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So having faced roboute a couple of times now im struggling to take him down. We cant snipe him as no snipers for chaos. Any halfway decent player has him screened so no shooting him. Plus he rips anything we have in half in combat with barely a scratch. So far swamping him with poxwalkers seems to be the only thing i can come up with to tie him down but they have no chance of killing him. Plus even when you do kill him he just gets up again 50% of the time

What missions are you playing?

Try magnus, he's pretty much as good as guilliman in combat but he can also fly and spam smite etc.

Sorry should of said i play nurgle only

I'd say first just focus on killing other things in the list, try to keep your important stuff away from his charge, then try and gang up on him with as much of your army as you can when you get the chance to. Bogging him down with 3 or so units can be helpful for a turn or so too.

Mortal wounds are also helpful against him, so positioning your sorcs so he is the closest is important.

Other than that, autocannons are good against him, since they force the invul, wound on 3s, do 2 damage, and have a lot of shots. Predator autocannons are even better. Plasma works okay too, and you can get lucky if you just throw a bunch of melta / las / missiles at him, he fails a couple saves, and you roll okay for the damage.

10 Chaos Spawn should average 7.77 wounds on him per turn in close combat and that's assuming they don't roll extra attacks for their mutation. Seems like a cost-effective way to take care of him if you can get the charge.

If you are looking at killing Guilliman in combat, just take Magnus. In last edition, Guilliman is better in combat VS Magnus. In this Edition, Magnus is better than Guilliman in every aspect of personal ability (i.e. not counting the buff to nearby units).

He said he plays nurgle only, so presumably no magnus. The new death guard book coming out may have more answers though.

jcd386 wrote:
He said he plays nurgle only, so presumably no magnus. The new death guard book coming out may have more answers though.

Mortarian comes to mind

Seems like fast units to engage and draw off the bubble wrap around guilloman is required. Then maybe he will be exposed to some shooty openings with good positioning, and to assault
By something choppy. I haven't tried them out yet but for
Nurgle I like the bloat drones, bikers and spawn. A Dreadclaw with plague marines with bunches of plasma or flamers could also be very useful. Easily made From a Drop pod!


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Oh and if you have daemons try some summoning by fast characters. Throw some poop in their face with plague bearers or annoying Nurglings or herald to augment bloat drone strength before shooting and assaulting with them.