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Just picked up the Death Guard codex and it's wonderful.

I loathe using special characters so I figured I would try to make a list that could hold its own without them.

Also gives me a chance to try out some of the shiny new gizmos

BATTALION DETACHMENT: 1998pts
-HQ: 260pts
-Lord of Contagion (Warlord): 150pts
---Plaguereaper, Relic: The Suppurating Plate, WL-Trait: Revoltingly Resilient
-Malignant Plaguecaster: 110pts
---Blades of Putrefaction, Miasma of Pestilence
-Troops: 622pts
-Plague Marines (10): 299pts
--Champion: Power Fist, Plasma Pistol, Plague Sword
---Flail of Contagion, Great Plague Cleaver, 2x Bubotic Axe + Mace of Contagion, 2x Bubotic Axe + Plague Knife, 2x Plague Belchers, Plague Knife + Icon of Despair
-Plague Marines (5): 147pts
--Champion: Plasma gun, Plaguesword, Powerfist
---2x Plasma guns, 2x Bolters
-Pox Walkers (19): 114pts
-Pox Walkers (10): 60pts
-Elites: 614pts
-Noxious Blightbringer
-Tallyman
-Deathshroud (3): 225pts
-Blightlord Terminators (5): 279pts
--Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi Plasma
---2x Combi Plasma, Blight Launcher, 3x Bubotic Axe, Flail of Contagion
Fast Attack: 159pts
-Foetid Bloat-Drone
---Heavy Blight Launcher
Heavy Support: 318pts
-Plagueburst Crawler
---2x Plaguespitters, Rothail Volley gun
-Plagueburst Crawler
---2x Entropy Cannons, Rothail Volley gun

So first off, the 5-man Plague Marine squad will be focused on holding objectives/taking out deepstriking units. The Pox Walkers get deployed as close as possible to the enemy with the 10 man Plague Marine squad right behind them, Blightbringer helps them run up the board faster, Surgeon helps keep them alive, Tallyman is there to get them to hit harder. Plaguecaster also goes with the 'Plaguestar' casting Miasma of pestilence on the Pox Walkers and Putrefaction on the Marines. I plan on using the Cloud of Flies stratagem to keep the enemy from shooting the marines. Bloat-drone runs along side them more as a distraction carnifex then anything. The Plague Crawlers sit backfield and launch barrages into the enemy. The Lord of Contagion, Death Shroud, and Blightlords go in deep strike. LoC and Deathshroud try to get into combat, Blightlords will either teleport in where I need them or help pincer in the Deathshrouds target.

My opponent will more than likely be fielding some flavor of Astarte.

Feedback encouraged, tell me what I'm doing wrong please.

It's hard not to recommend Typhus if you're going to be dependent on Poxwalkers in any way.

I would ditch the Great Plague Cleaver and go with two Flail of Corruption on that close combat squad of Plague Marines.

Also, consider that your opponent may deepstrike your PBC if left unattended in your back field.

It looks solid other than that - though I do question whether it's worth taking so many elites. Particularly the Tallyman and Deathshroud. If you got rid of them you'd have enough points for another PBC and Bloat Drone, or two Bloat Drones.

Valid points. What if I dropped the Tallyman or Surgeon and some select upgrades throughout and added in another pox walkers squad. I can use them to screen the Plague Crawlers and hold whatever objective they're on. I could outfit one of the tanks with plaguespitters for better overwatch too.

Sounds like a good idea to me - but then I'd definitely consider trading the Lord of Contagion for Typhus. +1 Strength and Toughness on all those poxwalkers is tough to pass up.

how you gonne contend with big stuff with lots of wounds?

Luciferian wrote:Sounds like a good idea to me - but then I'd definitely consider trading the Lord of Contagion for Typhus. +1 Strength and Toughness on all those poxwalkers is tough to pass up.

I would but I loathe using special characters, plus I can do without him
Maybe I can switch out Miasma of Pestilence for Putrescent Vitality?
I dropped the Surgeon and some upgrades throughout, picked up another squad of poxwalkers. Put a HBL on the drone and Plaguespitters on one of the Crawlers