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I haven't seen the leaked points or the exact warscrolls for the battalions. I know of at least one instance were a leaked image of point costs had a significantly incorrect value, so I'm hesitant to trust them outright. Either way I need to see the actual battalion warscrolls because very small details can make a huge difference. A single word change from "a unit in the battalion" to "any unit in the battalion" for example. The requirements also matter significantly.

What I do know for sure is that the Plaguetouched Warband from the Everchosen battletome is one of the few battalions that is significantly undercosted, at 100 points it's a steal.

I'm probably going to run the Plaguetouched Warband in my 1500pt tourney list come March(ish?). 100 points for an army wide -1 to be hit is some serious cheese. It was already probably too good before, but the Blightking buff has turned that into something ridiculous.

Yeh the Plaguetouched looks to be pretty much the standard for Mortals. I wonder if that'll stick around in the next GHB, we'll see. For Daemons the only realistic option seems to be the Tallyband, and that's kinda expensive and restrictive from what I've seen leaked. Roll on Saturday so we can all be sure!

If it stays the same and also at 200 points it remains worth it but only at 2000+ points and only if you're putting the whole army in it, or nearly so.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
If it stays the same and also at 200 points it remains worth it but only at 2000+ points and only if you're putting the whole army in it, or nearly so.

By all accounts it's "just over 200" (so I'm assuming 220), and includes 4-7 units of PBs or Drones, 0-3 Beasts or Nurglings, 1-3 heralds, and 1 GUO. Making an army out of that seems pretty doable.

220 is a stretch for the current version but the tallyband equivalents for Khorne & Tzeentch got slight buffs so I'd expect to see that here.

The new "Blight Cyst" Battalion seems really good as well; Lord of Blights and 3+ (?) units of Blightkings gives the ability to give all Blightking units within 3" the shooting attack (instead of picking one) as well as -1 Rend (it has not been stated if this is only on the shooting attack or what). however I heard it is very expensive, like upwards of 200 points.

Wayniac wrote:
The new "Blight Cyst" Battalion seems really good as well; Lord of Blights and 3+ (?) units of Blightkings gives the ability to give all Blightking units within 3" the shooting attack (instead of picking one) as well as -1 Rend (it has not been stated if this is only on the shooting attack or what). however I heard it is very expensive, like upwards of 200 points.

I could see that one being worth ~200 points with appropriately costed Blightkings, with the ones we're apparently getting I'd happily overpay just because it buffs an undercosted unit.

So I'm torn between two lists to start, any advice?

List 1:

GUO
Daemon Prince
Poxbringer
Scrivener
Rotbringer Sorcerer
30 Plaguebearers
30 Plaguebearers
10 Plaguebearers
6 Plague Drones

List 2:

GUO
Poxbringer
Scrivener
Rotbringer Sorcerer
30 Plaguebearers
30 Plaguebearers
5 Blightkings
5 Blightkings
2 Plagueclaw Catapults

Both are kind of intended to use at least some of the models that I have already painted, so I don't want to change them up tooooo much just yet. Any thoughts on which of the two is "better"?

Really can't comment much without going through the whole battletome. I would lean towards the latter list though, it's more well rounded. Though honestly I would drop a catapult and the scrivener to get Epidemius and a plague priest.