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Barbed Strangler (6th Edition)[4]

The Barbed Strangler is a Tyranid Bio-weapon.

Overview

The Barbed Strangler is a fairly simple weapon consisting of a seed sac and a muscled tube. A seed moves from the sac to the barrel where it grows in seconds. When it is launched it grows further in all directions, reaching maturity in seconds. It sends out hooked tendrils to bind and tear apart its prey. The seed has some similarity to some ground-based xenomorphs and is in actual fact a sentient alien flora.[1][2]

Previous Editions

In 2nd Edition the barbed strangler is the actual projectile, the name being transferred to the weapon itself. The seed begins within a seed pod the size of a man's fist and is fired from a simple muscled tube. If the pod pierces armour it activates and grows, thanks to the warmth of the body it just hit. Within seconds a number of tentacles shoot through the body and tear it apart. At full development, blood red tendrils lash out of the victim and spread in all directions. The actual strangler seems to have no body as such but is a creature. It also seems to bear some similarities to some terrestrial xenomorphs. The strangler uses up its energy within moments and falls dormant but the initial burst of growth is easily enough to destroy anything it impacts, including vehicle armour if it can find a suitable chink in the armour. Even if enemies do survive they will be helpless, bound by steel hard tendrils.[3]

Images

A Barbed Strangler
Inset: The projectile.[Needs Citation]

Sources


Tyranid Biomorphs
Melee BoneswordClaws and TeethCrushing ClawsFeeder TendrilsFeeder TentacleLash WhipRending ClawsScything TalonsSharpened ClawsTail MaceTail ScytheTusksWrecking Ball
Ranged Acid SprayBalethorn CannonBarblauncherBarbed StranglerBio-cannonBio-electric PulseBio-plasmaBio-Plasmic CannonBio-TorpedoCluster SpinesDeathspitterDevourerDrool CannonEnhanced SensesFlamespurtFlesh HooksFleshborer HiveFleshborerGrasping TongueHeavy Venom CannonImpaler CannonPyro-acid BatteryRupture CannonRipper TentaclesSeed SporeShockcannonSpike RifleSpine BanksSpinefistSpore CystsSpore Mine LauncherStinger SalvoStranglethorn CannonStranglewebTentaclidThorax SwarmToxinjector HarpoonsVenom Cannon
Armour Armoured ShellBonded ExoskeletonChitinExtended CarapaceHardened CarapaceReinforced ChitinToughened Exoskeleton
Support Abhorrent PheremonesAccelerated DigestionAcid BloodAcid MawAdaptive ExoskeletonAdrenal GlandsAdrenaline SacAdrenal WebsBio-Metallic CystBlinding VenomChameleonic SkinContainment SpinesDermic SymbiosisDynamic CamouflageEnhanced ResistanceEnhanced SensesFrag SpinesHypermetabolic AccelerationImplant AttackMembranous MobilityMetamorphic RegrowthMorphic SinewsOptic MembranesRegenerateSporemist SpinesSymbiote RippersSynaptic AugmentationSynaptic EnhancementThornbackToxic MiasmaToxin SacsVenom SacsWings