Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6589306-20130228113457/@comment-6078851-20130228160824

tyranids are my second favourite sci-fi species. h.r. geigers/ridley scotts alien is my first favourite, and they are only in that order because i was exposed to alien first.

as much as it pains me to say it......(sigh of betrayal).....tyranids win, no contest :(

as awesome as xeno's are they are very limited in their procreation, a living host from the size of a cat to the size of an elephant is required to produce only one alien. this level of species reproduction can't compete when all that tyranids need is anything organic.

an alien drone would probably tear a tyranid warrior to shreds in seconds and a queen likewise against a hive tyrant - in close combat only! at range aliens wouldn't stand a chance and even in close combat they would never have the numbers to compete evenly. not to mention the fact of psychic tyranids, bio-titans, orbital bombardement etc.

that hurt to write this.