There are fundamental changes to the latest evolutions of these biomorphic fiends from the old versions you once knew. The will of the Hive Mind is transmitted by a synaptic network, and many of the more powerful monsters (and some smaller creatures like Warriors) act as nodes and relays for this. Hormagaunts,Termagants, and Gargoyles are rapacious locusts that swarm at the Hive Minds command if locusts were about the size of a tiger and armed with organic bio-weaponry. To find out just how doomed the galaxy is, I am joined by Tyranid fans Gunum, PierreTheMime and Primaris Kevin, all of whom are eagerly looking forward to throwing down with the new book, and were going to take a look at the army rules, the datasheets and round off with some final thoughts and army lists to really get your appetite for delicious biomass going. Its basically an Orbital Bombardment that people will be able to avoid, which makes it a pretty hard sell to me. Monstrously. First up, its the old workhorse* of the Tyranid hive fleet, the trustyCarnifex. As with the other compilations the A running compilation of rumors, leaks, sneak peaks for Tyranids 9th edition codex. During Warhammer Fest 2022 (May 4 May 7), we saw a whole new range of horrible (lovely)Chaos Space Marine models. the silver-shouldered badasses of the Deathwatch. It is 64 pages long, and includes juicy Deathwatch-specific lore content and special ruleson mixing Kill Teams with different specialisations. Keep checking on the Warhammer Community site as we delve even deeper into the unknowable machinations of the Hive Mind. This is essentially the same power as 8th, but theyve combined the roll to check against Leadership into the psychic test itself. Both of these are Living Artillery, and thus are largely bypassed for most rule purposes other than either getting shot or blowing opponents up. Also available are some relic Monstrous Scything Talons in the form of the Scythes of Tyran, good for bumping your second Tyrant to D3 if youre not running as Leviathan (where the Synaptic Hive Blades likely edge it out). Deathleaper, Alien Cunning 95 The third edition rendered these obsolete, and a new series began, including introducing codices for battle . Sadly it's 1 damage vs rhe Trygon's 12 at 2. Your foes will really have something to worry about when you thrust a heap of suddenly nigh-invulnerableCarnifexesinto their most valuable units.***. Purestrain Genestealers: Whos ready for razor hugs?Credit: Pendulin. The Winged Hive Tyrant can also swap out the boneswords and whip for a pair of monstrous scything talons which are weaker but give extra attacks, while the walker already comes with an extra pair and can replace that with another ranged weapon. A few of the new rules came early, in the form of deliberate previews, and apparently leaked spoilers, including: The pre-order and full release dates for the Drukhari codex were originally announced in a Warhammer Communityarticleon Sunday, March 14 along withPiety and Pain, a double-army boxset featuring Drukhari and Sisters of Battle, whichwent to pre-order at the same time. The standalone Astra Militarum codex released a week Saturday, January 28. With multiple ways for a Flyrant to either return to their protection or get out of dodge once it commits, having a unit of these around makes them extremely difficult to take off the table, and these are sufficiently durable (T6, 4W, 2+) that it can be worth bulking the unit out to five models for more coverage and to act as a To The Last option. Thedelayed new Death Guardcodex (9th editions first rulebook released for a Chaos army) went up for pre-order on January 16, 2021, and was released on January 23. And of courseweapon buffshelp bring the army up to par. Thats the old out the way, onto the new. It's also possible it could be one of the last codexes (though unlikely) in 2022 (assuming an average codex release of 2 per month). There is also heaps of lore, artwork, and miniatures for you to feast on. Name Battlefield Role Chapter Approved 2020 Forgeworld 2020 Thats spoken for then, but if you want a nice, generic upgrade for your big monster bug then both Adaptive Biology (5+ ignore wounds) and Heightened Senses (re-roll hits, Fight First) are very spicy. This can sometimes be a sidegrade, as games absolutely can be flipped by one of your units going bang in the middle of the enemy army at a key moment, but the change removes the big drawback of explosions, which is that theyll sometimes completely ruin you when the opponent gets a strong start and pops a few units in your deployment zone. Once per turn, each Toxicrene can use its Massive Grasping Tendrils to envelop an enemy unit on a D6 roll of a 3+ (or 2+, if theyreINFANTRY), they cant Fall Back at all. DnD alignment: Lawful Good. Cards on the table it is still tricky to justify putting points on these rather than more Fexes, but theyre both great datasheets. -1 hit in melee, Unique weapon called Ravenor talons S:U Ap-2 1d and scything talons. The Sisters new centrepiece character model, Vahl is given a lot of attention in the updated codex, and has been designed to synergise with whatever you stick in your Sisters of Battle army. This list is a basic tour through all the best datasheets slammed into a Leviathan shell. ++Powers: Psychic Scream, Maleceptor 170pts They cant all be hits though, and a lot of stuff here is very strong, providing plenty of ways to turn your bugs into murder machines. Whether through rows of bristling antennae or clusters of glistening compound eyes, this warlord can sense the location of its prey with unerring accuracy. Thesupplement, like its siblings, provided army-specific datasheets, rules, and bespoke Crusade content for the Space Wolveschapter of Space Marines. The Tyrannofex does end up losing out on shots from no longer firing twice, but again sees a massive boost on those it does have (as well as BS3+), with the rupture cannon being a monstrous S14 and Dd6+4. New and looking pretty good here is the Dirgeheart of Kharis, which lets you switch off the ObSec of a unit you hit in the fight phase, an extremely strong effect. Warlocks everywhere are weeping. At that point, youre quite likely to be safer planning around Teleport Homers instead. The most plausible way to use these is probably one with the spray rushing forward as a wrecking ball, as the defences are sturdy enough that it demands some pretty serious killing. Going near lots of Spore Mines is risky enough that this can be a real deterrent to the enemy, and though the price on these is maybe a little steep, theyre a fun unit to play around with. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Daniel "Skails" Rodenberg, Charlie B, "Primaris" Kevin Genson, Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and SRM, James "One_Wing" Grover, Peter "The Falcon" Colosimo, Jeremy "Curie" Atkinson and Lowest of Men, James "One_Wing" Grover, Peter "The Falcon" Colosimo, Lowest of Men and Jeremy "Curie" Atkinson, Matthew "Rockfish" Herrington, Colin Ward, SRM, MasterSlowPoke, Jack Hunter and Liam "Corrode" Royle, Mike Bettle-Shaffer, Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and BuffaloChicken, Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and MildNorman, James "One_Wing" Grover, "Primaris" Kevin Genson, Chase "Gunum" Garber and PierreTheMime, Goonhammer Reviews: Chapter Approved 2003, incredibly official Goonhammer store on RedBubble. In 8th Edition, Tyranid Monsters had Death Throes, explosions by another name. Also new and hilarious is the Gestation Sac, which lets you spawn a unit of Rippers once per game as an Action in the shooting phase. The Tervigon is conceptually awesome, but never really got there in 8th. That promise has been borne out, and then some. Its a decent bump in damage potential, but hinges on actually getting to your enemy. Given GW announced Warhammer 40k 9th edition a few monthsinto the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the rollout was always going to be problematic. busybody cattery platform. Some armies will just shoot them, of course, but if your opponent is leaning on melee to do damage its bad news. Three Faction Secondaries to round things out here, and theyre honestly probably one of the weaker parts of this book. Press J to jump to the feed. Patrol 0CP ++Monstrous Bonesword and Lashwhip A returning classic, the giant, throbbing brains of SYNAPSE units give massive headaches to Psykers of other factions, subtracting 1 from their Psychic Tests within 18 and also causing them to take an extra mortal wound if they suffer Perils. Similar story for Onslaught, another classic power with very little changed. Tyranid Prime - Guidemind. Definitely a weak pack overall, but the Tyranids do at least get a partial reprieve from being particularly good at Warpcraft Secondaries. "Nobody embodies the ferocity and strength of a Hive Fleet better than the Hive Tyrant, which takes pride of place on this awe-inspiring cover. Unstoppable Swarm isnt super flashy, allowing you to ignore movement and charge penalties, but up against some of the top armies in the meta this is actually an effect you want, so being able to flex it on isnt bad. The Adaptive trait helps that Combat happen, providing you with charge re-rolls, which is fine but not spectacular there are going to be cases when youre trying to land two or more tricky charges in a turn and it will help, but if youre focused more on a few big nasties then switching out for the +1 charge from Hunt (which you can do) and using a Command Re-roll might be better. There were plenty of rules updates for Tyranidslovers to tuck into, though. Gunum: Its no secret I love Nids. TheWorld Eaterstied off all the Warhammer 40k Chaos factions and in fact, all the codexes for 9th edition. Thats right, were talking about the many terrifying improvements Codex: Tyranids is bestowing upon the many millions of wee critters that make the Hive Fleet work. Gorgon can hyper adapt to Lurk or Feed, which is a little bit of a shame as theyre otherwise where youd like to use Hunts Synaptic Goading for a pre-game move. Codex: Tyranids 9th edition was released on TBD Unit points throughout Time. Plenty of the Hive Fleet Warlord Traits are good, but none of them except Kraken (and some of the Leviathan Supplement ones) scream out as must takes, so youre certainly in the market for some good generic traits. This is a cool mechanic and adds a new wrinkle to your opponents target priority. ++Relic: Chameleonic Mutation Finally, debuffs two Malediction choices in The Horror and Paroxysm. Most notably, heavy venom cannons are extremely good now, getting flat three shots at S9 AP-3 D4, one of the biggest gun glowups weve seen for a while and making them excellent almost everywhere you can take them. The Maw-Claws of Thyrax provides full wound rerolls without the spend for Voracious Appetite, as well as increasing the number of attacks each time you kill a model. That said, the full set of 9th edition codex books is, at last,complete and this guide has the latest details on every single one. Winged Hive Tyrants (and Tyrant Guard to support), Maleceptors (and Neurothropes to support), Your first unit of Zoanthropes to unlock the. Its unclear whether that ends up as the best way to spend your points, but these are vastly nastier than people are used to now. Lore for the forces of the Hive Mind, and the various tendrils that have struck into known space. This allows either a FLY or BURROWER unit to bug out into deep strike at the end of your turn as long as they didnt arrive this turn. The Swarmlord received some pretty serious changes from the last book. This beastie has theSYNAPSEkeyword, giving it sway over lesser bioforms like Gargoyles and making airborne swarms an altogether more tasty (and horrifying) prospect. Thesupplement isfull of the usual army-specific datasheets, rules, and bespoke Crusade content for the scarlet-clad sons of long-lost Sanguinius, the Angel, along with a good chunk of lore and background information on this popular chapter. Alongside the factions codex, GW also released the long-teased Paragon Warsuits, Celestian Sacresants (as shown on the codexs front cover), and Dogmata, as well as faction-specific Battle dice and datacards. Just one here, the Sporocyst, and it sits in the comfortable spot where it looks pretty cute and interesting, and does enough that itll be fun for casual play without doing anything wildly stupid to the competitive metagame. HQ Last up, Biovores who arent cheap, but might have some play. Carnifexes arent the only colossal creatures getting juiced up by the Hive Fleet. The Hive Mind shows a remarkably fourth-wall-breaking ability to adapt tochanges in Warhammer 40,000s ninth edition, taking advantage of Monsters ability to fire Heavy weapons on the move to up-gun several of its larger Assault weapons. Combos well with Psychic Scream (if you want to strip a psychic power off something) and a number of different morale-centric abilities/strats. Haruspex. The Warhammer 40k Eldar codexwent to pre-order on February 26, 2022, and was up for sale the following week, on March 5. Gunum: This is the best unit in the book as written. Can take ranged weapons but if you dont you get reroll hit rolls of 1 in melee. Multiple editions of Venomthropes being easy to snipe out have made me wary of fielding them, but considering how durable they are now Im strongly considering swapping them in for the Malanthrope. Start Competing: Chaos Space Marines Updated! There were no new models for the noble mech army, but naturally plenty of new rules. Not only that, but this book debuts a new spin on subfaction customisation, and this one rules, because as well as being able to build your own Hive Fleet from scratch, you can also customise the named Hive Fleets using the Hyper Adaptation rule. Codex: Tyranids First up is Codex: Tyranids. The most notablechange made to the factionin this rulebook was to fully integrate the Sisters of Silence (the Imperiums all-female arm of psyker hunters) into the army proper, where they had previously operated as an add-on rather than a full force. Its not that those units are bad, it just feels like others are way better. These are powerful, aura-like abilities that radiate from each and everySYNAPSEunit in your army until the end of that round and depending on your swarms composition, youll be able to pick between a jaw-dropping10of them. However, if one of these creatures dies before you can use its Imperative, you lose that option for good so dont let the enemy eliminate all yourTyranid Warriorsbefore you have the chance to fire offGoaded to Slaughter. Crusade Rules, letting you work through the process of devouring a whole entire planet. There are also a couple of specialised Carnifex variants you can purchase, with Thornbacks being shootier fexes and the Screamer Killer being a specialised melee monstrosity with 10-11A! Something thats completely new here is a number of the psychic powers available to the Hive Mind now use Synaptic Link range, which can make your psychic phase quite a bit more effective if youve properly arranged your SYNAPSE models but could bite you if you make a mistake in positioning or your canny opponent breaks your link chain. Dont forget that Hive-Mind Imperative from the Supplement can provide ObSec on demand though, so its not like they cant flip objectives when needed. 3x Zoanthrope 150pts That means you can now grab the book even if you missed out on the Beast Snagga box earlier in the year. Three hits (and extremely generically useful ones at that), two misses and a buildaround is a fine rate for a set of traits, so expect to be buying these for your bugs left and right. Originallypackaged in theBeast Snagga Orks army box the introductory set for Warhammer 40ks newestOrk faction in July 2021,the book finally hit shelves independently on September 11. Its very pricy at 20pts and you cant push the unit size above 10, which makes it a hard sell, but Im willing to be surprised that there could be some way to make use of it. Realistically youre more likely to top out a bit lower, because there are other cool things you want to spend points on, but these are an incredible bargain, and there are other valid tweaks you can make. The pattern followedprevious releases, with GW doing its big reveal of the new book one week before pre-orders go live on aSaturday evening, with the books hitting shelves (or, more accurately nowadays, doorsteps)theweekend after that. Of which you can take nine, because they come in broods. There are also a few auto-hitting weapons in this book with 18 range, so adding the range means you can get the boosted AP out of reserves, good news for Pyrovores in particular. Relentless Ferocity is perfect for repositioning and keeping up pressure on the front lines, as allies within 6 can launch fresh charges even after falling back. Carnifexes have even inherited the rock-hard chitin exoskeletons that the Hive Fleet experimented with in the recent Crusher Stampedes, granting them damage reduction. Probably not very good, as Rippers are mediocre, but flavourful and fun. The new codex for the Imperial Knights codex packs Knightly teachings that can buff up your (relatively) little Armigers, and the Code Chivalric, which gives boosts. Add the Alien Cunning warlord trait for ObSec and counting as 5 models for control, and youve got an incredible bargain for 95pts that will give opponents fits. It isnt going to be applicable to every situation, but is a strong movement enhancement when you need it. Our reviewer Tim Linward was practically champing at the bitto build an army afterhis World Eaters codex review they look like a fun force to see out the edition. Not a bad start overall certainly some toys to work with here. You cant pick the same Synaptic Imperative more than once per battle, and youll need the unit that grants it to actually be on the battlefield, but those are the only restrictions. Wait, could that be? The Blood Angels Codex Supplement was released on December 5, 2020. Speaking of Ripper Swarms, theyve moved here from Troops and unfortunately that means they dont have much of a role they die to a light breeze, theyre not ObSec, and you cant use them to fill mandatory detachment slots. There is also a special Collectors Edition available, if you fancy it. The Guard are way more durable, going up to T6 and 4W, so its possible you can just have a shockcannon unit shooting in the open, but theyre also not cheap and not-CORE, so its really tough not to just spend the points on an additional Carnifex and change. Some monsters are big and chunky, others are small and highly numerous. Date of the price: . The ones that seem to really push their units are Corrosive Viscera for units with Acid Blood, most notable for Pyrovores, and Enfolding Strike for the new Parasite of Mortrex. Finally, for your cheap choice, the Tyranid Prime. All nice, though they are also twice the price. The last datasheets in Fast Attack are the two flavours of living bomb, Spore Mines and Mucolid Spores. 3 Zoanthropes, Psychic Scream 150, Carnifex, Heavy Venom Cannon, 2 Carnifex Crushing Claws, Enhanced Senses 130 Leviathan in particular sends these to the moon they can use their first cast for Hive Nexus to turn on their Imperative to allow Action and Cast, use Will of the Hive Mind for an extra cast, then throw out three casts and an Action, probably all boosted by a Neurothrope, dealing a cool 12 Mortal Wounds to the nearest enemy even if theyre behind a wall. If one of your units charges, then after they have fought there are no enemies in engagement range (i.e. That last one is extremely good for the Maleceptor themselves, because as well see when we look at their datasheet, you really want to be jamming out a lot of powers and Actions. After its reveal in a May 16 Warhammer Communityblog post, the 9th edition AdMech codexwent up for pre-orderonMay 22, 2021, and was released on Saturday, May 29.