Hive Guard

Hive Guard is a Infantry unit in the Tyranids faction for Warhammer 40k.

Points: 90 for 3 models.

3-6 Hive Guard

Hive Guard are spawned to protect Tyranid bio-architecture and vital spore-seeding sites. They carry a monstrous arsenal of grafted bio-weapons and are instinctively driven – or sometimes synaptically impelled – to lay down heavy hails of firepower against those prey organisms the Hive Mind wishes to see eradicated.

Standard kit: Every model is equipped with: shockcannon; chitinous claws and teeth.

• M: 6"
• T: 7
• Sv: 3+
• W: 4
• Ld: 8+
• OC: 1

Weapons

Ranged weapons

Weapon	Range	A	BS	S	AP	D	Abilities
Impaler cannon	36	4	4	5	-1	1	heavy, indirect fire
Shockcannon	24	2	3	7	-1	3	anti-vehicle 2+

Melee weapons

Weapon	A	WS	S	AP	D	Abilities
Chitinous claws and teeth	3	4	5	0	1	-

Abilities

Defensive Stance

Each time you target this unit with the Fire Overwatch Stratagem, while resolving that Stratagem, hits are scored on unmodified Hit rolls of 5+, or unmodified Hit rolls of 4+ instead if this unit is within range of an objective marker.

Core and army rules

• Synapse (Faction)

Wargear options

• Any number of models can each have their shockcannon replaced with 1 impaler cannon.

Keywords

Keywords

• Hive Guard
• Infantry
• Great Devourer

Faction keywords

• Tyranids