THE STAR CHILDREN’S BLESSINGS

  • You can include TYRANIDS VANGUARD INVADER units (excluding AIRCRAFT, BROODLORD and GENESTEALERS units) in your army. The combined points cost of such units depends on your battle size:

    • Incursion: Up to 500 pts
    • Strike Force: Up to 1000 pts
    • Onslaught: Up to 1500 pts

    No TYRANIDS models from your army can be your WARLORD.

Psionic Parasitism

At the end of your Movement phase, for each TYRANIDS SYNAPSE unit from your army, you can select one friendly GENESTEALER CULTS unit (excluding PURESTRAIN GENESTEALER and PATRIARCH units) and one friendly TYRANIDS unit each within 9" of and visible to that Synapse unit. If you do, that GENESTEALER CULTS unit from your army suffers D3+1 mortal wounds and one model in the selected TYRANIDS unit regains up to that many lost wounds and until the start of your next Movement phase, each time a model in the selected TYRANIDS unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.

TYRANIDS units from your army have the following ability:

Catalyst (Aura): While an enemy unit is within 6" of this unit, each time a friendly GENESTEALER CULTS unit makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, add 1 to the Hit roll.


Enhancements

Enraptured Damnation
10 pts

GENESTEALER CULTS model only. Enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at the bearer’s unit.

Inhuman Integration
20 pts

GENESTEALER CULTS model only. Weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability while targeting an enemy unit within 6" of one or more friendly TYRANIDS units.

Synaptic Auger
15 pts

TYRANIDS model only. Each time the bearer would regain one or more lost wounds from the Psionic Parasitism Detachment rule, it regains up to twice that number of lost wounds instead.

Vanguard Tyrant
25 pts

WINGED HIVE TYRANT model only. Improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of melee weapons equipped by the bearer by 1.


Stratagems

Hyperferocity
Fight Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

One GENESTEALER CULTS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

When

Fight phase.

Effect

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets an enemy unit, re‑roll a Wound roll of 1. If one or more friendly TYRANIDS units are within 6" of that enemy unit, you can re‑roll the Wound roll instead.

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Psi Surge
Any Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

One TYRANIDS unit from your army.

When

Start of any phase.

Effect

Until the start of your next Command phase, increase the range of your unit’s Catalyst ability by 3.

Restriction

Each time you use this Stratagem, until the end of your next Command phase, you cannot use this Stratagem again.

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Avenge the Star Children
Shooting & Fight Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

One TYRANIDS CHARACTER unit from your army that was destroyed by that enemy unit this phase. You can use this Stratagem on that unit even though it was just destroyed.

When

Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has shot or fought.

Effect

Until the end of the battle, each time a GENESTEALER CULTS model from your army makes an attack that targets that enemy unit, add 1 to the Hit roll and add 1 to the Wound roll.

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Divine Imperative
Charge Phase - Battle Tactic
Target

That GENESTEALER CULTS unit.

When

Your Charge phase, when a friendly GENESTEALER CULTS unit within 12" of a friendly engaged TYRANIDS unit declares a charge.

Effect
  • Your unit has +1 to charge rolls.

  • You can use this part of this stratagem. If you do:

  • Your unit can re-roll charge rolls.

  • Your unit must end that charge move engaged with an enemy unit engaged with that friendly TYRANIDS unit.

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Darting Attacks
Shooting & Charge Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

One TYRANIDS unit from your army.

When

Your Shooting phase or your Charge phase.

Effect

Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.

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Resistance Tunnels
Fight Phase - Strategic Ploy
Target

One GENESTEALER CULTS or TYRANIDS unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.

When

End of your opponent’s Fight phase.

Effect

Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.

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