ARMY LIST: Death Guard Plaguespear – 2000pt
This post is part of a series of recommended army lists. It will document an entire list, with a short tactical summary and related notes.
Army List
1 Great Unclean One (HQ) @ 150 Pts
-Nurgle’s Rot
-Nurgling Infestation
-Wind Of Chaos
6 Possessed Marines (Elites) @ 244 Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Favoured Unit; Mark of Nurgle
-Daemonic Strength
-Daemonic Aura
-Daemonic Talons
1 Aspiring Champion @ [52] Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Free Aspiring Champion; Mark of Nurgle
-Daemonic Strength
-Daemonic Aura
-Daemonic Talons
-Daemon Chains
6 Plague Marines Chaos Space Marines (Troops) @ 196 Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Favoured Unit; Mark of Nurgle
-CC Weapon (x6); Bolter (x4); Meltagun (x2)
-Infiltrate
1 Aspiring Champion @ [44] Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Free Aspiring Champion; Mark of Nurgle
-PowerFist (x1); Bolter (x1)
-Nurgle’s Rot
-Daemonic Visage
-Infiltrate
6 Plague Marines Chaos Space Marines (Troops) @ 196 Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Favoured Unit; Mark of Nurgle
-CC Weapon (x6); Bolter (x4); Meltagun (x2)
-Infiltrate
1 Aspiring Champion @ [44] Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Free Aspiring Champion; Mark of Nurgle
-PowerFist (x1); Bolter (x1)
-Nurgle’s Rot
-Daemonic Visage
-Infiltrate
6 Plague Marines Havocs (Heavy Support) @ 288 Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Favoured Unit; Mark of Nurgle
-CC Weapon (x6); Bolter (x2); Plasma Gun (x4)
-Tank Hunters
1 Aspiring Champion @ [37] Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Free Aspiring Champion; Mark of Nurgle
-PowerWeapon (x1); Bolter (x1)
-Nurgle’s Rot
-Tank Hunters
1 Chaos Rhino @ [59] Pts
-Combi-Bolter
-Smoke Launcher
-Extra Armour
-Searchlight
6 Plague Marines Havocs (Heavy Support) @ 288 Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Favoured Unit; Mark of Nurgle
-CC Weapon (x6); Bolter (x2); Plasma Gun (x4)
-Tank Hunters
1 Aspiring Champion @ [37] Pts
-Daemonic Resilience; Free Aspiring Champion; Mark of Nurgle
-PowerWeapon (x1); Bolter (x1)
–Nurgle’s Rot
-Tank Hunters
1 Chaos Rhino @ [59] Pts
-Combi-Bolter
-Smoke Launcher
-Extra Armour
-Searchlight
12 Plaguebearer (Troops) @ 192 Pts
-Nurgle’s Rot
-Daemon Venom
12 Plaguebearer (Troops) @ 192 Pts
-Nurgle’s Rot
-Daemon Venom
1 Chaos Land Raider (Heavy Support) @ 254 Pts
-TL Heavy Bolter; TL Lascannons
-Smoke Launcher
-Searchlight
Models in Army: 63
Summary
This list is inspired by many of tactical doctrines pioneered on DeathGuard.org. It represents a “pure offense” approach to using the Death Guard. In this list, every point is dedicated to the assault role, with nothing heldback for long-range support. Even the HQ selection of the Great Unclean One, is there to emphasize the “boat anchor” quality of the assault force…once you get this army “stuck in”, it is going to be very difficult for an opponent to get “unstuck”.
The army is designed to deploy with the Possessed embarked in the Land Raider, backed up with the two Rhino Havoc squads. This assault force, will use cover and smoke to hit the heart of an enemy army with all due haste, and destroy it in a single “alpha strike” consisting of the 8 rapid-firing plasma rifles and 4 meltas, folowed by the possessed assault-ramping into HtH backed up with the twin infiltrating plaguemarine squads who should be closing on your target during the vehicles approach. On roughly turn 2-3, you should be in assault and begin to both summon down the twin Plaguebearer squads to pile into the beleagered enemy army, as well as change over from Resisting to Inviting possession by the possessed Aspiring Champion, to bring the Great Unclean One into play (thanks to Daemon Chains).
In a way, it is a “pure” army, with few complex tricks up its sleeve (dont forget to make your Rot rolls). The Death Guard win through assault, and this army is designed to emphasize that element like a ton of bricks. Subtle it is not.
