How to Play Index Tyranids in Warhammer 40K 10th Edition

[@bailbolandollbol]

i really love how you break these rules down. say the rule followed by a question then a clarification. makes it so easy to follow.

[@CatharsisChaser]

Step number one is buy some lictors before they are out of stock for months because mama mia that combination of special rules is strong

[@warnerjohnson7321]

What combo

[@BreakerBeat]

Step number two is laugh at all the Nids playing having an old ass Lictor while I pre-order the new sculp coming with the codex.

[@Dale4cetanu]

@@BreakerBeat Or y'know, just modify a leaper slightly.

[@BESTGINGEREU]

Or use a 3D printed Lictor 😎

[@Radimusdepirate]

Well I guess I'm set I already have a bunch of lictors in my pile of shame, I always thought the models were cool looking so I already have 3 lictors and a death leaper

[@karldoolan5708]

tyranids were one of my first armies, for 9th i had another go and struggled to get it to play the way i wanted. this seems amazing and im super excited, cheers guys

[@fybso3057]

IDK how you do it but this is the most comprehensible how to play warhammer video I've seen

[@Itsallover57]

I already know a lot of this and I'm mostly looking for other perspectives when I'm building my list but I have to say, I appreciate how you do not assume the viewer knows anything. In a teaching video I think that it's not only acceptable to assume nothing but preferred.

[@Dan-Scott]

As the Canada #1 Tyranid Player for 3rd and 4th, this is a great guide. Swarmlord with WarpSpeed is still the best creature ever made.

[@rmgaminguk7079]

Great overview. Looking forward to the rest, particularly Mike talking about what he thinks of the Tau changes.

[@VanguardTactics]

Coming Soon!

[@BenMudge]

Absolutely loved this and those cut away shots are 👌🏻

[@tmack5975]

Is there a tutorial for this color scheme? Love the green nids

[@alexrowley5014]

I really like your green scheme for the gribblies, nice work guys.

[@VanguardTactics]

Glad you like them! I do love the green nids!

[@graemedawson3352]

@@VanguardTactics What's your green?

[@ce017]

Koving from eldar to nids for 10th i love the dilemma play style of the nids. Your opponent has to choose between one poison or another. Really fun. My favourite 1k list atm I really want to run is 40 termagaunts, 20 with devourers, 20 with flesh boarers. Then 40 hormagaunts. A tervigon with the feel no pain enhancement and a swarm lord. Painted as a kraken list I think this would be a hilariously fun list to play with for some casual games. Big ole rush up the middle of the board

[@prestonasullivan]

Did anyone notice that the Broodlord does not provide Synapse? Seems like an oversight considering Genestealers are scouts.

[@FarseerB1rdy]

This could be purposefully. Synapse just helps with Battleshock and a few strats. It's not the be all and end all anymore. That unit will still mince through units quite effectively. If it is a mistake then many apologies.

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

I'm hoping that it's paired with a reduced cost for the broodlord to make them more appealing to take and tuck in with your stealers

[@geronimowirth4477]

@@FarseerB1rdy and you still can give a broodlord the enchantment for the 9 inch synapse.

[@FarseerB1rdy]

@@geronimowirth4477 Ah. Don't do that! ;)

[@capcaptainmycaptain4771]

​@@FarseerB1rdyIt might be more flavourful considering they are meant to be organisms that exist separated from the hivemind, creating underground's cults etc.

[@jolly_gman]

y’all i’ve never seen a video of yours before but i’m jus coming in here to say damn that’s a good logo. the v with the negative T in it? great logo. spectacular logo, really

[@fybso3057]

Yo the footage of the army looks legit so cool

[@VanguardTactics]

Thank you!

[@k23Mordred]

Just played my first game of Nids and got slapped hard. But now I know what I did wrong and what I can do to improve big time next game! Thank you so much. PS: Ordered a Swarmlord immediately 😂

[@thegreatangel8251]

How strong should we make the Tyranids? GW: Yes

[@therexyogaming]

At least it ain't 9th edition. Also Nids sucked in every edition after 3rd up until 7th so honestly having 2 editions where they're top tier isn't especially problematic.

[@Zach-kc4mq]

Love the color scheme! I run Marines and necrons but 10th I just got the leviathan box + some to start my first nids army ❤

[@Doomroar]

I am super happy with the Tyranofex!

[@jcalle2]

Me too, so much that my regular opponent asked me to never bring him again (unless he's using The Lion)

[@CaptainWwowW]

I love the Tfex, almost feels bad taking him because he can be a delete button on an enemy tank right away. But he can whiff, and when he does, good God is that a feel bad

[@llxDeceiver]

Is there a paint guide for those nids? They look amazing

[@isabellelessard6717]

The Tyranids are pretty fun, can't wait to do some non-solo missions with them when i can get into my local games shop

[@GraemeBreiner]

Thanks for the video. Really concise info. I’ve watched quite a lot of 40k video in past few days but I find your easy to follow. ❤

[@VanguardTactics]

Glad it was helpful!

[@a00019217b]

Great video, and thanks for doing. Will re-watch a couple times

[@jesseokami7087]

As a new player, choosing Tyranids as my first army. I didn't know they could do any of this, they're amazing o-o

[@destinationunknown6665]

Good video! but I had to turn my speakers up to max before I could properly hear you guys! soon as the next video loaded I almost got deafened haha

[@VanguardTactics]

Thanks for the feedback! We'll sort that out!

[@sylntghost007]

Nice video. Any update on the boarding actions video guide ? I am really looking forward to it.

[@andydunn3835]

Great video lads, cant wait to play lots of games with my nids!

[@VanguardTactics]

Same here! We can’t wait

[@vehementkittens2528]

Great video, loved the breakdown! Volume could be bumped up a few notches, however.

[@bigandyclark]

Love the paint scheme i dont suppose you have a colour pallet you can share

[@Valderious_Toriador]

😮 endless swarm sounds like it's a mellowed down version of never ending swarm from older editions.

[@royfeness5423]

Thanks for this! Making me like nids!

[@ariedeoude8249]

What was the painting scheme for this models I love it

[@MrIsles192]

Will there be an Aeldari one? I'm thinking of getting back into 40k and I'm considering them.

[@VanguardTactics]

Yes there will be when the time comes, we are hoping to cover every faction.

[@brutoni5607]

Very excited for the Eldar review. Steve's bonkers but fun Aspect list got me back into playing 40K when I was pretty put off by the communitt. Reminding me it was about playing hard, fair and fun. Finding like minded people. Even with a new edition and a huge shake up that ethos shines through, can't wait to listen to all these reviews.

[@te9591]

Check out how rad the 3rd party warp spiders look.

[@lorenzopedrazzetti167]

Always on top of it, keep it up guys!

[@jonathanmiller5387]

Hi, quick noob to tryanids question. Hyper Adaption for Invasion Fleet detachment. Swarming Instincts for example. When targeting infantry enemies, does Sustain hits trigger automatically when attacking or on a successful hit roll?

[@andrewbusch444]

Good stuff, Gents. Thanks.

[@Dark_Jeff]

Step 1: Put models on table Step 2: Put more models on the table Step 3: PUT MORE! Step 4: MORE! Step 5: CONSUME!!!

[@skalgrimfellaxe5796]

Incorrect about Carnifexes getting a normal move when shot and taking damage. Its D6 + 2 inches. Which is still good, especially since this doesn't trigger in any movement phase but in your enemies shooting phase. You can end up in engagement range due to this and force the enemy to fight you without getting to charge you.

[@VanguardTactics]

You're right! not a Normal but otherwise correct!

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thank you for another great faction analysis!

[@wolfarmageddon]

Solid fellas 👍🏽

[@TacDonut]

I was trying to persuade my brother to go half’s on leviathans starter box so I can get a good deal on some new space marines. I may regret that 😮 Nids are terrifying!

[@antoniodiaz4603]

Very good presentation

[@VanguardTactics]

Glad you liked it!

[@BreakerBeat]

Great discussion, but I wish you'd put timestamps in the video, at 43 minutes it's a bit impractical.

[@VanguardTactics]

That’s a great idea and we can add in the future. I’ll mention to the team.

[@BreakerBeat]

@@VanguardTactics Sound great!

[@wither5673]

i suppose with tyranids its less morale and more ''how physically messed up it is'' for battle shock, and synaps being the thing that basically forces the creature to ignore the pain and keep going. because besides termagant's, tyranids are not really known for self preservation or fear.

[@katybatesy74]

termagants with spine fists that have twin linked. 2 attacks each using sustained hits unit of 20, 40 attacks re-roll all wound rolls. range not as good as the devourer but it is a pistol so can be shot in combat as well, giving the range it lost to extra hits in melee. I thought they should have mentioned the Hive Tyrants ability to use stratagems a mention. A hive Tyrant, Swarm Lord combo each with tyrant Guard are very strong together walking them around the board where things need to Die.

[@katybatesy74]

I was using a unit of Termagants to get an objective off a Unit of Orks. I thought that I would need to shoot and then charge but my Spine fists kill the hole unit, nothing left to charge.

[@danielsinclair9263]

Are there paint list for this tyranid army available?

[@Wall6ly]

Great content and channel. If you’re open to a small suggestion - please balance the sound between sections. The subscribe reminder cut-ins were much louder than the main content and a little jarring. Just a nitpick though, great stuff otherwise!

[@Count_Isouard]

This is a great video. Subbed. :)

[@VanguardTactics]

Thanks for the sub!

[@AlainPilon]

The 9 inch synapse range can be given to Broodlord and PoM.

[@Kincaid16]

Old one eye as well

[@kevinstephens2105]

Great vid for the nids thanks

[@SoRa228]

love the content buuuuttt might I suggest boosting your vocal levels? You both sound very quiet and I had turn up the volume....but then my eardrums exploded when the sponsorship ads came ...

[@andyfoxy3140]

How long does battle shock last? One turn or one battle round?

[@galling2052]

11:50 broodlord does not have the synapse keyword, it + linchpin is a great combo

[@keggotht9323]

I think it feels like a mistake not.having synapse on the broodlord, they took it off the parasite of mortrex too but that's a bit more understandable but the broodlord is a psyker they literally get their power direct from the hive mind they have to be synapse. I would love to say it will be a day 1 faq to correct the mistake but GW will probably never notice and if it gets brought up they will claim it was intensional

[@VanguardTactics]

Mike here! Missed this initially. Agree with the combo. I can only theorise that easily protected synapse characters are being avoided for balance reasons to make Synapse more impactful!

[@petec9467]

It's all going to come down to the points but it's going to be very intesting to see how Nids play into armour it feels like they are going to struggle into knights

[@FarseerB1rdy]

Hyper aggression and Adrenal surge should help somewhat. Triggering Lethal Hits on 5+ is fairly spicy. Old One Eye + 2 Fexes. It'll be hard but, and it's a big but, get them in to combat they'll do some good damage. Plus you can still shoot into the combat so the Knight ain't safe from numerous Lethal Hit shots etc. Of course the Nids might get blasted off or not. It'll be tough no doubt.

[@ElitePwny]

@@FarseerB1rdy never played one but seen a lot of disappointment about carni 4+ bs/ws. Do you think they’ll still be good?

[@chrisserafino4674]

Nah with points out now there is zero reason to not run 18 zoanthropes and decimate vehicles and such with focused witchfire

[@vaettra1589]

@@ElitePwny The heavy venom cannon is nerfed into the ground now, going from 3 to d3 hits, keeping the same S and ap while their intended targets (vehicles and monsters) got tougher, and Carnifexes stuck at BS4. And still the best ranged option they can take, which is sad. Crushing claws and venom cannon, run them up and charge something.

[@vaettra1589]

The promo with a space marine crusching a Tyranid head under his boot was a not-so-subtle hint about the state of the index nids.

[@katybatesy74]

they said there were no characters that did not have synapse, the Brood lord in not synapse you could use the 9" ability on him. and the perfect biology is yes once per turn but all of those rerolls once per tern not one of them. I use this on my hive tyrant and in an attack sequence it often plays into whether you kill outright or just wound.

[@Yamael]

Precision isn’t tied to critical hits. It simply states that successful wounds can be allocated to characters in the unit. And the wound roll is against the toughness of the unit, not the character, so a T8 char hiding in a unit of T3 guys has toughness 3 against Precision attacks. Makes one think twice about hiding your neurotyrant in a unit of neurogaunts if your opponent has good access to Precision.

[@obsidi2]

Yes, but the detachment rule only gives precision on a critical hit, which is what I think they meant. (I think you probably don't attach it to neurogaunts (but have them nearby as they make great targets of his ability to make anything in synapse for a turn).

[@VanguardTactics]

As obsidi2 has said the Precision ability is on Crits for the Nid detachment ability! You are completely right though about the toughness you roll against being the attached unit.

[@Yamael]

@@VanguardTactics True, during that part of the video the description of Precision was on screen but I lost sight of the fact that the Adaptation only applies it to critical hits. My mistake.

[@beazin579]

great vid, great channel

[@brettreiselt5968]

This was great

[@c49seiger16]

please raise the mic a bit. cuz at times I just hear muttering 23:20 sometimes when you speak low the audio also takes a quick dip

[@normanberg6502]

Broodlords aren't listed as synapse anymore

[@thrashtastical]

These enhancements do not seem to correspond to what's on battlescribe at all????

[@TheMrDChan]

Amazing content, but please: change the volume. The info was super low, and the commercial/sponsor was super high.

[@kadoscott4404]

nids are so freakin cool

[@alexrea123]

"And that's quite big, seven inches" *smirk*

[@RobTheWarGaymer]

I can't get over how neither of them corpsed after saying "9 inches is alway good to have"

[@asacarlson7368]

Good review overall, but the small interjections of ad's was a bit too much. I pay to not have ad's and i know they are good for your channel, but when there are adds so close together, I am really inclined to go to a different channel (not hating on ads, but not in that style. It really took me out of what you were saying). Anyways, thanks for the video and the info!

[@VanguardTactics]

Our sponsors significantly help keep the lights on here at VT along with our KZbin members and students that sign up for our online courses. We try and keep them short and concise but it necessary for our survival.

[@Patriusprimus]

so so so Nice : Xeeenoooos :D

[@johnbracken1010]

C O M M E N T

[@BEASTmodeontheRoad]

need to bump up your volume

[@Charden1]

Synapse: sign-apse or sin-apse? Personally, it's sin-apse for me.

[@user-tj6ws1tr1y]

Think you guys need some more sponsors geez

[@erichdelk6321]

WH 40K app only has 3 stratagems for Tyranids, do you guys know why?

[@VanguardTactics]

You might be looking at combat patrol rules you need index

[@shassa90]

Oh gosh these guys seems scary 😮

[@Ravum]

New synapse is such a slap in the face.

[@VanguardTactics]

It is meant to be a double edged blade! If your opponent removes it from you you're in trouble!

[@Ravum]

@@VanguardTacticsDouble edged blade? What's the good side? I mean it sucks. It went from being immune to battleshock if within synapse range to rolling one extra dice. 10th sucks hard for Tyranids. Shadow in the Warp is so gimmicky, too.

[@Xenothios]

Please either balance your audio, or adjust your microphones because I had to raise the volume to hear, and even then some of the conversation would drop out or peak.

[@MichaelSmith-cy5ev]

@ 11:54 Parasite of Mortrex. clutch because he lost synapse in 10th

[@Poisedanubis85]

I’m not fully up in knowledge with the changes so just a quick one ,,,when the fuck did spine fist and devourers disappear from term against weapon list and replaced with “spine launchers and spike rifles???” Bit less imaginative

[@obsidi2]

Broodlord is a bad idea to put the free re-roll on. While the charge is important on him you can use a cp for that. He has no ranged attacks, and being in a group of genestealers he is not going to take wounds, so there isn't a lot of times to use the free re-roll. A walking Hive Tyrant is much better, or a Tevirigon.

[@deang8017]

Broodlord and Parasite do not have Synapse

[@scolack123]

And im JUST buying intp wh40k but learned a ton reading and watching 9th My very first model was a parasite of mortrex before leviathan drops lll

[@FirstIncarnate7]

your sound is so low

[@VanguardTactics]

Thanks for the feedback! We'll look at improving on that!

[@ImperialGit]

Level the audio on shoutouts.

[@Kincaid16]

Not all of the leaders have synapse keyword

[@heirapparent1996]

"9 inches it's nice to have" "Yep" Lol I have a dirty mind

[@justinwelch1873]

Fix the far to quiet volume, even on max volume it's hard to hear.

[@JS-ut6lx]

‘9 inches is nice to have’ 😂

[@JClemente1980]

you record your sound so low that when the advertising came it blew my ears...

[@Demortixx]

120 hormagauntrs

[@aylard]

Only CHARACTERS can be given Enhancements and your army cannot include more than three Enhancements in total. No unit can have more than one Enhancement and each Enhancement included in your army must be unique. EPIC HEROES cannot be given any Enhancements. Your army cannot include the same EPIC HERO more than once . Core rules #55

[@VanguardTactics]

Yeah

[@ElitePwny]

Why does every 40k video have a narrator that pronounces words weirdly

[@Dylfunkle]

Regional variations, language is fluid.

[@garregalen83]

One like this for Necrons please

[@VanguardTactics]

Coming soon!

[@galling2052]

i have to take away from the flyrant hype. Its abilities are great but it gets hit hard by the fact that it is not durable, does not have lone operative and can not hide, because of their wings. Also the way fly works in 10th it is not even fast

[@vaettra1589]

Is there a Flyrant hype? The only thing I've heard is that they will sit on the shelves for this edition.

[@pix00l]

Best way to play tyranids is to get them wiped out asap in every game GOD DAMN XENOS!

[@nighteadge86]

Broodlord does not have synapse

[@brim-skerdouglasson]

Monster can nids

[@TheSpectralFX]

I have mixed feeling about this review. It too much "Cookie-cutter corporate friendly" by saying everything is "cool and good". Sure, some things seems to be favorites, but I just feel it's hard to be hyped by some of these rules. I prefer more down to earth reviews that aren't afraid to call out weaker option... well... for what they are, weak

[@edwardbellamy5823]

guys plz master your audio a bit higher, super quiet

[@paramed1012]

There are a LOT of adverts in this video. Both KZbin ads and lots of sponsor segments. Very disruptive to the flow of the video. Would be nice to see more seamless transitions to the adverts so they don’t appear so out of place

[@craigcox813]

Forgot how horribly quiet this channel is. Max volume, and it sounds like you're whispering.

[@ryanhatzenbeller4327]

Step 1, paint for 3 years...lol.

[@Scope3213]

Too many adverts and sponsorship videos

[@thoughtgaming492]

The volume on this video is WAY too low. I had to turn it up and then got an ad which blew my ear drums out. Also, where did you get that rolling a 6 was an 18.3% chance? Its a 16.7% chance of rolling any given single number.