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Hey all!

I find it very hard to put together a 500p Death Guard army, so i thought you guys could help me out.

this is my idea so far, please do comment, i am not as good as many of you are.

HQ:
Daemon Prince of Nurgle - MoN, (130p)

Elite:
Dreadnought - Twin-Linked Heavy Bolter (105p)

Troops:
5 Plague Marines (115p)
5 Plague Marines (115p)


Total: 465p


The last 35p i don't know what use on, thought you might have some ideas, here are some of mine:

1.
A Rhino for one of the Plague Marine Squads.

2.
Some weapons for the Plague Marines (If you have some suggestions for which, please do say!)

3.
Wings and maybe Nurgle's Rot for the Daemon Prince.
Else wings and weaps for the Plague Marines.


Thank you.
Zyntax

with plague marines i would take at least 1 rhino to quickly get them to objectives

I would take 2 plasma gun over a rhino and these are the reasons why:
-rapid fire got a huge buff being able to move 6 and double tap that plasma is nice
-plasma is a risky weapon for normal marines to take but plagues get Fnp if they fail that armour save making it more reliable
-plague marines will have a tough time head to head against other marines and with a few plasma gun they will toast them
-plasma guns can pop tanks at range and glance high AVs to death
-In 500 point games you don't need to be so mobile(assuming the game is being played on a 2x2 board or 1x2)
-why would you put plagues in a rhino when they are already tough as nails and you loose shots, bolters will dominate the board at this point size

Also i would drop MON from daemon prince for wings. wings are 100 time better than MON imho(u need wings or don't take the prince)
Also dunno if the dreadnought is a good choice here i would have just taken troops and the prince.

This is what i would take.

HQ

Daemon prince w/ wings 130

Troops

5x plague marines 185
w/ champ, power fist
2x plasma guns

5x plague marines 185
w/ champ, power fist
2x plasma guns

Total 500 point on the dot

This give you:
-a nice fire base that will melt marine face
-a MC that will smash tank and kill MEQ's
-2 solid scoring units

plan is simple move up the board and shoot, charge and support with your daemon prince.
Imho i don't think you can go wrong with this build at 500 points

I agree with his assessment. Lotta armies won't have a good answer for this at this point level.

Stafford1991 wrote:I would take 2 plasma gun over a rhino and these are the reasons why:
-rapid fire got a huge buff being able to move 6 and double tap that plasma is nice
-plasma is a risky weapon for normal marines to take but plagues get Fnp if they fail that armour save making it more reliable
-plague marines will have a tough time head to head against other marines and with a few plasma gun they will toast them
-plasma guns can pop tanks at range and glance high AVs to death
-In 500 point games you don't need to be so mobile(assuming the game is being played on a 2x2 board or 1x2)
-why would you put plagues in a rhino when they are already tough as nails and you loose shots, bolters will dominate the board at this point size

Also i would drop MON from daemon prince for wings. wings are 100 time better than MON imho(u need wings or don't take the prince)
Also dunno if the dreadnought is a good choice here i would have just taken troops and the prince.

This is what i would take.

HQ

Daemon prince w/ wings 130

Troops

5x plague marines 185
w/ champ, power fist
2x plasma guns

5x plague marines 185
w/ champ, power fist
2x plasma guns

Total 500 point on the dot

This give you:
-a nice fire base that will melt marine face
-a MC that will smash tank and kill MEQ's
-2 solid scoring units

plan is simple move up the board and shoot, charge and support with your daemon prince.
Imho i don't think you can go wrong with this build at 500 points

Thanks for the help! I think i will do that.