Hive Fleet army list

Tyranids always pass any Leadership tests they are required to make if a swarm has any Synapse creatures still alive. Test for Leadership as normal if a swarm has no surviving Synapse creatures. In addition, a Tyranid detachment can never be broken if it still contains Synapse creatures. If the detachment loses a close combat or firelight it must retreat as normal, but the detachment is not marked as broken. This means it may be able to counter-attack those who tried to drive it off. Note that all Tyranid war engines count as Synapse creatures.

The Tyranid unit nominated as the nexus of the Hive Mind is the equivalent of the swarm's HQ unit. The rules are identical for these Tyranid HQ's, they are simply called something different to suit their character. Note that a Hive Mind Nexus doesn't have to be a Synapse creature (but it usually is).

The Supreme Commander for Tyranid forces are the monstrous Dominatrix. You may choose a maximum of one Dominatrix per 2,000 points of the army. Due to the influence the Dominatrix has over lesser Tyranid creatures it acts as a Supreme Commander, but you may also re-roll the dice for close combat if the Dominatrix is supporting a close combat as well as if the Dominatrix is actually involved.

Tyranids never use objectives, in any scenario. However, Tyranids always receive the full morale value for any opposing detachments they wipe out ( or war engines they destroy), adding the wiped out detachment's morale value to the Tyranids' Army Morale when calculating morale in the Rally phase.

Tyranid detachments have a slightly different Detachment card to the normal one, although you can simply use the standard one if you like by ignoring the support part of it. Restrictions on space precluded us from including a pad of Tyranid swarm cards but feel free to photocopy the one at [blank Tyranid detachment card].

[The unique anatomy of the Hierodule and Hierophant bio-Titans] means they may ignore terrain types while they are moving and can cross dangerous and impassable terrain with no chance of getting stuck.

A Tyranid Dominatrix has a warp field saving throw, which works in the same way as the Save ability. This means that any hit the Dominatrix takes will be ignored if you can roll a 4+ on one dice. Note that this save applies to all hits, even against attacks that would normally ignore void shields or power fields.