There has been rumors about a couple of new Tyranid monsters
coming out soon. I found the breaking
news on Faiet
212 and a picture on Forge
the Narrative's Facebook page. In
case you missed them here they are.
Tyranid Toxicrene/Maleceptor 1 miniature $73
Warhammer 40k: The Rules small format hardback $58
Tyranid Dice Tin 10dice $17
----from Faeit 212----
Toxicrene
On a large oval base with 10 long tentacles and a face like
a lictor.
A 5 wound t6 monstrous creature who is hypertoxic and
shrouded. This means any hit gains instant death on a wound roll of a 6 due to
a toxic cloud. This includes its close combat attacks and its choking cloud
Choking Cloud; 12" assault1 ignores cover, lg blast.
Chocking cloud is S3, poisoned 2+ and against open topped vehicles or any
vehicle that has lost a hull point the attack gains armour bane.
Maleceptor
A 4 legged beast with two large scything talons
A psyker level 2, synapse monstrous creature that has an
invul save of 5+. It has shadows of the warp and a 4+ save.
It has the psychic power psychic overload, which is a
24" focused witchfire. target must take a leadership test on 3d6 and
vehicles count as leadership 10, failure causes d3 wounds no armor or cover
saves allowed, and a causes a single glancing hit to vehicles, no cover save
allowed. The maleceptor can do psychic overload three times a round, but cannot
target the same model twice.
It can choose its remaining powers from the powers of the hive
mind.
First I will take a look at the Toxicrene. This looks like
another close combat monster that will not be able to survive most close combat
encounters. Power Fists, hammers, and things of their like will just eat
through this guy. It is nice that he has
shrouded but with his stats it looks like he wants to be in close combat. If he has a high initiative, flesh hooks, and
a bunch of attacks he might do ok. The problem then is that your opponent can
just avoid him since he is moving a max of 12” a turn if he runs. Most armies can avoid it long enough to gun
him down.
The Maleceptor will help out on the psychic front adding in
another 2 dice to your pool and comes with a nifty power. It will help get some
glancing hits on some vehicles and help put a wound on a wraith knight or other
hard to wound monsters. The problem is a
leadership test on 3d6 with a leadership of 10 is about 50% Then they will get an
invulnerable save. It is also for
picking on one model since it is a focused witchfire. I want to see his other stats before if it is
only tough 4 then he will go down quick.
A 4+/5++ save is not a life
saver for toughness 4.
All in all not what my bugs are crying for. Just like the Forgeworld
monster it looks like these guys really just share some spots with current
monsters. I can’t see either one
replacing my exocrine. I might use one
instead of a tervigon but the ability to spawn guants is still pretty handy even
if they die when the tervigon does. I guess I will need to pick up the White
Dwarf to find out.
Questions? Comments? Nom nom noms?
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