Tyranids – Hive Guard
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Hive Guard
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | |
35 Hive Guard |
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| 3‑6 | 35 Hive Guard |
5" | 4+ | 3+ | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4+ | |
This unit contains 3 Hive Guard. It can include up to 3 additional Hive Guard (Power Rating +6). Each model is armed with an impaler cannon.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
+10 Impaler cannon | ||||||
+10 Impaler cannon | 36" | Heavy 2 | 8 | -2 | D3 | This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. In addition, units attacked by this weapon do not gain any bonus to their saving throws for being in cover. |
| This weapon can target units that are not visible to the bearer. In addition, units attacked by this weapon do not gain any bonus to their saving throws for being in cover. | ||||||
| Shockcannon | ||||||
| Shockcannon | 24" | Assault D3 | 7 | -1 | D3 | Blast. If the target is a VEHICLE and you make a wound roll of 4+, the target suffers 1 mortal wound in addition to any other damage. If you make a wound roll of 6+, inflict D3 mortal wounds instead. |
| Blast. If the target is a VEHICLE and you make a wound roll of 4+, the target suffers 1 mortal wound in addition to any other damage. If you make a wound roll of 6+, inflict D3 mortal wounds instead. | ||||||
WARGEAR OPTIONS | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS |
• Any model may replace its impaler cannon with a shockcannon. • All models in the unit may have toxin sacs and/or adrenal glands.
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ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Instinctive Behaviour
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| FACTION KEYWORDS: TYRANIDS, <HIVE FLEET> | |
| KEYWORDS: INFANTRY, HIVE GUARD | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
1CP | ||
PROGENY OF THE HIVE Tyranids Stratagem Nothing can hold back the terrifying speed at which the hive fleets adapt their diverse organisms. Use this Stratagem before the battle. Select one TYRANIDS INFANTRY unit or one TYRANIDS MONSTER model from your army that does not have an Adaptive Physiology, and then select one Adaptive Physiology to apply to that unit or model until the end of the battle. You can only use this Stratagem once per battle. | ||
2CP | ||
SINGLE-MINDED ANNIHILATION Tyranids Stratagem The Hive Mind invests its warrior-forms with but a single imperative: kill. Use this Stratagem at the end of your Shooting phase. Select a TYRANIDS INFANTRY unit from your army – that unit can immediately shoot again. | ||
1CP | ||
PHEROMONE TRAIL Tyranids Stratagem Lictors release a trail of potent pheromones that guide fresh waves of bioforms to the slaughter. Use this Stratagem when a TYRANIDS INFANTRY unit from your army is set up on the battlefield as reinforcements if there is already a LICTOR from your army on the battlefield. You can set up the unit wholly within 6" of the LICTOR and more than 9" from any enemy models, rather than following the normal rules for setting up the unit. You cannot use this Stratagem to affect a unit of reinforcements being set up by the Genestealer’s Infestation ability, or that are added to your army due to a unit’s ability. | ||
1CP | ||
THE ENEMY BELOW Jormungandr Stratagem The Great Serpent attacks from below, bursting out from subterranean tunnels in the midst of its prey. Use this Stratagem when you set up a JORMUNGANDR INFANTRY unit during deployment. It is set up within tunnels bored before battle. Whenever you set up a unit of RAVENERS, a MAWLOC, TRYGON or a TRYGON PRIME at the end of your Movement phase (a burrowing unit), you can also set up any number of units you set up within the tunnels. Set up the unit wholly within 3" of the burrowing unit and more than 9" from any enemy units. Any models you cannot set up in this way when you do so are destroyed. | ||
2CP | ||
ENDLESS SWARM Tyranids Stratagem The swarms of the Hydra are numberless. Kill one organism, and two more will take its place. Use this Stratagem at the end of your Movement phase. Select a unit of Termagants, Hormagaunts or Gargoyles (or any HYDRA INFANTRY unit) from your army that has been completely destroyed. Add an identical unit to your army, and set it up as reinforcements wholly within 6" of any board edge, more than 9" from enemy models. | ||
Optional WargearOther Wargear
OTHER WARGEAR | ABILITIES | ||||||
+1 Adrenal glands | |||||||
If a unit has adrenal glands, add 1" to the distance it can move when it Advances or charges. | |||||||
+1 Adrenal glands | If a unit has adrenal glands, add 1" to the distance it can move when it Advances or charges. | ||||||
+5 Toxin sacs | |||||||
Any wound rolls of 6+ in the Fight phase for a model with toxin sacs cause 1 additional damage. | |||||||
+5 Toxin sacs | Any wound rolls of 6+ in the Fight phase for a model with toxin sacs cause 1 additional damage. | ||||||
This datasheet has Elites Battlefield Role. Full list of Tyranids units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
Saving Throw
The player commanding the target unit then makes one saving throw by rolling one D6 and modifying the roll by the Armour Penetration (AP) characteristic of the weapon that the attack was made with. For example, if the weapon has an AP of -1, then 1 is subtracted from the saving throw roll. If the result is equal to, or greater than, the Save (Sv) characteristic of the model the attack was allocated to, then the saving throw is successful and the attack sequence ends. If the result is less than the model’s Save characteristic, then the saving throw fails and the model suffers damage. An unmodified roll of 1 always fails.
Terrain and Cover
Some pieces of terrain can provide certain bonuses to units in your army. Each bonus and how to acquire it is described in the Terrain Features section of the Core Rules. If a model has acquired such a bonus (to it's Save, Leadership or other characteristics), it is considered as receiving the benefit of cover. There are ways for some models to ignore such bonuses while making an attack, but it should be known what kind of benefit is ignored (see the Rare Rules for clarification).
HEAVY
Heavy weapons are amongst the biggest guns on the battlefield, but they require bracing to fire at full effect and are unwieldy to bring to bear at close quarters.When an INFANTRY model shoots a Heavy weapon, subtract 1 from the hit rolls when resolving that weapon’s attacks if the firing model’s unit has moved for any reason this turn (e.g. it made a Normal Move this turn).
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls if firing model is INFANTRY and its unit has moved this turn.
Shockcannon used in following datasheets:
Elites
Blast Weapons
Some weapons have ‘Blast’ listed in their profile’s abilities. These are referred to as Blast weapons. In addition to the normal rules, the following rules apply to Blast weapons:- If a Blast weapon targets a unit that has between 6 and 10 models, it always makes a minimum of 3 attacks. So if, when determining how many attacks are made with that weapon, the dice rolled results in less than 3 attacks being made, make 3 attacks instead. For example, if a Grenade D6 weapon with the Blast rule targets a unit that has 6 or more models, and you roll a 2 to determine how many attacks are made, that roll is counted as being a 3 and that weapon makes three attacks against that unit.
- When a Blast weapon targets a unit that has 11 or more models, do not roll dice to randomly determine how many attacks are made – instead, make the maximum possible number of attacks. For example, if a Grenade D6 weapon with the Blast rule targets a unit that has 11 or more models, that weapon makes six attacks against that unit.
- Blast Weapons: Minimum three attacks against units with 6+ models. Always make maximum number of attacks against units with 11+ models.
- Can never be used to attack units within the firing unit’s Engagement Range.
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target. The result required is determined by comparing the attacking weapon’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown on the following table:
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If the result of the wound roll is less than the required number, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. An unmodified wound roll of 6 always successfully wounds the target, and an unmodified wound roll of 1 always fails. A wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be -2 or worse, it is changed to be -1. Similarly, if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a wound roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
Mortal Wounds
Some attacks inflict mortal wounds – these are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury. Each mortal wound inflicts 1 point of damage on the target unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Do not make a wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saves) against a mortal wound – just allocate it as you would any other attack and inflict damage to a model in the target unit. Unlike damage inflicted by normal attacks, excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, resolve the normal damage first. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers the mortal wounds, as described before. If an ability modifies the damage inflicted by a weapon, and that weapon can inflict mortal wounds in addition to the normal damage, the modifier does not apply to any mortal wounds that are inflicted (unless the rule specifically states otherwise).
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in the unit to lose one wound.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks in addition to normal damage always apply, even if normal damage saved.
ASSAULT
Assault weapons fire so rapidly or indiscriminately that they can be shot from the hip as warriors dash forwards into combat.If a unit includes any models equipped with Assault weapons, that unit is still eligible to shoot with in your Shooting phase even if it has Advanced this turn, but you can only resolve attacks using those Assault weapons when you select that unit to shoot with. If a model shoots an Assault weapon in the same turn in which its unit has Advanced, subtract 1 from hit rolls when resolving that weapon’s attacks.
- Can be shot even if firing model’s unit Advanced.
- Subtract 1 from hit rolls if the firing model’s unit Advanced.
Instinctive Behaviour
Unless controlled or coordinated by the domineering will of the Hive Mind, many Tyranid organisms will revert to their baser instincts.
Unless a <HIVE FLEET> unit with this ability is within 24" of any friendly <HIVE FLEET> SYNAPSE unit, you must subtract 1 from any hit rolls made for it when shooting any target other than the nearest visible enemy unit, and you must subtract 2 from its charge roll if it declares a charge against any unit other than the nearest enemy unit.The TYRANIDS keyword is used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Heavy Support
Fortifications
The <HIVE FLEET> keyword is used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Heavy Support
Fortifications
The INFANTRY keyword is used in following Tyranids datasheets:
The TYRANIDS and INFANTRY keywords are used in following Tyranids datasheets:
The TYRANIDS and MONSTER keywords are used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Dedicated Transport
Fast Attack
Heavy Support
Fortifications
The JORMUNGANDR and INFANTRY keywords are used in following Tyranids datasheets:
The RAVENER keyword is used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Elites
Fast Attack
The MAWLOC keyword is used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Heavy Support
The TRYGON keyword is used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Heavy Support
The TRYGON PRIME keyword is used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Heavy Support
The HYDRA and INFANTRY keywords are used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Adrenal glands used in following datasheets:
Advance
When a unit makes an Advance, make an Advance roll for the unit by rolling one D6. Add the result in inches to the Move (M) characteristic of each model in that unit until the end of the current phase. Each model in that unit can then move a distance in inches equal to or less than this total, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models. A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it made an Advance.- Advance: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
Toxin sacs used in following datasheets:
Army List
Datasheets collatedDedicated Transport
Elites
Flyers
Heavy Support
Lords of War
Fortifications
