Retribution/Hive Tyrant
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Hive Tyrant
Faction: Tyranids
- Built by:
- Tier:
- 1
- Type:
- Hero
- Armor:
- commander
- Size:
- medium
- Squad health:
- 1080
- Models:
- 1
- Die last:
- Model health:
- Courage:
- 100
- Energy:
- Sight radius:
- 38
- Detect radius:
- 5
- Speed:
- 4.5
- Melee skill:
- 70
- Rotation speed:
- Charge speed:
- Charge range:
- Charge duration:
- Charge cooldown:
- Leap:
- Crush:
- Knockback resist:
- Cover benefits:
Buy
Reinf.
Upkeep
XP value
Death
500
+30
The Hive Tyrant is a large and powerful monster that directs the swarm with powerful synaptic abilities and ferocious melee capabilities.
A Hive Tyrant (HT in online shorthand, Tyranicus praefactor in High Gothic) is a massive Tyranid creature that acts as the commander of all Tyranid forces deployed on the battlefield, possessing a special synaptic link to the Hive Mind.
- Very strong in melee
- Immune to suppression and weapon knockback
- Crushes cover and walks through walls
- Cannot garrison buildings or ride in transports of any kind
- Has no activated abilities to start with, but emits a Basic Synapse aura which buffs nearby Tyranids
