Editing Maleceptor (section)

=== Eighth Edition ===

And then came 8th edition, and everything changed. The Maleceptor has now become something of a miniature psychic powerhouse. It won't win any games on its own, but it can catch an unprepared opponent by surprise.

Statistically, The Maleceptor packs a surprising amount of durability into its frame. toughness 7 with 12 wounds, a 3+ armor save and a 4+ invulnerable save gives it the same level of durability as a Hive Tyrant. On top of that, it knows the same number of psychic powers, and adds 1 to all its psychic tests. This really shines when it comes to using smite as you will be getting multiple mortal wounds more reliably.

In addition, its psychic overload ability is still around, but now hitting up to 6 units within 6" until at half wounds and going down from there. To add to the new reliable goodness there is no roll to manifest Psychic Overload, 6 units within 6" get slapped with a mortal wound on a 2+ and THREE on a 6.

Melee wise, it will only be hitting on 4+ with 3 attacks, but those [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Scything Talons|Massive Scything Talons]] are no joke. Doing D6 damage at -3 ap and rerolling hit rolls of 1, the Maleceptor has become the [[Rape]] machine he was hyped up to be. [[Pyrovore|Gee, looks like that's two shitty Tyranid units we've seen with a comeback thanks to 8th edition!]]