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I am currently putting together a Nurgle DOC list, and just wanted some critique.


2500
Lords:
Great Unclean One, Exalted Gift, Level 4, Nurgle- 555
Heroes:
Herald of Nurgle, Level 1, BSB, Greater Locus of Fecundity- 170
Herald of Nurgle, Level 1, Greater Locus of Fecundity- 145
Epidemius- 200
Core:
29x Plaguebearers, Full Command- 407
29x Plaguebearers, Full Command- 407
Special:
Rare:
3x Plague Drones Plague Proboscis- 180
3x Plague Drones - 165
Plague Cannon of Nurgle- 135
Plague Cannon of Nurgle- 135




The plan is to have the GUO get chromatic tome to mitigate the Damage from the ROC, as well as buff the nurgle units (up regen, poison, miasma etc). If my enemy has lots of Cannons etc I will probably take the portalglyph to hide Epidemius who will normally just stick into the side of a plaguebearer unit. The Heralds are to give regen, ,ore magic etc. The plaguebearers will start in a 5x6 formation and after epidemius kicks in will switch to horde. The plague drones are flank support, and my plaguecannons are counts as skullcannons, which are supposed to kill enemy warmachines.


Comments, critique? Think Epi will be okay sticking in the side of a unit, or should my default be placing him in portal? Should I try and shift around some points for full command on the plague drones?

There aren't any cannons of nurgle in the book. Meaning you have a Nurgle/Khorne army.
If I paint my Skullcrushers, Chimera, Shades, Organ Guns etc white and blue, that doesn't mean I have a High Elf army

I converted up some Skullcannons, when they are done I will put some pics up.

Of course they count as Khorne in game, but they look very nurgly.

Your going for a mono nurgle army (succumb to the cheese of khannons) but left out the best nurgle unit ever? The Beasts! 3 units of 1-2 depending on preference are horrible to fight against and will give your opponent a headache.

Drones IMO are lack luster, especially 2 units if your keeping them, 1 unit, the herald builds are standard and your running cookie cutter epi + horde so nothing to change there.

Exalted gifts aren't the best if you REALLY look at them, give him the blade of 'add D3 to all my stats and rub my nuts over you'

My final criticism is one you won't change, khannons in a nurgle army? your not mono nurgle don't claim to be, if your pussying out your theme don't claim your mono nurgle, regardless of conversions!

My 2cent

and like one nurgle soul grinder with there cannon so get the wound count high

I would say go for 2x exalted locus of contagion. People know they will be facing regen these days and come prepared. I prefer the always viable 5+ poisons vs the regen.

I love to win combats and deny bad demonic instabilities from even happening. Also if they get super buffed with toughness etc. it does not even matter.

Also if the 5++ fail you where regen would have maybe saved you that's more tallies for the tallyman! You have 4 rolls on nurgle so you've got good potential for the combos to get kills and add more plaguebearers anyway.

Love the list and keep the Nurgle themed skull cannons it sounds like fun.

Remember that haters gonna hate just do you.

I would take the locus of contagion, but I plan on using the nurgle spells to buff my units up, and the poison buff doesnt stack with the locus :/

I wish it worked more like Slaanesh's hysterical frenzy.


The plague cannons are cool, although I just came into possession of a soul grinder so I will probably tone it down to one cannon, one of the cannons looks way cooler than the other anyways.

Looks reasonably solid but if you're going WAAC and it seems like you are with 2x Skillcannons in a Nurgle list then why no Beasts or Epidemus?

 John Rainbow wrote:
Looks reasonably solid but if you're going WAAC and it seems like you are with 2x Skillcannons in a Nurgle list then why no Beasts or Epidemus?

2 Khannons are in no way a d-bag list. Yes they're undercosted by at least 25-30pts, but they aren't nearly as stupid as Beasts/Epi or an Eternal Beatstick Keeper running a 6-diced AoE Caco.
Besides, any DI tests are typically death for Khannons since almost no one runs a Khornate general, let alone a Khornate BSB...

Now if the list was Epi, plus a brick of Beasts + stone thrower Grinder AND double Khannons, then yes, that would stink of some pretty fine gouda!