Goatboy’s Grimdark Armylist: Death Guard Virulent Vectorium Of Victory

Goatboy here with a 10th Edition Death Guard Virulent Vectorium army that can drone its way to victory.

Goatboy here and in my ranking of favorite Chaos armies, the Death Guard army is usually hovering around #3-4 depending on the mood I am in.  With both the World Eaters and Death Guard out at the same time and my love for the guys in red I most likely won’t be messing with Death Guard for a bit.  I’ll probably still play the best video game on my phone – the GW Army Builder – when the Death Guard get added. But gameplay wise, I will probably wait for a bit before rethinking about Morty’s Dirty Bois.

Right now the detachment I would probably work towards is the Virulent Vectorium just due to the nature of how it works.  It has solid Stratagems, a solid army rule, and powerful enhancements.  Heck it has the best thing to add to a Daemon Prince with Revolting Regeneration and that sweet 5+ Feel No Pain for a mini Morty.  All of these things would push me towards that and some kind of “massed” army list utilizing some of the powerful Datasheets in order to grind the enemy down.

Goatboy’s Death Guard Virulent Vectorium Of Victory

Death Guard – Detachment Virulent Vectorium

-HQ-

Daemon Prince of Nurgle – 215pts – Warlord
Enhancement – Revolting Regeneration

Lord of Poxes – 75pts

Foul Blightspawn – 60pts

Lord of Contagion – 135pts
Enhancement – Furnace of Plagues

Lord of Virulence – 90pts

Tallyman – 40pts

-Battleline-

Plague Marines X 5 – Heavy Plague Weapon, Powerfist, Plague Spewer, Plague Belcher – 95pts
Plague Marines X 5 – Heavy Plague Weapon, Powerfist, Plague Spewer, Plague Belcher – 95pts

-Dedicated Transport-

Rhino – Combi-Bolter X 2, Havoc Launcher – 85pts
Rhino – Combi-Bolter X 2, Havoc Launcher – 85pts

-Other Dataslates-

Foetid Bloat Drone with Heavy Blight Launcher – 100pts
Foetid Bloat Drone with Heavy Blight Launcher – 100pts
Foetid Bloat Drone with Heavy Blight Launcher – 100pts

Deathshroud Terminators X 6 – 300pts
Deathshroud Terminators X 6 – 300pts

Poxwalkers X 10 – 60pts
Poxwalkers X 10 – 60pts

Pts: 1995

Death Guard Virulent Vectorium Of Victory Tactics

If you haven’t read the rules of the Foetid Bloat Drones with Heavy Blight Launchers you should go read them now. They are Strength 10, d6+2 Blast weapons, that are AP – 2, and flat damage 3.  Their range is 36″ and they will be a common thing you will see just like the Deathshroud Terminators are going to be.  You mix this with the Lord of Virulence’s power and you got a reroll to hit option on an enemy unit as well.  The idea of most of this is just a bulky army that can get in the way, have enough play to sticky objectives, and do a bunch of damage with some of their Melee threats as needed.  The Tallyman is just going to sit in the back and maybe get you a CP from time to time.  The biggest issue in all of this is when can you get your hands on the Lord of Poxes unless you are grabbing that new boxed set.

I am guessing the Deathshrouds are going to go up in the future so this was set up to have ways to gain points as needed to keep the army trucking.  I just like how simple the Detachments rules are and how it just gives you more abilities to win and control the field with your stinky bois.  It also looks like a fairly unique army with only a few bits of duplication that you could easily swap out to get more variety if needed.

All Hail the XIVth Legion!

Thomas Reidy, aka Goatboy, the ever-evil member of BoLS. I do arts, play 40k, and even paint a lot of stuff. I have been playing Warhammer 40K since the 1990s, and have won multiple national events including Adepticon and GW GTs. I’ve been writing for BoLS for 15 years. Look at my Instagram to see what I am working on – or working on for someone. I am always doing something hobby related.

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