What is the name of the Tyranid leader?

The Tyranid Warrior Prime (Tyranicus gladius primus) serves as a powerful synapse creature for Tyranid swarms and is a potent commander of Tyranid attacks.

Who is the strongest Tyranid?

The Swarmlord is a uniquely powerful Tyranid bioform based on the Hive Tyrant strain and it is the most powerful synapse creature ever created by the Hive Mind.

What are Tyranids running from?

They came to this galaxy in 40K because they were drifting through the intergalactic abyss and the Pharos beacon illuminated the Milky Way as a prime source of biomass. If they were running from anything it was most likely hunger after consuming the other galaxies they'd encountered since their origin.

Is the Swarmlord a hive tyrant?

The Swarmlord is a powerful Tyranid Hive Tyrant that has existed since the dawn of the Tyranid race.

Did the old ones create the Tyranids?

The Tyranids were in fact created by the Old Ones, either during, or after the War in Heaven.

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Did the necrons create the Tyranids?

Who made them and why? There are a bunch of sources out there, but it's pretty much assumed (not confirmed) that the Old Ones made the Tyranids to act as a delete button for the other races in the universe (Necrons, Orks, etc.) as well as acting as a DNA bank if they needed to create something again.

Why did the silent king create the Tyranids?

He did not get satisfied by purging life from his own kingdom ( The Necrontyr Empire). He desired to snuff out life in the wider world (The galaxy). He left the world for an age and bred horrors of infinite hunger (The Tyranids). The Lord guided these hungering horrors towards the world.

What is the biggest Tyranid?

Dominatrixes are the Tyranids' largest known Bio-Titans, and it is rumoured that they sometimes carry the Norn-Queens themselves into battle on their backs. They are armed with an immensely potent Warp blast weapon, Bio-plasma emitters, and their massive chitinous claws.

Are genestealers Tyranids?

Genestealers are a sub-species of the Tyranid race, and while they can be played as part of a Tyranid army, they can also be played as a separate army in their own right. This genestealer army has human-genestealer hybrids, who to varying degrees resemble humans.

What happened Chaplain Cassius?

Cassius himself was laid low by a rampaging Carnifex, his life sustained only by his own formidable strength of will. After a long convalescence, the Chapter's Apothecaries rebuilt the Chaplain's shattered body with extensive cybernetics, eventually enabling Cassius to return to his duties.

Are the slann the old ones?

The Slann, also called Old Slann or Slanni, are an intelligent, amphibious alien race who have some close but unknown connection to the Old Ones, a mysterious alien species or possibly a group of distinct species who may have been the first intelligent beings in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Who created Tyranid?

Forge World sculptor Mark Bedford created this Tyranid invasion for the 2014's Armies on Parade.

Are Tyranids based on xenomorphs?

The Tyranids of WARHAMMER 40000, based on the xenomorphs...

Is the Swarmlord a named character?

Rules sometimes refer to named characters and they're listed as exceptions in relation to Warlord Traits - for Tyranids The Swarmlord does get listed there as a "named character".

How good is the Swarmlord?

Swarmlord is close to an auto-include, and the sheer force multiplier that it gives an army cannot be overstated, and while not able to go talon-to-talon with other big bads, Swarmy is still one of the best characters out there who can still do a ton of damage.

Is a Broodlord the same as a patriarch?

They're very similar beings, but reach it via a different path. A Patriarch is the genestealer who started the cult. As the cult grows and it feeds, it becomes bigger and stronger in both body and mind.

How big is the bio-Titan model?

One of the largest Tyranid creatures, the Tyranid Hierophant Bio-Titan stands at around 10 inches (255 mm) tall. The monstrous Tyranid is built to counter plenty of war engines on the field. The Hierophant is the Tyranid's largest shock trooper.

Do necrons have Titans?

Necrons DO NOT need Titans, both on tabletop and in lore. The necrons have relatively little trouble winning most of their battles. Even if the enemy has titans. Check the Aeonic Orb here on the wiki for a unit that was designed to serve as the Necrons' Titan-killer in the old days of Epic 40,000!

Would Tyranids fight Necrons?

Nids: The Tyranids need biomass to survive and grow so they rarely battle Necrons as even if they win the fight they would not gain as much biomass as they lost therefore just making them weaker either way.

What dynasty is Trazyn the infinite from?

Trazyn the Infinite is a Necron Overlord of the Nihilakh Dynasty who specialises in the collection of priceless technologies and relics.

Who is the Silent King Necrons?

Loremasters, today we learn about the Necron's last ruler – Szarekh the Silent King. Szarekh, also known as the Silent King, was the last ruler of the Triarch of the Necrontyr and later Necron race.

Is the silent king awake?

The Silent King's final command to his people was that they must sleep for sixty million Terran years but awake ready to rebuild all that they had lost, to restore the dynasties to their former glory.