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Everyone else is playing a strategy game. The Tyranids are doing a chews your own adventure.

An hour and a half of Tyranid lore. What a way to end a week of work.

My personal headcanon is that the Great Game was made for 5 players, but malice didn't really want to play, so the God Emperor is the game's NPC fill in, and the Tyranids exist as the turn counter/timer until the game ends

I think we can all just deeply appreciate what it takes for him to find and compile all of this lore into Deepdives as well as the background imagery that brings his videos even more to life! Thank you WesHammer!!! Also, does anyone know the names of the different soundtracks used throughout his video?

I really like the lore bits around Hive Fleet Cronos. They mainly use psykers, ranged bioforms and artillery because any battles against Chaos are a net loss for the 'nids and it attempts to minimise loses in a total subversion of usual tyranid tactics. When it needs to recover from it's engagements with Chaos, other hive fleets escort Cronos to defenseless worlds and allow it to consume their biomass in their stead.

I was just explaining the tyranids to my coworker because he was interested in space marine 2. A few minutes later, Wes does it better than I ever could lol what mad lad. Keep it up battle brother!

I think the scariest Tyranid is Cyrax. He's got bugs crawling on him, he wields a stylus covered in his own poop, and his rage would make korhn think he needs anger management.

Majorkill did the nyds dirty saying that no matter what they couldn't take terra, but I'm so glad that you actually give them the respect they deserve. They are so amazingly terrifying and only you and Leutin do them justice. Thank you Wes!

"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only food." This was an *epic* line to close on- well done. The manic nuttery of the orks make them my first love in the setting, but nids are awesome- I love them as the ultimate expression of evolution, just natural process run to its utter apogee. (And if they are ever explained away as an engineered bioweapon I will riot.)

As someone just got into warhammer and is to lazy to read all the book, thank you. I love these hour long lore deep dives. The tyranids are my favorite faction. Love your channel. May the god emperor’s light shine on you.

What is super terrifying is that it has taken the Tyranids around 400 years to reach the middle of the Milky Way. This is 50,000 light years so an average speed of 125 light years per annum. Given that setting off the Pharos device around 10,000 years ago in M31 is the canon reason for the Tyranids coming to the Milky Way that gives them a travel distance or 1,250,000 light years. Even factoring 10% tolerance for error the furthest away they came from is 1,500,000 light years. Why is this terrifying? Well, the nearest true galaxy to the Milky Way (Barnard’s Galaxy) is 1,760,000 light years away. Therefore the Tyranids had already reached the satellite mini galaxies of the Milky Way and given they are coming from above, below and both sides in M42 they must have already surrounded the Milky Way before the Pharos device was triggered. They are everywhere. They are legion. They are coming. Drums. Drums in the deep.

No matter how much the tyranids evolve, or how far they spread, they will never be able to penetrate humanity's plot armor.

Tyranids make Necron look like the last hope in 40K Universe

You and Luetin really do an excellent job of conveying the lore to a much larger audience without being a smartass (looking at you, MajorKill). I dare say this is way more entertaining than the billion dollar failures Hollywood craps out. Love from The Netherlands and keep it up.

One thing to note is that since Kronos doesn’t get much or any biomass with fighting chaos, leviathan will actually be nearby and give a portion of its biomass to help replenish their losses. Which to me seems like leviathan considers Kronos a valuable asset in order to make the invasion and consumption of planets easier without the interruption of chaos.

The reason why I love Tyranids the most is because their capabilities are only as limited as the things they can eat and absorb, which is limitless. They're like chaos factions, but not bound to worship or motives of the Chaos Gods. And no, I don't count the Tyranid cultists which are just wololo'd human pawns that can merely grasp the idea of hive mind let alone being a part of it. Every other faction needs to work real hard just to act in unity while they're just one big mind altogether. I'd say the center or the living embodiment of the hive mind is stronger, wiser and older than the God Emperor himself since nobody knows their origin and keep in mind that they entered the 40K universe from ALL angles, which means they're multidimensional and have knowledge of god knows how many other universes and beings waay beyond the comprehension of even the big G. They're not unholy, they're not holy. They just are. An ever-evolving hive mind with ever-evolving, endless swarms of biological tools.

I played tyranid too. Made my own splinter fleet: Barghest, had a focus on psychological warfare, attacking preferably in the dark, with dark colouration but with markings down the centre of their carapace, making them seem much more numerous than they were when attacking, hit and run (was the intention) tactics use of howls in the night, keeping their prey alert until they are too exhausted to fight at full power... Almost always lost my matches but i liked the splinter i had created.

I love these deep dives. Factions like the Tyranids and Flood have always been fascinating to me. There is something about the manifestation of mortality for seemingly god like races that is both terrifying and beautiful.

Wes! You killed it this time! Thank you so much! This video definitely deserves more likes, stay healthy

One of the scariest things to me about the Nids is their pure ability to adapt to everything If you fly - they will grow wings to catch you if you have tanks/armor - They'll adapt and shoot shit to chew through it If you use Titans - They'll grow shit out of your nightmares to touch you If you hide - they will find you

For most factions : "I the grim darkness of the far future there is only war" Tyranids : "Neat, an all you can eat buffet"

Crazy fan theory: The Great Devourer is the 5th C'tan, the Outsider. He is said to have spent the War in Heaven "consuming" all life he encountered, including his C'tan brethren and to be in his presense would drive any sentient insane (Shadow in the warp?). When the Necrons turned on the C'tan, shattering three and killing one, the outsider fled the galaxy, never to be seen again.

Man I gotta say as noob dipping his toe into the lore with an appetite that mirrors the tyranids you make some incredibly in depth videos. You really do your homework and provide so much info. Thank you for your time and dedication 🙏 keep up the amazing work my man thank you.

Wes you have no idea how nice it is see this video so freshly released while looking for something to listen to while I do college work.

10/10 masterpiece Thank you Wes This is a great video

Thank you. Tyrannids are my favorite. I've been waiting for this.

I love me some bug lore. Never stop never stopping. ❤

Man; In the grim darkness, there is only...War. Tyranids; In the grim darkness, there is only ...Food. Love this quote !!

The tyranids are the embodiment of axiology. Great video.

Honestly I'd love just a story about the Hive mind, love the little snippets of the vast emptiness and indifference towards it's prey Know it's not going to happen, certainly not any decade soon, but the more psychologically dynamic perspective sounds fun - more so than some basic detective novel

The very hungry definition of "what's yours is mine" and then some. I fking love these things conceptually.

My favorite aspects to focus on are when the giant hungry space bugs do anything that isn't eatting. Growing and cultivating an unknown thing in a space system? Evolving to fight chaos while getting leftovers from other hive fleets? Anything off the beaten track is really fascinating to me!

I wish bigE could get a look at tyrranids as he created the astartes, imaging how much he could have improved them using the genitic knowledge of the hive mind.

The fact that these dudes make both alien and the Zerg look like little mites. Also i like to think they also strip the planet of important minerals as well, leaving the planet a dry husk

As a 30+ year veteran (the OG Tiamat) we have to salute you, sir. Was particularly happy to see the brief mention of some of the "retired" bioforms. We will be watching your video of Tiamat next, friend.

39:48 The way you say "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!" was, like...the perfect delivery. had me laughing my ass off.

Love the work, Wes! Time to pour some good bourbon, perch on the balcony, and drift off into the world of Tyranids 🎉

Finally! Me personally I've always had a hard time getting into the tyranids, never really liked them that much but I actually was able to watch this and was interested!

I know it might not happen, but I really, really want to see an Inquisitor and thier Acolyte traveling the Galaxy in a remake of the cartoon MIB intro. The really awsome intro thats stuck in everyones heads.

The really cool thing about the tyrannids that always keep my interest, is their creation. They're kinda like chimera's, able to change form and forever evolving. But how did something like this even start to exist? Makes you wonder what the creation/birth of it was even like. Maybe it was an experiment in a distant galaxy that got so out of control it consumed everything, or maybe it was a small organism that slowly made its way of the food chain, eventually consuming things that contain things like physhic powers, weapons, conciense etc. They have so many horrific angles they could take with them, its so sick.

While I'm not a fan of the tyranids, to see you put this much time into this video tells me I need to hear this. I've only been watching your videos for about a year now but I'm new to the 40k universe. Your videos are incredibly informative and I feel that, like yourself, I'm more intrigued by the novels and lore. With that said, I'm looking for a good book to start with. Would anyone mind making a recommendation? And could we possibly get a raven guard video if you haven't done one already? Thanks.

When you describe them "giant, psychic, alien, space dinosaurs", it makes me want to go build an entire hive fleet. As a teen, after painting and playing some CSM, I started looking at other factions; and whether it was the utter alien nature of them, or just teenage angst, Tyranids were the next faction I looked at (yea, the dark eldar are the apex of angst, but I wasn't into dark elves back then). Now I'm 40, and still looking at them like "damn, I need to build a hive fleet", and the biggest obstacle that I can see is my inability to choose a color scheme.

Holy Throne, this was an excellent video. Life me me spread it out over a few days, but I loved this one. Stupendous work, Wes! Thanks so much.

Love the deep dives. Want one like this for each faction. Very well done. You got me into more of the lore with this video and I have started my journey into warhammer. Picked up the leviathan box and bunch of supplies to start.

Halfway through this video. I just wanted to add that clearly the inspiration for Tyrannids is the H.R. Gieger monster from the movie Alien, and Gieger was probably inspired by H. Bosch paintings. But, after Gieger came the Marvel X-Men comic where we were introduced to a horrific alien race called the Brood. They closely resemble Alien, but they are winged and intelligent, with a Queen running the show. The Marvel "homage" of Alien is probably where GW got the basic design for Tyrannids. If I'm wrong, please let me know, nerds, I just know you will

People like to think who would win, the Zerg or the tyranids. I dont want them to fight simply because I know one would win, and the result would be too much to anyone to handle. The tyranids would provide the zerg with the numbers to actually zerg rush a galaxy, while the zerg would provide the tyranids with better FTL. Not to mention the plethora of DNA to spin new warrior breeds.

Thank You! This! This was what I was asking about! Bringing the game and stories together! Thank you! I'm an outsider... during my last military orders I worked with two Army Sgt that played regularly... And the boxes and boxes of pieces - were awesome!

with an intellect like this there isnt much to do but extend it and bring everything together into the harmony of the swarm

56:37 if the hive mind is this intelligence it would make more sense to give the ecosystems she attacks to recuperate. This validates the hypothesis that the Tyranids are an old ones' weapon that they unleashed (or escaped) to raze the Galaxy and terraform later.

After listening about hivefleets It sounds like hive mind is just testing things out for ultimate assult Which sounds cool, i know this might not be the case but i like to think that hivemind is testing universe for what there is and then with perfected force They come for feast

Tyranids can also be seen as a futuristic evolution of a similarly powerful species found in Magic The Gathering. They are known as Slivers. Very formidable, causing fear in even very powerful Plainswalkers. There are also the consumers of Plains, the Eldrazi. Like the Tyranids, the Eldrazi leave entire Plains void of anything. So the Tyranids might be running from the Warhammer 40k version of Eldrazi.

Many thanks for this comprehensive video! I plan to watch it many times!

Tyranids are only incidentally horrifying. Dark Eldar would render an entire sector down into fear juice just to hear a particular rival's exquisite scream. There's no contest! Otherwise, good stuff.

The apperence of the biomoon makes me think we may have underestimated the size of the tyranid race. Rather then each tyranid being a cell in the greater body, it may be that every FLEET is a cell and the biomoon is the nucleus emerging at last..

One of the things I like most about the new Tyranid codex is the piece of flavour text that suggests that it is likely that the Norn Emissaries and Norn Assimilators are actually parts of the greater mass of a Norn Queen that separate off to perform that Norn Queen's will, and by extension the will of the Hive Mind, in a warzone before returning and reconnecting to the greater mass after the mission is compete (should the Norn Emissary or Assimilator be killed or captured, the Queen just grows a replacement as part of her body). It is as if a human could separate their appendix, gall bladder, or some other organ from the rest of their body and send it off to run errands. It makes for a very strong and creepy image as the Norn Emissary or Assimilator is a true extension of the Queen's will, and it is the Norn Queen's own unknowable alien sentience that watches its prey through these creatures' eyes. It also explains why these critters behave as they do and pursue their own 'missions' that don't reflect how the rest of the Swarm fights its wars - if a Norn Emissary or Assimilator comes after you, you have been singled out for special attention by the higher forms among the nightmare cosmic horror space bug monsters, and that is not a good thing for you at all...

Hell yeah!!! I was literally just looking for a lore deep dive like this on the tyranids yesterday! Perfect!

So Wes would you say a terrifying crossover would be if a Tyranid ate a Xenomorph? Edit: y'all realize I'm not asking for a comparison between the two different types of all consuming creatures but how terrifying a mix of the two would be right?

I think the tyranids are about to do something so catastrophic in the lore, its going to break the galaxy like the great rift

Thank you for this Deep Dive it made me love the space bugs even more, I have always been a fan of the Tyranids ever since I discovered them leading me to the rabbit hole known as Warhammer 40k

Always love these long form videos, great stuff! 👍

A bit off topic but what is your favourite gimmick units? Mine is the orks Shokk attack gun/bubble chucka because of there RNG mechanic.

Finally, my favorite faction 🫡

Beautiful video. Will rewatch.

I love your deep dives into factions. Something I'd like to see you cover is the relationship between necrons and tyranids. Also, you sparked my curiosity about outdated units that don't have a modern equivalent and I'd be interested to see you dive into those units we don't really see or hear about any more from all the factions.

All I'm going to say Is...I hope they Win

Great stuff, love your lore videos. All lore, no fluff!

My headcannon is the Tyranids (besides the cults) are deathly silent. There is no evolutionary need for lungs, especially for a species with living spaceships and one that removes the atmosphere of planets they devour. They communicate directly through the hivemind. There is no use to communicate vocally or negotiate with their prey. Just a giant wave of death, with no roars or growls; the silence only broken by sizzling of acid, clanking of exoskeletons rubbing against each other, and the futile gunfire and screams of food.

56:09 I always had a problem with nids not consuming the whole planet but now I'm just gonna make it my headcannon that nids leave some of the planet alive so it's ecosystem can recover and be consumed again

This was awesome. I learned so much new stuff about Tyranids. Thanks for sharing!

Your intro to 40k (starting Tyranids from the Battle for Mccragge) is the same of mine. I don't have my Nids anymore either, but I've always liked their lore. And your vids continue to rock, dude!

Great Insights. Thank you for sharing!

Absolutely stellar job, Wes! 🔥🔥🔥 keep up the great work!

Ive been building my swarm since the late 90s. The best advice i can give is dont rush your hormagaunts. They move like that to reinforce waves of termis and genestealers.

Nice. Love these long in depth videos.

This is so bad ass, thanks for taking your time to make this!

Thanks for the weekly uploads

Somewhere, on an impossibly distant and ancient world in a galaxy long forgotten by the universe, lies the buried remains of a truly alien laboratory. And a single, broken test tube covered in scratch marks.

22:24 the norn queens are my favourite organisms and I actually like them being obscure, if we got alot of lore on them now it would just take away the mistery

Counter-point to the Bellisarius Cawl reference: in Devestation of Baal, a Blood Angels ship finds a planet, quite literally stripped of everything, even down to anything within the planet's make-up that the Hive fleet would find usable. I think the level of scrutiny within its feeding depends on the Hive Fleet.

This has helped with a character I've been working on! Thanks, Wes!

Oooooh that close gave me the good tingles. Nice work Wes!

Nice vid, a great addition to my watchlist.

Excellent video, been collecting/playing Nids for 25ish years, this does do us justice.

Sadly Wes... my guess is that the High Lords are too busy arguing over something involving bowel movements, the legality of bodily actions, or their caught up in whatever the Fabricator General is vibing about. Thats why nothing gets done in the imperium.

Every time I see you upload, ever since following you with 15k on tik tok you instantly make my day better and you’re always the first channel i check to see if new uploads. Thanks Wes

If I may make a suggestion for a future video, you should make a reverse Horus heresy video. You have the in depth knowledge, the passion, and appreciation for literary know what’s to give us an amazing story.

Appreciate your way of explanation that can be engaged with at any level. You don’t talk negatively about your fans or other channels. You just continue on making great content.

Every. Single. Video. Is. Awesome. Thanks Wes.

"..will remember that Inquisitor ravanor " *shows a quadriplegic* I laughed

It has been one year since I became obecced with 40k, thanks to you

Yes yes yes! You did it again Wes! Great video about the bugs, keep doing these extend lore videos!

I've always liked Tyrands but till now didn't realize how complex they are :) Thank you for such a cool video

I loved this. Awesome job at explaining the most terrifying faction in 40k.

some of the old Tyranid creatures i would love and would make sense to have. for a transport the Cerebore think Haruspex but more chunky and much harder carapace. some Titan size Nids like the Viciator (Bigger Hirodules) and Viragon (Bigger Trygon but with ranged acid weapons)

Thank you, Wes! Thank you for the blackstone and scroll and gold. I was so happy when your code still worked. Thanks man!

Great video mate If you could do a a big deep dive on Corvus Corax, wow, this primarch deserves faaaaaaaar more love and lore than he currently receives

Fuuck yes, always stoked to see another Weshammer upload. Keep em coming!

The gene stealer break down blew my mind. Crazy infiltration tactics.

I'm right there with you on the Carnifex was THE model that caught my interest for the space bugs. Old one eye was terrifying and glorious, and all Carnifexes were glorious destruction incarnate.