Cultists vs poxwalkers

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**darthryan**

So i am trying to decide which unit is better.
Cultists
Pros
Cheap
Guns
Massive body count
Cons
Rubbish stats
Terrible leadership
No real save

Poxwalkers
Pros
Disgustingly resilient
Make more zombies if they kill infantry
Immune to moral
Work well with blightbringers and typhous
Cons
More expensive
Slow
No ranged attacks
Rubbish stats

Cultists can camp on objectives and shoot and have the bodies to absorb lots of damage. Poxwalkers are rubbish campers as they have no shooting. So can just be ignored until late game. Poxwalkers are to slow to reach combat unless you put lots of points into characters to help them either blight bringers or sorcerers for warptime. Plus even if they reach combat they are so pathetic they will never kill anything to create a new zombie.

What are your views on these units then dakka

**koooaei**

both are ok for what they do. But marines are probably better.

**DarklyDreaming**

The cultist are garbage, their damage output is patetic, but they are cheap! So you can use them for objectives and to protect characters from fire and deepstrikes. I tested poxwalkers a lot and they are awesome, the pox curse really change games, expecially against IG and Orks, but they need support from Typhus to work perfectly. And for 1 point more the tzaangors are even better!

**Captyn_Bob**

What about renegade mutants ?
Bit cheaper than cultists. Can use enforcers to shore up leadership (They will get character when the FAQ comes out, don't worry)

**DarklyDreaming**

even if the zombies are slow, keep in mind that they still are goin to charge in the 3rd round (ur enemy cant stay in is deployment zone if he wants to take objectives), and if the enemy is more aggressive than u, movement is not a real issue.

**vipoid**

Out of interest, how many Cultists would you take in a unit?

**darthryan**

Always 40 go big or go home

**vipoid**

darthryan wrote:
Always 40 go big or go home

Doesn't that lead to you being screwed by morale though?

**DarklyDreaming**

20 in poxwalkers, 10 in cultist

**Yarium**

Go Poxwalkers. They are the perfect unit for taking out Astra Militarum Conscript Blobs. If they get into combat with them, you'll generate a ton more bodies!

**mysterice**

It's not a total solution to the morale problem for big blocks of cultists (unlike commissars and conscripts) but you can always leave a Dark Apostle nearby to up the leadership of the cultists from a 6 to a 9. Also the re-rolls in the fight phase don't hurt either.