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With the new Nurgle releases I have been tempted over to the side of the Plague God. So today I have bought the army book, had a look and came up with this army. What do you guys think? The reason behind the points cost is that is the max we are allowed to play at my local store so that more people can get games in. I have based this army around the NHS, for whom I work, hence all the names.


Plight of the NHS=1595pts


Lord: - Jeremy Hunt, Daemon Prince of Nurgle, Level 2 Wizard, Chaos Armour, Greater Gifts, Lesser Gifts=400pts

Hero: - Norman Lamb, Herald of Nurgle, Level 1 Wizard, Greater locus of fecundity, 2 Lesser Gifts=215pts

Core: - The CQC; 20 Plaguebearers with Full Command=290pts

Core: - Failing Trust; 20 Plaguebearers with Full Command=290pts

Core: - Middle Management; 10 Plague Bearers with Full Command=160pts

Special: - The Domestics; 6 Bases of Nurglings=240pts

Decent stuff. Good luck with the DP - I ran a Tizz DP in an escalation league up through 1500, but after that points level his effectiveness really slopped off, especially as other armies gained cannons, light councils and so on

Anyway, two changes:

 Azza007 wrote:
Hero: - Norman Lamb, Herald of Nurgle, Level 1 Wizard, Greater locus of fecundity, 2 Lesser Gifts=215pts

I would swap the Greater Locus of Fecundity down to Lesser Locus of Virulence. Regen is so-so when you've got a 5+ ward that can be increased to 4+ by the Reign (flipside, regen would be nice to have when those wards are dropped to 6+ ... but meh), while poison 5+ helps get the lead out against (almost) everything (almost) all the time. Also you can get Regen from the Lore of Nurgle, right?

Core: - Middle Management; 10 Plague Bearers with Full Command=160pts

How about swapping these dudes for something more interesting? I'd suggest:

3 Plague Drones - standard (gleaming pennant), musician, plague proboscis = 205

This involves ditching the 6th nurgling base, which I think is a fine trade off to get all the upgrades. If you really want to keep that last gaggle of nurglings, then three naked drones comes to 165, which you can swap the 10 bearers for straight up - then if you swap the Greater Locus to Lesser, use those 5 points to give one of the bearer blocks the gleaming pennant, just in case.

Seriously though, give yourself a break from even more plague bearers with some drones - pretty crunchy in game too

- Salvage