous creatures can only fire 2. But there is also an "instinctive fire" special rule we don't know anything about, which certainly covers the case.

Secondly, see the document's edge : looks like to be a straight solid one.
So this picture may not be from a future white dwarf, but from a hardback supplement. This means it would be in a book that I suppose included in the future stand-alone campaign box.

The content on the other page however looks exactly like a WD article.

**Sinful Hero**

Basically-
Sporocyst- infiltrate, makes spores mines, five Deathspitters or upgrade like the tyrannocyte. Can make a mucolid once per game. Also a synapse unit within 6" adds 6" to its synapse range.
Wow, ninja'ed except for the infiltrate part.

**Frozocrone**

SHUPPET wrote:
Wave Serpents have SIGNIFICANTLY superior range, shooting, speed, and survivability, and I'm talking equal points put into each not just comparing the units to each other. They are also ObSec and ignore cover. And their shooting has an excellent AP.

No, you'll bring the wrath of morgoth and his expertise of Wave Serpents to the thread!

In other news I can make out the Sporecyst has some sort of Psychic Special Rule. Maybe a Psyker or something to hamper enemy Psykers.

I don't even care, I am just very happy Nids are getting good support

**Sinful Hero**

Wonder if Forgeworld will drop the Meiotic Spores.

**Ferrum_Sanguinis**

So with the return of the Spore Pod, what units just went from "meh" to "awesome!" once again???

**beardman3000**

I wonder how lists will change with these releases!

**Sinful Hero**

Mucolids are spore mines, but hit at S8 Ap3 and get bigger with each mine in the cluster. Can assault flyers(hits side armor). Also shrouded.

**RiTides**

Bloodhorror wrote:
Rules for Sporecyst:

Instictive Fire: Each weapon on this model automatically fires at the nearest enemy unit within range and line of sight. the shots are resolved at the end of the shooting phase before morale checks are taken.
Each weapon can fire at a different target unit, but they cannot be fired in any other way or at any other (unit?)

Immobile Pod: A model with this special rule cannot move. It can never go to ground (voluntarily or otherwise) and cannot consolidate or make a sweeping advance.

Psychic Resonator: Any friendly Synapse creature within 6" of this model adds 6" to its synapse range.

Spore Node: A model with this special rule can produce a spore mine cluster (see codex nids) with three spore mines in the shooting phase, in addition to any attacks it makes. Place the spore mines wholly within 6" of the model, in unit coherency and not in impassible terrain or within 1" of an enemy model. After they are placed, the spore mines are treated as a seperate unit for the rest of the battle.

Once per battle, a Sporecyst can produce a single Mucolid Spore instead of a spore mine cluster. This is placed in the same way as a spore mine cluster.

OPTIONS:
May replace all 5 deathspiiter with one of the following:
5 barbed stranglers 25pts
5 venom cannons 25pts

Thanks for that!

Bloodhorror wrote:
Gentlemen...

I Present the Muctolid AND the Sporocyst

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2206945593/permalink/10154798799640594/

Finally, clear pics! Cheers

**Warhams-77**

Pictures are coming in fast, not sure if these have already been posted

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fZeZHvPdLNU/VFeqVRlYj5I/AAAAAAAAH9U/6zHgDGgdk-g/s1600/WD%2BPage.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LmbrAG6I6mM/VFep9RCqE3I/AAAAAAAAH8s/QmCqME9l8EM/s1600/Mucolid.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b-VOE0gxnXo/VFeqSVgrFlI/AAAAAAAAH9M/Eh3FYVtGZv8/s1600/Sporocyst.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LDFiphmS9yg/VFeqQTXejMI/AAAAAAAAH9E/F2VJVkDXKNA/s1600/Sporocyst%2B2.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ysbLFJlVVkA/VFeqKFZn1qI/AAAAAAAAH80/Ya2dU4oFHPo/s1600/new%2Bbug%2Brules%2Bpage.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3qDVNTtsk8/VFeqKaTQHVI/AAAAAAAAH84/3ebnY3k1JwY/s1600/WD42%2Bteaser.jpg (Psychic Horror? Seems like Zoans are back soon)

Source: http://ftgtgaming.blogspot.de/2014/11/more-tyranid-multikit-pic-dump.html and others

**Zande4**

Belac Ynnead wrote:
Instinctive Fire Description: Each of the guns on these models automaticaly fires at the nearest visible enemy model. This is as simple as measuring from the muzzle of each gun to the nearest enemy units and finding out which is closest. If it's in range, just take the shot as normal.

So there we have it. Seems to imply slightly broader a fire arc than just 45 degrees, but probably cant shoot through itself right?

Edit: beat me to it...

It's a Monstrous Creature, it can shoot the full 360 (including through itself) unless there is some text we haven't seen specifying otherwise.

Edit: Wow the Mucolids are bigger than Hive Tyrants. Did not see that coming.

**chaos0xomega**

Im going to need Mucolids, lots and lots of Mucolids, asap.

Were these images taken from this weeks White Dwarf?

**lord_blackfang**

What kind of sadist takes all those pics, including the next issue teaser, but not the page with the prices...

Well, I expect it to be cheapish since it's only on a 60mm base.

**beardman3000**

So question.... who all will be using the these models? Kind of want to know.... I will be mainly using the tyrannocyte x2 and Mucolid x2-3. Not into the sporocyst. may use one though

**pretre**

**Zande4**

lord_blackfang wrote:
What kind of sadist takes all those pics, including the next issue teaser, but not the page with the prices...

Well, I expect it to be cheapish since it's only on a 60mm base.

How did he have the time to take that many pics and not get one of them in focus and zoomed in?

**Sasori**

Those models are gigantic.

**Lord Scythican**

Okay the Mucolid is much smaller on the base? I wonder if the kit makes three of them?

**lord_blackfang**

Lord Scythican wrote:
Okay the Mucolid is much smaller on the base? I wonder if the kit makes three of them?

You stick the immobile thing on top of the floaty thing to get the transport thing.

**Sasori**

There are a few more new pics on the facebook page that haven't been posted here yet, but my god. They are massive.

**Desubot**

edit:nvm

Jibblits man should be terrifying.

**pretre**

**Lord Scythican**

lord_blackfang wrote:
Lord Scythican wrote:
Okay the Mucolid is much smaller on the base? I wonder if the kit makes three of them?

You stick the immobile thing on top of the floaty thing to get the transport thing.

Cool so either you can do the big thing all together or the other two units separate? It looks like the big thing by itself is made of separate parts.

**DaPino**

Those spore mines are troop choices!

Finally I can live the dream of having only big ass models on the table.

**Mymearan**

op updated with pics

**brassangel**

ImAGeek wrote:
beardman3000 wrote:
I understand it was said there would be no Tyranid codex but..... I do believe with all these units, we might just have one... One can hope anyways

Nah even for GW, less than a year between Codexes is stupid. I don't care how bad it is, charging £30 11 months later is a dick move.

These are good and all, but...they should've been in the codex.

Models weren't done yet, and because of Chapterhouse, GW didn't want unit entries without models. This is an absolutely fine way to do it, as we aren't required to buy another book just to play them. $4 for a White Dwarf (which I already get) is hardly a "tax", and the rules will likely be in the box as well.

**pretre**

via an anonymous sources on Faeit 212 *****
Tyranid Tyrannocyte/Sporocyst & Mucolid Spore $60 approx
A multipart plastic boxed set that makes either one Tyranid Tyrannocyte (Drop Pod) or one Tyranid Sporocyst (Weapons Bunker) and a Mucolid Spore (Giant Spore Mine)

Crimson Slaughter - A Dark Vengeance Expansion Set $127 approx
Includes 5 Cultists, 5 Chaos Terminators, 5 Raptors, 1 Land Raider.

Dark Angels - A Dark Vengeance Expansion Set $136 approx
Includes a Ravenwing Command Squad, 5 Deathwing Knights and a Dark Talon.

The Pestilent Swarm $191 approx
Includes a Maggoth Lord, 5 Putrid Blightkings, 10 Plaguebearers, 3 Plague Drones and 3 bases of Nurgling

**Grimtuff**

SHUPPET wrote:
Is it safe to say that this is the best business decision GW has in a long time?

No.

I'm not following why everyone is going so gaga over this, when it is a unit that by all rights should have never been removed from the codex in the first place. It's simply more DLC from GW as they've finally realised pettiness is not better than making money.

Yes, it is a beautiful kit; but a lot of people in this thread seem to have very short memories.

**BoomWolf**

Anyone managed to find an image with the sporocyst's full stats?

Its armor save can make the difference between "meh" and "godly"

Andis it just me, or does that thing has freaking infiltrate?

And that the big bombs can be taken as TROOPS so you can spam the crap out of them?

**AllSeeingSkink**

The drop pod things are massive.

**Azreal13**

What's the price GW? What's the price?