Genestealer Cult NPOs

Common Abilities and Options

Behaviour:
Marksman.

Bulky:
- This operative cannot be placed on Vantage terrain higher than 2" from the killzone floor

Whenever this operative would perform the Fight action, the distance requirements of its control range can be changed to 1" horizontally and 4" vertically until the end of that action
This operative can move through other operatives (excluding NEMESIS operatives)
Ignore all changes to this operative's APL and if it is a player operative, APL changes do not affect the 5AP you can spend per turning point.

Extra Defence:
Whenever an operative is shooting this operative, collect and roll one additional defence die, unless this operative is injured.

Towering Size:
- In the Firefight phase, whenever you determine this operative's order, you cannot select Conceal

This operative cannot be in cover or obscured by Light terrain, terrain parts less than 3" tall or terrain that is not wholly intervening
Whenever another operative is performing the Shoot action, being within control range of other operatives does not prevent this operative from being selected as a valid target. In other words, this operative can be shot while within control range of friendly operatives
This operative can move through terrain parts less than 2" tall. It cannot move through Accessible terrain (excluding hatchways) unless that terrain is also less than 2" tall
Whenever this operative would finish a move in a terrain feature less than 2" tall, temporarily remove that terrain feature from the killzone, then return it when this operative leaves that location; if it is an equipment terrain feature, remove it from the battle instead

Allegiance: Tyranid:
Will Of The Hive Mind:

Ignore the changes to Tyranid NPO and Tyranid Nemesis operatives' stats from being injured (including their weapon stats).

Operatives

1. NEOPHYTE HYBRID

NEOPHYTE HYBRID

A 2

M 6"

S 5+

W 7/7

Weapons	ATK	HIT	DMG
Autogun	4	4+	2/3
Flamer (Range 8”, Saturate, Torrent 2”)	4	2+	3/3
Grenade Launcher (Frag) (Blast 2”)	4	4+	2/4
Grenade Launcher (Krak) (Piercing 1)	4	4+	4/5
Heavy Stubber (Focused) (Heavy (Dash only))	5	4+	4/5
Heavy Stubber (Sweeping) (Heavy (Dash only), Torrent 1”)	4	4+	4/5
Mining Laser (Heavy (Dash only), Piercing 1)	5	4+	5/6
Seismic Cannon (short-wave) (Range 6”, Heavy (Dash only), Piercing Crits 1, Stun)	4	3+	4/4
Seismic Cannon (long-wave) (Blast 1”, Heavy (Dash only), Stun)	6	4+	2/2
Shotgun (Range 6”)	4	3+	3/3
Webber (Range 12”, Severe, Stun)	4	3+	3/4
Gun butt	3	4+	2/3

Abilities

Behaviour

25TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, NEOPHYTE HYBRID

2. GENESTEALER

GENESTEALER

A 2

M 7"

S 5+

W 9/9

Weapons	ATK	HIT	DMG
Rending Claws (Rending)	4	3+	4/5

Abilities

Lightning ReflexesBehaviour

Lightning Reflexes: Whenever this NPO is fighting, worsen the Hit stat of the enemy operative's weapon weapons by 1 (to a minimum of 5+).

32TYRANID, GENESTEALER

3. ACOLYTE HYBRID

ACOLYTE HYBRID

A 2

M 6"

S 4+

W 9/9

Weapons	ATK	HIT	DMG
Hand Flamer (Range 6”, Saturate, Torrent 1”)	4	2+	3/3
Cult Claws & Knife (Rending)	4	3 council+	3/5

Abilities

Behaviour

32TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, ACOLYTE HYBRID

4. ABERRANT

ABERRANT

A 3

M 6"

S 4+

W 16/16

Weapons	ATK	HIT	DMG
Aberrant weapons (Brutal, Ceaseless)	4	3+	5/6

Abilities

BehaviourAberrant

Aberrant: This NPO can perform two Fight actions during each of its activations.

32TYRANID, GENESTEALER CULT, ABERRANT

5. PATRIARCH

Nemesis - Small

A 4

M 6"

S 4+

W 35/35

Weapons	ATK	HIT	DMG
Power Talon (Lethal 5+, Rnd)	4	3+	5/6

Abilities

BulkyExtra DefenceNemesis - SmallTowering Size

Options

Behaviour: BrawlerAllegiance: TyranidTrait: DuellistTrait: Crushing Impact

Nemesis - Small: ### Weapon and Option Selection

Select two weapons
Select one Faction Allegiance
Select one Nemesis Trait

KillTeam Composition

Normal Op Count	Adjusted Op Count w/ Nemesis
5	4
6	4
7	5
8	5
9	6
10	7
11	7
12	8
13	9
14	9

Behaviour: Brawler: This NPO will move towards the enemy to fight them, but will seek cover on its way. When activated, if it's a NEMESIS NPO or will perform the Fight or Charge action during that activation, give it an Engage order. Otherwise, give it a Conceal order.

Fight.
Charge the closest player operative via the shortest possible route.
Reposition towards the closest player operative, to cover if possible (a subsequent Dash action can fulfil this).
Dash towards the closest player operative, to cover if possible.

Trait: Duellist: Through exceptional parrying, deft evasion or the capacity to bodily deflect a foe's blows, this operative wears down enemy fighters.

Whenever this operative is fighting or retaliating, you can resolve one of its successes before the normal order. If you do, that success must be used to block.

Trait: Crushing Impact: Thundering headlong into the fray, this combatant uses both the impetus of their charge and their armoured bulk to bring swift death to their foes.

When this operative finishes moving during the Charge action, inflict D3+3 damage on one enemy operative within its control range.

32NEMESIS

6. ARMOURED SENTINEL

Nemesis - Medium

A 5

M 6"

S 4+

W 50/50

Weapons	ATK	HIT	DMG
Autocannon	5	3+	5/6
Scatter Laser (Ceaseless, Tor1")	5	3+	3/4
Heavy Flamer (Rng8", Sat, Tor2")	5	2+	3/3
Lascannon (Hvy(Repos), Prc 2)	4	3+	6/7
Missile Launcher
Frag (Blast 2")	4	3+	3/5
Krak (Prc 1)	4	3+	5/7
Plasma Cannon
Standard (Blast 2", Hvy(Repos), Prc 1)	4	3+	4/6
Supercharge (Blast 2", Hvy(Repos), Hot, Lethal 5+, Prc 1)	4	3+	5/6
Chain Weapon (Brutal, Rnd)	4	3+	5/6

Abilities

BulkyExtra DefenceNemesis - MediumTowering Size

Options

Behaviour: GuardianAllegiance: TyranidTrait: Armoured

Nemesis - Medium: ### Weapon and Option Selection

Select two weapons
Select one Faction Allegiance
Select one Nemesis Trait

KillTeam Composition

Normal Op Count	Adjusted Op Count w/ Nemesis
5	3
6	3
7	4
8	4
9	5
10	5
11	6
12	6
13	7
14	7

Behaviour: Guardian: This NPO will shoot the enemy as a priority, but will fight if the need arises. When activated, if it's a NEMESIS NPO or will perform the Fight, Charge or Shoot action during that activation, give it an Engage order. Otherwise, give it a Conceal order.

Fight.
Shoot.
Charge the closest player operative that's within 4" of it via the shortest possible route.
Reposition. If possible, to a location where there's a valid target that isn't obscured, if not, to a location that's appropriate for the NPOs to better win the mission (a subsequent Dash action can fulfil these).
Dash. If possible, to a location where there's a valid target that isn't obscured, if not, to a location that's appropriate for the NPOs to better win the mission.

Trait: Armoured: With a tough hide of dense carapace or artificial plating, this operative can stride through hailstorms of the enemy's increasingly desperate small arms fire.

Whenever an operative is shooting this operative with a weapon that has a Normal Dmg stat of 3 or less, improve this operative's Save stat by 1.

50NEMESIS

Inactive Equipment

Universal Equipment

Ammo Cache (x1)

(Universal)

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Ammo Cache markers wholly within your territory. Friendly operatives can perform the following mission action during the battle: AMMO RESUPPLY (0 AP): One of your Ammo Cache markers the active operative controls is used during this turning point.

Until the start of the next turning point, whenever this operative is shooting with a weapon from its datacard, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, if that marker is not yours, or if that marker has been used this turning point.

Razor Wire (x1)

(Universal)

Razor wire is Exposed and Obstructing terrain. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.

Obstructing: Whenever an operative would cross over this terrain feature within 1" of it, treat the distance as an additional 1".

Comms Device (x1)

(Universal)

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Comms Device markers wholly within your territory. While a friendly operative controls this marker, add 3" to the distance requirements of its SUPPORT rules that refer to friendly operatives (e.g. ‘select one friendly operative within 6"’ would be 9" instead). Note that you cannot benefit from your opponent's Comms Device markers.

Mines (x1)

(Universal)

Before the battle, you can set up one of your Mines markers wholly within your territory and more than 2" from other markers, access points, and Accessible terrain. The first time that marker is within an operative's control range, remove that marker and inflict D3+3 damage on that operative.

Light Barricades (x2)

(Universal)

Light barricades are Light terrain, except the feet, which are Insignificant and Exposed. Before the battle, you can set up any of them wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.

Heavy Barricade (x1)

(Universal)

A heavy barricade is Heavy terrain. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within 4" of your drop zone, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.

Ladders (x2)

(Universal)

Ladders are Insignificant and Exposed terrain. Before the battle, you can set up any of them as follows:

Wholly within your territory.
Upright against terrain that’s at least 2" tall.
More than 2" from other equipment terrain features.
More than 1" from doors and access points.

Once per action, whenever an operative is climbing the terrain feature a ladder is placed against, treat the vertical distance as 1" if the ladder is within that operative’s control range during that entire climb.

Portable Barricade (x1)

(Universal)

A portable barricade is Light, Protective and Portable terrain, except the feet which are Insignificant and Exposed. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.

Protective: While an operative is in cover from this terrain feature, improve its Save stat by 1 (to a maximum of 2+).

Portable: This terrain feature only provides cover while an operative is connected to it and if the shield is intervening (ignore its feet). Operatives connected to the inside of it can perform the following unique action during the battle:

Move With Barricade (1 AP): The same as the Reposition action, except the active operative can move no more than its Move stat minus 2" and cannot climb, drop, jump, or use any killteam's rules that remove it and set it back up again (e.gh. HEARTHKYN SALVAGER Fly, MANDRAKE Shadow Passage).

Before this operative moves, remove the portable barricade it is connected to. After it moves, set up the portable barricade so it is connected again, but the portable barricade cannot be set up within 2" of other equipment terrain features, access points or Accessible terrain. If this is not possible, the portable barricade is not set up again.

This action is treated as a Reposition action. An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or in the same activation in which it performed the Fall Back or Charge action.

Utility Grenade - Smoke (x1/2)

(Universal)

When you select this equipment, select two utility grenades (2 smoke, 2 stun, or 1 smoke and 1 stun). Each selection is a unique action your operatives can perform, but your kill team can only perform that action a total number of times during the battle equal to your selection.

SMOKE GRENADE (1 AP):

Place one of your Smoke Grenade markers within 6" of this operative. It must be visible to this operative, or on Vantage terrain of a terrain feature that is visible to this operative. The marker creates an area of smoke 1" horizontally and unlimited height vertically from (but not below) it.
While an operative is wholly within an area of smoke, it is obscured to operatives more than 2" from it, and vice versa. In addition, whenever an operative is shooting an enemy operative wholly within an area of smoke, weapons with the Piercing 2 or Piercing Crits 2 weapon rule have the Piercing 1 or Piercing Crits 1 weapon rule (respectively) instead, unless they’re within 2" of each other.
In the Ready step of the next Strategy phase, roll one D3. Remove that Smoke Grenade marker after a number of activations equal to that D3 have been completed or at the end of the turning point (whichever comes first).
An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or if you have reached the total number of times your kill team can perform it.

Utility Grenade - Stun (x1/2)

(Universal)

STUN GRENADE (1 AP):

Select one enemy operative visible to and within 6" of this operative. That operative and each other operative within 1" of it takes a stun test. For an operative to take a stun test, roll one D6: on a 3+, subtract 1 from its APL stat until the end of its next activation.
An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or if you have reached the total number of times your kill team can perform it.

Explosive Grenade - Frag (x1/2)

(Universal)

When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).

Name	ATK	HIT	DMG
Frag Grenade	4	4+	2/4
Weapon Rules
Rng 6", Blast 2", Saturate

Explosive Grenade - Krak (x1/2)

(Universal)

When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).

Name	ATK	HIT	DMG
Krak Grenade	4	4+	4/5
Weapon Rules
Rng 6", Piercing 1, Saturate

Breaching Charge

(Universal)

Once per battle, when a friendly operative performs the Breach action, you can use this rule. If you do, that operative can perform that action for 1 less AP (to a minimum of 1AP) as though it had the word "breach marker" on its datacard.

Equipment

Ploys

Tac Ops

Sweep & Clear

Seek And Destroy

Reveal: The first time an enemy operative is incapacitated while contesting an objective marker, or the first time a friendly operative performs the Clear action (whichever comes first).

Additional Rules:

When an enemy operative that contests an objective marker is incapacitated, that objective marker gains one of your Swept tokens (if it doesn't already have one) until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase.

Mission Action: Clear (1 AP)

An objective marker the active operative controls is cleared for the turning point.
An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, or while within control range of an enemy operative.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if at least one objective marker (excluding your objective marker) is cleared and enemy operatives do not contest that marker, you score 1VP. If that marker also has one of your Swept tokens, you score 2VP instead.
If friendly operatives control an objective marker that has one of your Swept tokens, you score 1 VP.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.

Dominate

Seek And Destroy

Reveal: The first time an enemy operative is incapacitated by a friendly operative.

Additional Rules:

Each time a friendly operative incapacitates an enemy operative, that friendly operative gains one of your or two of your Dominate tokens if that enemy operative had a Wounds stat of 12 or more.

Victory Points:

At the end of the third and fourth turning point, you can remove Dominate tokens from friendly operatives that aren't incapacitated. For each you remove, you score 1VP.

You cannot score more than 3VP from this op per turning point.

Rout

Seek And Destroy

Reveal: The first time you score VP from this op.

Victory Points:

Whenever a friendly operative incapacitates an enemy operative, if that friendly operative is within 6" of your opponent's drop zone, you score 1VP; if this is true and that enemy operative had a Wounds stat of 12 or more, you score 2VP instead.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.

Plant Banner

Security

Reveal: When you perform the Plant Banner action.

Mission Action: Plant Banner (1 AP)

Place your Banner mission marker within the active operative's control range, wholly within your opponent's territory and more than 5" from a neutral killzone edge. Operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Banner mission marker.
An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if a friendly operative has already performed this action during the battle.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if your Banner mission marker is wholly within your opponent's territory and friendly operatives control it, you score 1VP; if that's true and no enemy operatives contest it, you score 2VP instead. Note your Banner mission marker must be in the killzone (not being carried) to score.

Martyrs

Security

Reveal: The first time a friendly operative is incapacitated while contesting an objective marker.

Additional Rules:

Whenever a friendly operative is incapacitated while contesting an objective marker, that marker gains one of your Martyr tokens.
Note that this is only the first time each operative is incapacitated, so if an operative is incapacitated, set back up (e.g. HIEROTEK CIRCLE Reanimation Protocols) and then subsequently incapacitated again, a second Martyr token cannot be gained as a result.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if friendly operatives contest an objective marker that has one or more of your Martyr tokens, you can remove any of those tokens. For each token you remove, you score 1VP; if friendly operatives also control that marker, you score 2VP instead.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.

Envoy

Security

Reveal: The first time you select an envoy.

Additional Rules:

As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT in each turning point after the first, select one friendly operative to be your envoy until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase. You cannot select an operative you selected during a previous turning point or an operative that's ignored for the kill op.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if your envoy is wholly within enemy territory and not within control range of enemy operatives, you score 1VP; if this is true and your envoy has not lost any wounds during that turning point, you score 2VP instead.

Track Enemy

Infiltration

Reveal: The first time you score VP from this op.

Additional Rules:

An enemy operative is being tracked if it's a valid target for a friendly operative within 6" of it. That friendly operative must have a Conceal order, cannot be a valid target for the enemy operative it's attempting to track, and cannot be within control range of enemy operatives.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first:

If one enemy operative is being tracked, you score 1VP, or 2VP instead if it's the fourth turning point.
If two or more enemy operatives are being tracked, you score 2VP.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.

Plant Devices

Infiltration

Reveal: The first time a friendly operative performs the Plant Device action.

Mission Action: Plant Device (1 AP)

One objective marker the active operative controls gains one of your Device tokens.
An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if that objective marker already has one of your Device tokens.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first:

If your opponent's objective marker has one of your Device tokens, you score 1VP.
For each other objective marker enemy operatives contest that has one of your Device tokens, you score 1VP.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.

Steal Intelligence

Infiltration

Reveal: The first time an enemy operative is incapacitated.

Additional Rules:

Whenever an enemy operative is incapacitated, before it's removed from the killzone, place one of your Intelligence mission markers within its control range.

Friendly operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Intelligence mission markers, and for the purposes of that action's conditions, ignore the first Intelligence mission marker the active operative is carrying. In other words, each friendly operative can carry up to two Intelligence mission markers, or one and one other marker.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, if any friendly operatives are carrying any of your Intelligence mission markers, you score 1VP.

At the end of the battle, for each of your Intelligence mission markers friendly operatives are carrying, you score 1VP.

Flank

Recon

Reveal: As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT.

Additional Rules:

Divide the killzone into two flanks (left and right) by drawing an imaginary line that's just like the centreline, except it runs from the centre of each player's killzone edge. An operative contests a flank while both wholly within it and wholly within their opponent's territory. Friendly operatives control a flank if the total APL stat of those contesting it is greater than that of enemy operatives.

Victory Points:

After you reveal this op, at the end of each turning point after the first, for each flank friendly operatives control, you score 1VP.
In the fourth turning point, ff friendly operatives also controlled that flank at the end of the third turning point, you score 2VP instead.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.

Retrieval

Recon

Reveal: The first time you score VP from this op.

Mission Action: Retrieve (1 AP)

If the active operative controls an objective marker that hasn't been searched by friendly operatives, that operative is now carrying one of your Retrieval mission markers and that objective marker has been searched by friendly operatives. Friendly operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Retrieval mission markers.
An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if it's already carrying a marker.

Victory Points:

The first time each objective marker is searched by friendly operatives, you score 1VP.
At the end of the battle, for each of your Retrieval mission markers friendly operatives are carrying, you score 1VP.

Scout Enemy Movement

Recon

Reveal: The first time a friendly operative performs the Scout action.

Mission Action: Scout (1 AP)

Select one ready enemy operative visible to and more than 6" from the active operative. That enemy operative is now monitored until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase.
An operative cannot perform this action while it has an Engage order, during the first turning point, or while within control range of an enemy operative.

Victory Points:

At the end of each turning point after the first, for each monitored enemy operative that's visible to friendly operatives, you score 1VP. Note that it doesn't have to be a friendly operative that performed the Scout action.

You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.