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I was thinking this list may be a viable competitive list. It is the most balanced list that I could come up with.


Tallyband of Nurgle battalion- 100

GUO-240 (Chaos Talisman)

Epidemus-180

Herald of Nurgle-100 (Favour of the Gods)

30x Plaguebearers-300

10x Plaguebearers- 100

10x Plaguebearers-100

6x Plague drones-440

6x Plague Drones-440

=2000 points exactly

For a pure nurgle list it is somewhat mobile with 12 plague drones. It also is fairly tanky and gives the ability to do mortal wounds with the drones. Everything has a 5+ ward save and heals D3 wounds every turn.



Thoughts??

I was thinking that if the Exalted Greater Nurgle Daemon is well costed I could substitute the Herald and one unit of plague drones with it. This would give me one more survivable hero that I can use in some missions. However, I would likely lose some damage output and speed.

Honestly the EGD would be a good idea. Yeah he will lose steam as he takes damage. BUT he will be able to take more damage and that means he will serve you better whenever you play 3-places

Lord Kragan wrote:
Honestly the EGD would be a good idea. Yeah he will lose steam as he takes damage. BUT he will be able to take more damage and that means he will serve you better whenever you play 3-places

Well lets hope he gets priced at 320points so I can fit him until Nurgle gets a price cut in the next GHB!

He lacks the keywords to go in the battalion, unfortunately.

I would split up the drone units into 3-man. This is because each unit heals from the battalion; a potential of 4d3 healing vs 2d3. And with command groups being free it's more champions, icons, and musicians too. Give your GUO favor of the gods, with his save and 'save' ability an extra wound is better than yet another save ability.

Overall it's a solid list that will probably do fine in a decently competitive setting provided you know how to play it well. Be warned that it will simply not hold up to top-tier tournament lists though.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
He lacks the keywords to go in the battalion, unfortunately.

I would split up the drone units into 3-man. This is because each unit heals from the battalion; a potential of 4d3 healing vs 2d3. And with command groups being free it's more champions, icons, and musicians too. Give your GUO favor of the gods, with his save and 'save' ability an extra wound is better than yet another save ability.

Overall it's a solid list that will probably do fine in a decently competitive setting provided you know how to play it well. Be warned that it will simply not hold up to top-tier tournament lists though.

pssst, take a lot of my list later.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
He lacks the keywords to go in the battalion, unfortunately.

I would split up the drone units into 3-man. This is because each unit heals from the battalion; a potential of 4d3 healing vs 2d3. And with command groups being free it's more champions, icons, and musicians too. Give your GUO favor of the gods, with his save and 'save' ability an extra wound is better than yet another save ability.

Overall it's a solid list that will probably do fine in a decently competitive setting provided you know how to play it well. Be warned that it will simply not hold up to top-tier tournament lists though.

I know the the Exalted GUO won't be in the battalion and will have to be an add on. I am hoping they give him the GUO keyword at some point. Yea I have gone back and forth on if I should run Plague drone in units of 6 or 3. I can see it being useful depending on the mission. The only thing I disagree with you on is that mathematically it is better to give your heroes the 5/6+ ward save over an extra wound if you have more than 6 wounds. I know Nurgle currently really isn't super competitive. I am hoping with some significant price cuts in GHB2 it will become a viable tournament list again.

Pretty sure it's only a 6+ ward save unless it's against Order. But yes, I was thinking the GUO's existing ward changed things but I rechecked my numbers and realized I was wrong (and apparently way too tired since they don't make any sense), so the ward us the better option. Doubly so if one has an Order -heavy meta.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Pretty sure it's only a 6+ ward save unless it's against Order. But yes, I was thinking the GUO's existing ward changed things but I rechecked my numbers and realized I was wrong (and apparently way too tired since they don't make any sense), so the ward us the better option. Doubly so if one has an Order -heavy meta.

Even better now that they said it works on mortal wounds in the FAQ!

I'm glad they changed that because it seemed to be RAI but definitely was not RAW.