Hive Tyrant Enemy Guide and How to Beat

The Hive Tyrant is one of the enemies you face in Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 and belongs to the Tyranids faction. Check out this guide for more tactics and information on how to beat it!

Hive Tyrant Enemy Information

Characteristics

The Hive Tyrant is the head of the Tyranid swarm. This Terminus threat enemy can only be fought as a boss in Operations, specifically in Operation 02: Decapitation.

Attacks and Abilities

The Hive Tyrant has a special mechanic of reviving when defeated, meaning that you will have to fight it twice.

Phase 1

The Hive Tyrant has plenty of unblockable attacks and always executes its moves in combos. Stay high on guard.

The Hive Tyrant prefers opening with the Whip Sweep, which it then follows through with the Sword Slam, and finishing with the Tornado Slash. All of these attack are unblockable, with the only window to parry being a quick follow up after it does the Whip Sweep.

Phase 2

Once you have taken it down the first time, the Hive Tyrant revives with FULL health. The Hive Tyrant gains some new abilities and enhances its old ones in this state. Make sure to dodge the waves of green energy in this phase.

How to Beat Hive Tyrant

Use 'Poke' Tactics

The Hive Tyrant is a nimble opponent despite its size. That said, it still makes for a pretty big target with a large hitbox.

Quickly engage it in melee when it does its chain of attacks, then back off and sneak in shots as you retreat.

Hit Him Hard

If you are going to go in guns blazing, then we recommend doing so with high-powered weapons.

While you would think to save grenades for mobs, you can be a bit more generous this time. A well-placed Melta-Bomb will do you good.

Focus on The Tyranid Warriors

When the Hive Tyrant calls in reinforcements, instead of swatting the smaller ones, prioritize taking down the Tyranid Warriors as you can use the Synaptic Shock for executing them to easily clear out the smaller Tyranids.

Time Your Use of Gun Strike

The Hive Tyrant has only a few moves that you can parry. When it does these, however, a successful parry leaves it vulnerable to a Gun Strike. You can also perfect dodge when the indicator appears to use a Gun Strike.

Gun Strike Guide

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Related Guides

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List of All Enemies

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Rubric Marine	Chaos Cultist	Ravener
Zoanthrope	Tyranid Warrior	Hormagaunt
Gargoyles	Spore Mine	Termagant
Heldrake	Scarab Occult Terminator	Helbrute
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