Instinctive Behavior got your Carnifex distracted? Not any more!

Synaptic Enhancement – gain Shadow in the Warp and Synapse abilities, and the SYNAPSE keyword.

There are 5 in total, but I think you’ll like these best: These new rules for your MONSTER models are good. This Adaptation is fantastic on any unit or model that you expect to get into melee – and that should be a lot of your units.ĭo you remember Big Bugs? Nidzilla? Do you remember the last time you saw Nidzilla on the table? No? Well…expect that to change. You know what stinks? When you finally scamper across the board to find your tasty prey just waiting to be devoured, and then you die from Overwatch.

Senses of the Outer Dark – 4+ Feel No Pain style save against wounds taken in Overwatch.

I foresee this Adaptation getting used a LOT. Degraded Hive Tyrants hitting on 2s again. Carnifexes that hit on 2s, re-rolling 1s when they charge.

Prey-sight - +1 to hit rolls for a MONSTER unit when it charges, is charged, or Heroically Intervenes.

Yes, you can take hormaguants in 30 gaunt units. Yes, this stacks with Bio-metallic Cysts.

Pack Hunters – Improve the AP of a melee weapon by 1 when attacking a unit with less models than in your attacking unit.

If you’re all-in on Big Bugs this one can keep them alive longer.

Metamorphic Regrowth – At the start of your turn, every model with this Adaptation regains a lost wound.

This covers all units in the detachment with this Adaptation. Note that this is for every unit, doesn’t matter if it’s a hormaguant, warrior, carnifex, whatever. Save those CP for better things (and there are better things).

Hypermetabolic Acceleration – Re-roll your Advance roll.

This makes them a lot scarier than the standard AP0 versions. You know, Scything Talons, the thing every hormagaunt carries? Tyranid warriors, too.

Bio-metallic Cysts – Improve the AP for all Scything Talons by 1.

There are two pages of them, so let’s check out a few of the stand outs and see what they do: You can use the adaptations from Codex: Tyranids, or you can create your own Hive Fleet and chose two of the new Adaptations. These are like Chapter Traits for Space Marines. What’s this mean? Let’s dig in! Hive Fleet Adaptations So, what’s this all about? In a nutshell, Blood of Baal contains new and updated rules for Codex: Tyranids, including Relics, Stratagems and – the big thing – new Hive Fleet Adaptations and Adaptive Physiology. Servants of the Hive Mind, do you have the (Ultramarine) Blues? Is there an Iron Hand holding you down? Do you see all the candy being passed out to those tasty power-armored treats and wish you had some new biomass to call your own? Well, rejoice, because Psychic Awakening Blood of Baal is here to chase away those blues and help you rise above the oppressive yoke holding you down.

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