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I was considering adding an ally to my Death Guard army and just wondered what people would consider the best. I was torn between Daemons (which I've had meh results with) and Guard which I haven't tired...or if there is another option I'm open to suggestions!

I use purely Nurgle daemons and they are the awesome !!! I run a GUO, tooled Nurgle Daemon Prince, Plaguebearers and Nurglings... There are plenty of other good choices as well such Soul Grinders, Plague Drones, etc.

What is available to you that is fast enough to contest/deny far objectives for you?

If daemons aren't working out for you then Necrons are a good ally for CSM in general. I think IG could be too.

I already own Necrons so it would be convenient for me. I wouldn't mind trying guard, but I hear they are getting a new book shortly and don't want to buy anything in fear of I'll find something good then have it be different in the next book. I've had mixed reactions with Daemons. I tried allying them with DG for a bit and figured they would just work better solo with a lot of MCs. Just my two cents.

The trouble with Guard Allies is mech. You can't get enough tanks for them really to be as tough as you want them. Most of the Traitor Guard players I know ally with CSMs to get Heldrakes.

Personnaly i've tried farsight Tau, with only Exoarmors, modeled them to be Dark mechanicus Battle Automatas.

Not bad.

Deamons can definatly work, but it depends on the opposing army.

Never tried Orks, but could be fun, specially if you do Mutants models like in the old Lost and the Damned army list.

I personnaly like IG ABG, with the minimal, 3 Russes, 1 vanquisher with Beast hunter shells as HQ, Beast Hunter shells makes the Vanquisher canon ID, really usefull Vs Nids.

With 2 Russes a Executioner and a Punisher, for less then 550pts, i've got a bit more fire power on front Av14 platforms.

 Tyno2025 wrote:
I already own Necrons so it would be convenient for me. I wouldn't mind trying guard, but I hear they are getting a new book shortly and don't want to buy anything in fear of I'll find something good then have it be different in the next book. I've had mixed reactions with Daemons. I tried allying them with DG for a bit and figured they would just work better solo with a lot of MCs. Just my two cents.

Daemons have worked quite well for me. My current list has a GUO, tooled up DP, a large squad of Plaguebearers and a small squad of Nurglings. The GUO works well as a deterrent to any army that gets too close to my Death Guard. I also run a tooled up CSM Black Mace DP and he works great in tandem with the CSM DP.

Numbers and firepower weight are death guard's weakness so orks pair well as do IG. Necrons are also very cost effective allies but don't counter a lot of weaknesses.

I find daemons the way to go. I run a maxed guo and maxed dp with a unit of 10 plague bearers. The guo guards my home objectives and protects my ranged support. The dp flys after threats in my opponents dz. this has worked fairly well for me. The plague bearers camp/footslog/ds as the situation calls for.