*Nods to RZ* What race of insectoid alien monsters can bring down the Tyranid?

[BitVyper]

And I mean *all* of the Tyranids.

[Radioactive Zombie]

The Flood is a possibility.

Possibly Xenomorphs.

[JCAll]

The Replicators - Stargate

[kain5252]

The Replicators - Stargate

Are they insectoid or robotic?

[BitVyper]

The Replicators are about the only ones I can think of who could do it. Even then, it could potentially go bad for them.

[BitVyper]

Are they insectoid or robotic?

I'd say they count, since their base forms are insectoid. Also; they're practically robot Tyranids, which would make for an incredibly cool fight, since it makes them almost complete opposites.

[ED209]

Maybe The Thing from the John Carpenter movie.

[kain5252]

Maybe The Thing from the John Carpenter movie.

Very possible

[Farealmer]

Under the rights conditions, the slivers from Magic: The Gathering.

[The Zapper]

Under the rights conditions, the slivers from Magic: The Gathering.

Gah! I hate those damn things!

[Demon King Psycho]

Gurrrrrrrr.

The Slivers.

I see them in MY NIGHTMARES!

No...NO! Not Shadow Sliver AND Muscle Sliver! NO! NOT AT THE SA-*dies*

[Arilou]

Those damn bugs form Exiles.

Because their tinkering with the Crystal Palace accidentally broke the multiverse...

[Lord of Nonsensical Crap]

Can we count the Space Monsters from Gunbuster as insectoid? If so, then I'm pretty sure they might stand a decent chance, though the war would last for aeons. (Come to think of it, I'm now convinced that the guys at Games Workshop must have watched Gunbuster when they were developing the background for the Tyranids, because they and the Space Monsters are similar on so many levels)

[Tik]

Do any of these races have the numbers to bring down the Tyranids? Can they bring down what is, essentially, a warp presence ie the Hive Mind?

Look at the numbers. Just take one WH40K race, the Imperial Guard. It is made up of billions upon billions of soldiers from millions and millions of worlds and systems. They are extremely well trained in fighting and face on a daily basis all kinds of aliens and demons. They have many special units (eg Psykers) and vehicles. This is just one faction of the Imperium which also includes Space Marines, Titans, etc. The galaxy has many other races too, including the billions and billions of orks.

The Tyranids are going to sweep away all life in the galaxy.

The Imperium has calculated that all the Hive Fleets it has encountered thus far are only small parts of a far greater whole that will arrive in less than a century. They have estimated that mobilization levels will need to increase, at the very least, by 500% to have even a hope of stalling the Tyranid advance.

The Replicators would be very problematic due to their ship speeds but Tyranid numbers should balance things out. I may be wrong but Replicators dont seem to have billions of ships like the entirity of the Tryanids would have so I suspect their effectivness would be like trying to empty the ocean with a bucket. As for ground combat......well, none of the races mentioned thus far seem to have a chance with just one exception - the Thing.

The Things effectiveness is not conclusive (Tyranids are very resistant to that sort of thing). However, if we assume it can take over and copy a Tyranid (eg Hormaguant) the Thing copies everything exactly. This would include its connection to the Hive Mind. Essentially, the Things abilities would be used for the purposes of the Hive Mind making the Tyranids an even deadlier threat. The assimilated Hormaguant walks into the Digestion Pools as per usual and the Things abilities are there for the Tyranids to share among themselves.

[Farealmer]

The Things effectiveness is not conclusive (Tyranids are very resistant to that sort of thing).

I don't recall anyone saying it was.

This would include its connection to the Hive Mind.

No way to know, a thing is a communal organism, it's brain may be the only part that does which means the other parts could jump ship. I addition as an intellegent organism the thing may deciede to just not copy that part if it deems it risky.


Again Slivers could do it, they adapt so fast after an battle or two they will have adapted defenses to all their attacks. And as per time spiral they have the ability to gain traits from creatures they eat. Which means they will be gaining various tyranid adaptions with every victory.