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This is my list for Adepticon this year, atleast I hope it is. Tired of painting Hordes now!

Battalion Detachment +3 CP (Death Guard) [64PL, 1133pts]

HQ

Lord of Contagion
Malignant Plaguecaster [Plague Wind, Putrescent Vitality]

Troops
Plague Marines [Champ w/ Powerfist, 3 x Bolter, 1 x Plasma Gun]
Plague Marines [Champ w/ Powerfist, 3 x Bolter, 1 x Plasma Gun]
Plague Marines [Champ w/ Powerfist, 3 x Bolter, 1 x Plasma Gun]

Fast Attack
Myphic Blight-Hauler
Myphic Blight-Hauler

Heavy Support

Plagueburst Crawler [Heavy Slugger, 2x Entropy Cannon]
Plagueburst Crawler Heavy Slugger, 2x Entropy Cannon]

Battalion Detachment +3 CP (Death Guard) [47PL, 865pts]

HQ

Malignant Plaguecaster [ Blades of Putrification, Gift of Contagion, The Pandemic Staff]
Typhus [ Warlord ]

Troops

Chaos Cultists [ 1x Champ , 1 x Cultist w/ Heavy Stubber, 8 x Autogun]
Chaos Cultists [ 1x Champ w/ Brutal Assault and Autopistol, 1 x Cultist w/ Flamer, 8 x Cultist with Autopistol and Brutal Assault Weapon]
Poxwalkers [x20]
Poxwalkers [x20]
Poxwalkers [x20]

Elites

Noxious Blightbringer
Tallyman

Thoughts: A horde of the dead screened by cultists and blight haulers. Typhus can buff the team of dead while other units hold points and trouble shoot (literally ). I may have too many psykers, cultists split is just what I own the models for. Any comments or criticism is fine. Just keep it friendly

Blight-haulers have no sense unless you get 3 in a single unit. They can also be buffed together with phychic powers, besides having +1 to hit.

I would suggest using blight launchers instead of plasmaguns on plague marines. Much more cost-effective, especially with Arch-Contaminator (you ARE giving your warlord that trait, right? Maybe with Fugaris' helm too...). Personally, I would keep them cheap, 5 with 2 blight launchers at 105 points (power fist is too expensive and not as effective).

Also, Foul Blightspawns are great, you should consider one or two

sorry but i see nothing so competitive in here... beside 60 pox+thypus, you miss some powerful pieces like Dp, bloated drones and Dg termy and Mortarion, without some of them no way you can build a competitive list


++ Battalion Detachment +3CP (Chaos - Death Guard) [47 PL, 873pts] ++

+ HQ +

Malignant Plaguecaster [6 PL, 110pts]: Curse of the Leper, Plague Wind

Typhus [9 PL, 175pts]: Miasma of Pestilence, Putrescent Vitality

+ Elites +

Blightlord Terminators [14 PL, 228pts]
. Blightlord Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Flail of Corruption
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter
. Blightlord Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter

+ Troops +

Poxwalkers [6 PL, 120pts]: 20x Poxwalker

Poxwalkers [6 PL, 120pts]: 20x Poxwalker

Poxwalkers [6 PL, 120pts]: 20x Poxwalker

++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (Chaos - Death Guard) [24 PL, 470pts] ++

+ Lord of War +

Mortarion [24 PL, 470pts]: Blades of Putrefaction, Curse of the Leper, Miasma of Pestilence

++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Death Guard) [33 PL, 654pts] ++

+ HQ +

Daemon Prince of Nurgle [9 PL, 180pts]: Blades of Putrefaction, Malefic talon, The Suppurating Plate, Wings

+ Fast Attack +

Foetid Bloat-drone [8 PL, 158pts]: 2x Plaguespitters, Plague probe

Foetid Bloat-drone [8 PL, 158pts]: 2x Plaguespitters, Plague probe

Foetid Bloat-drone [8 PL, 158pts]: 2x Plaguespitters, Plague probe

++ Total: [104 PL, 1997pts] ++

maybe this can be closer at something competitive, if you like try it.

If I put all the Blight Haulers in one unit, don't I need to keep them in cohesion? I would rather have them separated and putting out their -1 to hit on the infantry. I have heard a couple times to pull the plasma from the Marines and put those points into a daemon prince or 3rd plagueburst so I may do that.

I don't own Mortarion and I don't plan on fielding him since is suddenly becomes a "Mortarion" list and I need to rebuild all strategies for this monster unit. Would rather have more bodies to claim and hold objectives.

60 poxes are enough for obj, If you dont play Mortarion cause you dont have is ok, dont play cause you think is not useful well.. good luck. The only thing i can say is a list like your in a competitive enviroment stand no chances, sorry if im so blunt, but im playing Dg since the day codex was released i brought it at 4 tournaments in a row and i learned how Dg must play to have some chance to compete. The best choices in add dex are Dp, Mortarion, poxwalkers, Thypus and foetid drones, if you plan to play pure Dg you need most of those units, you can decide to keep Mortarion off but really you lack the upper hand in some macthes and in Mirrors where he play him and you dont, btw i wont be rude just express my honest opinion.

 blackmage wrote:
The best choices in add dex are Dp, Mortarion, poxwalkers, Thypus and foetid drones

Can I ask why drones and not plagueburst crawlers? I mean, drones are good, but PBCs are cheaper, almost as fast, have more weapons, higher strength and they are more resilient. They lack close combat (in which the drone is mediocre, except with fleshmower which you will almost never use anyway), and more importantly, Fly, but I still think they are good choices

Just spam plagueburst crawlers and use them in a similar fashion to the drones. Those S7 flamers are deadly. Any additional hits the slugger and mortar get are a bonus. Use a lord with te relic helm for re rolls. Also with the rules for measuring ranges, you can measure from any part on the model, so when firing the mortar you can measure the range from the furthest point on the vehicle away from the target unit, to avoid that minimum 12” range. You can probs fit 7 or 8 plagueburst crawlers in a List with a daemon Prince some poxwalkers and other stuff.

Teschio wrote:

 blackmage wrote:
The best choices in add dex are Dp, Mortarion, poxwalkers, Thypus and foetid drones

Can I ask why drones and not plagueburst crawlers? I mean, drones are good, but PBCs are cheaper, almost as fast, have more weapons, higher strength and they are more resilient. They lack close combat (in which the drone is mediocre, except with fleshmower which you will almost never use anyway), and more importantly, Fly, but I still think they are good choices

cause drones are faster with fly and cant get locked in combat, he can fall back and still shot or fly over screens and charge what is needed to charge, fly up ruins and engage models in 1st 2nd floors etc...

True, but crawlers are much tougher (seeing that a lot of anti-tank weapons are S8, and most dakka is S4), and 11% cheaper. The drone can engage targets, but it will have a hard time hurting them in melee. I'm not saying the PBC is better, and being tied up in combat is his major issue (too bad Feculent Gnarlmaw requires a separate deachment and makes you more static, otherwise that would be the solution), I'd say they have different roles but are pretty much equivalent.

tougher or not if they are engaged in CaC they stop shooting, they cant move behind screens, for a unit the only thing can do is shoot, being loked in combat is a major drawback, drones main role is burn medium light units (u meet tons in actual 40k) then charge things which can hurt ur units and force them to fall back and dont shoot, that way i won almost for wipe out a match against ultramarines, he was forced every single turn to fall back with his veichles losting tons of firepower and when i needed i still can fall back and shoot at his stuff.

 blackmage wrote:
tougher or not if they are engaged in CaC they stop shooting, they cant move behind screens, for a unit the only thing can do is shoot, being loked in combat is a major drawback

this matters much less if you mix spitters-equipped PBCs and FBD... quite often an opponent choses to engage FBD rather than PBC in melee as he sees FBD more dangerous and it's easier to get rid of... also note PBC explodes violently, often making more MW than while shooting from the back