Not great, but perhaps workable in a competitive environment if you are building an outside the box list. I love the model, and I’ve never felt bad having one, and really, that is what matters. Thanks as always for reading, and as the year ends, as always, be prepared for the Hive Mind’s arrival.

Mutilators and Possessed: apply almost the same to ogryns, a bit worst. Really close in that worst ten. Warhammer Community: Thanks for giving us a peek behind the curtain. We’re just on the cusp of Codex: Tyranids releasing – is there anything significant that you feel makes it stand out against the Codexes that have come before?There’s some really atmospheric and – frankly – pretty horrifying bits of short fiction in there as well as timeline boxouts, all of which will help new and existing Tyranid collectors alike to immerse themselves in this monstrous faction. A lot of these were inspired by the wealth of great new pieces produced by our studio artists depicting the horror of war against the Tyranids! Court of the archon are inexpensive, tiny models. They can have a purpouse camping on safe objectives, ot of LoS, for just 10-15 points each. Reivers have the same problem as Ogryn- they don’t DO anything. Yeah, they can like assault some infantry and punch it… but so can literally every other Space Marine unit, and they are more expensive than most. You pay for two wounds and deep strike on a unit that doesn’t make significant use of either.

Reivers: vertical movility and deep strike. A maxed squad costs close to the same as a Haruspex and have an almost decent antichaff power. Court of the Archon models (can’t fill a detachment, no character protection, bad statlines, almost no unique features) Andy: Well, they say you are what you eat. So if it’s any consolation to the rest of the galaxy, they’ll all get to make valuable contributions to the Tyranids’ all-consuming invasions given time… Now, you could listen to us talk about it until we’re blue in the face, but there’s no beating insider knowledge. That’s why we spoke to Rich and Andy from the Warhammer Studio about the new Codex, and what it was like to work on such a momentous project. Excitement for the new Codex: Tyranids is at fever pitch, and there’s still so much to see inside. We only just finished a look at the new Detachments yesterday , and we haven’t even brushed against the new miniatures , new Crusade rules, and new lore.Obelisk: probably the reason we say the Haruspex is “one of the worst ten”, instead of saying “it could be the worst one”. WarCom: The Tyranids are the big headline threat in the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 – did this prominence inform any of the decisions you made when writing the Codex? The Army’s rule is to allow Harvester units near objectives the ability to heal Tyranid units nearby. This seems pretty good, as each of the monsters is hard to chew through. Regaining d3 wounds per turn seems like a powerful way to mess up the enemy’s damage math. If you can’t remove a tyranid big bug right away, it becomes a nightmare as it gains some wounds, creates a unit that needs more shooting to chip away, and then eats something that gets too close by.