40k - Tinkering Like A Pikey - Death Guard List Changes

 On the weekend I had a game with Locky which gave my new Death Guard their first run on the table. Up until then I had been theorycrafting my tactics and it became very quickly obvious just how slow and immobile the Death Guard are relative to what I had played most of 8th/9th Ed with (Dark Eldar and Harlequins).

"Da ya lek daags?"

What that has made entirely evident is that tactics need to be vastly different. The list I was using is heavily Plague Marine based which according to the 40k Hivemind is sub-optimal. While I accept this I believe that the list can work but requires very disciplined play. I have made a few changes to the list I used and this week painted up the four new required models.

First change is Putrifier in for Surgeon. While I am not happy about losing a 6+ FNP bubble, I can see benefits in wider synergy. The other thing I have done is taken a "win more" pathogen off my Lord of Contagion. The points that have been freed up have been used to give each of my "Shooty" PM squads a HtH threat to keep opponents honest.

My updated list as follows:

Plague Company: Mortarion's Anvil

++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Chaos - Death Guard) [1,996pts, 7CP] ++

+ Stratagems - Gifts of Decay [-2CP]: 2x Additional Relics

+ HQ +

Lord of Contagion [120pts]: 5. Rotten Constitution, Plaguereaper, Warlord, Warp Insect Hive

Malignant Plaguecaster [95pts]: Miasma of Pestilence; Curse of the Leper

+ Troops +

Plague Marines [195pts, -1CP: Champion of Disease]
Plague Champion: Bolt pistol, Plague knife, Plague Skull of Glothila, Power fist; Plague Marine w/ 2nd Plague Knife; Plague Marine w/ Bubotic Axe; Plague Marine w/ Great Plague Cleaver; Plague Marine w/ Flail of Corruption; Plague Marine w/ Plague Spewer; Plague Marine w/ Plague Belcher

Plague Marines [167pts]
Plague Champion: Boltgun, Plague knife; Plague Marine w/ Blight Launcher; 4x Plague Marine w/ Boltgun, Blight grenades, Krak grenades, Plague knife; Plague Marine w/ Flail of Corruption

Plague Marines [167pts]
Plague Champion: Boltgun, Plague knife; Plague Marine w/ Blight Launcher; 4x Plague Marine w/ Boltgun, Blight grenades, Krak grenades, Plague knife; Plague Marine w/ Flail of Corruption

Plague Marines [167pts]
Plague Champion: Boltgun, Plague knife; Plague Marine w/ Blight Launcher; 4x Plague Marine w/ Boltgun, Blight grenades, Krak grenades, Plague knife; Plague Marine w/ Flail of Corruption

+ Elites +

Blightlord Terminators [295pts]
Champion: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter; 2x Terminator: Bubotic Axe, Combi-bolter; Terminator: Balesword, Combi-bolter; Terminator: Flail of Corruption; Terminator: Blight Launcher, Bubotic Axe; Terminator: Balesword, Plague Spewer

Deathshroud Terminators [150pts, -1CP: Champion of Disease]
Champion: Plaguespurt gauntlet, Reaper of Glorious Entropy; 2x Terminator: 2x Manreaper, 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet

Biologus Putrifier [65pts]

Foul Blightspawn [75pts, -1CP: Warlord Trait] - Gloaming Bloat, Plaguechosen, Revolting Stench-vats

Tallyman [70pts] - Tollkeeper

+ Heavy Support +

Plagueburst Crawler [175pts]: 2x Entropy cannon, Heavy slugger

Plagueburst Crawler [175pts]: 2x Entropy cannon, Heavy slugger

+ Dedicated Transport +

Chaos Rhino [80pts]