[AoS 2 - Maggotkin of Nurgle Discussion]

On 3/17/2021 at 5:58 PM, meatpipeline said:

Definitely a functional list.  Blight cyst is the most common competitive build (and probably the best).

I only see three things I'd comment on... none of these are game breaking, if you like the models/list feel free to play it as is:

- The Harbinger of Decays isn't optimal (it isn't a bad choice).  Both The Glottkin and Harbinger want your command point every turn, so there is conflict there.  The Harbinger costs more points that a unit of Blightkings, which is 21 wounds.  For the Harbinger, you are sacrificing damage output (via another unit of BKs) to gain survivability in the DPR. The common comparison is that to justify the Harbinger, you would have to save 21 wounds on a 5+ DPR with the command ability to justify not taking the BKs.  At 5+ (1/3 chance), that is 63 incoming wounds not directed at the harbinger.  Some enemies can prioritize and kill Harbinger to make the DPR go away.  Are you expecting to face that many mortal wounds or huge incoming damage?  Is the primary goal to protect the Glottkin?

- You are investing points into the Blight Cyst, but bringing the absolute minimum number of Blightkings.  So you are investing a number of points to essentially get -1 rend on 3 units.  At this point, would it be worth just swapping for another unit of Blightkings?  The more rotbringers you have, the better the Blessed Sons bonus is and the more movement flexibility you have.

- Plague drones miss out on the Rotbringer bonus of Blessed Sons, you have no way to trigger their Locus for +1 attack, and don't have a GUO CA to give them +1 attack .  I like plague drones, but they seem out of place here.  I really like the Lord of Afflictions (Rotbringer and Daemon, reroll 1s aura, MW output, decent damage), which you could swap for one of the Plague Drones.  LoA gives you the same movement, synergizes with Blessed Sons,  RR 1s, and triggers the Plague Drones' locus.  If I did my math right, you could swap a LoA in for the Harbinger with your spare points.

Thanks alot for the feedback!
Guess I'll change out the harbinger, he definitely seems a little out of place now that I think about it. The LoA looks like a cool suggestion, or maybe another unit of Blightkings. 
The people around here play a lot of highly armoured units, so I'd probably keep the Cyst. Maybe I could swap one of the Drone units out for the LoA instead and either keep the other one or change it into a unit of Pusgoyles to have an emergency movement option. 
Choices, choices... but yeah, thanks a bunch for the input ^^

[AoS 2 - Maggotkin of Nurgle Discussion]

Hey everyone, 

I'm fairly new to AoS  and listbuilding (my involvement with Warhammer has been mostly painting up until now), but I am now in the process of getting into Maggotkin. Since I love the Glottkin model and I have some marauder boxes laying around, ready to be spiced up to a nurgly standard, I figured I could use them together and ended up with the following list:

Allegiance: Nurgle
- Host of Chaos: Blessed Sons

Leaders
Harbinger of Decay (160)
- Artefact: Blotshell Bileplate
Lord of Blights (140)
- General
- Command Trait: Foul Conqueror
- Artefact: Muttergrub
The Glottkin (380)
- Lore of Malignance: Blades of Putrefaction

Battleline
40 x Chaos Marauders (320)
- Axes & Shields
5 x Putrid Blightkings (140)
5 x Putrid Blightkings (140)
5 x Putrid Blightkings (140)

Units
3 x Plague Drones (190)
3 x Plague Drones (190)

Battalions
Blight Cyst (140)

My question would be whether this is... well, functional. I'm not looking for something supremely competitive, but I'm worried what I've cobbled together might be pretty ineffective or contain detrimental choices.