GenerationTerrorist Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 As per the title, really. Is the 400-ish points it costs to deploy a Nurgle Daemon Battalion with Epi worth it for the benefits bought by the Tally, if you take a Death Guard force consisting of Blight Drones, Blight Haulers, and Plague Burst Crawlers? Or would it be better to spend those 400-ish points on 2 units of PM and a unit of Pox Walkers? Experiences using the Tally as part of a DG army? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353609-is-epidemius-tally-worth-it-in-a-dg-list/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I'd say alone for the CP and the infiltrating Nurgling bases a Nurgle battalion is always worth it. No opinion about Epidermius though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353609-is-epidemius-tally-worth-it-in-a-dg-list/#findComment-5248371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gederas Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 The fact that you're using the Daemon Engines, yes. Epidemius is very much worth it. He's even more worth it when you take Mortarion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353609-is-epidemius-tally-worth-it-in-a-dg-list/#findComment-5248496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I've never used him... for me it's a modeling issue though. lol I've played against him in tournaments and found it hot and cold. Some games I'm very impressed by it and in some it feels like a non-factor. It appears you need to gear the list for it, or it could be very mediocre. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353609-is-epidemius-tally-worth-it-in-a-dg-list/#findComment-5248535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemetriiTZ Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Epi is sort of like an aura tax: -5% of your "killy stuff" budget to invest in future killiness. Problem is, good players who are worried about the tally will avoid it or snipe Epi. Bad players are just bad and lose to everything. Too many moving parts. No Haulers, no Epi, but a maybe on the Daemons battalion: Poxbringers are A++. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353609-is-epidemius-tally-worth-it-in-a-dg-list/#findComment-5248591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arufel87 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Speaking from experience, Epi is too much of a tax. By the time the tally is into the useful perks it's more than likely that you've killed a chunk of units and the benefits won't matter much anyway. The guy himself is pretty useless too apart from to sit on an objective or something. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353609-is-epidemius-tally-worth-it-in-a-dg-list/#findComment-5248640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenerationTerrorist Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Cheers dudes. Slowly getting back into my Deathguard plan, and was unsure which way to go. Think I will stick with Plague Marines as my troops and add another Bloat Drone to go with the trio of Haulers, Flying DP, Tyhus and 2*3 Death Shroud. Next biggie will be whether to add in Morty Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353609-is-epidemius-tally-worth-it-in-a-dg-list/#findComment-5248701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Honestly if you care about playing a strong list you probably should't take Deathshrouds. Blightlords are so much better. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353609-is-epidemius-tally-worth-it-in-a-dg-list/#findComment-5248708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokugawa Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 He belong to 100% full Nurgle army or nearly 100%-Nurgle army. And Large packs of plaguebearers are backbones of every Nurgle army. But plaguebearers don't kill much. So, the sooner your non-plaguebearer units kill units, the better Epidemius is. "Traditional" daemon tournament lists play 90+, even 120+ plaguebearers, and pass the heavy-lifting job to bloodletters bombs or TSons heroes, so they don't use Epidemius at all. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353609-is-epidemius-tally-worth-it-in-a-dg-list/#findComment-5257653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.