Retribution/Tyranids/Abilities


Unit(s)	Genestealer Brood	Releases adrenal stimulants that send the Genestealers into a frenzy for 10 seconds. Increases speed by 3, damage by 40%, and reduces received ranged damage by 45%. Melee attacks heal the Genestealers for 7% of their maximum health. 60 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	None


Unit(s)	Lictor	Soar through the air and land with a high impact, doing weapon knockback to any infantry in radius 10. 30 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	40


Unit(s)	Lictor Alpha	Soar through the air and land with a high impact, inflicting 35 damage and doing weapon knockback to everything in radius 10. 30 second cooldown.
Requires	Deadly Jump
Cost	20


Unit(s)	Greater Tyranid creatures	Reduces the received ranged and melee damage and received suppression of non-Warrior, non-Commander, non-Swarmlord allied Tyranids by 20%. Ranged damage reduction is increased to 22%/25%/27% at level 2/3/4. Also increases Tyrant Guard speed by 1.5, makes Rippers immune to suppression, and allows Hormagaunts to vault obstacles. Radius 32.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Carnifex	Hurls a blast of bio-plasma, doing up to 100 plasma cannon damage and weapon knockback in radius 5. 60 second cooldown.
Requires	Venom Cannon
Cost	None


Unit(s)	Hive Tyrant	Hurls a blast of bio-plasma, doing up to 80 plasma cannon damage and weapon knockback in radius 5. 45 second cooldown.
Requires	Bio-Plasma
Cost	50


Unit(s)	Swarmlord	The Swarmlord unleashes his full power, dealing 200 melee damage and weapon knockback to enemies in a 220 degree cone of radius 10. 60 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	150


Unit(s)	Ravener Alpha	Burrows underground. Burrowed units move 25% slower but can bypass terrain obstacles, are immune to knockback, and count as being infiltrated. When the Ravener unburrows, it does ability knockback in radius 10. 10 second cooldown.
Requires	Hardened Carapace
Cost	50


Unit(s)	Ravener Brood	Burrows underground, moving 25% slower but bypass terrain obstacles, are immune to knockback, and count as infiltrated. When the Raveners unburrow, they do weapon knockback and stun enemy infantry for 4 seconds in radius 10. 30 second cooldown.
Requires	Enhanced Muscle Coil
Cost	50


Unit(s)	Ravener Brood	Raveners burrow deep into the ground and resurface at the target location, doing weapon knockback in radius 10. 45 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	75


Unit(s)	Ravener Alpha	Plants an infiltrated burrow trap at the target location. When triggered, burrow traps do up to 150 explosive damage and weapon knockback in radius 7, as well as stunning any enemy unit caught in the blast for 10 seconds. 20 second cooldown.
Requires	Burrow Trap
Cost	45 5


Unit(s)	Capillary Tower	Increases ranged damage by 15% and reduces all received damage by 15% for non-Warrior, non-Commander, non-Swarmlord allied Tyranids in radius 45. Also enables the Basic Synapse effect.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Carnifex	The Carnifex rampages at the targeted location, increasing its speed by 200%. Each second, all units in radius 8 take 60 piercing damage and ability knockback. Targets in radius 4 take an additional 60 piercing damage. 60 second cooldown.
Requires	Thornback
Cost	None


Unit(s)	Hive Tyrant	Charge at the targeted location, increasing speed by 200%. Each second, all units in radius 6 take 7.5 piercing damage and ability knockback. Targets in radius 2 take an additional 7.5 piercing damage. 50 second cooldown.
Requires	Extended Carapace
Cost	60


Unit(s)	Ravener Alpha	Increases damage against vehicles by 150% for 15 seconds. 50 second cooldown.
Requires	Corrosive Devourer
Cost	40


Unit(s)	Termagant Brood	The targeted enemy infantry unit has its speed reduced by 90% for 5 seconds. 40 second cooldown.
Requires	Toxin Sacs
Cost	None


Unit(s)	Ravener Alpha	The Ravener Alpha emits a synapse in radius 15 that increases the damage of allied Tyranid infantry by 30%.
Requires	Damage Synapse
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Ravener Alpha	Increases speed by 3 for 10 seconds but reduces ranged damage by 80% and melee damage by 40%. 35 second cooldown.
Requires	Strengthened Sinew
Cost	20


Unit(s)	Lictor	Fires terrible barbed hooks at enemy infantry that do 180 sniper damage and pull the target towards you with weapon knockback. 40 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	50


Unit(s)	Lictor Alpha	Fires terrible barbed hooks at enemy infantry that do 140 sniper damage and pull the target towards you with weapon knockback. 70 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	45


Unit(s)	Zoanthrope	Fires a focused blast of psychic energy, doing 100 explosive damage and weapon knockback. Vehicles hit by the blast have their speed reduced by 75% for 10 seconds. 15 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	30


Unit(s)	Ravener Alpha	A defensive Hive Node capable of expelling Spore Clouds. Clouds protect allies and slow enemies within them.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	200 20 5


Unit(s)	Hive Tyrant	Allied non-synapse, non-Commander Tyranid infantry in radius 25 have their health increased by 25%.
Requires	Improved Synapse
Cost	None (always active)


Unit(s)	Lictor Alpha, Lictor	Become invisible. Attacking or using abilities will partially reveal the squad. Partially revealed units have received damage lowered by 20%. Can be fully revealed by detector units or when capturing points. Drains 1 per second.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	1 per second


Unit(s)	Hive Tyrant	Renders the Hive Tyrant invulnerable for 9 seconds. 80 second cooldown.
Requires	Bonded Exoskeleton
Cost	80


Unit(s)	Swarmlord	The Swarmlord harvests the enemies life force to restore his own health. For 10 seconds, enemy infantry in radius 32 are inflicted with 6 damage every second without killing them. Every time a target takes damage, the Swarmlord regains 3 health. 60 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	120


Unit(s)	Heroes and most melee units	This unit always takes 40% less damage from melee weapons. Does not affect damage from ranged weapons.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Warrior Brood	Allied Hormagaunts, Genestealers, and non-Devourer Raveners in radius 32 have their health increased by 75% and melee skill increased by 10.
Requires	Adrenal Glands
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Lictor Alpha	Emits a cloud of pheromones at the target location that lasts 18 seconds and allows allied infantry to reinforce. Enemy infantry within radius 15 of the cloud have their damage reduced by 30%. 50 second cooldown.
Requires	Pheromone
Cost	65


Unit(s)	Carnifex	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. 120 second cooldown.
Requires	Thornback
Cost	None


Unit(s)	Hive Tyrant	Reduces the damage of enemy infantry in radius 25 of the Hive Tyrant by 30% for 15 seconds. 50 second cooldown.
Requires	Psychic Scream
Cost	45


Unit(s)	Tyrant Guard	The Tyrant Guard stampedes to the targeted location, increasing its speed by 100%. Each second all units in radius 4.5 take 20 piercing damage and ability knockback. Targets in radius 3 take an additional 20 damage. 80 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	60


Unit(s)	Venom Brood	The squad emits a synapse aura in radius 32, increasing the health and damage of Termagants and Devourer Raveners by 35%.
Requires	Ranged Synapse
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Zoanthrope	The health regeneration of Tyranid units in radius 12 is multiplied by 4.5 / 11.25 / 28.125 / 70.3125 at veterancy level 1 / 2 / 3 / 4.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Hive Tyrant	Deals 35 piercing damage and weapon knockback to enemies in radius 10 of the Hive Tyrant. The ground in radius 15 becomes poisoned for the next 10 seconds, doing 6 piercing damage every second to enemy infantry. 45 second cooldown.
Requires	Rending Talons
Cost	50


Unit(s)	Tyrant Guard	The Tyrant Guard withdraws into its protective carapace, disabling it while changing armor type from super heavy infantry to vehicle and increasing health regeneration by 20 hp/s.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	60


Unit(s)	Swarmlord	Increases the speed of all allied Tyranid units in radius 27 by 50%.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Hive Node	Emit a protective cloud in radius 20 that lasts 25 seconds. Reduces ranged damage and received ranged damage by 80% and grants immunity to suppression. Enemy units trapped in the cloud have their speed reduced by 50% and take 6 damage every second. 60 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	None


Unit(s)	Carnifex	Spawns a unit of Spore Mines to cover the area around the Carnifex. 120 second cooldown.
Requires	Barbed Strangler
Cost	None


Unit(s)	Spore Mines	A Spore Mine will instantly explode into a cloud of toxic gas that does 45 spore damage and 100 courage damage to all units in radius 12. 5 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	1 Spore Mine


Unit(s)	Swarmlord	The Swarmlord takes 40% less damage from melee weapons. Does not affect damage from ranged weapons.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Lictor Alpha	Force a non-hero infantry unit to retreat back to their HQ. 60 second cooldown.
Requires	Menacing Visage
Cost	60


Unit(s)	Lictor Alpha	The Lictor Alpha releases a cloud of poisonous spores that deal 10 piercing damage every second for 10 seconds to enemies within radius 10 of the Lictor Alpha. 40 second cooldown.
Requires	Toxic Cysts
Cost	30


Unit(s)	Hive Tyrant	Activates a psychic field that causes damage to reduce energy rather than health while active. Field strength is 5 damage taken per 1 energy drained.
Requires	Warp Field
Cost	1 to activate


Unit(s)	Zoanthrope	Activates a psychic field that causes damage to reduce energy rather than health and grants immunity to weapon knockback while active. Field strength is 3 damage taken per 1 energy drained.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	0

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