How did the Galaxy React to the Arrival of the Tyranids? | Warhammer 40k Lore

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[@charlesc.9012]

The necrons should fear the tyranid above all. Without biomass and sentient life left in the galaxy, the chances of regaining flesh and soul would be close to 0. Even if they could use flesh taken from tyranids to become living beings, fleshbags need food, water and air, which would be non-existent on any planet. With their greatest wish in mind, it would be a better choice to stop the hive fleets now. Also, I suspect necrodermis makes its consumer fall severely ill from all those nanobots.

[@Erebdai]

Can we order the back pack packs from this model?

[@americancaesar4715]

3:47; You should do a lore vid on my boi Ortan Cassius 😎

[@nullakjg767]

man this dude is only about the money isnt he?

[@Signal_Lost.]

I'd love to get my hands on some space Spartans, but I'm too poor, lol. They look great though!

[@chriscrane1482]

My favorite reaction to the Nids definitely comes from the Orks. There is a Waaagh composed of mostly Snakebites that fought and beat some Tyranids. They enjoyed the fight so much that they captured some of them at the end and put them on their ships. Now every world they come across they drop the Tyranids off at one of the Planets poles and they land on the opposite end. Orks and Tyranids annihilate the planets defenders and then meet in the middle to have another good scrap. Then they rinse and repeat at the next world. Its pure insanity.

[@goldman77700]

Orks aren't my favorite but they always know how to have a good time.

[@josuevalar6465]

That Is so funny

[@kinagrill]

@@josuevalar6465 It's like with how orks dun have gellar Fields, they just mount teeth-plates, gork and mork effigies and crap like that on the outside of the hull... and lean out windows to yell at the demons to fuck off. XD

[@josuevalar6465]

@@kinagrill xD

[@kinagrill]

@@josuevalar6465 Or how the Daemonkilla Orc Weirdboy dude eventually went WAAAGH! on the eye of terror and is now indirectly a champion of Khorne, repeatedly brought back to life each time he dies in there and can thusly keep an eternal Waaagh going cuz Khorne finds it awesome. XD

[@SiegeTF]

Nids: (Have shotguns that shoot brain eating maggots) Nurgle: 'Write that down. WRITE THAT DOWN!'

[@nathanalexandre9043]

He had that before the Tyranids appeared sadly.

[@gc6096]

@@nathanalexandre9043 darn

[@IrishCarney]

The Dark Eldar would be like "never start with the head - the victim gets all woozy"

[@crimsonitacilunarnebula]

wait i thought nitgl nurgle only likezs some pox and siea diseqse diseases

[@SiegeTF]

@@crimsonitacilunarnebula Maybe not Nurgle himself directly, but Deathguard have at least two exclusive daemon engines, and blight weapons. Stands to reason they'd have something like that.

[@Kinoksis]

The Dark Eldar may be safe from the Tyranids, but lately they had the brilliant idea of grafting genestealer limbs into their bodies cause they find them fashionable, I guess. Unsurprisingly those Dark Eldar have started to alter into genestealers themselves, so let's see how that pans out for Commorragh.

[@evilsclone2499]

Knowing them, it's about to get funny

[@silver1340]

Don't the Tyranids have acid blood? How come DE's bodies didn't melt the moment they grafted the limbs with remains of acidic blood and possibly flesh?

[@Kinoksis]

@@silver1340 Not all tyranid creatures have acidic blood, and genestealers definitly don't have that.

[@bxmully]

The fools....

[@silver1340]

@@Kinoksis With how they were advertised, I expected all of them to have that as a base trait as you know, xenomorphs from Alien.

[@Bzuhl]

Slaanesh must be depressed by all these tentacles going to waste.

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Slaanid's: They are going to f*ck you, kill you and eat you and not in that order ;p

[@jessenielsen7218]

Yeah they are

[@nothingnobody1454]

Lol forever

[@nathanalexandre9043]

Actually Slaanesh is extremely adept at making *holes* in just about anything...no joke even Tyranids aren't safe.

[@yankesik5949]

I wouldn't be so sure about even the tyranids being unfuckable to Slaanesh and fans. Where there's a will, there's a way.

[@TheWarmachine375]

The Man-Emperor of Mankind suggests that the Imperium should have huge cans of bugspray to drive out the Tyranids from the Milky Way galaxy.

[@BrawnyStream]

BROTHER bring me the holy OFF! can…

[@zaczane]

Turns out the Newest STC template is just the chemical make up of RAID/OFF. Now the Tyrannids will be horrified

[@The_Keeper]

...Aren't the Mechanicum sort of working on something like that..?

[@jacobhall1644]

Salamanders.....flamethrowers....

[@zaczane]

@@jacobhall1644 flamethrower….with RAID?

[@scottag3597]

I love what the arrival of the Tyrannids means for the Necrons. On one hand, the metal men are a massive threat to the galaxy in and of themselves. On the other hand, they possibly represent one of the galaxy's best hopes for defeating the Tyrannids. And defeating Chaos, for that matter, because of their pillar things that suppress the warp.

[@robertnelson9599]

Space Bugs of Death vs Zombie Alien Robots of Doom. Greatest battle since the Siege of Terra.

[@KTechOffical]

Best scenario would be Necrons and Humans working together (haha) to throw the Tyranids into the eye of terror, letting them defeat chaos. Then using the necrons to defeat the bugs. Then idk, maybe Necrons defeating the humans and implanting their minds into captured human slaves

[@bxmully]

The celestial orrory alone makes them the most OP and capable of mass destruction. They can literally wipe out the galaxy with a swipe of the metal hand the way we swipe through apps on our phones. Literally

[@bxmully]

The celestial orrory alone makes them the most OP and capable of mass destruction. They can literally wipe out the galaxy with a swipe of the metal hand the way we swipe through apps on our phones. Literally

[@notjustanother3191]

My favourite thing about 'crons is how little everything means to them. Galaxy ending race arrives and they just like; damn, better kill them or we'll have no flesh to inhabit and we'll have to stay as skelly bois for several million years til life pops up again.

[@theonlyzanny]

Tyranids are so badass. One of the coolest alien races in fiction imo

[@randolphurriola1309]

Eyy what the dog doing?

[@worldinflames38]

Yeah, once I dived into 40k and heard about the Tyranids, they took the top spot for me from the Yautja.

[@SteamPariah]

Why am I not surprised that Zanny watches Majorkill

[@MyMinininjas]

Correct

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

Xenomorph: *You wot mate? You want some, i'll give it yeah?*

[@JonnyDoey]

In stellaris terms, it seems like the necrons are a recently awakened fallen empire and the tyranids are an end game crisis

[@noahtekulve2684]

Yea pretty much.

[@dodojesus4529]

Massivrly buffed FE maybe since they dont just fold against the tyranids

[@ecatskid]

For me the tryanids is just my empire I play devouring swarms like 99% of the time

[@Randomnumbers-153]

@@noahtekulve2684 ravenous hive mind?

[@sovietunion7643]

tau are a fanatic xenophile/materialist empire that started the tech tree late. imperium of man is fanatic authoritarian/spiritualistic ethic empire that owns like a quarter of the galaxy,

[@alexd832]

Immagine all races and faction's united against an apocalyptic tyranid fleet, that would be incredibly difficult to write but if done well unforgettable

[@jackmakila3776]

If it was ever written i assume it would be various races attacking the the fleet and not firing on each other until it was over then orks,eldar,Eldar, imperium,chaos,etc all in the same room working on war plans

[@brok56]

@@jackmakila3776 They all arrive To the scene Imperial admiral: well shit. Look, we all hate each other, but atleast we were born in this galaxy. Lets kill these intuders and than deal with each other later, okay? Everyone: fine, for now.

[@trent800]

I mean I could see the Imperium, Tau and Necrons or the Imperium, Tau and Eldar coordinating things at some level

[@Srae17]

Chaos/literal demons and Imperium working together to fight space bugs? That will be insane.

[@archmagemc3561]

Not too hard. The only faction you couldn't get in there easily would be Dark Eldar, every other race can easily cooperate vs the nids. Empire of Man > Tone down their xenophobia Eldar > Ask for their help, maybe have a nid fleet going for their planet specifically. Tau > Ask for help, no questions asked, they'll join in. Orks > Just tell them a super strong waaargh is going down where the tyranids while intimidating another orc over comms. Bam. Can even trick them to working on the side of the others without much issue, buut orks would have friendly fire issues so... Necrons > Not too hard to convince if you can get in contact with their leader.

[@nomadenigma3968]

I don’t know why but I now imagine the tau, and the farsight enclave, setting up specific tyranid hunting fleets. Entirely designed to go out into the galaxy, fuck up the Nids wherever they can, then leave to fight more nids. I think it would be interesting and potentially lead to an evolution of the Tau as a faction and a race, possibly even introducing a new “multi-class” caste that’s sole purpose is to fight in these nid hunting fleets.

[@Knuspermonster]

And then they have to team up with the deathwatch...this has potentiall

[@olegoleg258]

Problem is that the tau doesn't really have any form of FTL, or at least no good form of ftl. Last time they entered the warp the humans clawed their eyes out and the greater good (which many humans in the tau empire believe to be it's own entity/god) kicked the demons then and the tau ship with the tau out. Little/no psychic presence means that the tau don't really know much about the warp and the warp usually doesn't care about them, so no warp drive without a functioning reverse engineered gellar field, for which they'd need to capture an imperial ship...and good luck doing that

[@xwiller6]

Tau and Deathwatch against Tyranids sounds Incredibly interesting and hype

[@jacobhall1644]

This could be the next chapter- tau and humans teaming up to beat massive Tyrinid fleet then tyrinids withdraw and restrategize start to win and necrons come in like "na mate we need your skin's" and fuck the tyrinids up lol

[@lordhamster9452]

Hmm sound very much in character. And am all about it!

[@TheWarmachine375]

Inquisitor Kryptman had once pitted the Orks and the Tyranids against each other, triggering the Octarian War as an effort to have both xeno races kill each other off.

[@macshadow1150]

@Vardy And do not forget about all Exterminatus bullshit he did it the mean time

[@alexpricefield6969]

Orks on Armageddon are reported to be almost as big as an Dreadnought

[@Melkor1205]

@@macshadow1150 As did the Eldar later to contain the mess Kryptman caused xD

[@Srae17]

@@alexpricefield6969 At least they won't reach the level of The Beast, right?

[@alexpricefield6969]

@@Srae17 it'll take more than bugs on roid to make them grow like the beast

[@zacharyweaver276]

Honestly not surprised with these results very interesting what the Dark Eldar hvae gotten up to with the nids though

[@BaldPolishBiotechnol]

I am eerily sure we do not want to know...

[@niolelo]

They got their hands on some space wolves and made Leman Russ clones and werewolves

[@nothuman3083]

@@BaldPolishBiotechnol blanks and phryahs are rare, not rare enough that you might fund a 1 a year from all raids, and phryahs every 100 years. The thing is you need them to live for 1000 years or you find away to expand the effect or expand the pool. Bile did great work on this and gave a lecture to the dark Eldar for 100 years, so what do you think they did is probably not as bad compared to what they did.

[@BaldPolishBiotechnol]

@@nothuman3083 Funnily accurate for Dark Eldar...

[@BaldPolishBiotechnol]

@@niolelo They really did...? Wher is this info from, I must read it whle!

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

Everyone alse: Panic Orks: Happy Waaagh noises Necrons: Stop stealing my food you damn ants!

[@KazeKoichi]

DE: Look, a new toy. Tau: Target practice!

[@IrishCarney]

@@KazeKoichi Humans: You've seen one alien, you've seen them all. FIRE

[@headcrabo..2301]

@@KazeKoichi didn’t the tau shit themselves when hive fleet Gorgon attacked?

[@arthriticgrandpa2875]

@@KazeKoichi Target practice but miss a single shot and your entire gun line gets shredded

[@Tyranid_HiveMind]

Screw you, you living tin cans

[@iainrickwood2623]

Missed an opportunity to see what guilliman's reaction was to them like how he reacts after Devastation of Baal, being from another era entirely and he can reflect on the kind of monstrosities the Imperium has been dealing with prior to his arrival (as well as codex astartes inflexibility and all that crap)

[@brok56]

Guilliman might remember Baal as a beautiful world, filled with gardens and blood angels as poets, but than he arrives To a wartorn desert where almost all biomass was slurped Off The ground and blood angels are nearly losing their minds over it (Black rage).

[@Watcher-in-the-Dark]

Overall Gulliman has fought and seen worse shit during the Great Crusade. They fought some nasty and powerful ass Xeno's back in the day.

[@ianharrison5758]

@@Watcher-in-the-Dark facts, I find it hard to believe the Tyranids are worse than the Rangdaang. They were the downfall of most of the dark angels, and a huge threat to both the space wolves and world eaters, even at full legion strength with a present primarch. If the hints are correct, then the conflict also was the death of at least one of the lost primarchs as well. The Tyranids are only such a huge threat because no one faction can divert all of their resources to beat them, which allows them to slowly build their strength by consuming planets. If they had popped up during the great crusade the power of 18 legions would wipe the Tyranids clean out of existence

[@iainrickwood2623]

@@ianharrison5758 well presumably the next step logically would be to compare the Rangdaang to the real tyranids fleets, not the scout ones that the galaxy's been dealing with thus far If GW's been keeping the scout fleets on the level, power-wise, of fighting guardsmen and astartes, then perhaps they're waiting to reveal more of the main fleets which'll be way more dangerous and be closer to the level of smth like rangdaang - since we're supposed to take them seriously, but you're right Guilliman would be at least familiar with way stronger enemies from the crusade era

[@ianharrison5758]

@@iainrickwood2623 Are there actually any cannon references that directly say the Tyranids we’ve seen are only scouts. I make this point bc it until we know for SURE that’s the case, not just a reference here that’s contradicted in another series, then we can’t outright just assume the Tyranids we’ve seen are just scouts. From what I’ve seen, while it’s never confirmed 100%, it’s one of the most likely theories to become cannon in later larger reveals. But for the sake of this conversation let’s assume the theory is correct. Then the next question is what the actual fuck were the rangdan. We know they were OP, and required cleansing on a similar level to orks or Tyranids in order to wipe them out completely, but we don’t even know what they looked like, what tech they had, or how many of them there are. There danger is clear from the consequences of the Xenocide, but how it directly stacks up against the danger of the Tyranids unknown. This is one of this situations where guilleman probably took one look at a hive tyrant and was like “well that’s kinda familiar” went on with his galactic cheek clappery

[@crimsonconquestcustoms2584]

Hope to see the necrons fight the nids. They can't really consume the Necrons and thier guns are perfect for frying those bugs. Hope the Silent King reveals his plan.

[@accessdenied5998]

Didnt they fight with the blood angels and clap tyranids cheeks hard

[@captaincoolbreeze9429]

@@accessdenied5998 Wasn't that also a pyrrhic victory for the Blood Angels with several successor chapters either decimated or totally destroyed?

[@accessdenied5998]

@@captaincoolbreeze9429 yes and the necron like aight good job boys see ya later *Phase thru different reality*

[@serbronnoftheblackwater798]

The necrons purposefully made the BA do the brunt and bulk of fighting while they had only planned to stay mostly to the back line and support. Which fucking pissed off the BA whom they had struck a treaty with for the nids

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

One things for sure. He wouldn’t reveal it out loud I’ll see myself out

[@justinianthegreat1444]

"when the Imperium and the Tau teamed up the Tyranids got smashed" Oh imagine getting bombarded by Imperial artillery then the Tau hit you with long range weaponry and then the Titans came with Tau battlesuits and mechs supporting them

[@dysn3961]

From my reading as a newcomer, it really seems like nearly all the factions have the potential to come together as the most powerful force to exist, but their opposing ideologies keeps everything in constant stagnation

[@IrishCarney]

And then the Space Marines (and Imperial Guard commissars) wade in with chainswords, lightning claws, power fists, thunder hammers, etc. for the toe-to-toe, up close and personal business. That's where the humans can really help out, when you get "stuck in", in a way the Tau aren't so great at

[@tau-5794]

Humans are also just generally more physically capable and harder to rout than Tau, so expect to see a higher concentration of Gue'vesa auxiliaries when fighting enemies who use terror.

[@inquisitorgarza312]

The lovable Orks probably cheered for days, and no doubt forgot that the Tyranids the next day, but then cheered again to stump them.

[@Knuspermonster]

"Foinally sum gitz with a gud foight"

[@TheTrueFeleas]

"Oi Boss! Izzat you cryin'?" "Shut it you git! Ain't you seen anyfin' so bootiful?"

[@DarthEvilicus]

Survey: “If you could be any character from a Sci Fi universe what would you be?” *me an Astartes fan*: “That depends do I have to live in that universe?” “Yes” “….a Jedi in the Old Republic”

[@tomhossain2099]

I’m becoming a necrofiggian from Ben 10. Just vibe in space and give birth every 70 years

[@Jack-0-lantern]

I feel like the Farsight Enclaves virus should be treated like a way bigger plot point for the galaxy than it currently is. Like imagine Kryptman getting his hands on that and unleashing it in the Octarius sector or on the world of Ziaphoria?

[@Melkor1205]

Well the imperium also developed a virus and used it once... only to see that it didn't work a second time! Tyranids evolve and change all the time! Imagine Tyranids in the Orctarius sektor eating all those Orcs learning to procreate like Orcs o_O that would be nasty!!!

[@albertosanchez5384]

Creating new diseases in an universe in which Nurggle exist may not be such a brilliant idea as it may seem.

[@Jack-0-lantern]

@@albertosanchez5384 Point taken.

[@SmokeDrake]

Thats not guaranteed to work. Every Hive Fleet is different and not just in the way it does things. That vires worked on that fleet, but it could do nothing to another cause there always changing. Add the constant fighting that the Octarius fleet is going through and it's doubtful it would do anything.

[@zanir2387]

@@SmokeDrake unless they cpuld get their hands upon some basal form of the tyranid genome, then with some work the virus could work regardless how much they adapt.

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

One of the funniest things I’ve experienced in 40k was reading the devastation of Baal and the scene where a daemon of Khorne is falling through the atmosphere and sees the hive ships and thinks to itself “those are really big skulls. I want them”.

[@zackfool8931]

Remember when the orks travel through the warp without shields and get invaded by demons they call them the entertainment.

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

They like fights.

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

I don’t think the Orks know what a Gallar Field even is and they’d hate it if they did

[@SteelStallionCowboy]

I remember in Epic the Nids had a rule that was called something along the lines of "theres something wrong with Jones" where units too close to Nids had to do saving rolls every turn in case they caught Nid Ripper Parasites, but the Orcs had a counter Rule called "Orcs not named Jones" lol

[@kinki_koala2426]

I absolutely love your nid and tau videos you should make more of them

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

nids and tau are like Mcdonalds soft serve and fries you wouldn't expect them to go together so good but once you try it you love it

[@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg]

No you don't, you love Daddy

[@teal_m_101]

Imperial Guard: 'Well, we can tick "evil space bugs" off our list of what to crap our pants to.'

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

no don't crap your pants it'll give them biomass

[@Tyranid_HiveMind]

​@@jimbothegymbro7086 eat some taco bell before you die

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Of course the Ork's love the Tyranids,they're like a match made in heaven!

[@klauskeller6380]

the real match made in heaven is orks and khorne chaos daemons/marines

[@calebhall4620]

@@klauskeller6380 I think I remember hearing about the orc's going in to the warp just to fight khorne for fun😉

[@IrishCarney]

@@calebhall4620 Thing is, Khorne doesn't actually care about fighting. He cares about blood, skulls, and death. He'd way rather have an assembly line like setup of industrial scale mechanical abattoirs literally slaughtering helpless people, draining their blood, and setting up huge pyramid skulls as fast as possible, than, say, a having a big brawl with fists, clubs, chairs etc --- which Orks would prefer even if nobody dies

[@ramblingcollector3165]

Orks see Tyranids dropping onto their planet: LET’S WAAAAGHING GOOOOOOO YA GITS!!

[@Shaso-xv3tw]

I’m terrified by the realization that if the tyranids win and leave the galaxy then it will be left as an open expanse for the dark elder and the remaining necrons

[@IrishCarney]

Both of whom would be wiped out. The Dark Eldar would have no one to torture - how you gonna make the T-1000 suffer? It's just metal. So the Dark Eldars' souls end up being devoured by Slaanesh. Even if they torture each other they'll end up dwindling to nothing. Same with the Necrons - no bodies, means no way to return to become living organisms. Eventually their metal bodies all glitch out and their eye glows fade and they're scrap

[@aster2790]

@@IrishCarneyi mean The time between Tyranids winning and all necrons glitching out is giga massive If the only enemy is Tyranids, then they can just cakewalk them and focus on creating life

[@crim1188]

​@@IrishCarney thats some nice bs you pulled there with necrons

[@darth_elsa6681]

I'd imagine with some variation of......."OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!"

[@ironclamp5325]

With the occasional “AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!”

[@doublep1980]

Meanwhile, the Orks: ''Now that's a propa foight, boiz. WAAAAAAAAGH!!!!''

[@fumarc4501]

Some dogs will eat as long as they see food, only stopping when they literally cannot eat any more. “Fawk off you dumb dog” seems rather fitting to describe the Milky Way’s resident’s attitudes towards the Tyranids.

[@justintaylor3044]

There’s something wholesome about orks cheering on the arrival of the great devourer

[@NegaDruid]

I really wish the Silent King was Space Settra rather than Space Nagash.

[@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051]

Well that wouldn't be able because the silent king serves his people ore he did and then he was enslaved by god's But Settra? Settra does not serve

[@zaczane]

What are these names from?

[@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051]

@@zaczane a dream a dream that was Warhammer Fantasy

[@zaczane]

@@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051 Ah!!! you poor poor bastard

[@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051]

@@zaczane whines in still no old word

[@hainguyenthanh8601]

I hear the Dark eldar want to find a way to torture the freaking hive mind

[@fatalshore5068]

And probably a way to fuck it lol

[@TheWarmachine375]

That won't totally backfire at all

[@ianharrison5758]

I can’t imagine that going very well for anyone

[@IrishCarney]

Makes me think of Brad Dourif's character in Alien Resurrection.

[@deron2203]

Tyranids will always be my favorite swarm faction it's just animalistic consumption on a galactic scale and you know what I'm fine with that simple mindset. Because of that mindset they devote everything like accelerated evolution to just eat things lol I find it funny but also scary.

[@StrangeCreed]

I'd find the Tyranids invading Commoragh would be karmic justice of a delicious sort.

[@IrishCarney]

Not enough, because while being eaten or digested by the Tyranids can be agonizing, the Tyrands don't intentionally drag it out to extend their victims' suffering

[@StrangeCreed]

@@IrishCarney It's more to whack the Dark Eldar right in the pride. They're this "superior" race that just gets their asses eaten by what they no doubt consider a bunch of stupid space bugs.

[@IrishCarney]

@@zanir2387 And come to think of it, the Tyranids put a high priority on psychological warfare, so they may well have chosen to make their enemies' deaths unnecessarily painful in order to spread dismay and demoralization

[@theshinygoldenemperor2422]

I feel like a cool way to gather intel on the nids from the perspective of the dark eldar would be to somehow graft a subject to a tyranid body then release it to the hive fleets again, and use some kind of psychic connection to monitor its thoughts

[@dud3655]

Orks love anything that can fight so there's no surprise in that tbh.

[@Pridefallen975]

these results are awesome especially the way they react to each other love the Warhammer 40k mod ultimate apocalypse they allow you to have a lot of titans and relics units

[@zollen123]

If only Imperium, Edlars, Tau, and some factions of Necron & Orks join force together as a close allies, the universe would be a better place.

[@peenyyt4921]

the thing is this would never happen

[@TheWarmachine375]

@@peenyyt4921 There is always war

[@domchappell4775]

That’s kinda the point of the setting. Just a few small alliances could give everyone everything they wanted, but they don’t and that’s what makes it frustratingly grimdark

[@Walsinats4]

Even without Necrons and Orks, Imperium, Tau and Asuryani would be great if they worked together - but save for the Tau, everyone in 40k is an idiot or too old to care (looking at you, necrons)

[@zacgarcia9082]

I find the idea of korne just yoinking random ass tyanids from differnt parts of the galaxy so that the orc he has in an arena has a good time funny

[@JammesJammes]

11:54 they took the emperors idea of big spray

[@mr.lockwood1424]

In Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 there was a badass moment when Tyranids were assaulting Nurgle's demonic world. And it was not only a war between ground forces, but also war between Nurgle's many plagues and tyranids' adaptive immunity. And tyranids won.

[@pickle1923]

Glory to the imperium

[@Deltafrost-xh7sq]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@iambumbo7534]

i am bumbo

[@IrishCarney]

Ah yes, the Imperium. Probably the Tyranids' favorite Edible Arrangement

[@shanearnold2854]

Every one a purchase of Majorkill merch shows support for the emperor!

[@Concord003]

Thank you. This is exactly what I was searching for. I needed to know the Eldar reaction to Tyranids and what pompous name the Eldar use for the Tyranids. Now I know it's The Great Devourer.

[@thegamingfool9974]

Don’t mind me, just hitting you with a fresh steaming load of algorithmic goodness.

[@andrescd9327]

I think that if the tyranids are running away from something else, it'd be the dumbest fucking thing GW could do with them. It is peak super saiyan (1, 2, 3, 4, God, Blue, ultra instinct) moment in 40k

[@christiandauz3742]

That was old rumors which is no longer mentioned in current lore

[@IrishCarney]

Could be taken from real history. The Goths and Vandals swarmed into Europe and seemed super scary -- but it turned out they were fleeing the Huns.

[@christiandauz3742]

@@IrishCarney Tyranids fleeing isn't old lore but fan speculation Besides, Chaos is much more powerful Kharn can solo an entire Hive Fleet

[@chainsawboy2388]

@@christiandauz3742 chaos’s power waxes and wanes the tyranids are really powerful as us and have way too many fleets for just Khorne to beat literally alone. Not to mention the tyranids and daemons don’t like fighting each other, since daemons don’t give biomass and you can’t torture a non sentient bug slave.

[@christiandauz3742]

@@chainsawboy2388 Sure... Yet the Eldar and Necrons FOUGHT TOGETHER AGAINST CHAOS early on in the War in Heaven!!!

[@WISHARTfilms]

I always like hearing MajorKill talk about the 5th and most powerful Chaos God, 'Tiznitch".

[@kingmarsh4657]

*"Tit-snitch" I think

[@moritzpouwels8896]

Weird i always heard it as "titsnitch"

[@ВладиславМатвейчук]

Well, the shadow in the warp plays also against the terronids. When a astrapath feels void in warp,you can be shure that there are terronids, so send armada to the border of the shadow...

[@nathanalexandre9043]

Tyranids*

[@ВладиславМатвейчук]

@@nathanalexandre9043 thnx. That's one stupid misspelling of me....

[@headcrabo..2301]

But shadow in the warp prevents communication and warp travel hence isolating planets…

[@ВладиславМатвейчук]

@@headcrabo..2301 Yeah, but on the grand scale of things, it's just a blur in the warp

[@headcrabo..2301]

@@ВладиславМатвейчук but towards the planet about to get eaten and likely the surrounding systems it’s all encompassing, just like at Baal

[@venkelos6996]

Even though at some level, the Tyranids, as a mass, are "smart", tactical, and capable, possessing powerful minds, and fearsome psychic powers, it's probably foe the best that, at a battlefield combat level, all they usually want is to fight, consume, and add to their resources. If this weren't the case; if they spent more effort taking prisoners, scanning their minds with psyker-bugs, they could learn about more things it's probably good they don't know of, and strike in ways beyond kill and consume. I always wished they'd have some hybrid champion; some Kerrigan-esque avatar who still thinks, and acts with human motivation, but modified by the bugs, and giving them access to the mental side of their food. Still, even most of the largest, most advanced strains are little more than "circumvent problems and kill better, to eat this foe", and I can kind of appreciate that. When Oldcrons got the shaft, and were rewritten as Tomb Kings in SPACE, I was more annoyed than pleased; sometimes I like a 'simple' faction, who isn't about politics and negotiations. The Nids aren't dumb, but what they want is simple, and they don't really need to play games with others to get it. They also tick the box for me that they aren't JUST a threat to the Imperium; they are dangerous to every faction, and Fall of Shadowbrink was one of my favorite reads in a codex ever.

[@tau-5794]

The nids do absorb some of the memories of those they eat, just like space marines can, but in most circumstances the hive mind will be better able to predict important detaila than, say, an Imperial Guard general will have information on. Genestealers are also good at relaying information to the hive fleets, so they don't arrive to a planet completely blind.

[@UndairgaAerith]

They are my favorite faction in 40k it is as you say all they want to do is consume. Perfectly represented by how they treat other factions is it easy to eat? No? Go to next meal come back later after eating. Love them

[@crim1188]

Well that would just ruin them. Nids are meant to be completely alien monstrosity incapable of reason. All the military info they need is obtained through consumption and the hivemind is a better stratregist and tactician than virtually anyone. For espionage they have genestealers and their cults, which do their job very well. They got all the bases covered.

[@notthed0d791]

I have a feeling that the tyranids are essentially just meant to upgrade the orks, via being a constantly evolving and ever stronger enemy that will just be a constant challenge that they have to meet, as orks kinda just adapt to their environment, rather than being a specific strength level

[@noahtekulve2684]

That's a good take; it's almost like they are taking the threat level the Krorks had before they downgraded to Orks. That is - stronger, better, faster, smarter. I'd say the ork's have better reproductive capabilities though. They pretty much can spawn more of themselves off nothing more than a little sunlight. Something from virturally nothing. The 'Nids need something for something

[@IrishCarney]

I thought of the Necrons as being inspired by Fred Saberhagen's Berserkers (totally non-supernatural, never-alive AI machines out to destroy all life, like the Terminators). In my own ripoff scifi galaxy head canon, the Orks are genetically engineered soldiers, the Tyranids are genetically engineered to defeat them with versatility, and then the Berskers/Necrons have to kill ALL life because the nids change genetics so much you can't tell who's who

[@JustBearly]

@@IrishCarney but the orks were made by the old ones

[@IrishCarney]

@@JustBearly I know. Like I said this is for a scifi setting I made up that is a huge ripoff of 40K.

[@TheWarmachine375]

3:01 Imagine what would be the True Name of the Tyranids.

[@JammesJammes]

There not warp creatures so they don't really have "true names"

[@TheWarmachine375]

@@JammesJammes True names of Eldar and Dark Eldar are Aeldari and Drukhari for example.

[@johannesstephanusroos4969]

Zerg

[@Biohazard92578]

@@JammesJammes im sure they mean that people call them Tyranids (first found attacking planet Tyran), so what the actual name of the species is

[@高若嵩-t6r]

@@Biohazard92578 I don't think naming itself is high on the Hive Mind's priority list.

[@SecondQuantisation]

Looks like I've found a new 40k lore channel to listen to while I work! [Subscribed]

[@DouglasCarter69]

Oh, so THAT’S what’s outside the galaxy.

[@13Lictor]

Guilimans reaction towards the tyranids would be interesting

[@emperorkane317]

Now how did the galaxy react to the Horus Heresy? Or the Awakening of the Necrons? Or even the appering of the Tau

[@FeeDBacKMKII]

I would like to see a video how the Eldar react to the first contact with tau

[@astraycat5428]

im very confused by what you said how chaos is affected by the shadow in the warp, in the book devastation of baal Ka'bandha a Bloodthirster of Khorn opens a warp storm above baal during a hive fleet invasion and the opposite of what you said happens the Nids were cut off for a small amount of time from the hive mind essentially stunning the greater Hive mind and it seemed warp energy affected the Nids alot more than Chaos was affected by the shadow in the warp

[@comediccomrade5716]

I like the idea that the main way to take out the trynanids is using multiple factions tactics/weaponry, meaning to take them out the galaxy will have to actually work together for once

[@GentleGiantJoe]

just wanted to say thank you MK for making a video about my question. I love the Tyranids and I find them absolutely terrifying. Their weapons, appearance and tactics on the gameboard has always intrigued me, but I wondered what the other factions thought of the nids. Thank you for the vid and hope to see more Tyranid content. FUN FACTS BOUT THE NIDS: Each Hive fleet entered the Milky Way Galaxy from a different sector of dark space. Which in realization, everything outside the MW Galaxy, could be nothing but Tyranids. Genestealers who offer themselves to the biovats are sacrificed to get more biomass. Before they hit the bio acid, their mental link to the hive mind is removed and they are given full mental awareness of what they done, what they become and that last few seconds of clarity is snuffed out as they hit the acid and die.

[@ggavalon5803]

I love the idea of the nid pods dropping on an ork planet and all the orks just cheering and the hive mind is just like "what the fuck"

[@IrishCarney]

Yeah, "so much for the massive evolutionary effort and energy expenditure at blotting out communication and causing demoralized terror."

[@matsveritas2055]

Had this beautiful vision of an orc planet as the skies darken and become crimson colored and little black dots strew all across it start falling down towards the surface, and a collective, seemingly endless, “WAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!” echoes across the atmosphere as a welcome gift from the anticipating hordes! Such tearfilled inspiration...

[@Ok-ck6pz]

Do Commissar Cain Majorkill "Quack" "Quack"

[@ThrashingBlackDeath]

Hmm... I would like to see how would they adapt to legions of Tzeentch.

[@rheinbewachen1211]

KILL ME OR RELEASE ME PARASITE!- Tau warrior fighting Tyrannid

[@repstylegaming9730]

Just don’t waste my time.

[@Azzie420]

The GREAT devourer!? So I’ll get my ass properly ate?- the one sister who fell

[@doc_havoc00heavywing37]

Dark Eldar broading a Tyranid hive ship = Reverse Among Us

[@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051]

how are the Tyranids the worst thing that happened in the galaxy when the war in heaven litterely exists

[@lordomacron3719]

HA HA HA. Now I will awlays think of the C'Tan as necron pokemon. Thank you for this had a right good laugh at that.

[@Collectiveofworms]

The only way to survive the nids is to abandon your flesh for the glory of the omnissiah

[@aunderiskerensky2304]

Hey Majorkill. Not sure if you still manage to read all of these or if you've blown up too much to have the time; but I wanted to let you know that over the last few years of watching your channel grow... you too have grown. Your content is solid, your delivery has improved again and again. You have matured and it's showing. I just wanted to thank you for making high quality content i've been painting to for years now in the background; along with ya boy Balde. What a massive and glorious hobby we all share. Keep up the good work, it's showing.

[@patrickfindlator9802]

There’s a moon infested by tyranids that are already in Commaragh as well as genestealer kabal of dark eldar

[@Berzainification]

Outstanding work bro! Thank you.

[@ColdBloodedCare]

Nids also have no soul to eat either, so that's another L for Chaos. However, Daemons don't have any biomass so the Nids gotta depend on chaos followers for biomass when fighting chaos. I can only really see Khorne really being stoked about all the extra blood/skulls to claim, Nids are also disease resistant to Nurgle plagues so even Nurgle struggles with them to an extent.

[@chaptermastermarneuscalgar6926]

There are Tyranids in the Webway because a Dark Elder Reaver tried to capture Ciaphas Cain to make him her personal torture doll on a planet that was being attacked by a relatively small Tyranid swarm, long story short the swarm ended up going through an active Webway Portal.

[@Cliperclaper]

Imagine the hive mind fighting wars against the silent king and winning, finally being like “phew, that guy was tough, but he’s gone now” then coming into the Milky Way and being like “fuck, this guy again?”

[@Moetoriously]

One question though. Isn't the fact that the Tyranids are kinda useless against the necrons a point against the theory that nids are a bioweapon of the old ones to whipe clean the Mikey way? Like wouldn't the old ones make them especially effective against their old foe?

[@DracoSafarius]

Unquestionably so, and the bigger part is that they'd have crafted them to defeat the Necrons that put up a massive fight, not the diminished ones without apocalyptic weaponry we have now.

[@Arcfire21]

Lmao they should make like a Marvel What If scenario where everybody teams up to fight the bugs. Like they send Yarrick to invite Ghazghkull to the bug hunt, and Ghazghkull just lights up at the thought of fighting WITH Yarrick. A more realistic alternative would have the Nids interrupting another war for Armageddon, so Bale Eye and Ghaz get really mad and team up

[@TheWarmachine375]

2:40 Do you smell what The Rock is cooking?!

[@LordGadwin]

every time you make a video I can't stop thinking about the game Stellaris, I know that theme music quite well.

[@Marocax]

I don't play Warhammer but I know of it. My proper introduction to it was through the mtg cross over in 2022. To learn more about the lore I watched a bunch of your videos. Great content mate, keep going.

[@MatrakenKEN]

I think saying that the shadow in the warp is an ability tyranids have is like saying that weight is an ability humans have, it is more of a consequence of existence than an ability.

[@ourcommonancestry6025]

man, your vids are a wonderment of creation and funny... I'm gonna have to rewath the whole library again for the third time.

[@michellewilt4479]

I'm honestly surprised that someone hasn't come up with the idea of shipping a hive fleet straight to Commoragh. I'm also surprised that the Tau hate the Nids, since the Nids represent the ultimate end goal of "the greater good"

[@christiandauz3742]

Pissing off the Dark Eldar is a bad idea Arha/Drazhar killed 3 Custodes The King of Mandrakes fought VULKAN to a standstill Lelith Hesparax slaughters Terminators and curbstomp Named Marines without any effort

[@michellewilt4479]

@@christiandauz3742 Oh absolutely, but shipping a hive fleet into Commoragh will either piss them off or give them enough living creatures to toy with that they will ignore other races for a while. And it would still cause some huge damage and tie them up for a while either way. Plus, it'll show them that they are vulnerable. Have one guy releasing a hive fleet or three on one side, and another guy opening a portal to the realm of Slaanesh on the other side, and watch the Dark Eldar collectively crap their pants as their safe haven is invaded by unplanned visitors. You'll tie them up for years fighting off the invasion, make Slaanesh happy, give the hive mind a new target (or several, since craftworlds are tied to the webway too), and have a laugh for a while. And maybe throw in an ork invasion too for the fun of it, they'll have a roaring good time. And since craftworld Eldar can shut off webway portals, have them plug their portals and any known escape routes they know of. It'll shake the Dark Eldar to their core in the likely event they survive, and make them think twice about raiding for a while, and by the time they do want vengeance... Well, the rest of the Nids will probably have eaten the rest of the galaxy anyway. Or chaos will have won. Or the necrons will have won. Who knows.

[@michellewilt4479]

@@christiandauz3742 oh plus, MKoll killed a Mandrake with his knife. So if a big standard IG sergeant can do it, then a space marine has no excuse.

[@christiandauz3742]

@@michellewilt4479 Good luck. Plenty of corrupt governors in the DE's pockets. Distortion means there is a growing Warp rift in Commoragh Dark Eldar have the tech to possibly fix the Golden Throne Lelith can wipe out the Black Templars if they even think of doing this

[@christiandauz3742]

@@michellewilt4479 I forgot his name but the KING OF MANDRAKES fought VULKAN to a standstill Dark Eldar characters are no joke Lelith curbstomps Terminators and Hellbretcht without breaking a sweat. She survived fighting the Legion of the Damned.

[@markcoleman7246]

You are probably my favorite when it comes to breaking down all things Warhammer 40K, a few others seem pretty well read and have plenty of knowledge but they cannot deliver it the way you do they always lack personality and enthusiasm! 😎👍

[@TheKlink]

What a fantastic opportunity for void-bourne humans, all those norn queens to colonise for the emperor.

[@reecedoe9449]

9:32 so did the Silent King solo a load of Tyranids in their wars or was he fighting alongside a faction from outside the galaxy? On one hand, the Silent King could be the final boss of the universe and is potentially extremely broken. On the other hand, what is this new faction from outside the galaxy?

[@GusMortis]

I still think that GW has painted themselves into a corner with the tyrannid and the only way out is a ton of plot armor.

[@Tyranid_HiveMind]

I hate matt ward for giving the smurfs a fuckton of plot armor to the point that it's impossible to kill them

[@surtaandume_psykermystyk4010]

'Sir, is this gonna be a stand-up fight or another bug hunt?' Nearest Commissar: _unholsters bolter_

[@colim2595]

There is something i have been thinking about. I dont think the warp corresponds 1:1 with realspace in pretty much any way. The lore seems to present it as a given that, should sentient life in the milky way end, chaos would burn out. But why? Are there no sentient beings in other galaxies the chaos gods could feed on? I dont think distance should matter, should it? Did the Tyranids scour EVRYWHERE else?

[@creepmongaming]

I like to imagine the chaos gods endgame is eventually to turn the milky way as a whole into a colossal new eye of terror maybe then they could exert more influence on other galaxies with such a breach and simply the milky way is currently just the thinest portion of space between dimensions they can currently see and act through

[@DracoSafarius]

Even if not 1:1, though I think it is, it's still stupidly massive between comparative spots with galaxies. You have the physical layer of reality which is the materium, and the overlay of souls which is the immaterium. Since we know it exists across all space then even in the warp they'd have to travel the roughly same distance in real space. I don't exactly think any of the gods want to go one direction for like 200,000 years on the off chance there could be something they could use. That aside, I also don't think they'd burn out. The realm of souls doesn't just stop existing if people die, and I'd like to think the section of it that is the warp of the milky way was permanently altered by the ever increasing conflicts that have gone on for like 60 million years. Everyone vanishes they might weaken a fair bit over time, but burn out or disappear I could never see.

[@Tsathogguah]

I like how the Orks' reaction to any faction is "Great! Someone new to fight!"

[@edamitep1533]

What if tyrannids are actually just the old ones in a more feral state? What if the old ones were wiped out to the point where they lost all their high-level sentient beings and the only things that were left were these low level like unsentient hive mind creatures that slowly but surely as they consume things grew and grew and grew and eventually they will become intelligent enough and powerful enough that they become the old ones again. That's my theory

[@kingcreeperbot8121]

Feels a bit too halo-ey

[@noahgilling3241]

Tyranids more like crippling debt for a large army wait a second here

[@jeramahia123]

6:06 Swarmlord: *Laughs while nom-nom-ing the Overfiend's brain*

[@AnNguyen-sm4bu]

Tau be acting like Starship Troopers! XD

[@InZaners]

New Tyranid video? Hell yeah!

[@grizzlybear352]

The Galaxies Reaction to Tyranids Showing up Humanity: Oh No Eldar: Oh No Tau: Oh No Orks: OH HELL YES!!!!

[@felis1977]

The whole Octarius War was the effect of Kryptman's Gambit. C'mon, give the old man his due credit :)

[@davidevans7477]

Basically the Tau and Necron may be the only survivors. Nice.

[@casbot71]

Question; could Humanity during the Dark Age of Technology have curb stomped the Tyranids if they had somehow turned up earlier?

[@khiemnguyen7929]

Yes, Dark Age Humanity can curb stomped the Tyranids

[@theguardian5432]

I honestly feel like there wasn't a threat of any kind that could've clapped Gold age Humanity

[@WhichWazzockWantedEmailHandles]

@@theguardian5432 The pre-fall Aeldari Empire maybe.

[@theguardian5432]

@@WhichWazzockWantedEmailHandles ooh that's a good point

[@JohnShepherd117]

@@khiemnguyen7929 what if we are operating on the tyranid hive fleets being scouts theory if that is the case how would humanity deal with the main force?

[@DemonKnight94]

I like the comparisons: Tyranids are winning against Orcs. Does ok against Humainty. Looses to Eldar most of the time. Looses HARD against the Tau. And just ignores the Necrons.

[@w00dm31st3r]

I’m a fairly new subscriber to this channel, and I am living for this content lol