Changes

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.^3a

==Sources==

*³[[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]]:

**a: p. 57

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