Last Stand - Hive Tyrant

The Hive Tyrant is a very obvious choice for a tanky build, being immune to suppression and knockback by default, but beyond that, he manages to be a very adaptable hero with some of the most powerful builds out there, even if he is one of the slowest heroes available.

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Armor

• Carapace - Default
  • Armor: 105
  • Traits: Fearless (Suppression Immunity), Unshakable (Knockback immunity)

• Extended Carapace - Level 1
  • Armor: 144
  • -14% Speed
  • Ability: : Toxic Miasma (25 Energy: Emit a toxic cloud that poisons a large area. Nearby enemies take damage over time equal to half of the Hive Tyrant’s maximum health over 20 seconds.)
  • Traits: Fearless (Suppression Immunity), Unshakable (Knockback immunity)

• Poison Cysts - Level 1
  • Armor: 150
  • -14% Speed, +50 Health
  • Ability: Bio-Plasma (10 Energy, shoots a ball of bio-plasma at a target, does splash damage)
  • Traits: Fearless (Suppression Immunity), Unshakable (Knockback immunity)

• Bonded Exoskeleton - Level 6
  • Armor: 134
  • -14% Speed, +75 Health, +50 Health to minions, +2 Minion Health regen
  • Traits: Fearless (Suppression Immunity), Unshakable (Knockback immunity)

• Articulated Carapace - Level 13
  • Armor: 114
  • Ability: Horror (Forces enemies to fall back)
  • Traits: Fearless (Suppression Immunity), Unshakable (Knockback immunity), Swift (+15% Speed), Minion Swift (+25% Speed to minions)

• Reinforced Chitin - Level 17
  • Armor: 98
  • - 14% Speed, +25 Health, +80 Minion Armor
  • Traits: Fearless (Suppression Immunity), Unshakable (Knockback immunity), Reactive Armor (Tyrant temporarily gains +10 Armor each time it is attacked, stacking up until +300)

• Thornback Carapace - DLC
  • Armor: 190
  • - 14% Speed
  • Traits: Fearless (Suppression Immunity), Unshakable (Knockback immunity), Barbed Armor (Any who attack the Tyrant take 20 damage for each attack)

Weapons (Both Hands)

• Scything Talons - Default
  • Melee Weapon
  • 8.2 DPS

• Enlarged Scything Talons - Level 1
  • Melee Weapon
  • 16.0 DPS
  • Traits: Minion Armor Piercing (Minion attacks can ignore enemy armor up to 100), Minion Combat Expert (+30% Melee and Ranged damage)

• Venom Cannon - Level 4
  • Ranged Weapon
  • 13.0 DPS
  • Traits: Armor Piercing (Attacks ignore armor up to 240)

• Heavy Talons - Level 10
  • Melee Weapon
  • 16.0 DPS
  • Traits: Knockdown (Attacks can knock down enemy infantry), Minion Unshakable (Minions are immune to knockback)

• Crushing Talons - Level 14
  • Melee Weapon
  • 14.6 DPS
  • +1 Minion Health regen
  • Traits: Feedback Zeal (Whenever a minion attacks, Tyrant gains back 3 Health)

• High-Toxin Venom Cannon - Level 19
  • Ranged Weapon
  • 5.7 DPS
  • Traits: Zealous Leadership (Attacks with Venom Cannon heal minions up to 5% of total Health), Area of Effect (Cannon attack damages over small area)

• Suppressing Stranglethorn - Achievement: Kill 20 enemies in 1 second
  • Ranged Weapon
  • 16.0 DPS
  • Traits: Suppression (Can suppress enemies)

• Behemoth Claw - Achievement: Kill 25 Superheavy Units (Avatar of Khaine, Swarmlord, Baneblade, Land Raider, Great Unclean One, Ork Battle Wagon)
  • Melee Weapon
  • 30.0 DPS
  • +50 Armor
  • Traits: Armor Piercing (Attacks ignore armor)

• Devourer Cannon - DLC
  • Ranged Weapon
  • 7.4 DPS
  • Traits: Gestate (Units hit by Devourer Cannon take 30 damage over 6 seconds)

Accessories

• Seismic Roar - Level 1
  • Ability: Seismic Roar (15 Energy, stuns nearby enemies)

• Genestealer Nest - Level 1
  • Ability: Call Genestealer (10 Energy, summons 3 Genestealers as minions)

• Toxin Sacs - Level 2
  • +20 Minion Health
  • Traits: Searing (Tyrant's attacks deal additional damage over time, scaling with the Tyrant's maximum health. Stacks with itself)

• Tyrant Guard Nest - Level 3
  • Ability: Call Tyrant Guard (20 Energy, summons a Tyrant Guard as a minion)

• Warrior Nest - Level 7
  • Ability: Call Warrior (15 Energy, summons a Tyranid Warrior with scything talons as a minion)

• Warp Field - Level 8
  • +50 Energy
  • Ability: Warp Field (Force field that makes attacks drain energy instead of health)

• Implant Attacks - Level 9
  • +20 Minion Health
  • Traits: Combat Master (Tyrant has +30% Melee and Ranged damage), Minion Combat Master (Minion has +30% Melee and Ranged damage)

• Psychic Scream - Level 11
  • Ability: Psychic Scream (10 Energy, reduces attack and defenses of nearby enemies)

• Bio-Feedback - Level 12
  • +25 Health
  • Traits: Feedback Invulnerability (When a minion dies, Tyrant gains 5 seconds of invulnerability)

• Explosive Decomposition - Level 16
  • +50 Health, +20 Minion Health
  • Trait: Minion Death Throes (When minions die, they explode, dealing damage over an area. Scaled based on minion's max health)

• Ravener Nest - Level 18
  • Ability: Call Ravener (Energy, Summons a Ravener with a Deathspitter as a minion)

Commander Items

• Thornback - Level 5
  • Ability - Charge (10 Energy, Tyrant charges over to destination)

• Synapse - Level 15
  • Reduces all energy costs by 50%

• Evolution - Level 20
  • +2 Minion Health regen
• Traits: Minion Resilient (+50 Minion Health and +2 Minion Health regen), Minion Swift (+15% Minion speed), Minion Combat Expert (+25% Minion Melee and Ranged damage)