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Hey there,

I have been working on my a 40k list for Nurgle daemons which I have from my AOS armies.

Now being new to 40K I was hoping I could get some help with my list as to me, this list seems alright but to those who have that experience, it may be a pile of rot. So please, any help towards making this an effective army is greatly appreciated.


I have yet to put any spells or artifacts onto this as I have yet to read through them and decide, any recommendations and why you choose them would be great



+++ Nurgle Daemons (Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition) [99 PL, 14CP, 1997pts] +++

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Daemons) [35 PL, 5CP, 674pts] ++
+ No Force Org Slot +
Chaos Allegiance: Nurgle
Detachment CP [5CP]

+ HQ +
Poxbringer [4 PL, 70pts]
Spoilpox Scrivener [4 PL, 95pts]

+ Troops +
Nurglings [3 PL, 54pts]: 3x Nurgling Swarms
Plaguebearers [12 PL, 235pts]: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 29x Plaguebearer, Plagueridden
Plaguebearers [12 PL, 220pts]: Instrument of Chaos, 29x Plaguebearer, Plagueridden




++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (Chaos - Daemons) [35 PL, 1CP, 730pts] ++
+ No Force Org Slot +
Chaos Allegiance: Nurgle
Detachment CP [1CP]

+ HQ +
Great Unclean One [17 PL, 295pts]: Bileblade, Doomsday bell

+ Fast Attack +
Plague Drones [6 PL, 145pts]: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 2x Plague Drone, Plaguebringer
Plague Drones [6 PL, 145pts]: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 2x Plague Drone, Plaguebringer
Plague Drones [6 PL, 145pts]: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 2x Plague Drone, Plaguebringer




++ Fortification Network (Chaos - Daemons) [3 PL, 85pts] ++
+ No Force Org Slot +
Chaos Allegiance: Nurgle
Detachment CP

+ Fortification +
Feculent Gnarlmaws [3 PL, 85pts]: Feculent Gnarlmaw




++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Chaos - Daemons) [26 PL, 8CP, 508pts] ++
+ No Force Org Slot +
Battle-forged CP [3CP]
Chaos Allegiance: Nurgle
Detachment CP [5CP]

+ HQ +
Poxbringer [4 PL, 70pts]
Spoilpox Scrivener [4 PL, 95pts]


+ Troops +
Nurglings [3 PL, 54pts]: 3x Nurgling Swarms
Nurglings [3 PL, 54pts]: 3x Nurgling Swarms
Plaguebearers [12 PL, 235pts]: Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos, 29x Plaguebearer, Plagueridden

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It's a pretty solid list but I'd make a couple of small changes. One guo on his own gets picked off quickly in 40k, I would replace him with 2 daemon princes. There's a nurgle relic sword which is decent and 2 claws works well too. You might not need wings to save points as your screen is slow.

I'd take a banner on each unit, with bilepiper you have a 1/3 chance of bringing them back.

Finally I rhink nurgle is really great at abusing the character targeting rules so I would put the drones in one unit and deepstrike them. Then your opponent has the choice of shooting plaguebearers or nurglings unless he has snipers and you can spread out accross the whole board before you get your drones and daemon princes into combat.

Hope this helps

What would I have to drop to fit all this in?

hairy0tter wrote:
What would I have to drop to fit all this in?

The Great unclean one and one plaguedrone. Should get you 2 daemon princes and a couple of banners.

yea, someone has explained this to me as I was well confused , but after being told about strategems i see why this is legit