Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-66.206.224.153-20131222032846/@comment-18016240-20140415182055

62.226.241.209 wrote: and sure means that they will simply not combat many foes outright or simply force a stand off which means they end up in a worse position ;)

or forcing to be bled dry on them

sabotage tyranids Exactly where would they not initiate combat with an enemy? Sure, they might not always go "hurr durr xenos/heretic scum" and charge as soon as they see them, but they won't "not combat many foes outright", they aren't cowards, and their tactics are explicitly meant to avoid standoffs or situations where they don't hold the advantage.

I don't get what you're saying with that, because the Raven Guard and their successors don't fight like that, the way you're speaking seems to imply that you think they're the type to fort up a position Imperial Fists style and duke it out with enemies. They don't fight like that at all.

There are ways to sabotage tyranids, even they have to collect resources to make more tyranids and killing certain members will decrease their effectiveness (hive tyrants, carnifex, zooanthropes)