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{{IntWik|Destination=Liktor (Tyraniden)}}<br clear="all">
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[[Image:Lictor_ambush.jpg|thumb|right|Despite it's its large size, the lictor is very agile and fast, able to out manouvre outmanoeuvre nearly all other enemy units. It is with this speed coupled with it's its strength that the Lictor strikes from hiding; the victim surprised and unable to react in time.]]
[[Image:Lictor.jpg|thumb|right|Games Workshop's 4th edition Lictor model.]]
'''Lictors''' are some of the most insidious predators in the [[Tyranid]] fleets. They stand far taller than even a [[Space Marine]] and have chameleonic skin that they use to infiltrate the enemy ranks before suddenly striking into the heart of their forces, creating mass panic.
They are known for devouring their prey's brains to assimilate its genetic material. Their typical armament is two pairs of enormous scythe-like talons and rending claws.
Lictors rove ahead of Tyranid ground swarms seeking out pockets of enemy resistance and native lifeforms to be absorbed. They are intelligient intelligent and possess highly developed sensory organs so they can see, smell, hear and taste their prey long before it becomes aware of their presence. Lictors appear to be a specialist mutation of the Tyranid Warriors and are highly adapted to survive in hostile environments and a stalker/predator role. Stalking Lictors exude a pheremone pheromone trail which draws other Tyranid creatures in their wake. A larger concentration of prey stimulates a stronger pheromone response and brings a larger group of trailing tyranids.
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==Death Leaper==
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[[Image:death leaper.jpg|thumb|left|The Death Leaper model released for the [[Medusa V]] Campaign, notice the extra claws on it's its upper scything talons, multiple eyes and scything taloned hands, variations to the normal lictor.]]The '''Death Leaper'''<sup>2</sup> is a strain of the [[Lictor]] genus found on [[Medusa V]]. Like the normal lictor it is found roving ahead of the [[Tyranid]] swarms but has the ability to camouflage itself in such a way it can become almost completely invisible.
[[Ultramarines]] [[sergeant]] Erasmus believes these Death Leapers are an evolutionary step for the Tyranids. It is feared that when the Tyranids are able to re-absorb the Death Leapers and reproduce them, the Tyranid vanguard will become virtually undetectable.
