Parasite of Mortrex
SWORD: what Parasite of Mortrex kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 65 pts kill ~22 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against light vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Parasite of Mortrex is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 65 pts take ~188 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
3 reviewers- Cheap 1 of 3
- A fast Lone Operative with synapse 1 of 3
- Carries a useful enhancement 1 of 3
- Other Lone Operatives fill the role better 2 of 3
- Needs to be cheaper 2 of 3
- Very fragile 1 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasite of Mortrex65 pts | B | Bottom 10% | Bottom 42% | 5of 217 |
| Winged Tyranid Prime65 pts | C | Bottom 21% | Bottom 16% | 7of 217 |
| Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip75 pts | S | Top 5% | Bottom 20% | 106of 217 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Parasite of Mortrex, 65 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Invasion Fleet (Hyper Adaptions: Swarming Instincts). On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: the army rule and the detachment's rule.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
65 pts → kills ~22 pts → 34 per 100SHIELD
Enemy points it takes to kill it, per 100 pts of its own: the points of the cheapest units from top lists that kill it 80% of the time. It's per point, so a costly unit has to be much tougher to score the same.
~188 pts → 289 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 572 melee units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 4 reviewers' newest Tyranids tier lists: Auspex Tactics (12 Sep), Into the Hive Mind (12 Oct), HivemindHobbies (18 Oct), Maelstrom Gaming Studios (26 Oct). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
217 public Tyranids tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Numbers run 2 Nov.