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Since 8th edition droped with the Dark Imperium boxe, I always though that the the Dual Plague spitter Foatid Bloat Drone was pretty Strong.
How viable would an army be if I spammed say, 8 to 9 of them ahahahah?

Here is a few things that came to mind:

- The Fly Keyword in general is just Really strong.

- Start them near a Feculant Gnarlmaw and a Noxious BlightBrigner. That way, they can move, Advance using 2D6 (pick the highest), Fire their nasty Plague Spitter and then Possibly charge Turn one for the Safety of Combat. The turn after that, they Retreat and Vomit on another Vulnerable target (Overwatch is as potent if they get charged, so).

- Your Fortification Detachment of Feculent Gnarlmaws is a Chaos Daemon Detachment. This gives you acces to some cool Stratagems. Daeminic Possession Helps you to capitalize on your opponants peril of the Warp. Denizens of the warp allows you to Deep Strike another Feculant Gnarlmaw near the ennemy frontline, allowing your Bloat Drones to Retreat, Shoot and then Charge Again. The Locus of Fecundity Stratagem would give your Death Guard Winged Deamon Prince for instance, a nice 6'' bubble to Re-roll the 1s from your Bloat Drones's Disgustingly Resilient ability.

- Babysit your Bloat Drone with a Jump Pack Character with the Arch-Contaminator Warlord trait. Your Bloat Drones within 7" will then be able to reroll all to wounds rolls.

- Fill your minimum troops with minimum squads of poxbringers. In later turns, you should be able to greatly bolster the numbers thanks to the Dead walks again Stratagem.
By targetting the oblivious Screen/Tarpits from your opponents's army with your plague spitters; You'll have a horde of Objective Scoring Poxwalkers in no Time!

- Epidemius would fit well in such a list.

- Bloat Drones explode more Easily for some "Easy" mortal wounds distribution.

- PoxBringer (Herald) can increase the STR of the Plague Spitters by one with its Locus of Nurgle.


What do you guys think?

I love to run my drones forward and sit them as close to the enemy lines as i can and just park them there vomiting on things.dont charge into combat just sit there. Your opponent then has to either walk round them so gives you board control, shoot them which means more valuable things dont get shot, charge it themselves and take lots of overwatch damage. If they kill it then it explodes damaging nearby units, if they dont kill it then it is free to keep harassing things. Now this is annoying woth 1 or 2 drones but do it with 4 or 5 and it can seriously screw up your enemies battle plan.