Death guard Competative list

Death Guard/Mortarion's Hammer + Contagion Engines/Strike ForceShared

Put 10man into rhino run around shooting using the enhancement on him while bloat drone and etc have assault from detachment

000·Updated 18h ago by James Sweeney

Strike Force2,000 limit

1,980pts

Units

Models

3/3

The read

Anti-infantry sits in the top 6%, spread across the list; reach is in the bottom third.

«the top 6%» means above roughly 94% of sampled reference list shapes for that capability — a comparison, never win odds.

Shapedashed ring = average list

The shape, not the verdict. Area is not a score — two lists with the same area can play nothing alike. The bars beside it are the reading that counts, and each spoke is this list's percentile under baseline assumptions.

Every axisabove averagebelow

Open a row to see the units behind it.

Strength · Anti-infantry

Exceptional against line infantry — top 6% of lists

Top 6% · 5.77 per 100 pts · mostly Mortarion (20%)

375 pts

Strength · Anti-elite

Exceptional against elite infantry — top 6% of lists

Top 6% · 3.52 per 100 pts · mostly Mortarion (16%)

375 pts

Strength · Anti-horde

Exceptional against massed infantry — top 7% of lists

Top 7% · 7.73 per 100 pts · mostly Plague Marines (16%)

175 pts

Gap · Reach

Short-ranged — has to close the distance

Bottom 26% · 0.63 per 100 pts · best available: Myphitic Blight-hauler (12%)

190 pts

Estimates from weapon profiles alone — terrain, mission scoring, stratagems and target priority are not modelled.

Battle readinessheuristic, not a score

Threat coverageStrong

Answers 4 of the four target archetypes at or above average.

Mission scoringStrong

14 scoring bodies, 74 OC on the table at deployment.

Delivery and reachThin

Deep Strike on 3 units, 0% of the points off the table turn 1.

Staying powerStrong

Average T6.4, 3.9 W per model and 7 units with an invulnerable save.

Matchup lensthe same axes, re-weighted

85weighted percentile

What carries it

Anti-infantryp94 ×.2

Anti-elitep94 ×.2

Anti-hordep93 ×.2

Plan around

Anti-infantry is the clearest answer here; Reach is the pressure point to plan around.

Rules package6 read

Army ×1Detachment ×2Enhancement ×2Warlord ×1

The army, detachment, enhancement and leader rules the maths read — including 4 conditional ones it did not fold into the numbers.

Which rules, and the stratagems they unlock

Army

Nurgle's Gift (Aura)conditional

Detachment

Miasmic Bombardmentconditional
Warped and Rusted Animus

Enhancement

Parasitic Woe‑reaper (Upgrade)conditional
Parasitic Woe‑reaper (Upgrade)conditional

Warlord

Warlord designation

Stratagems these units can trigger

DRAWN TO DESPAIR1 CP

Legal-looking opportunities for these units and phases, not automatic bonuses — board state, CP and the exact trigger still decide.

Composition & risk

Points on the table turn 1: 1,980(100%)
In reserves: 0(0%)
Scoring bodies on the table: 14
Largest single investment: Mortarion(19%)

Redundancy, special tools and leaders

Who carries each answer

anti-hordePlague Marines16%
15 units contribute
anti-infantryMortarion20%
15 units contribute
anti-eliteMortarion16%
15 units contribute
anti-armourMortarion19%
15 units contribute

No single unit owns an offensive answer — losing any one of them leaves the list functional.

Special tools

Deep Strike3
Scouts1
Infiltrators1
FLY3
Lone Operative2
Battleline2

Leader groups

Mortarionunattached
Typhusunattached
Daemon Prince of Nurgleunattached
Malignant Plaguecasterunattached
Tallymanunattached

Secondary mission fit18 cards vs this list's shape

9Good4Possible5Difficult

Good — The list has several independent ways to meet this condition.

A Grievous Blow
A Tempting Target
Bring It Down
Burden Of Trust
Cleanse
Defend Stronghold
No Prisoners
Overwhelming Force
Secure No Man's Land

Possible — The list can attempt this, but it depends on positioning or a key unit.

Display Of Might
Engage On All Fronts
Forward Position
Plunder

Difficult — This condition is hard to support with the current list shape.

Assassination
Beacon
Behind Enemy Lines
Centre Ground
Outflank

Fit is about list shape, not about what you will draw. A «difficult» card is still scorable — it just needs the game to go your way.

The read

Anti-infantry sits in the top 6%, spread across the list; reach is in the bottom third.

«the top 6%» means above roughly 94% of sampled reference list shapes for that capability — a comparison, never win odds.

Shapedashed ring = average list

Every axisabove averagebelow

Open a row to see the units behind it.

Strength · Anti-infantry

Exceptional against line infantry — top 6% of lists

Top 6% · 5.77 per 100 pts · mostly Mortarion (20%)

375 pts

Strength · Anti-elite

Exceptional against elite infantry — top 6% of lists

Top 6% · 3.52 per 100 pts · mostly Mortarion (16%)

375 pts

Strength · Anti-horde

Exceptional against massed infantry — top 7% of lists

Top 7% · 7.73 per 100 pts · mostly Plague Marines (16%)

175 pts

Gap · Reach

Short-ranged — has to close the distance

Bottom 26% · 0.63 per 100 pts · best available: Myphitic Blight-hauler (12%)

190 pts

Estimates from weapon profiles alone — terrain, mission scoring, stratagems and target priority are not modelled.

Battle readinessheuristic, not a score

Threat coverageStrong

Answers 4 of the four target archetypes at or above average.

Mission scoringStrong

14 scoring bodies, 74 OC on the table at deployment.

Delivery and reachThin

Deep Strike on 3 units, 0% of the points off the table turn 1.

Staying powerStrong

Average T6.4, 3.9 W per model and 7 units with an invulnerable save.

Matchup lensthe same axes, re-weighted

85weighted percentile

What carries it

Anti-infantryp94 ×.2

Anti-elitep94 ×.2

Anti-hordep93 ×.2

Plan around

Anti-infantry is the clearest answer here; Reach is the pressure point to plan around.

Rules package6 read

Army ×1Detachment ×2Enhancement ×2Warlord ×1

The army, detachment, enhancement and leader rules the maths read — including 4 conditional ones it did not fold into the numbers.

Which rules, and the stratagems they unlock

Army

Nurgle's Gift (Aura)conditional

Detachment

Miasmic Bombardmentconditional
Warped and Rusted Animus

Enhancement

Parasitic Woe‑reaper (Upgrade)conditional
Parasitic Woe‑reaper (Upgrade)conditional

Warlord

Warlord designation

Stratagems these units can trigger

DRAWN TO DESPAIR1 CP

Legal-looking opportunities for these units and phases, not automatic bonuses — board state, CP and the exact trigger still decide.

Composition & risk

Points on the table turn 1: 1,980(100%)
In reserves: 0(0%)
Scoring bodies on the table: 14
Largest single investment: Mortarion(19%)

Redundancy, special tools and leaders

Who carries each answer

anti-hordePlague Marines16%
15 units contribute
anti-infantryMortarion20%
15 units contribute
anti-eliteMortarion16%
15 units contribute
anti-armourMortarion19%
15 units contribute

No single unit owns an offensive answer — losing any one of them leaves the list functional.

Special tools

Deep Strike3
Scouts1
Infiltrators1
FLY3
Lone Operative2
Battleline2

Leader groups

Mortarionunattached
Typhusunattached
Daemon Prince of Nurgleunattached
Malignant Plaguecasterunattached
Tallymanunattached

Secondary mission fit18 cards vs this list's shape

9Good4Possible5Difficult

Good — The list has several independent ways to meet this condition.

A Grievous Blow
A Tempting Target
Bring It Down
Burden Of Trust
Cleanse
Defend Stronghold
No Prisoners
Overwhelming Force
Secure No Man's Land

Possible — The list can attempt this, but it depends on positioning or a key unit.

Display Of Might
Engage On All Fronts
Forward Position
Plunder

Difficult — This condition is hard to support with the current list shape.

Assassination
Beacon
Behind Enemy Lines
Centre Ground
Outflank

Fit is about list shape, not about what you will draw. A «difficult» card is still scorable — it just needs the game to go your way.