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Pretty much topic...

I have :

60 plague bearers
9 plague drones
9 nurglings
50 Cultists
Glottkin (great unclean one counts as)
2 Nurgle herald
2 daemon prince

So far the only thing ive found theyre good at is not dying

 Ubl1k wrote:
So far the only thing ive found theyre good at is not dying

Isn't that a good thing?

So far the only thing ive found theyre good at is not dying

So pretty much the same as in every other edition ...

Are they good?

 Dalymiddleboro wrote:
Are they good?

Well, apparently they are good at not dying.

If you can find a use for such a talent.

 Dalymiddleboro wrote:

 Ubl1k wrote:
So far the only thing ive found theyre good at is not dying

Isn't that a good thing?

Not if it's the only thing you do. You need to be able to destroy your opponent and move around the table to get objectives which Nurgle is not good at

Not so great. Pure Daemons took a big hit in 8th.

No longer do they have the awesome formations and random tables that made them even more powerful.

No more grimoire or invisibility, or even relics to make Tzeentch dudes near immortal. Of course, Tzeentch daemons are still the best ones out there now, but not nearly at the level they were in 7th.

Closer to the topic, there are no more shrouded, jinking Nurgle Princes flying around and wrecking face.

Plaguebearers and Nurglings are decent, as they make useful objective campers, Character screens, or deep strike denial units [Nurglings]. But the other ones aren't so hot. Even the GUO is noticeably less impressive than before.

Until the Daemons codex comes out, I feel that Nurgle units are best left to the above uses, or as combo-synergy with Chaos Space Marine units. They'll probably also find new uses in the upcoming Death Guard book

Yeah, I have been wondering what's happening to Daemons without Deathstars. Someone offered to sell me his Fateweaver and Be'Lakor models so I knew something was up.

The only Nurgle unit I have heard about that overperforms is the Bloat Drone. It's pretty amazing, actually, considering there's no way to knock out it's weapons without killing it.

Other than that, Daemons seem to be reduced to footslogging and summoning lists atm. A friend is playing a CSM list where he summons about 700 points of Daemons into each game and mostly uses them for assault.

So a starting Nurgle Daemon player would be wise to get the Start Collecting box first for the drones?

Dew wrote:
So a starting Nurgle Daemon player would be wise to get the Start Collecting box first for the drones?

I mean, I plan on buying a SC box for basically every set of Drones I need. The price is so close, why wouldn't you? You can always use more Nurglings, and Plaguebearers are much better in larger blobs. There's nothing you don't need in that box, and it's a steal.

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