Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Tyranids (section)

==Adaptive Physiology==
No longer mutually exclusive to a warlord trait. A points upgrade for your non-character, non-titanic, monsters; so no giving your Hive Tyrant double wounds for the purpose of the damage table.

*'''Dermic Symbiosis''': 25 points. The monster gets a 4++. Strongly consider this for Exocrines and the like.
*'''Enraged Reserves''': 25 points. The monster with this upgrade counts as double wounds for determining its damage table. And you can use 1 epic deeds strat on this monster for free once per battle.
*'''Hardened Biology''': 15 points. +1 save against damage 1 weapon. "All is dust" for your monsters. Best used on a carnifex due to their built-in -1 damage to turn damage 2 to damage 1, which you would then get a +1 save against.
*'''Precognitive Sensoria''': 20 points. Fights first.
*'''Predatory Instincts''': 15 points. Can heroic intervene and so up to 6".
*'''Synaptic Enhancement''': 10 points. This model gains Shadow in the Warp and Synapse and gains the {{W40Kkeyword|SYNAPSE}} keyword. 
**Instinctive Behaviour isn't a thing in this edition, so you'll be taking this if you want to give a backline  Tyrannofex/Exocrine a Synapse aura, or to extend your Synapse Link range.
**Great on Leviathan, since their Synapse creatures can only be wounded on 4s. It's like an invuln that only kicks in on higher strength/poison weapons. You have lot of good options for Exocrine Physiologies already, but if you have the points and have already given someone Dermic Symbiosis, you can give them this to shrug off lascannons and demolishers.
*'''Voracious Ammunition''': 15 points. After this monster finishes shooting, pick one unit that this monster has '''hit''', on a 2+, that unit takes D3 mortal wounds. Excellent for a dakkafex, exocrine, tyrannofex, or flyrant.
*'''Whipcoil Reflexes''': 15 points. Enemy unit that fall back for this monster suffers 1D3 mortal wounds on a 2+. Picking this means your spending points on something that you can't plan around, as your opponent can, more often than not, choose not to be in combat with this unit.