Vaults of Terra - (Tyranids) Overview

[@alfabusa]

Sweet coincidence! For the record, Tyranids are beastly. Nice work!

[@InfiniteGatsu]

Greetings Bruva Alfabusa

[@InfiniteGatsu]

If we are to beat the Tyranids we need...... Captin Hair Gell

[@agislax3895]

MrKILLER1078 to defeat the tyranids the humans need to forge and alliance with the tau and keep it.

[@morcova]

agis lax I think I read in the latest Tyranid rule book that the Tyranids and the Necron seem to avoid each other... can anybody confirm? Have those two races come into conflict?

[@agislax3895]

morcova im not sure it's very possible given that the major races are constantly at war with each other. i now that in the video games and in the mini war game the tyranids can fight the necrons. but with the lore i don't know.

[@T3rmin4t0rN]

The 40k universe got so much fucking lore. I love it.

[@Absolute_Chaser]

***** I used to play Warhammer 40K like you, then I took a Matt Ward to my codex?

[@Prometech1]

Headshot717 *necron sobs* WHYYYYYY MAAAAAAAAATTT!

[@williamlawson8950]

Headshot717 10/10 would do again.

[@metalhammer303]

Headshot717 omg!! so true 😂😂😂

[@thealiencommunicator]

LordError i know right? the detail of the lore here is only matched by two other things: middle earth's history, and warhammer fantasy's lore.

[@morcova]

It was in 93 when I first picked up the PC version of "Space Hulk" that I was introduced to both the Imperium of Man and the Tyranids for the first time. This was my first taste of WH40K and the Tyranids have always been special because of that. Then in 98 Starcraft came out and I found the Zerg. Imitation is the best form of flattery I guess.

[@Bazza1993ify]

I wonder what would happen if a Tyranid hive fleet went into the Eye on Terror? Would be quite entertaining to watch.

[@Bazza1993ify]

***** Isn't a Necron tomb world already lifeless anyway?

[@Bazza1993ify]

Dawn of War Dark Crusade Necron ending the description of the planet.

[@Hiperforteca]

***** the Tyranids ignore Tomb Worlds.

[@MrJacobpetersen]

Guy Byram to defeat a single chaos god, would prob. require a pretty large amount of hive fleets and that would truly be a challenge to the chaos gods :-P

[@MrJacobpetersen]

Guy Byram to defeat a single chaos god, would prob. require a pretty large amount of hive fleets and that would truly be a challenge to the chaos gods :-P

[@tails18boy]

I don't go online and be a zombie like most people, but this is pretty much (other than gamerpoop) the only channel I want more and more videos of.

[@Mrjake92100]

So Tyranids are like the Zerg from Starcraft. Except cool, and far, far, far more dangerous and adaptable.

[@VaultsOfTerra]

+Mrjake92100 The Tyranids helped inspire the Zerg, so you are very right,

[@AlexanderAshcroft]

+Mrjake92100 there was also a lawsuit concerning blizzard and GW about that. Blizzard lost btw.

[@Phoenixvigor01]

+ARGUS ;SERN Blizzard created Starcraft to be a GW warhammer 40k game, but GW turned their noses up at it and so after a brief reworking of the visuals Blizzard released it as a stand alone title, its not the first time that GW has made this mistake they did the same with warcraft and we all know how that turned out lol

[@harlequin1731]

+ARGUS ;SERN None of the designs changed from the early versions, so I doubt anyone won anything.

[@harlequin1731]

+Warmaster_phoenix Wrong game. Starcraft was made from scratch, but WARCRAFT was meant to be a Warhammer Fantasy game. Hence the green orcs.

[@AlucardNoir]

I'm impressed you used the Borg and not the Cybermen for your analogy.

[@radicalgoodspeed16]

I prefer the Cybermen to the Borg

[@dg3218]

the cybermen are race specific while the borg are more a hive mind construct with intelligent design based on the majority of sentient life in their mythos so the borg are the deeper and more relevant comparison if i had to compare the cybermen to anyone it would be the Mechanicus

[@teds8860]

JEANSTEALERS!

[@Cultureghost]

No! My jeans!

[@Redem10]

Tyranids : The food network faction

[@ZT1337purepwnage]

thanks for taking the time to make this vid was interesting to listen to

[@nineball4544]

Meanwhile Octavius war is still going and Both The 'Nids and Orks are fucking loving it.

[@Artredes]

Nice work, guys. I've only recently found your lore vids, but I've enjoyed them a lot. I think they're probably the best lore vids around for War40k on youtube, keep it up! o7

[@spliffy98]

a mix between the Borg and Xenomorphs........ Dear god........... and I thought the Flood was bad enough.

[@niallreid7664]

To be fair, the Flood as it was portrayed in the forerunner saga was pretty much Tyranid level just before the activation of the Halos.

[@Morjensful]

Wow, better mode of speech and articulation. The best one yet! THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT!

[@terranloyalist9595]

so basically the Tyranids are giant bugs and should be burnt, _right?_

[@VaultsOfTerra]

Bugs crossed with dinosaurs, and yes.

[@chebabb9315]

***** crossed with xenomorphs...crossed with alex mercer...

[@TheHahanicevideo]

So they're Zerg? Kekekekekekekekekeke

[@DigitalGame18]

Sebastian Leukhardt More like Zerg are just Tyranids minus the complete ownage of entire planets.

[@michaeltariga5285]

TheGoodShank Hell, the zergs are easily curbstomped by drunk space truckers in power armor. So yeah, zergs are dangerous but really nothing compared to the Tyranids.

[@dahalofreeek]

Just discovered this channel. I could be here for hours, this is fantastic.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Tyranids are the most moral being in the warhammer world :D

[@Tazkar]

+MC Mark Markson (MusicLover) They're just hungry.

[@unknownanonymous2651]

TE hnically the eldar, Tau, necron, and humans are.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Unknown Anonymous Hm Eldar only care for their own race and have no problem killing millions of other be it human or ork. Tau do genocide for the greater good. Necron want to kill every living thing.

[@unknownanonymous2651]

+MC Mark Markson (MusicLover) Well the King of Necrons returned to defend the galaxy, including the living, to lead the Necrons to defend the galaxy against the Tyranid. There are some xeno, including some Eldar, who look to destroy chaos, and to keep peace amongst the races, seeing as some are part of a mysterious multixeno order who seeks to bring the fall of chaos. And the Tau ARE open to working with other races, and are against chaos and the Tyranids, Especially the rogue general of the Tau, who forsake the leaders to fight against the malevolent forces in the galaxy, which include chaos. Shoot, even the Emperor is actually Xeno tolerant, and is only against those that seek malevolent ends, or ends that are harmful of humanity. For nonharmful races, the Emperor was extremely tolerant, considering it wrong to harm them, but still to be watched, just in case.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Unknown Anonymous Well maybe other races have or behave morally sometimes. But Tyranids are a single hive mind

[@theodorehodbor5080]

One thing I'd want to bring up is this, something like the Tyranids wouldn't be able to evolve naturally on a planet. Think about it, the way we know about evolution and how it works, the Tyranid's ancestors wouldn't have evolved by a few mutations over several million years. This can lead to two things: 1. The Tyranids were a bioweapon that went nuts and killed it's target, it's creator, everyone else in the galaxy, and several other galaxies. 2. The Tyranids were a species similar to us, but started using bio-engineering and genetic manipulation so aggressively they became creatures like they are now and devolved into an animal-like state bent on consuming all life and reproducing. It also might be that it was one species of animal that was experimented on to became very unstable genetically. It can also be assumed that there was one "common ancestor" of all Tyranids due to the shared characteristics (oblong shaped heads, six limbs, chitinous armor).

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Theodore Hodbor deffinately a biowepon... but then again... it could be a sceintent galactic virus if you think of them interms of their hive fleets... i doubt they were a scientient species that devolved... also it's possible that their creators could still be alive and dirrecting them. think about it? what could be more effecient than the tyranids as a means for gathering recources for a biotechnologically based civilization? it would also explaine their six to eight limbed, head, tailed and two segmented exo-endal skeletal main body structure. also things like hive tyrants and warriors do sujest something?

[@theodorehodbor5080]

The Dark master That these hivefleet's aren't the actual masters, they are merely harvesters to then return to the homeplanets of the "master race" to be processed into biotechnology they can use (sort of like the Reapers harvesting people to make more of themselves). That sounds like a pretty good idea.

[@blazednlovinit]

Theodore Hodbor One theory is that they were created by the c'tan god, "the outsider". Said God exiled itself to the void beyond the galaxy, the nid hive mind could be the outsider

[@brendanstanley8255]

Theodore Hodbor or possibly they are like an ant colony, with different variants to serve different purposes that evolved to take orders from a leadership caste, or hivemind

[@fvriovs5502]

Theodore Hodbor Note they are outside of this Galaxy, there is a running theory in physics that limitations and rules bend and strengthen in different parts of the universe, for example, say they came from the Andromeda Galaxy for whatever reason, you could theoretically argue that planets there are so different that evolution of live takes a much different turn, at a very different pace for entirely different reasons. The great thing about the universe, almost ANYTHING you can imagine as a living organism could theoretically evolve somewhere.

[@MadnerKami]

So, assuming that the Chaos is entirely dependant on the existance of intelligent (and psychic) life and Tyranids apparently being able to sense the warp and psychics: Have there been any major and lore-supported engagements between Chaos forces and Tyranids?

[@Gibbons3457]

It's interesting you mention that. I always thought it odd that the Tyranids have many of the traits associated with the Chaos Gods. They are always at war and shedding blood, the bring virulent infections and are themselves like a virus, they are always changing and adapting with some great unknown goal and they seem to enjoy what they do, the Hivemind does anyway. Yet they also create a blankspot in the warp, they can completely block it out preventing ships from getting in or out and preventing communication through the warp itself. It's like they are both pure chaos and the very antithesis of it. Kinda cool really.

[@Sav3TheWorld]

I have heard of one battle between Chaos and the Tyranids. The forces of Chaos were actually winning the battle at first, but then began to lose the favor of the Chaos gods. Since Tyranids don't have souls like the other races, the gods didn't really care about killing them. So, the Tyranids eventually won because the Chaos gods simply lost interest in the battle. This might also explain why Tyranids don't suffer from demonic incursions even though they have a lot of psykers. Chaos just doesn't find it worthwhile to fight Tyranids.

[@MadnerKami]

Sav3TheWorld See, that's the point. The Chaosgods should have all the interests in the world in fighting the Tyranids, as the Tyranids consume, destroy and prevent the reemergence of what they entirely depend on: Souls/Psychic Beings/Emotions. No (psychic) life left in our galaxy means: no chaos.Though one might debate that chaos still would survive on beings outside of our galaxy, but the chaos as we know it from the lore, is obviously bound to this galaxy somehow (or do we know any chaosgods born by extra-galactic entities or of any extra-galactic entities that are brought into their wars, like it happened, for example, with Space Marines?). Otherwise, not engaging with the Tyranids on any larger and definite scale seems very suicidal and the Chaosgods, clearly have an interest in self-preservation.

[@ysgramornorris2452]

MadnerKami I once read that a space hulk full of tyranids was sent through a Warp rift by a hive fleet, supposedly to cause Chaos-induced mutations and hasten their evolution.

[@SuperSaiyanMaze]

I wonder how the Emperor would handle the incursion, if he were still available? Would he think siding with Chaos for the survival of humanity worth it, or would he have other plans? Of course, his answer might also depend on if he survived the Horus Heresy (which would make a very different Imperium), or if the Heresy simply never happened.

[@nordklint84]

nice vid, Ed. looking very much forward to the next one.

[@bencave2992]

But can you 6-pool with these things?

[@ANDELE3025]

Even better, you can 3 pool.

[@thalanoshutto8348]

Ben Cave not needed when your opening build has your supply sitting at 999999000000000/9 with full upgrades and Korean micro skills

[@Gim6759]

Tyranids, they too will succumb to Father Nurgle's sickness. Fear not, our bloated lord will protect us from those unholy abominations.

[@dinocha0s]

'Unholy Abominations' *giggles* thats funny coming from you and Turd god

[@TheLuvMummy]

Your sickness will do nothing to us on the other hand. The machine is infinite and will always triumph over you fleshy nuisances.

[@4everdunc]

Even Tyranids are not immune to the power of chaos, there were Tyranids that suffered Mutation, that are normally seen on Cultust that follow Nurgle, they move slower, have less strenght, purulent blisters over their body and cracks and missing pieces in their armorplates.

[@AshBash2805]

I do remember that in the Tyranid codex there was something about the Tyranids becoming almost immune to Nurgle's plague, It was effective at first but when they returned they seemed unharmed by the infection. Also they do not have blood, they have something called "ichor", which is like a weak acid so how do they get infected at first?

[@4everdunc]

How Tyranids get infected? I think that the Chaos is Messing with their DNA to get them weak for Mutation and Pleagues.

[@JugularX]

Can anybody answer a question I have. Are the gods of the warp gods in only our galaxy? Do other galaxies have their own gods of the warp? And does the warp extend across from one galaxy to another?

[@MrGhostly12321]

I think that whatever kind of obscure plane of existence they inhabit, it would make no sense to the mortal mind. Just go with it

[@JugularX]

Thanks guys. I just thought I couldnt find the lore.

[@IndigoJulze]

Love the thumbnail, with the C'thulhu looking guy. very cool.

[@thalanoshutto8348]

Indigo Julze that's a Lictor. the thing eats your brains through your nose, or wherever he wants. It's kinda hot if you're into that ;D

[@mikea2363]

+Thalanos Hutto ... who is into having feeding tentacles inserted in his head while alive, then its brain digested and then extracted from their craneum by a giant mounstrosity?

[@Eshirak]

does anybody here think that if the tyranids invaded the area around the eye of terror and devoured some deamon worlds there they would gain more psyker like powers?

[@kickassemperor]

Khorne Jeanstealers ..... Oh my God Emperor, the Horror!

[@otisplatt1296]

Great summary! The Tyranids truly are a scary race!

[@666kingdrummer]

I like the tryanids, They're so cute

[@tomrenard756]

here have a pet carnifex AWW IT SO CU-- *cut throaght* YOU CANNOT PET THE GREAT DEVOURER

[@midnightsoupmix4197]

Sounds like it would be like a cat relationship: "FEED ME, HUMAN!"

[@joachimderuyter2213]

They’re not cute man

[@evanhunt1863]

Uhhh... I did not expect that.

[@TheRedSamuraiMK]

From what I read in the Lexicanum, seen from the games, and heard from this video they are basically something like Ridley Scotts worst nightmare and ultimately the most terrifying alien race ever invented. Thank you Games Workshop.

[@vamprosful]

ok, so if the first known contact with the tyranid was in M41and some hive ships being found in M34....i have some issues, now, please some one correct me if i am wrong. So with this vid saying that Genestealers are a part of the tyranid, no with that in mind....if we look at the original release of Spacehulk in 1989 we can tell from this and from the other patterns on armour about in the time we see Marines using Mk 4 and Mk 5 and Mk 6 power armour. Mk 4 armour was in use Pre Heresy with Mk 5 and Mk 6 armour in use during the heresy and Mk 7 in use toward the end of the heresy after the fall of Mars. So with mk 6 in use during the time of the initall space hulk game we can surmise that genestealers were known to the Imperium by as early as M30 and M31 that is a long time until the dormant ships in M34. Even if you take into consideration that games like Tyranid Attack that came out in 92 and tyanid warriors were out in 91 at about the same time as Mk 7 armour....then that dates to the end of the heresy that was according to what i remember was in M31-M32 still pre dating M34.

[@VaultsOfTerra]

vamprosful Don't be fooled, the older products do not follow the new lore in regards to marks of armor. GW only gave them a set timeline later on, so even if the primary armor was mk.4-6 in space hulk, the lore still puts their first encounters in M34. Remember, space hulk is actually still meant to take place in and around M40-41, so you cannot really use the mark of amour as a gauge, considering the SM are apparently using older marks of armor long after they should have been wearing mk.7 armor. Thanks for the comment though.

[@vamprosful]

if i am wrong, then i am wrong...i just find that not taking their own products into lore a slight anachronism on their part. Thanks for the reply.

[@VaultsOfTerra]

No worries, GW were never very good at looking back on these things.

[@adamstringer7092]

In the lore it says that Genestealers were first discovered during M35, it wasn't until Hive Fleet Behemoth attacked Macragge that the Adeptus Mechanics learnt that the Genestealers were Tyranids.

[@adamstringer7092]

Regardless, the Tyranid invasion has been in the making for at least 5000 years. It's possible that they somehow learned that Space Hulks are valuable to the Imperium, making them very useful for infiltration and harvesting bio-mass.

[@nextboldharpy842]

Awesome overview!! Had to brush up on my knowledge of the Tryanids a bit since im pressed for time and dont have my Codex with me XP

[@DavidAkhter]

Massive Ork Waaagh VS Massive Hive Fleet Invasion ftw!! worthy of a movie or something....at least an animated one...then create a part 2 where necrons pop out of nowhere to crash the party....then part 3 where it is revealed that the Inquisitors have been playing all three sides against each for awhile. However there is a major risk, if the Orks win they will form into a massive unstoppable Waaagh, if the Tyranids win they will consume all the bio-material left to form an unstoppable Hive Fleet and if the Necrons win they will raise all the other necrons hidden in nearby planets and form an unstoppable army of death. In all three cases the Imperium is seriously screwed UNLESS the Inquisitors somehow manage to keep the fight between the three going on eternally forever and ever. Now THATS some lore-worthy space-drama worth writing a book on or a mature animated show on. I almost remember a book where there was a similar plotline.

[@DavidAkhter]

***** Not so easy when there are ginormous fleets defending such planets.

[@Punishthefalse]

***** Didn't the Orks win that fight and at the same time become a truly unified force since forever and are poised to launch a galaxy-wide Waaagh!?

[@DavidAkhter]

***** If the Inquisition are worried about it being a possibility than it is possible.

[@Punishthefalse]

***** Except in this case they do have an excuse. Everyone really is a heretic or a heretic-in-the-making. Including that other Inquisitor.

[@DavidAkhter]

***** The Ordo Hereticus and the Ordo Malleus are the fanatical ones. Compared to them the Ordo Xenos who deal with the aliens are much more well adjusted and "normal". Although that doesnt stop them from ordering the Exterminatus of a planet with 90% humans and 10% aliens.

[@rzimz3355]

This lore is very interesting, thanks for getting me interested in this particular work of fiction.

[@Lulu-ex7fc]

Tyranids vs the Flood, let's see it happen. Give them both a galaxy full of life to devour to give them equal start first.

[@manwithzecan3820]

'nids

[@James-sk4db]

+Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn Floods like undead tyranids, so I guess it'd be like skaven vs necromancers(Nagash and von Carsteins) in fantasy. I'd guess flood

[@ODDnanref]

Undead Tyranids are eaten, to make more Tyranids. The Flood has shown the ability to modify the genetic material of a species over a long period of time. The Tyranids to this over a couple of hours. My guess, they merge into e new species. Like virus do when they interact with other viruses. New strains appear. Without needing hosts like the Flood does to reproduce and with the ability to transform anything into its species without the need of digesting it first like the Tyranids need to do. You can say that the Flood acquired and entire self sufficient ecosystem or that the Tyranids acquired the ability to dominate worlds faster. I choose to say it is neither. This thing is neither a Tyranid nor the Flood. it is the Tyrantflood.

[@ODDnanref]

dragonlord We have been through this. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence and considering that they infect everything and modify it into flood cells, my guess is that they can but just use it as mass instead of making Tanks or other form out of them.

[@Carmoth86730]

I think you forgot to mention the Genestealer Cults while explaining the stages of invasion. Great video by the way,Subscribed! :D

[@summerhot8278]

If the emperor was still alive those things would be wiped out.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Nope,they'd still be fucked.

[@MegatronSmurf]

+James Adams no, because he knew how to close the door.

[@PlagueRunner]

+summer hot According to the lore they are attracted to the emperor like a fat kid to happy meal

[@summerhot8278]

Well if he was still alive he would just kill those bugs no meal at all.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

+summer hot no he wouldn't.he would be overwhelmed by the hive mind and rendered a vegetable if he even tried to fight it.

[@TheEightfoldPath_]

In theory, wouldn't chaos be a natural "ally" of all the other sentient species in the galaxy against the tyranids? If the tyranids consume all life then chaos would be no more (given that tyranids aren't chaos-material?)

[@Flamethrower1942]

Not sure ,sure there are chaos nids as the the primordial animator (chaos) is enemy to all life in fluff it corrupts all

[@TheEightfoldPath_]

Yeah, but considering the ability of the hivemind to create a "blank" in the warp, shouldn't that keep chaos out?

[@TheEightfoldPath_]

If they aren't sentient then they should be immune to the corrupting part at least. The hivemind must be sentient, but the nids themselves are not. (Severed from hivemind = Devolving into lesser animals)

[@Flamethrower1942]

Guys we maybe over thinking GW's I.P here lol

[@TheEightfoldPath_]

Doesn't take long to do that :p But they have to make some sort of solution to it, cause it's kind of on the breaking point with the timeline. Hivefleets incoming, emprah dying (when he dies, the light will go out so maybe nids will become slower and more spread again?), and of course the 13th black crusade. I just hope they make it interesting and not something anyone could have guessed.

[@SgtSafety]

Great video as always.

[@JimbobHarrigan1984]

Really to defeat this enemy, the Imperium may need to swallow it's pride and actually work together with the other races to save this galaxy, once the Tyranids have been defeated, it's business as usual

[@JimbobHarrigan1984]

The Tau certainly would have it in their interest, remember uniting to fight the Tyranids is for the greater good of the galaxy

[@Rynewulf]

Andy Holcroft Eldar maybe? Its always seemed to me as if the Imperium is phobic of working with other species but the other species are not necessarily phobic of working with humans. It wouldn't surprise me if the Eldar agreed to help- desperate survival of a dying race and all that.

[@JimbobHarrigan1984]

Well the Eldar's webway network is a strategic asset for launching sudden attacks and melting away to fight elsewhere

[@marshalsigismund405]

Blood Raven I´d like to see how Necrons react to Tyranids

[@Rynewulf]

Marshal Sigismund I'd guess somewhere between 'pew-pew', 'du uh haz bodiez we can haz?' and Trazyn the Infinite stealing Tyranid ivory from live hive tyrants or something.

[@PTNLemay]

"borg crossed with xenomorphs" That is a wonderful way of putting it. I approve.

[@ghiliesnipe]

Giant Bug Spray anyone?

[@deltaproductions113]

Maybe a mosquito net galaxy size?

[@ghiliesnipe]

Both are far too advanced to be developed in the 41st millennium

[@josephbray9979]

Khorne Phlakes even a small bug spray can would be too advanced

[@silviogesell1]

Albino Spaz Just watch the last video of Bruva Alfabusa´s series If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device ;)

[@ghiliesnipe]

Yeh :D

[@adam_killander]

I love these videos man! Really good narrative and great information :D But you should work more on the visual part of the video, for example, when you mention many different kinds of tyranids, a few (small) pictures of them would be helpful. I am personally all into the 40k universe, but for someone that is new may not know what a genestealer is! Cheers man! :)

[@StealthisOptional714]

I have a question and I hope someone answers: I herd that Tyranids can't really kill Necrons and would totally lose to them. I'm clearly new to the universe but can someone give me some info on how that would play out?

[@VaultsOfTerra]

Tyranids can kill Necrons, they just cannot eat them, so for the Tyranids dealing with the Necrons is a net loss conflict, whereas usually they can use deceased biomass to create more Tyranids for a gain.

[@StealthisOptional714]

thank you!

[@nickshapland9384]

I cannot wait for more and these guys, they are just too awesome

[@DinoCopRulezTheWORLD]

Tyranids are the best :) Can´t wait for closer look on their aspects and Organization charts. Does anyone knows any good books with Tyranids?

[@crypto1223]

Uh. Try the ebook on black library that has all the tyranid books in one super expensive volume.

[@K0ragg]

0 dislikes? IMPOSSIBRU! Your voice is marvelous, I knew all this, but I could listen to your voice all day!

[@theodorehodbor5080]

K0ragg And the 3 trolls had to ruin it.

[@StylesV13]

One can only imagine what would happen if the Tyranids got the DNA of the Primarch Roboute Guilliman when they invaded Macragge in 745.M41.

[@mattd6931]

StylesV13 I am Locutus of Borg! Wait, wrong universe.

[@gcircle]

StylesV13 Tyranid Primarch. Even Big E would shit his pants.

[@callumflano9863]

A cool theory I've heard is that the tyranids aren't invading from a different galaxy, they are running from an unknown threat and consuming organisms to try and fight it.

[@FlawedFabrications]

Pfft. Zerg are better than Tyranids in every possible way. ... Said no-one ever.

[@darthsithstorm7607]

zerg are more adaptable and has cooler design :)

[@firetools]

darth sithstorm A lot of fans say the Tyranids are what the Zerg want to be when they grow up lol

[@michaeltariga5285]

firetools The problem with the zerg is that they are clinging to their zerg queen, namely kerrigan and in my honest opinion, with her human emotion and her human mentality is the biggest reason as to why the zerg is unable to reach their full potential. Which is no biggie since their potential are minuscule compared to what the Tyranids has already accomplished

[@ronaldnanoz8197]

Benjamin Drinkwater you really need to drink water your brain is so DRY you cant see the fact that zergs are RIPOFFS of tyranids

[@darthsithstorm7607]

firetools lol,there is no way zerg wanted to be growing up becoming those ugly designed shits.

[@cybuki6650]

The very first tyranids as I remember were supposedly created by 'Space Zoats' and used as rank and file as the zoat race had somehow suffered a great reduction in numbers. I also remember the zoats also being connected to slann.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

could think that if the tyranids main force is not yet arrived. (if it is coming this way anyway and hasn't simply scattered to all directions spreading like infection across the universe.) if they have started from some far reach of known space that we have mapped so far in current time. they would have swallowed countless of galaxies and their mass would leave shadow on the known universe. just that big the fleet would be. the only way I see how any life in the galaxy could survive from this, would be by hiding in the warp while tyranids consume everything and continue on their path to consume other galaxies which could take millions of years from the fleet to move away from our galaxy. the scenario would ask that humans, eldars and taus would throw their war ax down the well and put their tech together in order to hide the whole holy terra in warp and wish that the power of the Emperor can keep warp from effecting it. (why them? because of their technology that could be useful and these 3 are the most advanced species in the galaxy and could put their war behind them in this kind of situation) the rest would be tyranid food. I dont know how necrons would react tho. but I dont think they stand against their endless numbers.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

***** you cant unite with necrons. C'tan wants everything dead and they obey. they dont listen what you have to say, they just shoot you. orks cannot be trusted. you tell them you have a fight for them and they sooner or later shoot you in the hide.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

***** than they are fucking masochists. you are a bad fan. no. it was more like a force of nature, the inevitable end of everything. heck chaos just kills what is can, necrons kill everything from smallest microbe. I liked them far more when they were mindless killer robots from the past. now they are space egyptioans. someone deserves to get stabbed for that.

[@hekatonchires1139]

MrAnimepredator the tau can not enter warp. they don't have psykers. i am pretty much sure they don't even know about warp.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

Hekatonchires 11 point them! point them and *LAUGH!!*

[@DeosPraetorian]

MrAnimepredator so much hate

[@consume_vegetables]

i have read of the earliest recounts describing xenos creatures resembling tyranids as "mega-arachnids" in the Horus Heresy novels. they appear to have solid metal claws that can easily scythe through armor.

[@VRTXProductions]

Welp. Space Marines can't stop them sooo...Starship Troopers anyone?

[@brickcraftproductions3065]

VRTXProductions "C'MON BROTHERS DO YOU WANNA SERVE YOUR EMPEROR?!"

[@AndroidIdentity]

I'm doing my part!

[@kaimamoonfury1335]

Tyranids are my fave :) I ran them for a looong time in the minis game.

[@alotosius]

Don't forget the sisters.

[@Destroyer6263]

I really want to see some Chaos Space Marine legion videos. Night Lords, Black Legion and World Eaters please

[@Khaldam]

Please do TAU!

[@AllYourPals]

Mar Ber the less is spoken about them the better, he can do them when they have chain katanas

[@silver4831]

Leave that to the Kroot.

[@jens8439]

Finally! Thank you!

[@wilbobaggins869]

so they are basically the flood

[@JRG333]

Basically, but these guys came first

[@brandonfireking7655]

A lot of Bungies ideas are formed from other games, movies, and table top games that the original dev team had played or watched in their life. No doubt in my mind that they came up with the flood using parts of the tyranids

[@Fireclaws10]

And the flood are basically the necromorphs from dead space. All stories in games borrow from each other

[@brandonfireking7655]

b..but halo came fiiiiiiiiirst

[@dragonlord498]

?

[@commandercritic9036]

I really love this video, Nids are one of my fav armies, but I will say their going to get a new Codex in January so I was wondering if you might do another video on the Nids maybe going into more detail about some of the special Tyranid Creatures and adding any updates to the lore that are made.

[@williamverhagen5210]

Zerg annyone, no just me?

[@AshimMatthan]

great job!

[@theminoose6704]

Soooo Starcraft definitely stole zerg from Games Workshop right?

[@VaultsOfTerra]

1: Why have you opened this can of worms and what do you intend to do with it? 2: Not really. In fact the story goes SC1 was to be a 40k game with Marines and Tyranids, the GW pulled out mid development, so Bliz just altered all the copyrighted elements and made SC. So, not stolen, more used and iterated on, otherwise you have to say 40k stole Genestealers from alien, along with all thier other Ideas from 70s/80's sci-fi.

[@darthpanzer]

***** Like the inquisition, your answer was swift!

[@Luciffrit]

***** There were law suits for against bliz for WC until they settled. I would say it was sort of a nod to them once they patched things up. Never heard of GW working with Bliz though.

[@Partyffs]

SC stole everything from 40k.

[@thejAff420]

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 1959.

[@brandonfireking7655]

>which will be pointed out in their videos I'm still looking over the videos, but unless the tyranids are part of another video collection, i havnt seen anything other than this video specifically on them

[@TheSaro888]

a very good imperial information cast

[@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062]

if they ever make another game i wantto see necrons and tyranids fighting. god that would be fukn awesome to see the two most powerfull races clash

[@tanall5959]

So there is both a Leviathan and Behemoth hive fleet. Has there ever been a Ziz fleet? Two out of three, might as well have the full set.

[@KatlsNalcrateo]

Not in the cannon, but the wonderful thing about Warhammer is that you are encouraged to make your own story around your army, so you could make a Hive Fleet Ziz of your own. A fleet specializing in fliers would be interesting, actually. I wonder what the color scheme would be.

[@TheHarimir]

need more of this

[@Darksmirk1]

This just makes me want to play Space Hulk for PlayStation again. You gotta do the lore of that story! It was so much fun ( even though the game mechanics and graphics suck now ) I also think the only way the fallen brothers of chaos would ever help fight along side of righteous brother again would be if Tyranids started to enter the eye of terror.

[@rsbabaganouche]

nice video - I'm curious as to the other species contact with tyranids and how did they fare against them - I have read that they have come across Orks, but did anyone have any success like the Imperium?

[@Enballgroda1]

I believe that the Tau encountered Hive Fleet Gorgon at some point along with the Imperium and the forces actually had to team up to deal with it or they would both be overwhelmed. I'm not sure about the other races of the 41st millennium but I did hear something about tyranids deliberately avoiding necron tomb worlds for some reason.

[@DarkZholt]

WunKewlFrawg Since they seek the psychic trail of living creatures the Necrons would draw no attention from them, as they don't seem very tasty since they are not really alive. That is just me guessing, though.

[@Enballgroda1]

DarkZholt Well one could imagine that's true, seems reasonable enough, but many of their tomb worlds are still very much alive at the time of their awakening so even though they necrons aren't the planet is still a tasty snack for the hive fleet.

[@Errtuabyss]

They have most likely came across every major fraction in the universe. The orks in the Octarius-Sector is only one of the biggest clash, where Tyranids and Orks are fighting over the system and becoming more and more dangerous because both races flourish from war. The Tau and the Imperium are the only race that tried to communicate with the Tyranids. The Tau sending diplomats (you know how this ended...) and the Imperium via Varro Tigurius (Chief Librarian of the Ultramarines) which supposedly connected to the hive mind itself. Other then that the Tyranids are spread accross the universe and do not care who they meet in their path. As long it contain biomass they will try to consume it. As long it fights them they will try to destroy it. Btw as a matter of fact Tyranids have bioacid and other ways to destroy even Necrons. They normaly won't do it because it's a waste of biomass so the Necrons would be most likely the only ones surviving the Nids. But they are not unable to fight them. An old theorie was even that the hive mind is actualy the Eremit, a C'tan that left the Milky Way long ago, and that he brought them back to destroy all life to erase the warp. But I guess the theorie is dead with the new Necron fluff..

[@DarkZholt]

WunKewlFrawg True, I forgot that some of the Necron tombs are dorment for 64 million years under living worlds. Now that you mention it, I think I read a story about the Imperial Guard that had them attacked by Tyranids and during the battle the Necrons awekened and the Guards just left the Tyranids and the Necrons to fight eachother... but I can not remember were I read it. That's one of the things about WH40k that I love the most, you can pit any faction against any other and it will still make sense xD

[@danieltowner4886]

How about some information about the lesser creations of the Empire. What are servitors, & how are they made? Same with servo-skulls. Maybe an overview of why so much technology was lost, but isn't being reclaimed.

[@uncleernn1437]

sounds like the empire sound work up a truce with the tau and work together to destroy the bugs. thats a bigger threat than any other....except for the necrons and warp critters

[@lizrenarts7487]

Also don't forget there now trolls to Chaos. But yah the BugDinos of hunger, in this Vid is what I expect.

[@Macsengames]

I hope you do some info on the Tau soon. Always been my favorite race.

[@sulli1189]

"Leaving the planet as a barren husk, with only veg ruins" Lol! Sounds like Mars!!! wait a second... (0_o) uh oh...

[@setharora521]

Couple of thoughts... If the hive fleets were just the beginning would it not be tens of thousands of years (if not more) for a main force to arrive even if the message to come was instantaneous? (Given the nearest galaxy is pretty far away) What's going on with them in the Milky May, do they have a permanent base in the east of the Galaxy now? If so is this an increasing base are they creeping west? Aren't the Chaos pissed that the nids are threatening to take their fun away?

[@IAmebAdger]

+Seth Arora If Chaos were to think rationally, they would be scared out of their minds, because without races like the humans and Eldar feeding the Warp, Chaos wouldn't exist. But Chaos does not think rationally, that's not how Chaos works...

[@MasoMaria]

+Seth Arora To answer your questions: 1, the tyranid forces currently arriving are a fraction of the total tyranid force, but the real tyranid army has departed their previous galaxy long ago so technically the main tyranid force should arrive somewhere after the year 41k. 2, Tyranids are a fleet based race and do not take over or settle worlds. they go to a planet harvest all biomass on it and move on. so they do not have any bases in the milkyway. 3, the first tyranid fleets arrived from the galactic east but currently fleets are arriving from the galactic west and from underneath the galaxy. 4, due to the shadow in the warp, tyranids are a serious problem to the forces of chaos and also, if the nids consume all biomass in the galaxy there will be no more people to feed chaos and chaos would seize to exist.

[@setharora521]

Cool, nice responses. I read somewhere that the Nids may have been a creation of the 'old ones' sent to destroy the Katan (not sure how to spell) anyway either way sounds like shits gunna hit the fan here. Cheers!

[@RuneyViolet]

Do you ever plan to do more on the Tyranids?? Or have I missed it in your video list?? Cause they are interesting!

[@gcircle]

2:27 - the one on top of the tank looks like it has a hat LOL

[@ChavenneBonifacio]

can we plz get more tyranids videos ? and i would like to know the difference between the hive fleets

[@lokigg3700]

Would love to see one on the adeptus custodes

[@victort2006]

so awesome, but definitely a very scary species of aliens!

[@chubles42971]

So basically the Imperium needs a huge-ass shoe to *smash* them with. *Right?* I guess they could form a new Space Marine chapter for this... call them the Imperial Boots (like the Imperial Fists, but their emblem would be a boot crushing a bug) or something.

[@Eshirak]

I would play that chapter, though it does sound like something 1d4chan would come up with...

[@memento_mori6019]

Is the swarmlord capable of independently operating within and without the collective hive mind?

[@Roulden]

Hasn't it been speculated that each fleet that managed to make it to the galaxy are actually just scouting parties? I kind of remember a comment like that in one of the Tyranid codex's, indicating that the actual size of the Tyranid forces is mind boggling massive, and each failed attempt into this galaxy just means they will send a bigger scouting party.

[@4everdunc]

Yep, thats a theory, also this theory sometimes gets added with the speculation that they are so numerous that they are invading not only this galaxy but invading thousands of galaxies at the same time, while it is unknown how many galaxies are already been overrun by them, another theory is that the hivemind is/is controlled by a surviving Chitan from the time when the Necrons and Eldar were fighting against each other

[@danterichtofen9585]

4everdunc That would be one insane plot twist but a Tyranid player, i wouldn't like that.

[@1000jjwalker]

Well done love the show

[@ForsakePariah]

One has got to wonder what a race as invasive as the tyranids does in their time off between intergalactic domination bouts. I dont imagine the carnifex having an easy time learning to juggle with his scything talons.

[@oulpas9627]

Maybe hybernating or figthing (survival of the fitest).

[@Mandaloran317]

does the shadow in the warp prevent support from out of the system coming as well

[@Sizifus]

Will you do more videos about the Tyranids, or go more in depth about the Hive Mind, how it operates exactly? Is the Hive Mind some sort of sentience that controls the Tyranid forces from the void, or is it a result of the collective, that is, more Tyranids are present, the more intelligent the Hive Mind becomes?

[@masterzh]

Do you plan to post more vids regarding tyranids ?

[@johnburgess770]

Could u do a genestealer cult video, as I am new to the 40k universe andI am thinking on collecting them.i would like to know a bit of lore for them

[@turtle-swiftgameshd5284]

At some point in the future do Eldar please and if you have time do Iyanden. :D

[@messypainting8903]

Quick question: Is there a hive mind for every single hive fleet or just one for the entire race?

[@BlueFlytrap998]

Entire race. Most of them act independently regardless though.

[@messypainting8903]

BlueFlytrap998 Thanks :)

[@Runeclaw]

The exact nature of the hive mind is unknown. It looks like the fleets are working together for a common goal: eat and evolve. But they also compete for the food, so if two fleets meet, they will attack and kill each other, something the Imperium learned thanks to Commissar Ciaphas Cain in the latest book: The Greater Good.

[@messypainting8903]

Runeclaw Thanks a lot for the info :)

[@Maeldruin]

Runeclaw It's believed they do this to determine which evolutionary strain is superior.

[@dannyred9094]

Hypothetically, if there were no other races in the Warhammer 40k universe besides Tyranids and Chaos, how big and devastating would that war stalemate be?

[@ronin4313]

7:46 reminds me of a reaper from mass effect

[@xXM60E4Xx]

I have a necron dynasty in my fandom which hunt the impure aka Orks, Tyranids, And other Necrons

[@futurepirate2337]

What's really annoying that there's so many cool species in all war hammers is that you can't decide which one to chose, I've already went through like 3 or 3 species jumping from warhammer to warhammer 40k

[@Msahin025]

Hello, I really like your videos. But can you make some videos about the Chaos Legions. The Death Guards are my favorite; Plague Marines FTW!

[@Ezunit1991]

plz do the badab war. Such an amazing act of treachery

[@honolulutohalifax470]

So now? Would tryanids, avoid or ignore necron worlds, as these have no organic life left on them? Would the necrons survive?

[@Killeraholic]

+Dante Vaidya Some Necron Tomb Worlds do actually have organic life on them (wich came to be while they slumbered) these worlds get attacked, Necrons wake up..engage the Fleet...and either destroy the Hive fleet, but having lost many warriors and maybe even some hubs (meaning the necron ''souls'' linked to that hub are destroyed and truely dead) or their Tomb World gets destroyed, the necrons and their tech not consumed themselves but utterly crushed.. thus being truely dead. These worlds barren of life, would indeed be left alone.

[@newkie2008]

I´m just getting into the 40k lore, can somebody tell my where I can find more videos like this about the nids? Thx

[@SkullGuy138]

One theory is that the tyranids are actually running AWAY from something else outside the galaxy. I wonder what that could be...

[@thereallambofgod]

Most likely poop your pants on site. Tyrineds eat plants the thing they are running from eat galaxys