Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip
SWORD: what Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 75 pts kill ~73 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 75 pts take ~185 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What creators say
4 creators- Turns Hormagaunts into the army's big threat 3 of 4
- Far stronger than the rest of the codex 2 of 4
- Best-in-game melee for its points 1 of 4
- Pierces armour across the board 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip75 pts | S | Top 5% | Bottom 20% | 129of 271 |
| Broodlord80 pts | A | Top 29% | Bottom 42% | 61of 271 |
| Parasite of Mortrex65 pts | B | Bottom 10% | Bottom 42% | 9of 271 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 97 | 83 |
| SHIELD | 247 | 271 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 97 | 89 |
| SHIELD | 247 | 244 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip, 75 pts, with its datasheet's weapons, in Subterranean Assault. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities, 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.
75 pts → kills ~73 pts → 97 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.
~185 pts → 247 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 572 melee units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 4 creators' newest Tyranids tier lists: Auspex Tactics (12 Sep), Into the Hive Mind (12 Oct), HivemindHobbies (18 Oct), Maelstrom Gaming Studios (26 Oct). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
271 public Tyranids tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch. Numbers run 2 Nov.