Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7186329-20130329164207/@comment-6078851-20150506142453

@ pokemongeek: where does it say that the tyranid biovore is created from orks genes? i havn't come across that and nowhere in the tyranid codex is there any mention of a bioform being the product of the assimilated ork genome.

@ ziebro: the hive mind is very much crafty - it is an utterly alien and "unfathomably intelligent" entity, it just doesn't need to be crafty too often. the swarmlord is the hive mind's response to situations that require 'craftyness': when a situation arises that sheer numbers and violence can't surmount the swarmlord is called forth. "the swarmlord is to hive tyrants what hive tyrants are to termagants", and it's also the most direct conduit to the hive mind - to all intents and purposes when the swarmlord is present on a battlefield then a sizable portion of the hive mind is essentially on the battlefield. the sole purpose of the swarmlord is to "out-think" (or out-crafty :P) their prey, and the swarmlord has out-thought the greatest minds of most races numerous times, plus each time it gets killed actually increases it's craftyness.