Vomikron Noxis Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Hey all. So I'm looking to expand my Nurgle Tallyband up to 2000 points. This is what I'm sitting at currently: Allegiance: Chaos Leaders Great Unclean One (240) - Trait: Lord of War Epidemius (180) Daemon Prince Of Nurgle (160) - Sword - Artefact: Chaos Runeblade Daemon Prince Of Nurgle (160) - Sword - Artefact: Chaos Runeblade Battleline 10 x Plaguebearers Of Nurgle (100) 10 x Plaguebearers Of Nurgle (100) 10 x Plaguebearers Of Nurgle (100) Units 3 x Plague Drones Of Nurgle (220) 3 x Plague Drones Of Nurgle (220) Battalions Tallyband of Nurgle (100) Total: 1580/2000 Where do I go from here? Possibly beef up the plaguebearers, but meh. Probably better to go for something with more teeth. Open to any suggestions really! Doesn't have to be Nurgle, but with epidemius that might be the best choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requizen Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Nurgle-marked Soul Grinders are super good. Plagueclaws are another good option for pumping up Epidemius. While they don't fit in a Tallyband, they're thematic and help with your lack of a ranged option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vomikron Noxis Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Yeh those are two options I was considering actually. I really like soul grinders in 40k, but they sure are expensive in AoS... are they worth the points? Plagueclaws are certainly a sound alternative too. Could even splash out on some blightkings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 10 plaguebearers can be easily wiped off the table. 30 on the other hand, is close to impossible. I say make one of the 10 PBs into a 30 model, and use it to tarpit the center of the table while your daemon princes go around the edges killing stuff. Also, don't hesitate to include stuff like stormfiends because you are already using PBs as battleline, you can afford to include other units from chaos. I'd replace all your plague drones with stormfiends to get some proper hammer to your plaguebearer anvil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vomikron Noxis Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Urgh yeh you're definitely right I'm pretty much just trying to avoid painting a bunch more plaguebearers, but it's probably the best thing to do... is epidemius worth hanging onto btw? Any thoughts on how to keep that guy alive? I've had him hanging out with one unit of plaguebearers, but that keeps them too much out of the game to be useful really.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodwin Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 moar plaguebearers! At least one unit of 30! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vomikron Noxis Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Haha ok ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requizen Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Plaguebearers are seriously one of the best battlelines in the whole game imo. Hard to kill, hard to battleshock, hard to ignore. The only downside is the slow speed. They're not very killy, but you don't need them to be, a brick of 30 will just walk into anything in the game and either grind it down via attrition or just sit there until the game ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodwin Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Plaguepriest may also be a decent idea. The +1 to Wound against a unit will help your not so fighty PBs. The d3 MW will help the tally since he's also Nurgle. This would also be handy with Plageclaws, I'd think. Since the PCs get a +1 to Hit vs 10+ models, with a +1 to Wound you'd be 2+/2+/-2/d6. I'm a big fan of 5man units of Blightking. Especially when you end up against Order and give the general the +1. However, I'm not sure I'd mix 'em with Daemons as part of their strength is in having the 5++ from the Harbinger of Decay. They also have no rend, which is probably a problem when you don't really have it elsewhere in the list. This is all just in my head though. I play Nurgle Mortals, but not Daemons/Pestilence. So maybe I'm super wrooong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 If you intend to expand toward the mortal realms, then I'll state what to me is a NLHWI choice. Three actually, depending on how you wanna build it. The Glottkin, The Harbinger of Decay, and the unit that'll really benefit from either of these, Blightkings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 On 4/24/2017 at 9:47 AM, Ruben said: 10 plaguebearers can be easily wiped off the table. 30 on the other hand, is close to impossible. I say make one of the 10 PBs into a 30 model, and use it to tarpit the center of the table while your daemon princes go around the edges killing stuff. Also, don't hesitate to include stuff like stormfiends because you are already using PBs as battleline, you can afford to include other units from chaos. I'd replace all your plague drones with stormfiends to get some proper hammer to your plaguebearer anvil. He'd need the drones for the tallyband to work if that's the way he's leaning, but I agree that to ignore all the goodies that the shaven can bring to the table is limiting yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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