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DIMACHAERON WS BS Dimachaeron

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Unit Composition

Weapons and Biomorphs

Special Rules

• 1 Dimachaeron

• Sickle claws • Grasping talons • Thorax spine-maw • Adrenal glands*

• Instinctive Behaviour (Feed)* • Rampage

Unit Type • Monstrous Creature (Leaper)

• Movement phase: If a Leaping model Leaps during the Movement phase, it can move up to 6”. • Assault phase: If a Leaping model Leaps during the Assault phase, it gains the Hammer of Wrath special rules if it did not alredy possess it, and all Hammer of Wrath attacks are resolved at +1 Strength and gain the Strikedown special rule. Grasping Talons Mounted on the Dimachaeron’s lower torso, these stocky spike-like limbs are covered in fine hairs and tendrils, and are used by the beast to immobilise its prey and drag it into the spine-maw in its chest.

Grasping Talons

10 3+

A Dimachaeron is a Fast Attack choice for a Codex: Tyranids army.

*See Codex: Tyranids

Monstrous Creature (Leaper) Leaper is a sub-type, and as such does not appear as a separate category on its own, but only when paired with another unit type. Models with the leaper subtype may choose to use their Leaping ability in either the Movement phase or Assault phase (they may also choose not to use it in either phase if they wish), but may not use it in both phase. When not using their Leaping ability, a unit of this sub-type moves normally for a model of its base type. When using Leaper (whether moving ot charging), the model can move over all other models and terrain freely. If the model begins or ends its move in difficult terrain, it must take a Dangerous Terrain test. Leaping models cannot end their move on top of other models or in imable terrain.

Weapon

200

POINTS

Range

Str

AP

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+1

2

Type Melee, Spinemaw Strike

Spine-maw Strike: When an attack with this special rule result in least one 6 To Hit, it may make a single additional Spine-maw attack in initiative step 1 (see rules below). Thorax Spine-maw When locked in combat the Dimachaeron will pluck an unfortunate prey-beast from the battlefield, hinge open its chest cavity and impale the still living prey on the spine-maw lurking inside it. Once pinned in place, the rib-jaws snap

shut and the spine-maw drains the prey of its vitality, leaving its desiccated corpse clasped to its chest as it used the nutrients it has stolten to add to its ferocity as it tears apart the prey’s allies. The spine-maw may only be used to attack during initiative step 1 of any close combat in which the Dimachaeron attacks with its grasping talons and results in at least one 6 To Hit. The spine-maw makes a single attack using the profile listed below – this is an addition to any other attacks the Dimachaeron make an automatically hits. A spine-maw attack may target any infantry models that do not have the Extremely Bulky special rule, and no more than one spine-maw attack may be made in a single phase by any one model. Weapon

Range

Str

AP

-

+4

1

Thorax spine-maw

Type Instant Death, Digestion Spine, Melee

Digestion Spine: When a spine-maw removes a model as a casuality, the Dimachaeron gains a number of Plasm tokens equal to the number of Wounds on the profile of the model removed (regardless of the number it possessed when it was removed). At the end of each of its following turns, the Dimachaeron’s controlling player removes one these Plasm tokens. Whilst the Dimachaeron has at least one Plasm token, it gains the Feel no Pain (4+) special rule. Sickle Claws Each of the Dimachaeron’s upper limbs bears a pair of these vicious claws, which in combat scissor through their prey, shearing through armoured torsos and cleaving the heads from lesser organisms. Weapon Sickle Claws

Range

Str

AP

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2

Type Melee, Sickle Strike

Sickle Strike: On a roll of a 4+ to Wound, an attack inflicted by a sickle claws has the Instant Death special rule.