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500 Death guard (escalation league)

Typhus

2 Spawn

2 Spawn

1 Mephitic blight hauler

1 Drone mower

1 Drone mower
500

First is this list legal for tournament play?
I don’t know what I’ll be up against. I feel like at this point level spawn are strong due to regenerating every command phase would you agree? Also they can hit pretty hard in CC

Thanks for viewing

Seems pretty good, though without Lone Operative, I feel like Typhus can be taken out reasonably easily and that takes a lot of damage off your side.

That's gunna put you in a position where you're getting picked apart. With so many melee units your going to have trouble both fighting on your terms and doing objectives.

I think a better option might be to cut one unit of Spawn and one Drone to give Typhus a big blob of Poxwalkers to keep him safe, and put either another 10 man of them or some cultists on your backfield objective.

If you have Typhus focus on the center, he's going to be way more durable and can support most of the board with his ability while your two vehicles take up the flanks and your Spawn support as needed.

Thank you for your recommendations

I know this can be situational but at this point level (aka less shooty) would Typhus be more effective deepstriking by himself later in game once my other units are in CC or putting him with 20 poxwalkers at the beginning and moving toward middle?

List building is clunky at this level. I either have 5-25 points leftover and don’t have an answer for something or survivability.

Given how much damage he puts out in a 500pt game, I think having him on the board at the start is very valuable. Being able to throw around that many mortals will really wear down an army at this level.

Yeah, sometimes in 500 point lists I'm out 5-10 as well, it's hard to get them exactly right at that level, but I think you'll be fine.

What about this

Typhus

10 poxwalkers

1 Mephitic blight hauler

1 PBC

1 FBD- mower

500

I did think of that when brainstorming actually. The downside now is that while durable, you've only got 4 units and loosing any is a big blow.

That being said, with MW from Typhus and the indirect fire from the PBC, it gives your army a lot of reach and firepower. I think it will do well if you make sure to not be too aggressive with Typhus. Don't worry about trying to charge him, just keep them on an objective tossing out mortals.

Good luck.