Hive Tyrant

A Hive Tyrant is the massive synaptic leaders of a Tyranid swarm, standing above the rank and file Tyranids. They wield potent psychic powers but are unaffected by the daemons of the Warp, a condition that would indicate a lack of a soul at the individual level for most Tyranids, though the race's collective consciousness produces a truly gargantuan psychic presence in the Immaterium called the Tyranid "Warp shadow" which is produced by the collective Tyranid Hive Mind. Hive Tyrants act as the commander of all Tyranid forces deployed on the battlefield, as they have a special synaptic link to the Hive Mind allowing them to command the lesser Tyranid forms during combat.

Characteristics
The Hive Tyrant is a large and massively powerful Tyranid creature, the closest thing to a leader of a battlefield swarm yet seen. Like the other Tyranids, they seem to mutate incredibly fast. Unlike the others, the Hive Tyrant evolve from a completely different type of genus, which covers their bodies with hard carapaces.

All Hive Tyrants have a very high level of psychic power, and they embody the Hive Mind completely, but their destruction does not diminish it in any way. Yet, their destruction does shatter the psychic web that controls the lesser Tyranids nearby, thus forces of tyranids have been defeated by eliminating the Hive Tyrant and eliminating this psychic control.

Fighting Tactics
Some Hive Tyrants are seen carrying organism-like weapons that spit out large balls of bio-plasma. Apart from their advanced long-ranged weapons, their blood is also known to be extremely acidic, which they sometimes use as a type of weapon. When fighting up close, most of the Hive Tyrants use their claws and even lash-like weapons to smash away the enemies.

Venom Cannon
A large and long heavy bio-weapon that fires out salvos of deadly corrosive crystals. Most of its victims die from the impact or from the toxins carried by the poisonous crystalline fragments. The plating of some armored vehicles may also be punctured, with the splinters destroying the interior equipment and killing the crew members inside.

Stranglethorn Cannon
Stranglethorn cannons are larger versions of the Tyranid Barbed Strangler. This heavier version fires a larger more aggressive seed pod. The tendrils grow at alarming rates, choking infantry. Sometimes a Stranglethorn cannon will take out lightly armoured vehicles by damaging the crew or weapons.

Bonesword
Boneswords are blades of living chitin that ware away and grow back. They crackle with phykic energy and are very effective against armoured units.

Lashwip
Lashwips are lethal upgrades that can be added to Hive Tyrants. They are long, deadly tentacles that have a mind of their own, and are useful for engaging more than one enemy at once.

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