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i am wanting to start putting together a death guard army and am curious how many poxwalkers i will need. my goal is to initially start with a 500 point force, add to it to get to the 1000 point size next, and then in time grow to a full 2000 points. to start i have acquired 80 poxwalkers and im not sure how many i actually need at the 2000 point mark. most sample list i see run between 20 and 40 poxwalkers. is there a consensus or best guess for an appropriate amount? i plan on trying to trade the excess poxwalkers off but im not sure how many that is. i dont want to trade off too many and then have to scramble to find more in the future. at the same time i dont want to have figures sitting on a shelf that i cant really use. any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

I'm not sure anyone can say. Not just because the DG book is very new - but also because there will be many new books in the future that may alter the meta significantly.

I'd keep at least 60, even if 20-30 are probably not going to make it to the table very often.

If you plan on running Harbinger's with Typhus then you might want around 60-80. Personally, I don't see needing more than 60, I think I ran 40 in my last 2k game and did fine.

I prefer to bring at least 3 units, something like 10/10/20 or 10/10/18. 10/10/20 always better than 20/20, more units could aim for more objectives in early game. No reason to take a unit with 11-14 models, since it would suffer obvious disadvantages against enemy blast weapons.

Start with 3 units of 10. Then play them and see how it goes. 3 units of 10 is the minimum you need for 3 troop units in a Batallion. You don't want to assemble and paint 60 and then find out you don't need so many. Painting 60 models can be exhausting.

There's no rule of thumb for Poxwalkers. They're great with the new Codex, but they didn't fare too well as 8th edition went on.

I have 90 and used them in 3 games. Got sick of the FAQ changes and shelved them. Have yet to use them in 9th, but thinking about it.

thank you guys for the suggestions. i think i will hold on to sixty and try to trade the rest off. while i dont expect to use all of them for my initial force i figure ill eventually grow into needing them.