Spiky Norman Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 I want to expand my Nurgle Daemons to 2000pts and have been really stuck on what to buy. So I thought I'd seek advice on TGA. I looked back at previous Nurgle threads, but didn't find enough info to answer my questions, so I thought I would ask you guys for advice. :-) This is what I already have ready and painted: Great Unclean One Herald of Nurgle Rotbringer Sorcerer/Chaos Sorcerer Lord Lord of Plague Beast of Nurgle 6xPlague Drones 20xPlaguebearers 6xNurgling bases My 1000pts army look like this: Great Unclean One Herald of Nurgle Plague Drones of Nurgle Nurglings Beast of Nurgle Plaguebearers of Nurgle Plaguebearers of Nurgle Warscroll Battalion - Tallyband of Nurgle I have been thinking of maybe aiming for something along these three lists: Quote Great Unclean One Great Unclean One Herald of Nurgle Daemon Prince 30xPlaguebearers of Nurgle 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle 6xPlague Drones of Nurgle 3xPlague Drones of Nurgle Warscroll Battalion - Tallyband of Nurgle ---- Great Unclean One Herald of Nurgle Daemon Prince 20xPlaguebearers of Nurgle 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle 6xPlague Drones of Nurgle Beast of Nurgle Warscroll Battalion - Tallyband of Nurgle Chaos Sorcerer Lord - Mark of Nurgle Putrid Blightkings Putrid Blightkings ---- Glottkin Daemon Prince Great Unclean One Herald of Nurgle Nurglings 6xPlague Drones of Nurgle 20xPlaguebearers of Nurgle 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle Warscroll Battalion - Tallyband of Nurgle Maybe I should look into a Plagueclaw and Epidemius instead? I am a bit worried about not really having any shooting apart from the Drones, but what do you think? Can Nurgle be reasonably competitive without dedicated shooting units? Anyways - I would love some advice on what I should get to expand my Nurgle army to 2000pts. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Maybe pick up Festus.... He's a hoot. Have him shadow one of your characters to heal them if needed, and his signature spell is awesome. Plague catapults are pretty good, and I'd look into what else make catch your eye in the shaven world. Lots of shooty options here. I just paint everything real Nurgle-y. The Harbinger can bring a little extra as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_Old_Grand_PA Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I've been a big fan of the list from Alliance tournament: 480 - 2 GUO 880 - 12 Plague Drones (2 units) 200 - 20 Plague bearers 100 - 10 Plague beaerers 100 - 10 Plague beaerers 100 - 1 Hearld 100 - 1 Tallyband formation 1960 Total Sideboard opts have been: -1 heard , -2 Drones , + epidemius , + 2 plague claws or - 1 GUO, -1 Drones , + Morbex, + 3 X Nurglings Or - 1 GUO , -2 Drones , + Fate weaver, + 2 warp lighting cannons still working on other options depending on which army I am playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Get something that will give you some ranged attacks. Plague claws, WLCs, also, more plague bearers. Arguably the best battle line troops in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herald of Chaos Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Lately I have been having great success with the forge world daemon plague toads from tamurkhan's hoard. If you want to hold something up, they are the frogs for the job. These guys do Nurgle better than any other Nurgle I have found so far. Going forward I will always find a place for them in any of my Nurgle forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Norman Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 So far I have reached 2000pts with this list: Quote 240 Great Unclean One (Leader, Behemoth) 100 Herald of Nurgle (Leader) 160 Daemon Prince (Leader, Behemoth) 100 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle (Battleline) 100 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle (Battleline) 100 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle (Battleline) 440 6xPlague Drones of Nurgle 60 Beast of Nurgle 160 2xNurglings 100 Warscroll Battalion - Tallyband of Nurgle 140 Chaos Sorcerer Lord - Mark of Nurgle (Leader) 100 Lord of Chaos - Mark of Nurgle (Leader) 180 Putrid Blightkings 1980pts I have, of course, been looking at some ranged additions mainly the Warp Lightning Cannon, Plagueclaw and Jezzail, but thematic wise it doesn't mesh too well with the whole Nurgle daemon look, I think. But I have been toying with the ideas of how I might convert the above ranged options to exclude skavens and include Nurgle daemons instead. Have any of you seen any good conversions like this? Or maybe just ideas of how it could be done? I will certainly also look into another conversion for a second Great Unclean One, as they seem to perform really well. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 A friend replaced the skaven crew members on his plague claws with nurglings. It looked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.speller Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 On 9/25/2016 at 6:02 PM, Spiky Norman said: Maybe I should look into a Plagueclaw and Epidemius instead? I'd be the first person to tell you how good even a single plagueclaw is for putting you on 7 tally turn 1. This combination to me is incredible, by turn 3 you've usually gotten rid of any hordes your opponents might have and hit the 21 kills required to fill out the table. Having said that I could see you making use of just Epidemius to keep the theme of Nurgle Daemons. Having used the rotbringers sorcerer I would tell you he's poop from the butt, do not use him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Why so down on that dude? Seems as though he'd be ok, as he heals/increases his wound count potentially every time he casts any spell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.speller Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 2 minutes ago, Tasman said: Why so down on that dude? Seems as though he'd be ok, as he heals/increases his wound count potentially every time he casts any spell. His signature spell goes 7 inches, and it's not radically different from arcane bolt which makes it disappointing. If you're using him for a self-healing caster of mystic shield I think you can spend the points better getting almost all the way to Festus or Gutrot instead. I love Festus' spell by comparison, a permanent reduction in armor is sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Norman Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Or if you're already at 120 for Gutrot why not go to 140 and get the Chaos Sorcerer Lord with much better abilities than the Rotbringer Sorcerer :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrexPushups Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 His signature spell goes 7 inches, and it's not radically different from arcane bolt which makes it disappointing. If you're using him for a self-healing caster of mystic shield I think you can spend the points better getting almost all the way to Festus or Gutrot instead. I love Festus' spell by comparison, a permanent reduction in armor is sweet.Being only 100 points is pretty boss. In addition if you summon a balewind vortex you double the range of his signature spell & he gains two wounds that turn. An arcane bolt that always rolls 3 is nice. He is part of a pretty The pretty sweet blightguard formation too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 ^ Have to agree here. While Festus is cool, and one of my favorite guys, sometimes point constraints mean I need a caster for less points. This dude fills the bill. In one game, I had him up to 8 wounds just by casting mystic shield. LMAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.speller Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 3 hours ago, TrexPushups said: He is part of a pretty The pretty sweet blightguard formation too. I did not know that, I'll concede the point. I've been a huge fan of the Flesh Eater Courts formations, I haven't tried any of the nurgle ones as yet. Maybe that's where he'll shine. Also; tonight I just picked up Kazyk the Befouled so I'll give him a go and see if he's up to spec like all the other forgeworld models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Post your results, please. I have that guy but haven't put him on the table yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James McPherson Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 ask yourself this, what is it Nurgle armies lack in general? Speed, movement tricks ie teleportation, hard hitters and shooting. I'm mixing in Tamurkan, Sayl, Plagueclaws and Epidemius into any Nurgle army I take in future, along with Plaguemonks, lots and lots of Plaguemonks..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Norman Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 51 minutes ago, James McPherson said: ask yourself this, what is it Nurgle armies lack in general? Speed, movement tricks ie teleportation, hard hitters and shooting. I'm mixing in Tamurkan, Sayl, Plagueclaws and Epidemius into any Nurgle army I take in future, along with Plaguemonks, lots and lots of Plaguemonks..... But all that leaves little left to actually make it a Nurgle Mortals or Daemon list. I get that Clan Pestilence have the Nurgle keyword, but they are not really what I think of, when picturing a real Nurgle army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James McPherson Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 fair enough! Clan Pestilens* Be prepared for a tanky slow moving army which can't deal out much damage then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Norman Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 I am now considering creating this list: Quote 240 Great Unclean One (Leader, Behemoth) 180 Epidemius (Leader) 160 Daemon Prince (Leader, Behemoth) 100 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle (Battleline) 100 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle (Battleline) 100 10xPlaguebearers of Nurgle (Battleline) 440 6xPlague Drones of Nurgle 60 Beast of Nurgle 100 Warscroll Battalion - Tallyband of Nurgle 140 Chaos Sorcerer Lord - Mark of Nurgle (Leader) 180 Plagueclaw 180 Warp Lightning Cannon 1980pts Would you recommend getting 2 Plagueclaws or 2 Warp Lightning Cannons or pick 1 of each as I have? My thinking was 1 for character assassination and 1 for 'horde reduction' & Epidemius tally count. If I want to keep it at it's core a Nurgle Daemon/Tallyband army, I cannot think of a more competitive list, but if you have suggestions for things to switch in or out, feel free shoot me some pieces of advice on this. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Looks fairly solid. Give it a try. Remember, it's a dice game, so try it more than once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohojoe Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Thats a decent looking set up. I am trying to build a Nurgle only force but have recently been considering skaven additions, however I am thinking of putting nurglings on the guns so it looks more fluffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Yeah, a friend of mine put nurglings on his plagueclaws. They look dope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Norman Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 2 hours ago, Mohojoe said: Thats a decent looking set up. I am trying to build a Nurgle only force but have recently been considering skaven additions, however I am thinking of putting nurglings on the guns so it looks more fluffy That's a good idea. I was thinking of switching the Skaven heads with spare Plaguebearer heads, and cutting off the Skavens tail, so they at least look a little more Nurgle-y. But I think putting some nurglings around makes it even better :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohojoe Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 The bonus is you get tonnes of them spare from the sets if you are frugal like me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiky Norman Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 11 minutes ago, Mohojoe said: The bonus is you get tonnes of them spare from the sets if you are frugal like me Heh, I too have saved everyone so far. Even went so far as to make some of my Nurgling bases out of just 2 of the 3 rows, so that I would have extra Nurgling rows for the Epidemius conversion I was planning of making out of a spare Plague Drone rider and some coffee stirrers + various Nurgle bits. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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