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Synaptic Links are changing to once per game effects that work on every unit within 6" of a Synapse Unit. (Note: they technically aren't called links anymore)

Known links:
• Zoanthropes give 4++ to Monsters and 5++ to non-Monsters.
• Maleceptors give the following abilities: shoot and do actions, fall back or advance and do an action, perform a psychic action and still cast powers.
• Warriors give 6s to hit in melee generate an additional hit
• Tyranid Prime gives exploding 6s for shooting when shooting a target within 24"
• Tervigon gives +2" move
• All other synapse units have changed links. A lot of buffs trigger off the Synapse keyword (Warriors are amazing, apparently)

Unit Changes:
• Swarmlord - Loses Hive Commander and 3++. Gives a unit the ability to reroll hit rolls and gives a unit Obsec. Does not ignore invulns
• Hive Tyrant – Gives reroll 1s to hit to a unit in command phase.
• Tervigon - +1 to hit for Termagants in range (don't know what). If there is a 15+ model Termagant unit within 1" of her she is untargetable. There's also a stratagem to return d3+3 models to a termagant unit, which may be linked to the tervigon
• Termagants - Devourers are 2 shots, s3 ap0 d1. Fleshborers go to Assault 1 S5 AP1 D1
• Zoanthropes - Get +1 to cast for each model in the unit and does +1 mortal wound on smite for each model in the unit (up to +3 mortals)
• Tyranid Warriors - S5/T5 base, 4+ save. Access to -1D strat in all phases. Can get to A4 S8 AP2 D2.
• Gargoyles - Troop choice - nice
• Genestealers - Elite choice, gets infiltrate
• Ripper Swarms - Fast Attack choice
• Hormagaunts - 10" move S3 WS 4+, 5+ save, 3 attacks. There's also a way to get a pregame move on them
• Carnifex - -1D as base, WS 3+ and 2+ save, 4 attacks base with +1 attack on the charge. Gets +2 attacks per pair of scything talons. With certain combos, can get up to 11 s7 ap-3 d3 attacks hitting on 2s, exploding 6s and 6s auto-wounding plus 2d3+3 mortal wounds on the charge
• Hive Guard keep Impaler Cannons {Shockcannons are apparently getting a buff though and are good for hunting light vehicles and heavy infantry} .
• Tyrant Guard gain a 6" move, s5 t6, 4 wounds, 3 attacks, and a 2+ save. Unsurprisingly, they gain the 9th edition bodyguard rule, but only for hive tyrants and swarmlord. They also get +1 attack while near a hive tyrant. [NEW]

Wargear Changes:
• Boneswords - S+2 AP2 D2
• Scything Talons: S:user, ap-1 d1
• Adrenal Glands - +1S/+1Mv
• (Tyrant Guard) Rending Claws - S+1 AP-4 D1 [NEW]
• (Tyrant Guard) Crushing Claws - S+3 AP-3 D2 [NEW]
• Lash Whip and Bonesword - S+2 AP-2 D2, rerolls 1s to hit [NEW]

Hive Fleet Changes:
• Hive Fleets get 2 traits as standard - one static, one flexible - and then there's 3 tables of 5 traits each (Lurk, Feed, and Hunt). Each Hive fleet has access to two of these tables, and can choose to swap their flexible trait to any of the traits from the available tables. Importantly, whether or not you choose to do this and which you swap to happens at the point after you've seen your opponent's list
Adaptive traits are the doctrine ability of the tyranids. every hive fleet gets their own proprietary adaptive trait, once per game before the battle begins you can decide to exchange the adaptive trait for 1 from the generic adaptive traits
Gorgon - All weapons effectively get Poison 4+
Leviathan:
* 1-2 TransNid on non-synapse creatures. 1-3 TransNid on synapse creatures.
* Adaptive trait: reroll one hit roll
Kronos:
* +4" to ranged weapons
* Adaptive trait: +1ap @ half range

Stratagems:
• 1cp, hormagaunts auto-advance 6" and can still charge
• 1/2cp, give +1 attack to a unit. 1cp if 19 or fewer models

Psychic Powers
• The hive fleet powers are known by every psyker in the faction without taking up a slot.
• Leviathan psychic power: choose an synaptic link from your army whose unit is alive (including one that has already triggered) and another unit from your army. The unit gains the benefit of that synaptic link in addition to any links it's currently benefitting from.
Other:
• The Parasite of Mortrex is the new kit.
• There are no new LoWs. Folks, the only new unit is the parasite
• Double move + charge is completely gone from the codex
• One Hive Tyrant per detachment (includes swarmlord)
• Lots more attacks in general. Also, apparently better WS {which should be a massive buff to basically half our roster}

March 1 - Tyrant Guard:

Tyrant Guard gain a 6" move, s5 t6, 4 wounds, 3 attacks, and a 2+ save. Unsurprisingly, they gain the 9th edition bodyguard rule, but only for hive tyrants and swarmlord. They also get +1 attack while near a hive tyrant. Their lash whips are s+2 ap-2 d2 and reroll 1s to hit, their rending claws are s+1 ap-4 d1, and their crushing claws are s+3 ap-3 d2

March 4:

The Maw-Claws of Thyrax: generic relic for all characters (you no longer need to have a specific weapon for it). The bearer gains +1 attack and can reroll wounds in the fight phase. In addition, every time it kills a model in the fight phase, it gains +1 attack for the rest of the battle (it can gain up to +3 attacks this way).

There is also a Warlord trait to give the warlord a 5+ Feel No Pain

Tyrannocytes gain true drop pod status, with the ability to enter from reserves on turn 1. Up to 20 infantry models or a monster of up to 16 wounds

Sporocysts can be deployed anywhere on the table outside 12" of enemies and the enemy deployment zone

March 6:
Adaptive traits are the doctrine ability of the tyranids. every hive fleet gets their own proprietary adaptive trait, once per game before the battle begins you can decide to exchange the adaptive trait for 1 from the generic adaptive traits
Leviathan adaptive trait: reroll one hit roll
Kronos adaptive trait: +1ap @ half range

March 8:

Welcome to one of the weirder units in the book, and possibly the winner of "most improved" unit. The mawloc!

To start, he's got 16 attacks at s7 ap-1 d1 (though the strength degrades). Now that's pretty solid, but where things get fun (and strange) is the new Terror from the Deep.

In your movement phase, you place down a marker anywhere on the battlefield. At the end of your next movement phase, the mawloc comes in anywhere within 12" of that marker and outside engagement range of enemy models. If he comes in within 9" of enemy models, he can't charge that turn. When he does thing, roll a die for every unit within 6" of the marker and add 1 if they have 6-10 models, and add 2 if they have 11+ models. On a 3+ they take d3 mortals, on a 7+ they take flat 3 mortals. You can only have one mawloc come in a turn this way

One of the tail options is the biostatic rattle, and that's very different now - at the start of the fight phase, you choose a unit engaged with him and roll 3d6. If you beat their leadership, that unit cannot reroll hits or wounds this phase

March 10:

So, just to start out: a quick reminder about how the hive fleet traits work. There's two parts, a static and an adaptive - the adaptive trait can be switched out for something from the Lurk, Feed, or Hunt table - three tables of 5 traits each. Each hive fleet has access to two of these tables (for example, Leviathan can swap out their adaptive trait for anything from Feed or Hunt, kronos can swap for anything from Feed or Lurk, etc).

Now with all that reminder out of the way, here's one of the possible traits from each table. Remember that these can be switched out after you see your opponents list.

Lurk: Ignore ap-1
Feed: Targets of a charge cannot fire overwatch or set to defend
Hunt: All units in your army can heroically intervene as if they were characters

Bonus leak: Overrun not only stayed, but actually got buffed in the new codex
Synapse still allows you to ignore morale, but now only works in a 6" range. Shadow in the warp remains in the codex, but I'm unsure what form it takes.

March 12: Raveners, our favorite mini snake bois.

To start out, they're slightly more expensive than warriors, but not much. As expected, Raveners get s5/t5 4+ save. However, they also get 4 wounds and a whopping 5 attacks base. In addition, they are always -1 to hit in melee.

Their weapons have been simplified somewhat, with them having Ravener Claws and a pair of Scything Talons base, giving them 5 s5 ap-2 d1 attacks and 2 s5 ap-1 d1 attacks. Alternatively, they can swap out their Scything Talons for rending claws to get 5 s6 ap-4 d1 attacks. Finally, if they don't take any guns they get reroll 1s to hit in melee. Also they're core

Free leak because warriors got spoiled: Warriors are 25ppm, and that's irrelevant of wargear (except cannons those cost extra). Also adrenal glands/toxin sacs/flesh hooks are +X points per unit, regardless of how many models are in that unit
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 Mr_Rose wrote:
New Termagants with more than one pose and not-sucky heads would be nice. Having weapon options back on top of that? Perfect.
Plastic Lictors, yes, also good.
Something old made new? Great.
Something completely unexpected like a new super-heavy? Okay I guess.

A full re-examination of the rules to make ‘nids terrifying up close again, the way T’au are terrifying at range? Outstanding.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Well, I took delivery of my 2nd Ed Tyranid Codex, so if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be in my corner hissing at you. And possibly clawing.

 krijthebold wrote:
Whatever new figure comes out of this, I bet that it's only going to have one teeny talon connected to the base.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Maybe a big new creepy crawly in the £100 range as a new centerpiece, all the current stuff is looking cheap and small

i suspect marketing would love a greater demon priced piece

 Laughing Man wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Maybe a big new creepy crawly in the £100 range as a new centerpiece, all the current stuff is looking cheap and small

i suspect marketing would love a greater demon priced piece

It's called a Trygon.

 Nevelon wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Well, I took delivery of my 2nd Ed Tyranid Codex, so if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be in my corner hissing at you. And possibly clawing.

Give in to your instinctive behavior.

And have a snack. Biomass makes everything better.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Well, I took delivery of my 2nd Ed Tyranid Codex, so if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be in my corner hissing at you. And possibly clawing.

Give in to your instinctive behavior.

And have a snack. Biomass makes everything better.

Oh looooook! Non-2nd Ed Codex Tyranids owner….

You are the biomass, bunghole!

GET IN MY BELLY!

(Yes, that was no less than three pop (when I was young, so it counts) culture references in but one post!

 Nevelon wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Well, I took delivery of my 2nd Ed Tyranid Codex, so if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be in my corner hissing at you. And possibly clawing.

Give in to your instinctive behavior.

And have a snack. Biomass makes everything better.

Oh looooook! Non-2nd Ed Codex Tyranids owner….

You are the biomass, bunghole!

GET IN MY BELLY!

(Yes, that was no less than three pop (when I was young, so it counts) culture references in but one post!

Bold of you to assume I don’t have a 2nd ed nid codex. Go find someone else to devour.

Edit w/proof
old pic, but it’s an old book

 Esmer wrote:
That means...Tyranids, then CSM, then Guard and World Eaters in either order?

 Esmer wrote:
That means...Tyranids, then CSM, then Guard and World Eaters in either order?

 NAVARRO wrote:
We will get an ugly biovore thats tradition.

 xttz wrote:

 Esmer wrote:
That means...Tyranids, then CSM, then Guard and World Eaters in either order?

Means that most likely CSM will be alongside Space Marines in a summer boxed set. The Valrak video above claimed that World Eaters would be "before the end of the year".

Speculation; if this Tyranid release consists of multiple kits as rumoured I'm wondering if it was originally pencilled in to be out with the Octarius books last year but ended up being pushed back due to production / logistics issues. That would explain why it seems to be strangely wedged in the middle of a Chaos-themed season. That's why I didn't believe the Valrak rumour when I first saw it.