The Tyranid Warrior! Elite Special Forces Soldier And Officer Of The Swarm! Warhammer 40k Lore 

"Sir! The Tyranids have acid blood!" "Deploy the Adeptus Litigones"

i am a carpenter, and so most of my Analogies relate to tools. the Tyranid warrior is the adjustable wrench of the Tyranid armed forces. an Adjustable wrench is practical for a wide number of applications and capable of addressing an even wider number, but all applications tend to have a more specialized bespoke counterpart. for the hive fleet it may not always be practical to boil up the exact solution to every problem, and many problems can be resolved by warriors. but much like trying to rebuild your car's engine with an adjustable wrench would be a nightmarish waste of time and effort, the Hive fleet will happily bust out the Lictors when large scale and bespoke infiltration is needed. but when it just needs a little scoche of infiltration on the side for one stubborn strongpoint, throw some warriors at it. are you really gonna go dig out your socket set to change one nut? ofocurse not. get the adjustable wrench.

As a Tyranid player I believe the warrior is a must for any army. In my opinion the best ranged options are Deathspitters and a venom cannon followed by boneswords.

"Impressive. Very nice. Now let's see Paul Allen's Tyranid Warrior".

The swarm is getting smart and making the synapse beasts harder to identify. God emperor help us all, we need more bug spray!!

My favorite, probably apocryphal, quote about recon by fire during world War Two: If you shoot at them and are met with machine gun fire, you've found the Wehrmacht. If met with well aim rifle fire, you've found the British. If met with all of the above on top of artillery and air strikes, you've found the Americans.

The only good bug is a dead bug!

Sometimes I think a self sustaining space station would be the perfect refuge from the tyranids because it has nowhere near enough biomass to justify attacking it. But then I remember what else you might find in that galaxy ...

Naturally evolving tyrranids would not necessarily starve to death if confined to a single planet, the hive mind could produce forms that could harvest energy from sunlight and geothermal vents to maintain itself.

Arch: "Brains would be a significant investment for a Tyranid hive fleet. As it, essentially, exists at the brink of starvation at all times." Tyranids: *makes Zoanthropes, a psychic artillery unit with brains bigger than the rest of their body*

Phenotype would be a probably decent swap for '"chassis" when discussing living creatures.

Feel the tau would be the nid's favourite enemy. By constantly abandoning land, the nids would have an easier time eating the planet. As the Tau slowly get boxed in by the swarm.

I love the Tyranids, absolutely horrific yet simultaneously fascinating. And I agree Arch, there is no way a species like the tyranids reaches the level of organism it is without having been artificially created.

Notification Squad, reporting for duty!

You know, given that they can reincarnate on demand and thus basically accumulate practically unlimited martial experience in a very short period of time, these guys really should be given more narrative respect.

The Tyranid Swarm is a toolbox that contains almost every tool imaginable. The Tyranid Warrior is the Swarms Swiss army knife

Finally some more Tyranid action...keep em coming 👍

Ah a giant apex predator bug that lots of smaller bugs gather around. 'Click of selector switch': 'Laughs in Hellfire Heavy Bolter'

Couldn't help but notice you failed to mention Tyranid Warrior Primes which are the warrior type you described at the end

I do love my Tyranid lore, keep up the awesome work Arch you glorious man.

A cool thing about not telling your captains the full strategy is they can treat every attack as legit, which tricks interrogators, confuses spies, and generally let's you perform probing attacks as probing attacks without unnecessary punishment. Can't do that with hive tyrants, you need a separate lower rank commander to do it. Also the Tyranids don't need to take every fortress, just surround the strong points and suck the organic resources and water up before leaving. This is what Warriors are best at. Keeping enemies in cities and letting you take what you came for and leaving the nuts that aren't worth cracking in a wasteland. Because siege defenders aren't going to launch cross continent raids when advanced pseudo-generals are engaging them in a faux siege. It's an exceptionally convincing sock puppet used to trick you while an intergalactic invader steals your lunch, your girl, and your dog. But it leaves you alone. Unless? OwO.

Wow, an Arch video where he doesn't bitch about the current setting. What a fun video.

The mechanicus need to develop a giant can of “RAID”. Perhaps a huge swatter or a Tyranid motel.

I think there are some interesting parallels between the Tyranids as a whole and a single human both of them use their senses to gather information and resources in the most energy efficient away available to them but the big difference is that us humans have stockpiles of food which means we have a lot of leftover energy to do other things where as the Tyranids are constantly starving so they are forced to keep looking for food but that means they're very good at getting food because it's the one thing that the hive mind focuses on just like specialization in humans.

I would think the hive mind wouldn't want many higher thinking critters since they would start to more and more think individually and have there own ideas. The hive mind can't have that. It would derfore have to spend more and more mental tax to keep control over each higher thinker they have. Or at least they is my theory why they can't and won't make and do all the tactics that arch suggested

Please Arch, it's 1 Year since the Last Aspect Warrior Video, I can't wait anymore, the Aspect Warrior series is my favorite

Another vid to keep the mind alive while cleaning the house. Just wonderful

I don't think the tyranids were made to fight the necron, I do like and support the theory of them being made by the old ones . I think, however, they were created more as a cleanup race for a reset after the war in heaven, I mean what was the plan for the eldar and krork after the war, they were made by the old ones to serve as soldiers but what about after the war should the old ones have won ? I see the tyranids potentially having being made as the clean up crew and archivist of all bio matter

I do love how the hive mind works. No weakspot to attack. No keystoned to take out. Rven synapts units are expendable.

Another instant classic by Arch! Keep up the good work man!

My pet theory on the 'Nids 'evolution' isn't so much they were made by the old ones but a bi-product of the aftermath, formed at the tail end of the enslavers plauge. With the psychic food source the enslaverers depended on dwindling a portion of them adapted to feed on the physical biomatter instead as if the sentient were culled there was plenty of non-sentient bio-mass, maybe all those Elder they'd eaten made them smart enough to reform themselves, becoming the bio-ships and spawning hordes of lesser creatures to gather the bio-mass for them.... Its a half assed theory based on little more than a Bio-ship looks a bit like an extremely large enslaver but given the timing of the enslavers plauge and the hints that 'Nids originated in or at least passed through the 40k galaxy previously it makes a certian sense

I've been waiting for you to cover more of the bugs. Thanks.

Here's a thought... There was the war in heaven in our galaxy, between the Necrons and the Old Ones and we know the Old Ones created various races to fight the war, the Eldar, the Orks.. What if there was a "War in Heaven" in another galaxy, and the Tyranids are that galaxies version of the Orks? Or what if they were designed by an ancient, Dark Age AI, one that fled into the interstellar void during the machine revolt, and designed the Tyranids to eliminate the predicted threat of Chaos that sparked the revolt

The tyranids are the only faction I can see truly winning 40 k

Leutin and Arch in the same day? Praise be to the Emperor, for today is a blessed day!

You know a really sick RTS game would be playing as the hive mind where you can only really see through your synapse creatures.

Keep it up arch! makes my day when I see a new upload!

Love Nyd Warriors and Primes. So freaking hardass!

"tyranids always hungry" duh. But... somehow, hive fleet Tiamat has managed to set up a sustainable cluster.

One of my favourite tyranid units.

Tyranid warriors are just simply a jack of all traites, yet master of none. They are not the strongest, they are not the most intelligent, but they are strong ENOUGH and intelligent ENOUGH, so you can throw them at the enemy as a first wave of the attack and figure out, what does the enemy pack. They are basicaly a tyranid equivalent to an Imperial guardsman, imo...

Doing chores become a relaxing activity with you providing the entertainment. May the Emperor bless you Arch :)

Aw hell yeah just on my way to do my first night shift of the week. This will be on my list to listen to tonight 😊

Will you do a video on the gangs of necromunda, like one on the van saar or delaque would love to hear your theories on them

Id love it if arch did more imperial guard regiments (like the catachans) or more battle areas (like vraks and the badab war)

This was great!

Been kit bashing my warriors and guards lately. Made some squads of venom and neuros and have a ton of heads lying around. And they make for some kick ass shields. Just waiting now for the new nid units to be sold separately at my store so I can go on a painting spree again

Would also think, using your AI comparison, they wouldn't want to make too many versions that 'think' for themselves on a strategic level, lest they realise how expendable they are...

Yay Arch!

With these Tyranid lore videos you really are spoiling us

Wow Arch still has a channel. Amazing.

could be to reduce the amount of “cooks in the kitchen” as it were. its a known fact that the more people have a say in something the less likely a singular distinct vision comes out. of course, they are all part of a hivemind, but their conclusions may turn out different as different subsystems within a larger gestalt intelligence.

The picture on screen at 26:00 looks like a Necron. Those shoulders are very Necron + the posture + the beam gun. I know it is a tyranid, but it seems like the skeleton of a necron warrior was used as the base for the image.

What a pleasant surprise! we do need MORE TYRANNID VIDS. :D

Nice video !

LORE FOR THE LORE GODDDD!!!!!!

Painting up some nids now and enjoying it, thanks for the vid

You know the only burning questions I have is if there was a enemy that would force the nids to focus on 1 on 1 scale? Or match them in their near limitless capacity of soldiers and that being said how would the nids react to a enemy that can go toe to toe with them? And how far would the nids go to conquer a enemy of that kind of power and near infinite adaptability.

Ah the best channel posts again.

Judging from Dow2 these thing arent too big of a deal, thought with Venom canons they fuckup squads quicks, it will alway be infamous for for brunging Davian Thule down and forcing him in a Dreadnaught.

We are going to need a bigger bottle of head and shoulders...

y'all seen the combat report for the Shadow over Oghram? and the new Tyranid units? yoooo Leviathan done got some new shit to throw at the Imperium....and we ain't gonna be none to happy about it XD

I been playing a LOT of Aliens: Dark Descent on PC. And I have been killing a LOT of bugs. "What did I teach you marine? Salute!!"

Let's see how many Dropship Troopers references we can put in. I'll go first: I'm doing my part.

Some blessed calming incense for your machine spirit (Algorithm)

Fun fact, lads: GW is currently running some kind of contest where people who buy the new 10th edition starter box get a code that lets them vote on which side (Ultrasmurfs or Tyranids) will win the current war in canon - and bugs are actually slightly in the lead, for once! Of course, this being Geedubs, they could always just decide to completely ignore the voting if it doesn't go the way they want, but still, it would be nice for the Bugs to actually get a significant win for once. GW really needs to treat the non-Imperial factions better, if only to have more credible opponents.

Video idea, lore video about the Soul Drinkers, lots of nuance and situations to really grit into

If only David Attenborough was here to narrate these videos.

Happy swarming noises

Great video as usual. Btw are you going to continue working on the horus heresy lore breakdown?

08:00 - You mean a weapon of the old ones to wipe out the orks... Unless you mean they wanted to starve out the C'Tan whey made the Necrontyr their puppets and before the Necron rebellion against the C'Tan.

Oh boy! Another lore video about what it's like to live in Australia

Awwww yes, Tyranid content!

Given that we got new looks for death leaper and lictors, what does arch think of them?

I love these big bug monsters in 40K.

So the warriors are basically nco´s? Jack of all traids, master to none. But still the backbone of every army till this day :D

Come on do you wanna live forever, we gotta crush these bugs.

And once again, I fail to understand why the galaxy has not fallen yet to this guys. Nids are so powerfull, hungry, smart, numerous, well coordenated... what more would the nids need more to just win everything?

📝😳 **note to self** MOAR Raid🏴

Lovely video for those who don't know arch is talking about 9th ed warriors when they were scary and very much in lore. Not there 10th ed form where they so laughably bad they cant even hurt a transports or any toughness 6 elite units.

Ma latest timeline head canon. So.... During the War in Heaven, the Old Ones decided it would be a good idea to search "outside" their galaxy to find allies. What they found instead was the Tyranid. (still annoyed they didn't make them) This TERRIFIED the Old Ones soooo badly, that in their shock and dismay the "Enslavers" were accidentally crapped out. (Funny how they resemble certain Tyranid bioforms.....) The Old Ones "also" knew they had been marked by the Tyranid and simply could not use the warp anymore or they would "show the way." In response, they "ended" the War in Heaven, more on that later, and proceeded to seed the Galaxy with as many War-like races as Toadly possible, and then either "offed' themselves or hid in a warp tunnel... I'm betting on the latter as they are the only ones with the Krork "off" button. Bad News, Big E's lighthouse either uses energy "from" that particular warp tunnel or the whole thing is more than likely just one of the toadies' left over power amplifiers. Both potentials lead to one result. "Dinner Bell...." Good news, we've been undergoing a Big E and Horus based Warp Revolt for 10,000 years, so bad even the Krork and Necron are getting roused from their "this is boring" slumber. You go and write down every single thing you could possibly think of to insult the Warp and make it Government Policy, kill all their followers, and have their own half-warp-born and brainwashed children do it for you... This was a Gauntlet hurled at the Warp, and for 10k years the Great Game spilled into real space, just long enough for the Nids to show up. The Old One's "delayed" the Tyranid wave, but we've also been prepared to the point even the "Warp" is Anathema to everything the Tyranid represent, if not almost a galaxy wide manifested intent on, "no you are not going to graze here, that's our job...."(at the very least) Which amusingly enough includes the Krork and Necrons in that attitude alone. As a galaxy we are prepared to fight, with, "or without" the Warp, or even against it. Name your flavor we got something designed to simply destroy it... Not many Galactic Empires can boast that, as the Eldari at their prime would have been NERFED once Nulled.... ...also proven not particularly good at fighting against it.... We needed the fire of urgency, and nothing can make you paranoid quite like the collective over-active imagination of a few bazillion humans made manifest...... We're so good we can even "adopt" other Species' God's. (which is why Big E tried to limit that exposure...) The Eldari had to literally effer around to find out how to make 1 and 1/2 effective Effective Warp Gods in 60 million years, as humans however we are quite literally capable of making it up, on our own, where we go, as we go. ** Side note The Old ones told the Necrons the Tyranid would be here in 65 million(ISH) years, and without warp tunnel access they chose to dirt nap, even their own farseers had issue seeing past the present storm. Think less Justice League, more "Get off my Lawn!" They along with the Krork are more fire-shield allies as even the Necron are offended by "flesh" winning anything... much less the best Krump in 60 million years... Its not coincidental both are in the process of pulling out their old school weapons and Primeorks. As the Old One's knew the Tyranid "shadow" can null entire planets, they were like "we got nuttin, even de-boned the Eldari are at least fast, Peace Out...." The Old Ones "knew" the Warp also had to be turned into a sea of boiling angst in order to even have a chance of surviving regardless... As "I'm walking here!" is better than "oh no not again (poof!)" Again nothing the Old Ones could either endure nor enhance through hanging around. On that.... How do you broker (temporary) peace with the Warp Gods as they stand now? Korne is easy. "You want skulls? They are coming my red skinned friend, they are coming to take your skulls cause they say you are weak, so weak you can only watch them take your skulls away from you forever and melt them down to nothing..... The Hive Fleets represent the "end" of the Great Game, and that simply can not happen." ** Last note, the Maladictum will do wonders for channeling Hive fleets into "zones of preferred food." Something an Inquisitor was censored for trying. And Big E's plan for "preparing" us for this War, answers EVERY Bad Dad joke I've seen so far. Big E didn't want a kinder gentler Angron. "Butcher Nails? Nice. I'm not your real dad, go kill something in that direction you tactical failure." Job achieved.

10:01 Slaanesh approves of that whip

Agreed I believe that they’re used as both as a sort of battlefield officer ie a captain where if they encounter resistance that’s too difficult for ordinary gaunts to deal with, then a single or even a trio of warriors is far far more viable than sending in a swarmlord where if a warrior dies, it’s a bit of a loss, but isnt that bad of a loss than losing a karnifex all the while having the ability to have a pinky finger in a given area, since it stands to reason that you wouldn’t send in a general or any high ranking officers to deal with anything too problematic such as operation chariot where several British commandos raided a German port and blew up its dry docks to prevent a German super battleship from being able to make any repairs, in which case it would be pointless sending in say field commander burned Montgomery, or Winston Churchill vs a captain and several dozen soldiers

Can we send Tyranids to California?

2:20 - So worse than Xenomorphs? 6:10 - Don't you mean abominable intelligence?

The Emperor protects

you underestimate the intelligence of lictors

Say Arch, what are your thoughts on Corvus Belli‘s Infinity table top game?

Super off topic, but does anyone know what happened to arch’s “command: modern operations” videos? I enjoyed them so much I wanted to rewatch but they seem to have been scrubbed. Seems like a lot of videos have been hidden as well, are they a patron only thing now? Fair enough if they are, but the modern military tech insights are worryingly becoming a lot more relevant given recent events!

I love the nids, they feel like the universe's immune system.

Wait the tyranids visit the warhammer fantasy universe at one point!? I need to know!

So they co-mangers of space bugs

I'm doing my part!

in 40k the bugs have the supersoldiers

Sweet

Come on, do the coat next. Talking about how tyrannids chose planets is interesting

I despise the bugs. Because I’m an orc player

Always preferred the look the original plastic models had from space crusade

Nids are not canonical in 40k. They are just to retcon things.

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