Tyranids – Hormagaunts
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | Base |
8 Hormagaunt (base: 25mm) |
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| 10‑30 | 8 Hormagaunt |
10" | 4+ | 4+ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5+ | 25mm |
If this unit contains between 11 and 20 models, it has Power Rating 8. If this unit contains 21 or more models, it has Power Rating 12. Every model is equipped with: Hormagaunt talons.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Hormagaunt talons | ||||||
| Hormagaunt talons | Melee | Melee | User | -1 | 1 | - |
OTHER WARGEAR | ABILITIES | ||||||
+2 Adrenal glands | |||||||
The bearer gains the ADRENAL GLANDS keyword. Add 1" to the Move characteristic and add 1 to the Strength characteristic of the bearer. | |||||||
+2 Adrenal glands | The bearer gains the ADRENAL GLANDS keyword. Add 1" to the Move characteristic and add 1 to the Strength characteristic of the bearer. | ||||||
+1 Toxin sacs | |||||||
The bearer gains the TOXIN SACS keyword. Each time the bearer makes a melee attack, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically wounds the target. | |||||||
+1 Toxin sacs | The bearer gains the TOXIN SACS keyword. Each time the bearer makes a melee attack, an unmodified hit roll of 6 automatically wounds the target. | ||||||
WARGEAR OPTIONS | |
WARGEAR OPTIONS |
• All of the models in this unit can be equipped with 1 adrenal glands each. • All of the models in this unit can be equipped with 1 toxin sacs each.
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ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Swarming Masses Bounding Leap: Each time a model in this unit makes a pile-in move, it can move up to an additional 3" (to a maximum of 9").
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| FACTION KEYWORDS: HIVE TENDRIL, TYRANIDS, | |
| KEYWORDS: INFANTRY, CORE, ENDLESS MULTITUDE, HORMAGAUNTS | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
UNPARALLELED FEROCITY1CP/2CP
Behemoth – Battle Tactic Stratagem
So single-minded is the aggression with which the beasts of Hive Fleet Behemoth fight that even death does not immediately halt their brutal rampage.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a BEHEMOTH INFANTRY unit (excluding CHARACTER units) from your army that has not fought this phase is selected as the target of a melee attack. Until the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, each time a model in that BEHEMOTH unit is destroyed, instead of using any rules that are triggered when that model is destroyed, do not remove the destroyed model from play - it can, after the attacking model’s unit has finished making its attacks, attack as if its unit had been selected to fight. After resolving these attacks, the destroyed model is then removed. If that BEHEMOTH INFANTRY unit has the ENDLESS MULTITUDE keyword, this Stratagem costs 1CP; otherwise, it costs 2CP.
OPPORTUNISTIC ADVANCE1CP
Kraken – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Before the prey can react, Krakens swarms are already amongst them.
Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase, when a KRAKEN unit from your army is selected to move. Until the end of the turn:
- Each time that unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 8" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit (note that a unit cannot be affected by both this Stratagem and the Bounding Advance Stratagem, in the same phase).
- Models in that unit do not suffer the penalty to hit rolls incurred for firing Assault weapons in the same turn that their unit has Advanced.
COMBINED ASSAULT1CP
Leviathan – Battle Tactic Stratagem
The broods of Hive Fleet Leviathan hunt as one, exhibiting eerie precision in their strikes.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase. Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of two or more LEVIATHAN units from your army. Until the end of the phase, each time a LEVIATHAN model makes a melee attack against that enemy unit, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
CRITICAL MASS1CP
Hydra – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Once this hive fleets warrior organisms outnumber their prey, they soon overwhelm them in a hideous, heaving mass.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a HYDRA unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, each time a melee attack made by a model in that unit targets an enemy unit with fewer models than its own, you can re-roll the wound roll.
ADRENAL SURGE1CP
Tyranids – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
These warrior organisms destroy all as their adrenaline surges.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when an ADRENAL GLANDS unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit.
ACID BLOOD1CP
Tyranids – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Caustic fluids flow through the blood vessels of some Tyranids, spraying over any enemy that wounds them.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when an enemy unit is selected to fight. Select one HIVE TENDRIL unit from your army within Engagement Range of that enemy unit. Until that enemy unit finishes making its attacks, each time a model in that HIVE TENDRIL unit loses a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, after that enemy unit has finished making its attacks, it suffers 1 mortal wound (to a maximum of 3 mortal wounds).
LAYERED CHITIN1CP
Tyranids – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
When armoured with multiple layers of thick chitin, Tyranids can shrug off direct hits.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a HIVE TENDRIL unit from your army containing models with a Wounds characteristic of more than 1 is selected as the target of an attack. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made against that unit, subtract 1 from the Strength characteristic of that attack.
ADRENAL SURGE1CP/2CP
Tyranids – Battle Tactic Stratagem
These warrior organisms destroy all as their adrenaline surges.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when an ADRENAL GLANDS unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, if that unit made a charge move this turn:
- Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of models (excluding MONSTER models) in that unit.
- Add D3 to the Attacks characteristic of MONSTER models in that unit.
BURIED IN WAIT1CP
Jormungandr – Requisition Stratagem
The Great Serpent attacks from below, bursting out from subterranean tunnels into the midst of its prey.
Use this Stratagem before the battle, during the Declare Reserves and Transports step (if you are playing a mission without this step, use this Stratagem during deployment instead). Select one JORMUNGANDR unit from your army (excluding TITANIC units). You can set up that unit near to the surface instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do so, then in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases, you can set up that unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from any enemy models. You can only use this Stratagem once, unless you are playing a Strike Force battle (in which case you can use this Stratagem twice), or an Onslaught battle (in which case you can use this Stratagem three times).
BOUNDING ADVANCE1CP/2CP
Tyranids – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Synaptic impulses from the Hive Mind cause Hormagaunts to surge into battle.
Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase, when a HORMAGAUNTS unit from your army is selected to Advance. Until the end of the turn:
- Each time that unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit.
- That unit is still eligible to declare a charge this turn even though it Advanced.
ENDLESS SWARM1CP
Tyranids – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
As the battle rages, more organisms pour in to bolster the swarms.
Use this Stratagem at the start of your Command phase. Select one ENDLESS MULTITUDE unit from your army. Up to D3+3 destroyed models can be added back to that unit with their full wounds remaining. These returned models can only be set up within Engagement Range of enemy units that are already within Engagement Range of the unit they are being added back to.
OVERRUN1CP
Tyranids – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Tyranids are an unstoppable avalanche of flesh and chitin.
Use this Stratagem at the end of the Fight phase. Select one HIVE TENDRIL CORE unit from your army that made a charge move this turn. If there are no enemy models within Engagement Range of that unit, models in that unit can make a Normal Move.
RAVENOUS TIDE1CP
Tyranids – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Hive Mind pushes forward in a living tide of ravenous maws.
Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase, when a HIVE TENDRIL unit from your army is selected to Fall Back. Until the end of the turn:
- That unit is still eligible to declare a charge this turn even though it Fell Back.
- If that unit has the ENDLESS MULTITUDE or RIPPER SWARMS keywords, then when Falling Back, models in that unit can move across other models as if they were not there (they cannot finish a move on top of another model or its base).
LIVING RAMS1CP
Tyranids – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Such is the Tyranids numbers and hunger, they can force open bulkheads with sheer mass and momentum.
Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase, when an ENDLESS MULTITUDE unit from your army is selected to make a Normal Move or Advance. Until the end of the phase, once while moving a model in that unit, you can open one Hatchway that is within 1" of that model. This does not end that model’s movement, it can continue to move up to its full movement distance after the Hatchway is opened.
SUDDEN POUNCE1CP
Tyranids – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Unwary foes cannot spot the silent and still Tyranids hiding amongst the vents, which strike with preternatural speed.
Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Charge phase. Select one HIVE TENDRIL unit from your army. Until the end of the phase, that unit is eligible to perform Heroic Interventions as if it were a CHARACTER.
INFESTATION1CP
Tyranids – Strategic Ploy Stratagem – Crusade
So thoroughly saturated with Tyranid swarms has the prey world become, that broods prowl almost all environs and surge from every tangled thicket and blasted ruin to attack.
Use this Stratagem before the battle, during the Declare Reserves and Transports step (if you are playing a mission without this step, use this Stratagem during deployment instead). Select one ENDLESS MULTITUDE unit from your army. During deployment, when you set up that unit, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is wholly within an Area Terrain feature and more than 9" away from the enemy deployment zone and any enemy models.
HYPER-TOXICITY1CP
Gorgon – Wargear Stratagem
Few substances are as lethal as the toxins of Hive Fleet Gorgon. Fewer still tailor themselves so effectively to their luckless victims.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a GORGON TOXIN SACS unit from your army is selected to fight. Until the end of the phase, each time a TOXIN SACS model in that unit makes a melee attack, an unmodified hit roll of 5+ automatically wounds the target.
This datasheet has Troops Battlefield Role. Full list of Tyranids units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
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.
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.
The HIVE TENDRIL keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Heavy Support
Fortifications
The TYRANIDS keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Heavy Support
Fortifications
The keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Heavy Support
Fortifications
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
The BEHEMOTH and INFANTRY keywords are used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
The ENDLESS MULTITUDE keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
The KRAKEN keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Heavy Support
Fortifications
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.
The HORMAGAUNTS keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
Troops
BOUNDING ADVANCE1CP/2CP
Tyranids – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Synaptic impulses from the Hive Mind cause Hormagaunts to surge into battle.
Use this Stratagem in your Movement phase, when a HORMAGAUNTS unit from your army is selected to Advance. Until the end of the turn:
- Each time that unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit.
- That unit is still eligible to declare a charge this turn even though it Advanced.
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.
Engagement Range
Engagement Range represents the zone of threat that models present to their enemies. While a model is within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically of an enemy model, those models are within Engagement Range of each other. While two enemy models are within Engagement Range of each other, those models’ units are also within Engagement Range of each other. Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
The LEVIATHAN keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Heavy Support
Fortifications
The HYDRA keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Heavy Support
Fortifications
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.
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
Dedicated Transport
Heavy Support
Fortifications
The JORMUNGANDR keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Heavy Support
Fortifications
The TITANIC keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
Performing a Heroic Intervention
When a unit performs a Heroic Intervention, you can move each model in that unit up to 3" – this is a Heroic Intervention move. Each model in the unit must finish its Heroic Intervention move closer to the closest enemy model. Remember that a unit must finish any type of move in unit coherency.- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
Characters
Some models have the CHARACTER keyword. These models can make Heroic Interventions in Charge Phase and are not easy targets in the Shooting Phase (see Look out, Sir, rule). If your Warlord has the CHARACTER keyword he may be able to have a Warlord Trait (see Warlord Trait section on model’s faction page).Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while performing actions.
Fall Back
When a unit Falls Back, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches equal to or less than the Move (M) characteristic shown on its datasheet, and when doing so you can move it within Engagement Range of enemy models, but it cannot end its move within Engagement Range of any enemy models – if it cannot do this then it cannot Fall Back. A unit cannot declare a charge in the same turn that it Fell Back. A unit cannot shoot or attempt to manifest a psychic power in the same turn that it Fell Back unless it is TITANIC.- Fall Back: Models move up to M".
- Units that Fall Back cannot charge this turn.
- Units that Fall Back cannot shoot or manifest psychic powers this turn unless they are TITANIC.
Charging with a Unit
Once you have chosen an eligible unit to declare a charge with, you must select one or more enemy units within 12" of it as the targets of its charge. The target(s) of this charge do not need to be visible to the charging unit. You then make a charge roll for your unit by rolling 2D6. This is the maximum number of inches each model in the charging unit can now be moved if they can make the charge move. To make a charge move, the unit’s charge roll must be sufficient that it is able to end that move in unit coherency and within Engagement Range of every unit that was a target of its charge, without moving within Engagement Range of any enemy units that were not a target of its charge. If this is possible, then the charge is successful and the models in the unit make a charge move so as to fulfil the above conditions. If this is impossible, the charge fails and no models in the charging unit move this phase.- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
The RIPPER SWARMS keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
Fast Attack
The TOXIN SACS keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
– if equipped with the Toxin sacs the bearer gains the TOXIN SACS keyword.Adrenal glands used in the following datasheets:
Elites
Tyrant Guard
+15
– may take Adrenal glands as an option.The ADRENAL GLANDS keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
Elites
– if equipped with the Adrenal glands the bearer gains the ADRENAL GLANDS keyword.Toxin sacs used in the following datasheets:
– may take Toxin sacs as an option.Army List
Datasheets collatedDedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
Lords of War
Fortifications
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.
Pile In
When a unit piles in, you can move each model in that unit up to 3" – this is a pile-in move. Each model in the unit must finish its pile-in move closer to the closest enemy model. A model that is already touching an enemy model cannot move, but still counts as having piled in. Remember that a unit must finish any type of move in unit coherency.- Pile in: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
The GORGON and TOXIN SACS keywords are used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
– if equipped with the Toxin sacs the bearer gains the TOXIN SACS keyword.Normal Move
When a unit makes a Normal Move, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches equal to or less than the Move (M) characteristic shown on its datasheet, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
The CORE keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
Fast Attack
The HIVE TENDRIL and CORE keywords are used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
Fast Attack
Swarming Masses
Each time this unit fights, models in this unit can fight if:- They are within Engagement Range of any enemy units.
- They are within 2½" of any enemy units.
The ENDLESS MULTITUDE keyword is used in the following Tyranids datasheets:
