Tyranids – Ripper Swarm
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | |
12 Ripper Swarm |
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| 3‑9 | 12 Ripper Swarm |
6" | 5+ | 5+ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6+ | |
This unit contains 3 Ripper Swarms. It can include up to 3 additional Ripper Swarms (Power Rating +2) or up to 6 additional Ripper Swarms (Power Rating +4). Each model is armed with claws and teeth.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
+3 Spinemaws | ||||||
+3 Spinemaws | 6" | Pistol 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Claws and teeth | ||||||
| Claws and teeth | Melee | Melee | User | 0 | 1 | - |
WARGEAR OPTIONS | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS |
• All models in the unit may also take spinemaws.
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ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Instinctive Behaviour Burrowers: During deployment, you can set up a unit of Ripper Swarms underground instead of on the battlefield. At the end of any of your Movement phases, they can tunnel up to the battlefield – set them up anywhere that is more than 9" from any enemy models.
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| FACTION KEYWORDS: TYRANIDS, <HIVE FLEET> | |
| KEYWORDS: SWARM, RIPPERS | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
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BURIED THREATS Tyranids Stratagem Burrowing feeder organisms can surge just beneath the surface, their advance shrouded in sprays of earth. Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase, when a RIPPERS unit from your army is set up on the battlefield using the Burrowers ability. For as long as that unit remains stationary, when resolving an attack made with a ranged weapon against that unit, subtract 1 from the hit roll. | ||
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GRISLY FEAST Tyranids Stratagem The sight of a comrade being devoured even as they fall can break the spirit of the hardiest warrior. Use this Stratagem in the Morale phase. Select a unit of Ripper Swarms or Haruspex from your army. Your opponent must add 1 to any Morale tests taken for enemy units that are within 6" of that unit in this phase. | ||
This datasheet has Troops Battlefield Role. Full list of Tyranids units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
Spinemaws used in following datasheets:
Troops
Fast Attack
PISTOL
Due to their compact size, pistols can even be used in melee to shoot at point-blank range.A model can make attacks with a Pistol even when its unit is within Engagement Range of enemy units, but it must target an enemy unit that is within Engagement Range of its own unit when it does so. In such circumstances, the model can target an enemy unit even if other friendly units are within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit.
When a model equipped with both a Pistol and another type of ranged weapon (e.g. a Pistol and a Rapid Fire weapon) shoots, it can either shoot with its Pistol(s) or with its other ranged weapons. Choose which it will fire (Pistols or non-Pistols) before selecting targets.
- Can be shot even if firing model’s unit is within Engagement Range of enemy unit.
- Cannot be shot alongside any other type of weapon.
Claws and teeth used in following datasheets:
Troops
Elites
Fast Attack
Select Weapon
When a model makes a close combat attack, it must do so using a melee weapon (i.e. a weapon that has the ‘Melee’ type). The weapons a model is equipped with are described on its datasheet. If a model is not equipped with any melee weapons, or if it cannot make an attack with any of the melee weapons it is equipped with, then that model makes its attacks using a close combat weapon, which has the following profile:
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If a model has more than one melee weapon, select which it will use before resolving any attacks. If a model has more than one melee weapon and can make several attacks, it can split them between these weapons however you wish – declare which attacks are being made with which weapons before any attacks are resolved. If the selected weapon has more than one profile that you must choose between, you must declare which profile is being used at the same time. Different attacks made with such a weapon can be made using different profiles if you wish.
If your unit is making attacks with more than one melee weapon against a unit, and those weapons have different characteristics profiles, then after you have resolved an attack with one of those weapons you must, if any other weapons with the same characteristics profile are also being used to make attacks against that unit, resolve those attacks before resolving any attacks against the target with a weapon that has a different characteristics profile. Note that all the attacks you have declared are always resolved against the target unit even if, when you come to resolve an individual attack, no models in the target unit remain in range (this can happen because of models being destroyed and removed from the battlefield as the result of resolving other attacks made by the attacking model’s unit first).
- Each close combat attack is made with a melee weapon.
- A model makes attacks using the close combat weapon profile if it has no other melee weapons.
- If a unit attacks with multiple weapons, all attacks made with weapons that have the same profile must be resolved before resolving attacks with the next.
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 SWARM keyword is used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Troops
Fast Attack
The RIPPERS keyword is used in following Tyranids datasheets:
Troops
Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the hit roll is equal to or greater than the attacking model’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that attack scores one hit against the target unit. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.If an attack is made with a weapon that has an ability that says it ‘automatically hits the target’, no hit roll is made – that attack simply scores one hit on the target unit. An unmodified hit roll of 6 always scores a hit, and an unmodified hit roll of 1 always fails. A hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1. This means that if, after all the cumulative modifiers to a hit 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 hit roll have been calculated, the total modifier would be +2 or better, it is changed to be +1.
Morale Tests
To take a Morale test, roll one D6 and add the number of models from the unit that have been destroyed this turn. If the result is equal to or less than the highest Leadership (Ld) characteristic in the unit, the Morale test is passed and nothing else happens. An unmodified roll of 1 also always results in a passed Morale test, irrespective of the total result. In any other case, the Morale test is failed, one model flees that unit, and you must then take Combat Attrition tests for the remaining models in the unit. You decide which model from your unit flees – that model is removed from play and counts as having been destroyed, but it never triggers any rules that are used when a model is destroyed.- Morale test = D6 + number of models destroyed this turn.
- Unmodified roll of 1 always a success (no models flee).
- If Morale test exceeds unit’s Ld, one model flees and other models must take Combat Attrition tests.
Army List
Datasheets collatedDedicated Transport
Elites
Flyers
Heavy Support
Lords of War
Fortifications
