The Death Guard get their own psychic discipline in the form of the Contagion Discipline! Another previewed rule in Warhammer Community, Contagions are rules that affect enemy models or units within a certain range, and the range expands as the game goes on. Myphitic Blight-Haulers are also likewise enhanced, with better WS/BS and an improvement to 9W and 4A each. Codex: Death Guard is a codex for the 9th Edition of Warhammer 40,000. This has a high floor (itll be unusual to score below 6) but a pretty low ceiling, as you can only do one per turn so maxing it out against a savvy opponent is going to be very tough. to make for some incredibly nasty consequences for big units), gives friendly units +1 movement when not Falling Back, and gives nearby psykers -1 to their tests. platform from which to lunch your contagions into the thick of the enemy army. Personally Id go for Mortarions Anvil one to shut down any overwatch, then have a field day chucking a Daemon Primarch at terrified units! and wish they made it one Daemon Prince per army. get some changes malefic talons become free, but only give you +2A when you have a pair rather than +3, and are only AP-1 now. Rather than letting a whole unit throw grenades, it lets you pick three models in your army to have their grenades become Pistol 6 for a phase, and automatically hit in melee. Don: All of the plague companies are great, but if I had to pick one as being the best Plague Company, I would have to go with The Ferrymen. Something we had been wondering about was how much of the Psychic Awakening rules would make it into the new Codex, and Plague Companies were the biggest part of that update. This is going to let you do some extremely stupid stuff in combination with the Plague Company Contagions and the Flash Outbreak stratagem. Rob: The Droning is incredibly rude, but overall I think Mortarions Anvil gets the nod from me. this relic has changed a bit from its War of the Spider version and is locked to the Tallyman. I have a small collection of marines but I'm too poor to buy the book Thanks in advance 28 65 comments Add a Comment gatedcerulean 1 yr. ago To put it mildly, being able to slap a 12 bubble of half movement or no re-rolls on a Bloat-Drone on turn 2 and just sort of fly it near your opponents entire dang army is quite the thing. Each roll of a 4 or a 5 inflicts 1 mortal wound and each roll of a 6 inflicts D3 mortal wounds. . With. New Crusade rules allow your force to spread their influence, and reference photos and lore sections round out the Codex to . The traits he gets are Arch Contaminator (re-rolls to wound on plague weapons), Revoltingly Resilient (5+ to ignore wounds), and Living Plague (enemy units within 3 cant be affected by aura abilities from the opposing army). Infernal Jealously limits you to one LORD OF THE DEATH GUARD unit per Detachment. It does not affect Nurgle units when it explodes either. In addition the Remorseless rule lets them ignore Combat Attrition modifiers. A couple on objectives in the midground could be an option, but thats eating into your already tight points. That means the sword build in particular is massively better here you get 6 S8 AP-3 D3 attacks (plus one with your default talon), and your opponent is going to be at -1T. I have a feeling that this will be folded into the Nurgle Daemon rules too, which will be interesting to see as Plague Bearers currently wouldnt get a benefit from it. This guy has had a few changes too, the weapon is less spiky now simply being S7 and is damage 2 with a 12 range, his stink has also changed somewhat now allowing him to select 1 enemy unit within 3 to fight last, Couple of changes here, his Blight Racks make nearby units grenades Ap1 and Damage 2, which is pretty fun, he can now also make a friendly Core unit cause mortal wounds on a wound of 6 in close combat in addition to any other damage, The Tallyman has a fun new ability that gives a Core unit within 6 +1 to hit for a turn, his Seven Fold Chant has also changed, simply giving him a command point on a 2D6 roll of 7+ each turn. Every HQ choice except for the Malignant Blightcaster and the Sorcerer in Terminator Armour now has the LORD OF THE DEATH GUARD keyword, preventing you from taking more than one in a detachment. You can decide to give your characters a Chaos Boon instead of granting them a battle honour, leaving the results of their fate to Nurgle himself! We hope thats whetted the diseased, depraved appetites of all the Chaos players out there, and were pretty sure that in the next few weeks were going to be seeing Death Guard armies slamming onto any tablenot quarantined by a sadly-too-real disease in force. Contagions are a fun new mechanic, though outside of a stratagem it is a shame the really interesting ones are tied to your Warlord that said, I can see a lot of people bringing Mortarion as their Warlord as he is certainly very tasty and gives you a resilient (daemonically so!) There are notably a few things missing from this book! In a similar vein, you have a whole laundry list of attractively priced buff characters that give you more ways to confound the enemy while also enhancing your own troops. This may be a kiss of death for them, but this is a subject of ongoing debate among the team as youll see below. This lets you essentially run as many as you want in a single Detachment, which is pretty great. Disgusting Force Increases the damage of the Plagueburst mortar to 3 and does splash mortal wounds to units near the target! (1 CP/2 CP) upgrades a unit of Chaos Spawn to get +1 Toughness and gain Disgustingly Resilient, and costs 2 CP if the unit has 4+ models. Not good against every army, but going to absolutely, some opponents, especially on Mortarion. returns but no longer lets a Daemon Engine shoot after Falling Back it now lets you shoot Blast weapons at units in Engagement range and you get +1 to hit enemy units in Engagement range with ranged attacks. Have lumped these together as no major changes outside of smoke becoming a strat and both weapon options of the Predator becoming different Datasheets allowing you to take 6 Predators in your army if you want! B+, Don: This unit is capable of spreading Nurgles Gift around and is very capable of helping to keep your infantry alive against shooting. They also dont count as relics, so you can combine them on your non-named characters too! They all get a jump to 5 movement, +1 attack, and 3W but get to keep their T5 and their 4+ invulnerable saves. +1AP. This may be a kiss of death for them, but this is a subject of ongoing debate among the team as youll see below. Core unit so affected by most buffs. straight and still as death around their sorcerous masters; Desperate enough to hope, hunted until willing 9 offers from $22.95. I do not feel that this codex is more powerful than the Space Marines or Necrons codexes. Thats no bad thing as both are strong, so expect to continue to see them perform in lists, and both being able to go onto big Poxwalker blobs is nice. Both conditions must be met to gain these points. Here are a few that are worth noting: Its a solid list, and a few of them can be given to squad champions via a Stratagem. and has been replaced with most units just having more attacks. More on that later. However, most of these units have other things that buffed them, like the daemon prince sword becoming str +1 ap3 3dmg. , gives the warlord full re-rolls to hit and wound in melee. They are a walking pestilence, a living plague of destruction and horror. and way more cost-efficient for getting volume of attacks down than Plague Marines now that only one model in five can swap to a free second plague knife. Despite all this, Blightlords still get to sit at a very attractive 40ppm. This power seems very strong if youre planning around any of the special Contagions, so expect to see it a bunch. A+, Spread the Sickness (Shadow Operations): Death Guard INFANTRY only, including Poxwalkers (its the only action Poxwalkers can perform). Units with this rule count as Stationary if they didnt Advance or Fall Back in the previous Movement phase, Vehicles with the rule dont get a penalty for firing Heavy Weapons at units within Engagement range, and INFANTRY with this ability ignore any/all modifiers to its Move characteristic and Advance and Charge rolls. is now -1 to incoming damage instead of a 5+ roll to ignore a wound. (1 CP) is used in the Shooting or Fight phase to give a unit of Terminators +1 to its hit rolls. Hes an, has been completely reworked and received huge boosts; it now gives enemy units within 6 -1 to their combat attrition tests (which combos well with. 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Infernal Jealousy is the only rule I dont love here, and only because the Death Guard dont have a non-Psyker Death Guard HQ. That makes them the perfect combo with the Biologus Putrifier, and way more cost-efficient for getting volume of attacks down than Plague Marines now that only one model in five can swap to a free second plague knife. The Death Guard see quite a lot of changes in this new Codex, with a number of new keywords created in order to manage these rules. Your Warlord also gets an additional aura of his own based on which Plague Company you select. Corrupted by the powers of Nurgle, the children of Mortarion grow bloated with filth, their unnatural resilience lending to their tenacious trench warfare abilities. If you want to really upset the above mentioned Eldar then this power adds 6 to your contagion giving you an impressive aura of -1 T. The Death Guard have had quite a few changes across their rules, so lets take a look at what has changed compared to the previous book and see how they stack up now! You pay 30 points more for it than Chaos Space Marines do theirs, but the other upside is that the Defiler Cannon is now a flat 3 damage gun. Finally we have the plague weapon specialists, these have a strat that increases plague belchers, plaguespurt gauntlets and plague spewers to D2, their contagion removes the benefit of cover and they get a super plague sprayer as a relic. There are three of these and two of them are pretty good. Don and I are very excited to talk about this book theres a lot here and Chaos players of all stripes should be, Death Guard have a lot of Detachment rules now. That makes them the perfect combo with the. stratagem. of the Plague Planet .68 Plaguebusst Cawier Lords ofthe Desth Guatd.ncce-30 Death Guard Warf LS oninvern69 Defer bs Death . Joining us for this review is relatively new Goonhammer author Don The Mastodon Hooson, a player renowned for his mad genius when it comes to Death Guard and Chaos Space Marines lists. Editorial: Can we not, with the Fallen thing? Blightlord Terminators, Deathshroud Terminators, Tallyman, Plague Surgeon, Poxwalkers, Mortarion. Contagions of Nurgle is a new ability held by the majority of the army that dishes out a -1 Toughness aura this aura increases in range as the game continues up to Turn 4 giving most of your army a 9 -1 T aura, which is rather brutal! 9.1 Codices; 9.2 Supplements; 9.3 Campaigns & Expansions; 10 Related Articles; . Possessed, unfortunately their transport options have been limited. The main cannon is also now damage 3, which would be very tasty using the earlier mentioned ability to fire it in engagement range! This is an amazing ability every enemy unit within 3 cannot be affected by aura abilities from their army, no rerolls, no shenanigans, nothing! contagion resembles Mortarions old ability to do mortal wounds on a 4+ to nearby units. This is a very good bonus; its not quite as singularly powerful as Combat Doctrines (and their Chapter Doctrine tag-alongs), and thats a good thing. This gives you back some of the old Foul Blightspawn magic, giving one of them a 6 aura that means enemies never count as having charged, and cannot benefit from any Fight First effects. The Death Guard are the Traitor Legion most favoured by Nurgle. The relic allows you to give a daemon engine a 4+ invulnerable save, and their warlord trait is a contagion that reduces leadership and increases combat attrition. With Mortarions Anvil, I do also want to call out that the relic is an absurdly strong character buff it just gives the bearer full hit and wound re-rolls in melee with no questions asked, which is quite the thing on a Daemon Prince with a hellforged sword.
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