Goatboy’s Grimdark Armylist – Death Guard “Morty’s Plague Terminators”
Goatboy here with a tough and stinky Warhammer 40K list that is all Death Guard Terminators all the time. Good luck killing all these walking plague-bros.
The last points update really did some good things for the Death Guard army. In fact the other armies it hit really helped these guys out and I expect to see them show up in teams games and in some singles events. The big push with Deathshroud Terminators and overall tough style army mixed with a great utility Daemon Primarch creates a very powerful choice in today’s 40K 10th Edition tournament format.
My buddy Will Davis from Dallas took this armylist to the San Antonio Shootout this past weekend. I didn’t get to play him but I got to see this mass of green snotty nonsense on the tabletop. Will paints pretty well so it is a very pretty army to see running around and it feels very Death Guard like with its slow crush of death and destruction. I really love the 10 Blightlord Terminators too as it forces the opponent to keep Cull The Horde if they draw it and it is usually a “dead” draw for them. That is something to think about as we build lists now – figuring out some ways to give your opponent dead secondary draws on those mission cards.
Morty’s Plague Terminators
Death Guard
Plague Company
Strike Force (2000 Points)
CHARACTERS
Mortarion (300 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Rotwind
• 1x Silence
• 1x The Lantern
Typhus (80 Points)
• 1x Master-crafted manreaper
OTHER DATASHEETS
Blightlord Terminators (310 Points)
• 1x Blightlord Champion
◦ 1x Bubotic blade
◦ 1x Combi-weapon
• 9x Blightlord Terminator
◦ 7x Bubotic blade
◦ 5x Combi-weapon
◦ 2x Flail of corruption
◦ 2x Reaper autocannon
Death Guard Chaos Spawn (70 Points)
• 2x Chaos Spawn
◦ 2x Hideous mutations
Death Guard Land Raider (240 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Combi-weapon
• 1x Havoc launcher
• 2x Soulshatter lascannon
• 1x Twin plague heavy bolter
Deathshroud Terminators (220 Points)
• 1x Deathshroud Champion
◦ 1x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
• 5x Deathshroud Terminator
◦ 5x Manreaper
◦ 5x Plaguespurt gauntlet
Deathshroud Terminators (220 Points)
• 1x Deathshroud Champion
◦ 1x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
• 5x Deathshroud Terminator
◦ 5x Manreaper
◦ 5x Plaguespurt gauntlet
Deathshroud Terminators (220 Points)
• 1x Deathshroud Champion
◦ 1x Manreaper
◦ 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet
• 5x Deathshroud Terminator
◦ 5x Manreaper
◦ 5x Plaguespurt gauntlet
ALLIED UNITS
Great Unclean One (230 Points)
• 1x Bilesword
• 1x Plague flail
• 1x Putrid vomit
Plaguebearers (110 Points)
• 1x Plagueridden
◦ 1x Plaguesword
• 9x Plaguebearer
◦ 9x Plaguesword
2000 pts
Morty’s Plague Terminators Tactics
The Great Unclean one gives you some combos with some Aura problems as the ole Plaguebearers give you a nice sticky objective unit. I would think a few Nurglings might help by giving another -1 to hit but this army doesn’t need it with so much beef on the tabletop. Typhus is pretty amazing too as a Mortal Wound bomb and pain to try and get rid of.
Will took 3rd place with only a loss I think to Aaron and his Knights if I remember correctly. If not I am sure Aaron or Will – will tell me. This is a pretty good list and with things like 30 World Eater Terminators doing well – gives you some ideas on different types of “tough” armies to take for teams. There is almost no way this army truly loses big and that is a great thing to have in your group of 5-8 armies you might want to take. In fact – it makes me think a World Eater 30 Terms list with this mess of doom might just be a good one to combo for your armies.
