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Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!

In this series, I will review one unit at a time, picking them randomly.

So let me spin the wheel and see what I get:

Tyranids - Screamer Killer

10th Edition Tyranids Codex

Right! The Screamer-Killer! This is basically the re-imagined OG Carnifex that has been brought back and given its own model and datasheet. And of course this is a model that @merenludick actually owns so it is something that I am rather familiar with.

I feel that at 145pts, the Screamer Killer is definitely worth its points. It is too dangerous to ignore and takes a fair bit of anti-monster shooting to bring down. For the sheer terror factor that the Screamer Killer imposes on the battlefield, it is well worth it!

So let's look at stats!

Statline

A 8" Move is quite fast. It is the speed of Walkers at the moment. Toughness 9 with 10 Wounds, a 2+ Armor save makes him akin to a medium tank.

Weapons

The Screamer actually has a Ranged attack - Its Bio-Plamic Scream!

This weapon has the Assault keyword which means that the Screamer can make an Advance move and shoot it. So Move 8+D6" and then a 18" Range. The following turn you are likely going to be in combat range.

It has the Blast Keyword which means it gets an additional shot per 5 units in the target unit rounding down. It gets D6+3 shots which means it is useful against any sort of target.

S8 Ap-2 and 1 Damage each. It is a formidable gun. It only hits on 4+ and when stuck in combat it will only hit on a 5+ and he can only shoot something other than infantry in combat with him.

But you are NOT safe if you are in close combat with this beastie!

Screamer-Killer talons
10 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S10, Ap-2 and 3 Damage a piece!

He is a Terminator Killer and can wipe out squads of Space Marines even easier!

With this profile he can also dismember most medium tanks in a single combat round.

Abilities

Death Scream

The Screamer's ability has to do with his scream - select one target unit that he hits and that unit is forced to take a Battle-shock test at -1. This can be useful when you need to prevent the enemy from scoring or to stop a unit from using Stratagems.

An awesome unit.

Thank you for reading this post! I hope that you enjoyed it!

Warhammer Review Library

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• Prosecutors

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• Archaeopter Fusilave
• Archaeopter Stratoraptor
• Archaeopter Transvector

Blood Angels

• Baal Predator

Dark Angels

• Asmodai
• Azrael
• Belial
• Deathwing Knights

Death Guard

• Biologus Putrifier
• Blightlord Terminators

Drukhari

• Haemonculus
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Imperial Agents

• Callidus Assassin

Imperial Knights

• Armiger Helverin

Leages of Votann

• Sagitaur

Necrons

• Obelisk

Space Marines

• Kayvaan Shrike
• Razorback

T'au Empire

• Darkstrider
• Kroot Carnivore Squad

Tyranids

• Barbgaunts

World Eaters

• World Eaters Chaos Spawn

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