Carnifex

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Carnifexes are hulking, powerful Tyranid creatures used as living battering rams. They are often armed with the most powerful Tyranid Bio-weapons, and are used in shock assaults, spaceship boarding actions, massed battles, and for battering through fortified positions and tank formations.

Unit stats
typecarnifex
squad1
health1350
energy200
courage
Model stats
typecarnifex
armorvehicle
sizelarge
xp500
global60
health1350
melee skill70
speed4.5
rotation500
sight38 (5)
charge speed+3.5
charge range20
charge duration4
charge cooldown5
leapno
Carnifex
produce575
produce150
produce18
produce50
produce0
reinforce0
reinforce0
reinforce18
reinforce0
upkeep 57.36
1234
health1350148516341797
health regen11.051.11.16
energy200115130150
energy regen11.051.11.16
melee skill70717273
melee damage11.11.211.33
range damage11.051.11.16

Default


tyr_scything_talons_and_claws_carnifex

melee_heavy damage
200 damage per hit
100 damage per second

Venom Cannon


tyr_venom_cannon_carnifex

armor_piercing_pvp damage
100 damage per hit
50 damage per second

tyr_scything_talons_carnifex

melee_heavy damage
180 damage per hit
90 damage per second

Barbed Strangler


tyr_barbed_strangler_carnifex

plasma_cannon_pvp damage
125 damage per hit
20.83 damage per second

tyr_scything_talons_carnifex

melee_heavy damage
180 damage per hit
90 damage per second

Melee Resistance Aura

This unit takes 40% less damage from melee weapons. Passive ability.

Spore Cysts

Spawns a unit of Spore Mines to cover the area around the Carnifex. 120 second cooldown.

Pheromone Cysts

Spawns a Ripper Swarm, a weak melee unit very resistant to small arms fire and direct melee attacks, excellent at tying up ranged units. Rippers cling to their target, slowing it down; every bite reduces speed by 3% for 3 seconds. 90 second cooldown.

Charge

The Carnifex rampages at the targeted location, increasing its speed by 200%. Each second, all units in radius 8 take 30 power melee damage and ability knockback. Targets in radius 4 take an additional 30 power melee damage. Damage can only be dealt to each individual model 2 times every 2.5 seconds. 60 second cooldown.

Bio-Plasma

Hurls a blast of bio-plasma, doing up to 200 anti-vehicle damage and weapon knockback in radius 6. Range 65, 30 second cooldown.

Thornback  | T3
150 50 15

Increases the Health of the Carnifex by 400 and grants a charge ability to stampede through enemy infantry. Also grants the Pheromone Cysts ability, which spawns Rippers around the Carnifex.

Stranglethorn Cannon  | T3
150 40 15

Biomorph a Stranglethorn Cannon, effective against infantry but removes AoE from melee attacks. Shoots seed pods that erupt on impact, suppressing infantry in radius 12. Also grants the Spore Cysts ability, which spawns Spore Mines around the Carnifex. Removes the Carnifex's Melee Resistance Aura. 125 plasma cannon damage per shot.

Venom Cannon  | T3
125 30 15

Biomorph a Venom Cannon, effective against vehicles but removes AoE from melee attacks. Also grants the Bio-Plasma ability, a powerful ranged blast dealing area-of-effect damage. Removes the Carnifex's Melee Resistance Aura. 50 armor piercing DPS. 100 armor piercing damage per shot. Increases the Carnifex's maximum speed by 1.