Tyranids — army rules

WHEN: Your Fight phase. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army that just destroyed an enemy unit. EFFECT: Your unit immediately Regenerates (see Feed the Swarm). When doing so, if your unit is a Harvester unit and you choose to have one model regain up to D3 lost wounds, it regains up to 3 lost wounds instead.

WHEN: Any phase. TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army that was just destroyed (you may use this even though it was just destroyed). EFFECT: For the rest of the battle, whenever a friendly TYRANIDS model attacks the enemy unit that destroyed your HARVESTER unit, add 1 to the Wound roll.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, models in your unit gain Feel No Pain 5+. If your unit is within range of an objective marker you control, they gain Feel No Pain 4+ instead.

WHEN: Any phase, when a TYRANIDS unit from your army is destroyed, before its last model is removed. TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army within 6" of that destroyed unit. EFFECT: Regenerate one friendly TYRANIDS unit within 6" of your HARVESTER unit (see Feed the Swarm).

WHEN: Command phase. TARGET: One Harvester unit from your army within range of an objective marker you control. EFFECT: That objective marker stays under your control even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army not yet picked to fight this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, melee weapons carried by models in your unit gain the [LETHAL HITS] ability. If your unit is a Harvester unit, whenever a model in it makes a melee attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ also scores a Critical Hit.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army (excluding WINGED TYRANID PRIME units) picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One TERMAGANTS unit from your army not yet picked to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, models in your unit may ignore other models in their own unit when determining visibility. Also, if your unit is within Synapse Range of your army, whenever a model in it attacks, you may re-roll the Hit roll.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, right after a TYRANIDS unit from your army has opened a Hatchway. TARGET: That TYRANIDS unit. EFFECT: Your unit may make a Swarm move: move it up to 3", but at least one model must end the move on the opposite side of that Hatchway from where it started the phase. Those models may be moved within Engagement Range of enemy units when doing so.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, at the start of the Reinforcements step. TARGET: One ENDLESS MULTITUDE unit from your army that is in Reserves. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, models in your unit gain the Deep Strike ability, and when set up using it they may be placed anywhere on the battlefield more than 6" horizontally from all enemy units, as long as they are also within Synapse Range of your army. RESTRICTIONS: Usable only once, and for the rest of the turn your unit cannot declare a charge.

WHEN: Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, models in your unit have a 5+ invulnerable save.

WHEN: Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever a model in your unit is destroyed and has not fought this phase, roll one D6. On a 5+, leave it in play; it fights after the attacking unit finishes its attacks and is then removed.

WHEN: Fight phase, right after a TYRANIDS unit from your army destroys an enemy unit. TARGET: That TYRANIDS unit. EFFECT: If your unit is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it may make a Normal move of up to 3". After that move, if your unit is within range of an objective marker and no enemy units are within range of it, that objective marker is Secured by your army.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, right after an enemy unit opens a Hatchway. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army within 3" of that Hatchway and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. EFFECT: Your unit may make a Pounce move: move it up to 3", ending as close as possible to that Hatchway. Those models may be moved within Engagement Range of that enemy unit, but only that enemy unit.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One Tyranids Monster unit from your army not yet picked to fight this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever a model in your unit attacks, you may re-roll the Hit roll.

WHEN: Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Tyranids Monster unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test, and for the rest of the phase, whenever a model in that enemy unit attacks your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll. If the Battle-shock test was failed, subtract 1 from the Wound roll too.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Tyranids Monster unit from your army not yet picked to shoot this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, ranged weapons carried by models in your unit gain the [IGNORES COVER] ability, and whenever a model in your unit attacks, you may ignore any or all modifiers to that model's Ballistic Skill and any or all modifiers to the Hit roll.

WHEN: Your Charge phase, right after a Tyranids Monster model from your army finishes a Charge move. TARGET: That TYRANIDS MONSTER model. EFFECT: Choose one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your model and roll six D6: for each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One Tyranids Monster unit from your army not yet picked to move this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever a model in your unit makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, it may move through models (excluding TITANIC models) and sections of terrain 4" or less in height. When doing so, it may move within Engagement Range of enemy models but cannot end its move there. It may also move through terrain sections more than 4" in height, but if it does, after the unit moves, roll one D6: on a 1, your unit is Battle-shocked.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after a Tyranids Monster model from your army with the Deadly Demise ability that cannot FLY is destroyed. TARGET: That TYRANIDS MONSTER model (you may use this even though it was just destroyed). EFFECT: Do not roll the D6 for your model's Deadly Demise ability; its mortal wounds are inflicted automatically.

WHEN: Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One GREAT DEVOURER unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, right after a GREAT DEVOURER unit from your army opens a Hatchway. TARGET: That GREAT DEVOURER unit. EFFECT: Your unit may make a Normal move of up to 3", as long as at least one model ends that move on the opposite side of the Hatchway from where the unit opened it.

WHEN: End of your opponent's Fight phase. TARGET: One GENESTEALERS or PURESTRAIN GENESTEALERS unit from your army wholly within an Entry Zone. EFFECT: Take your unit off the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves. It returns in the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase. When it does, if it was within one of your Entry Zones when removed, set it up wholly within another of your Entry Zones; if it was within one of your opponent's Entry Zones, set it up wholly within another of your opponent's Entry Zones. If neither is possible, the unit is destroyed.

WHEN: Fight phase, right after the enemy WARLORD is destroyed by a GREAT DEVOURER unit from your army (and not returned to the battlefield). TARGET: That GREAT DEVOURER unit. EFFECT: In your opponent's next Command phase, each enemy unit on the battlefield must take a Battle-shock test with -1 to the result. This cannot make a unit take two Battle-shock tests in the same phase.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, models in your unit gain Feel No Pain 6+. If your unit is within Synapse Range of your army, they gain Feel No Pain 5+ instead.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: Up to two TYRANIDS units from your army within Synapse Range of your army and eligible to fight, or one other TYRANIDS unit from your army eligible to fight. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever a model in any selected unit attacks, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.

WHEN: Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever a model in your unit is destroyed and has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 4+, leave it in play; it fights after the attacking model's unit finishes its attacks and is then removed.

WHEN: Fight phase, right before a TYRANIDS unit from your army Consolidates. TARGET: That TYRANIDS unit. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever your unit Consolidates, its models may move an extra 3" provided the unit can end within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. If your unit is within Synapse Range of your army and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, instead of Consolidating it may make a Normal move of up to 6".

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: Up to two TYRANIDS units from your army within Synapse Range of your army, or one other TYRANIDS unit from your army. EFFECT: Choose one Hyper-adaptation. Until the start of your next Command phase, it is active for those units in addition to any others active for your army. RESTRICTIONS: You cannot choose the same Hyper-adaptation you chose at the start of the first battle round.

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: Up to two Endless Multitude units from your army within Synapse Range of your army, or one other ENDLESS MULTITUDE unit from your army. EFFECT: Return up to D3+3 destroyed models to each chosen unit.

WHEN: End of your opponent's Fight phase. TARGET: One Tyranids unit or up to two Burrower units from your army not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. EFFECT: Take your unit off the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.

WHEN: End of your Movement phase. TARGET: One Tyranids unit from your army wholly within 9" of one or more of your Tunnel Markers and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. EFFECT: Remove your unit and set it back up wholly within 9" of another Tunnel Marker you placed, and more than 6" horizontally from all enemy units.

WHEN: Your Charge phase. TARGET: One Tyranids Monster unit from your army that was set up as Reinforcements this turn. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, friendly Tyranids units within 6" of your unit may re-roll Charge rolls.

WHEN: End of your Movement phase. TARGET: One Tyranids unit from your army that was set up as Reinforcements this turn. EFFECT: Until the end of your next Fight phase, weapons carried by models in your unit gain the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] and [IGNORES COVER] abilities.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One Tyranids unit from your army wholly within 9" of one or more Tunnel Markers you placed. EFFECT: One model in your unit regains up to D3+1 lost wounds, or instead return up to D3+1 destroyed models with a Wounds characteristic of 1 to your unit with full wounds.

WHEN: Command phase. TARGET: One Mawloc or Trygon unit from your army. EFFECT: Until the start of your next Command phase, your unit gains the Synapse keyword.

WHEN: Command phase. TARGET: One Synapse unit from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the turn, while a friendly TYRANIDS unit is within 9" of the chosen unit, that unit is within Synapse Range of your army.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Synapse unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: Until the attacking unit finishes its attacks, whenever an attack targets your unit, worsen that attack's Armour Penetration by 1.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase. TARGET: One Synapse unit from your army not yet picked to shoot or fight this phase, plus one enemy unit within 24" of and visible to the SYNAPSE unit. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever a friendly TYRANIDS model attacks that enemy unit, if the attacking model's unit is within 6" of your SYNAPSE unit, re-roll a Hit roll of 1 and a Wound roll of 1.

WHEN: Any phase, right after an enemy unit fails a Battle-shock test. TARGET: One Synapse unit from your army within 12" of that enemy unit. EFFECT: Roll six D6: for each 3+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army within Synapse Range of your army that made a Fall Back move this phase. EFFECT: Your unit may shoot and declare a charge this turn.

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army within Synapse Range of your army. EFFECT: Choose one Synaptic Imperative, even if you have already chosen it this battle. Until the start of your next Command phase, that Synaptic Imperative is active for your unit instead of any other active for your army.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army within Synapse Range of your army and not yet picked to fight this phase. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, melee weapons carried by models in your unit gain the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One TYRANID WARRIORS WITH RANGED BIO-WEAPONS unit from your army not yet picked to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Choose one enemy unit visible to your unit and within Engagement Range of one or more friendly ENDLESS MULTITUDE or RIPPER SWARMS units. For the rest of the phase, your unit may make ranged attacks against that enemy unit as if it were not within Engagement Range of those friendly units. When doing so, subtract 1 from each ranged attack's Hit roll, and after your unit finishes its attacks, each of those friendly units that began the phase within Engagement Range of that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.

WHEN: Your Charge phase. TARGET: One TYRANIDS SYNAPSE unit from your army plus one friendly TYRANIDS unit that has not declared a charge this phase. EFFECT: Choose one enemy unit visible to your SYNAPSE unit. For the rest of the phase, whenever your other unit declares a charge it may include that enemy unit as a target even if it is not visible to it, and when it does, add 1 to the Charge roll.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One TYRANID WARRIORS WITH MELEE BIO-WEAPONS or TYRANID WARRIORS WITH RANGED BIO-WEAPONS unit from your army picked as a target of one or more of that attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever a model in your unit is destroyed by an attack, do not remove it yet; after the attacking unit finishes its attacks, roll one D6: on a 3-5, the closest enemy unit within 3" of and visible to your unit suffers 1 mortal wound; on a 6, it suffers 2 mortal wounds. The destroyed model is then removed.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One Endless Multitude unit from your army. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, whenever your unit Advances, skip the Advance roll and instead give that unit's models +6" to their Move characteristic until the phase ends.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Endless Multitude unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of that unit's attacks. EFFECT: For the rest of the phase, subtract 1 from the Hit roll for each attack that targets your unit.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase. TARGET: One Endless Multitude unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, weapons carried by your unit's models gain [SUSTAINED HITS 1], and if your unit has 15 or more models, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ counts as a Critical Hit for that unit's attacks.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Endless Multitude unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of that unit's attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, your unit counts as having fewer than five models for the [BLAST] ability.

WHEN: Any phase. TARGET: One Endless Multitude unit from your army that was just destroyed (usable even though it was just destroyed). EFFECT: Place into Strategic Reserves a new unit identical to the destroyed one, at its Starting Strength. RESTRICTIONS: Any destroyed Character units that had been attached are not brought back. Once per battle only.

WHEN: Any phase, just before an Endless Multitude unit from your army that is within Synapse Range of your army makes a Surge move. TARGET: That ENDLESS MULTITUDE unit. EFFECT: For that Surge move you may re-roll the D6 for the distance, and the unit may finish as near as it can to the nearest objective marker rather than the nearest enemy unit. Every other Surge move rule still applies.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One Vanguard Invader Infantry unit from your army not yet chosen to fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, melee weapons carried by your unit's models gain [PRECISION].

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after a Vanguard Invader unit from your army has chosen its targets. TARGET: That VANGUARD INVADER unit. EFFECT: Pick one enemy unit chosen as a target of one or more of your unit's attacks. That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test. Until the phase ends, add 1 to the Hit roll for your unit's attacks against that enemy unit; if the Battle-shock test was failed, also add 1 to the Wound roll.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Vanguard Invader unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of that unit's attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, your unit can only be targeted by a ranged attack if the attacking model is within 18" (or within 6" if your unit has the Lone Operative ability). Your opponent may pick new targets for the attacking unit.

WHEN: End of your opponent's Fight phase. TARGET: Up to two Vanguard Invader units from your army, or one Tyranids Infantry unit from your army. EFFECT: Take the targeted units off the battlefield and put them into Strategic Reserves. RESTRICTIONS: The targeted units must be more than 3" from every enemy unit.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army in Reserves, or up to two Vanguard Invader units from your army in Reserves. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, when setting up those units, treat the current battle round number as one higher than it really is.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, right after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move. TARGET: Up to two Vanguard Invader units from your army within 9" of that enemy unit, or one other Tyranids Infantry unit from your army within 9" of it. EFFECT: Each chosen unit may make a Normal move of up to 6". RESTRICTIONS: You cannot target units that are within Engagement Range of any enemy unit.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of that unit's attacks. EFFECT: If it is a TYRANID WARRIORS unit, you may also pick one Endless Multitude unit from your army within 6" of it that is not Battle-shocked. Until the phase ends, for each ranged attack targeting one of those units, if the attack's Strength is greater than the unit's Toughness, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-weapons unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, ranged weapons carried by your unit's models gain [IGNORES COVER]. After your unit finishes shooting, pick one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks; for the rest of the turn, that unit's models cannot benefit from Cover.

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors unit from your army below its Starting Strength. EFFECT: Return 1 destroyed model (not a CHARACTER) to your unit.

WHEN: Your Movement phase. TARGET: One Tyranid Warriors unit from your army. EFFECT: Pick one objective marker you control that your unit is within range of. That marker stays under your control until, at the end of a phase, your opponent's Level of Control over it exceeds yours.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: If it is a Tyranid Warriors unit, you may also pick one Endless Multitude unit from your army within 6" of it that is not Battle-shocked. Until the phase ends, models in those units re-roll a Wound roll of 1, and a TYRANID WARRIORS unit also re-rolls a Hit roll of 1.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase. TARGET: One TYRANIDS unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, ranged weapons carried by your unit's models gain +2 Strength, and melee weapons carried by Tyranid Warriors and Winged Tyranid Prime models in your unit gain +1 Strength.