The Screamer Killer is one of the most iconic and terrifying bio-beasts of the Tyranid swarm. A variant of the monstrous Carnifex, the Screamer Killer has evolved for the singular purpose of crushing everything in its path, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. Its name is inspired by the bone-chilling, psychic scream it emits—a pulse of fear and pain that can send even the bravest warriors fleeing in terror.
Standing taller than a tank, the Screamer Killer is a hulking mass of chitinous armor and muscle, with two massive sets of scything talons capable of rending through ceramite and plasteel as if they were paper. It is also equipped with a bioplasma cannon: a bio-organism fused to the beast’s chest that unleashes devastating blasts of searing plasma, melting through armor and turning infantry into pools of molten slag.
In combat, the Screamer Killer charges headlong into enemy lines, using its titanic strength to shatter fortifications and crush vehicles beneath its claws. Its armor plating makes it highly resistant to small-arms fire, and its sheer physical power allows it to engage heavily armored foes, like Space Marine Dreadnoughts or even super-heavy battle tanks, with ferocious efficacy.
This bioform is the embodiment of the Tyranid Hive Mind’s strategy to overwhelm opponents with brute strength and terror, and it often spearheads the assault of a Tyranid swarm, driving fear into the hearts of defenders as it roars its psychic wail. A sight to behold and a nightmare to face, the Screamer Killer is a true herald of the Tyranid’s relentless hunger.