Parasite of Mortrex portrait

Xenos · Tyranids

Parasite of Mortrex

Invader Organism

Overall hero rating 4.61 / 10

Score updated: Nov 3, 2026

Overall Hero Rating

How scoring works
4.61 / 10 Rank 77

Can generate helpful reinforcements, but mechanical enemies and explosive attacks sharply reduce their value.

Guild Raid 4.0 / 10

Has reported success in an alternative Neurothrope summon team, but evidence is concentrated in one player’s experience and lacks clear tier comparisons.

Guild War 5.5 / 10

Teams featuring Parasite of Mortrex clear 66.8% of Meds Up attacks across equally weighted battlefields, providing the stronger supported role.

Horde 7.0 / 10

Kill generated Rippers provide renewable protection and pressure, though mechanical enemies and blast damage can sharply reduce the engine’s effectiveness.

Popularity 1.93 / 10

Planner investment: 12.1% at Gold I or higher, 1.6% at Diamond I or higher and <0.1% at Adamantine II.

Hero Stats

Game 1.43.130
Health
12,017
Armor
2,270
Damage
6,008

Movement

4hexes

Melee

Toxic
Hits
1
Range
1
Pierce
70%

Traits

Flying

Can traverse impassable hexes and enemies and move between any elevation.

Synapse

Friendly units within 2 hexes ignore the effects of Instinctive Behaviour and Battle Fatigue.

Abilities

active ability

It Itches!

Suppresses and pushes an adjacent enemy unit and all enemy units adjacent to both the target and the Parasite of Mortrex one hex backwards. Enemy steppables on affected hexes are destroyed. Then summons a Ripper Swarm in each hex vacated by this ability. The Ripper Swarms can immediately attack. The Parasite of Mortrex may move again after activating this ability. Ripper Swarm stats: 8222 Health 1436 Damage 1958 Armour

passive ability

Barbed Ovipositor

When the Parasite of Mortrex defeats a unit it targeted that is not Mechanical it summons a Ripper Swarm in the defeated unit's hex. Ripper Swarm stats: 8222 Health 1436 Damage 1958 Armour

Relics

Mythic relic

Maw-Claws of Thyrax

The relic bearer deals +438 Crit Damage for each adjacent Summon.

Supporting Evidence