New to Deathguard

[TheUnlikelyGamer84]

Hello. Long time player but new to death guard. I have a bunch of DG models from dark imperium that I started painting that I got in a trade. I’m starting a harbingers army because I like zombies and I like Typhus as a character from the books. Anyway I built a list around him and some other characters that really play to the zombie( poxwalker) theme and make them less walking dead and more world war z. I don’t plan to play this army competitively just casual with friends. My first question is if I pay the reserve points how large can a unit get above starting size?

[Lord Raven 19]

As large as you have models for I believe. This may change in the new codex coming out next year though.

[TheUnlikelyGamer84]

This is my list idea

 

++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Chaos - Death Guard) [53 PL, 1,036pts, 9CP] ++

 

+ Configuration +

 

Battle Size [12CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)

 

Detachment CP

 

Plague Company: The Harbingers

 

+ Stratagems +

 

Gifts of Decay (1 Relic) [-1CP]

 

+ HQ +

 

Necrosius the Undying [LEGENDS] [6 PL, 120pts]: 1. Miasma of Pestilence, 2. Gift of Contagion

 

Typhus [9 PL, 165pts]: 4. Blades of Putrefaction, 5. Putrescent Vitality, Warlord

 

+ Troops +

 

Plague Marines [8 PL, 138pts]

. Plague Champion: Boltgun, Plague knife, Power fist

. 3x Plague Marine w/ boltgun: 3x Blight Grenades, 3x Boltgun, 3x Krak Grenades, 3x Plague knife

. Plague Marine w/ special weapon: Blight launcher

. Plague Marine w/ special weapon: Blight launcher

 

Plague Marines [8 PL, 148pts]

. Plague Champion: Boltgun, Plague knife, Power fist

. Plague Marine w/ melee weapons: Flail of Corruption

. Plague Marine w/ melee weapons: Flail of Corruption

. Plague Marine w/ melee weapons: 2nd Plague knife

. Plague Marine w/ melee weapons: 2nd Plague knife

. Plague Marine w/ melee weapons: 2nd Plague knife

 

Poxwalkers [6 PL, 140pts]

. 20x Poxwalker: 20x Improvised weapon

 

Poxwalkers [6 PL, 140pts]

. 20x Poxwalker: 20x Improvised weapon

 

+ Elites +

 

Noxious Blightbringer [3 PL, 60pts]: Plasma pistol, The Daemon's Toll

 

Plague Surgeon [4 PL, 65pts, -2CP]: Balesword, Fugaris' Helm, Hypertoxic Tinctures, Plaguechosen, Shamblerot

 

Tallyman [3 PL, 60pts]: Plasma pistol

 

++ Total: [53 PL, 9CP, 1,036pts] ++

 

Created with BattleScribe

 

a unit of poxwalkers will be -1 to hit, T5 S5, 5+ invuln 5+ fnp with reroll 1s to fnp. Reroll all hits at WS 4 if above 10 models. With models returning/adding to the unit if they kill something, the surgeon kills something, or Necrosius casts a power.

Edited December 7, 2020 by TheUnlikelyGamer84

[eternal_warrior12]

Your list looks fun. Study. But you have to be prepared to remove pox walkers by the handful. Even fully buffed up they still get got a lot! The Deathguard are, by far, the most fun I’ve have playing the game recently.

[Debauchery101]

I think you might do better swapping the surgeon for a Foul Blightspawn. Screening with pox walkers is nice but also being able to mess with the fight sequence in your favor makes the Foul Blightspawn one of the best units in the faction. He also has that plague sprayer which honestly is a luck based weapon to be really nasty but auto hit ap-3 dmg3 with avg 3-4 shots at str 5-6 nice...its most likely going to get boosted to 12in range as well Edited December 10, 2020 by Debauchery101