Death Guard detachment
Virulent Vectorium
As the foul tendrils of the Death Guard quest further across the battlefield, they infest even the most secure, holy and heavily warded sites with supernatural disease…
Detachment ability
always on · no CP
Worldblight
At the end of your Command phase, if a friendly DEATH GUARD unit is controlling an objective, that objective is secured. Until you lose control of that objective, while an enemy unit is within range of that objective, that enemy unit is Afflicted.
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As the foul tendrils of the Death Guard quest further across the battlefield, they infest even the most secure, holy and heavily warded sites with supernatural disease. To fight amidst such foulness is a virtual death sentence to the foe, win or lose.
Stratagems
6
Command
Plaguesurge
Epic DeedYour Command phase.Until the start of your next Command phase, add 3" to the Contagion Range of models from your army.
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Target: Your DEATH GUARD WARLORD that is on the battlefield.
Leechspore Eruption
Epic DeedYour Command phase.Select one enemy unit within 3" of your model. Roll a number of D6 equal to the number of wounds your model has lost: for each 5+, that enemy unit suffers one mortal wound (to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds) and your model regains 1 lost wound (to a maximum of 6 lost wounds).
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Beast · Walker · Vehicle · Monster · Fortification · Psyker · Terminator · Fly · Grenades · Smoke · Death GuardFull rule ▾
Target: One DEATH GUARD model your army that has lost one or more wounds.
Shooting
Disgustingly Resilient
Battle TacticYour opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is allocated to a model in your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Beast · Walker · Vehicle · Monster · Fortification · Psyker · Terminator · Fly · Grenades · Smoke · Death GuardFull rule ▾
Target: One DEATH GUARD unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Overwhelming Generosity
WargearStart of your Shooting phase.Select one enemy unit visible to your unit. Until the end of the phase, each time a DEATH GUARD unit from your army selects that enemy unit as the target of any ranged attacks, you can re-roll the dice to determine how many attacks a weapon equipped by a model in that unit makes.
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Monster · Psyker · Terminator · Fly · GrenadesFull rule ▾
Target: One DEATH GUARD CHARACTER unit from your army.
Creeping Blight
WargearYour Shooting phase.Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets an Afflicted unit, you can re-roll the Hit roll and you can re-roll the Wound roll.
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Psyker · Terminator · GrenadesFull rule ▾
Target: One DEATH GUARD INFANTRY unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
Fight
Disgustingly Resilient
Battle TacticYour opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is allocated to a model in your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Beast · Walker · Vehicle · Monster · Fortification · Psyker · Terminator · Fly · Grenades · Smoke · Death GuardFull rule ▾
Target: One DEATH GUARD unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Other
Putrid Detonation
Strategic PloyAny phase.Do not roll one D6 to determine whether mortal wounds are inflicted by your model’s Deadly Demise ability. Instead, mortal wounds are automatically inflicted. In addition, any enemy units that suffer mortal wounds as a result of this Stratagem are Afflicted until the start of your next turn.
Epic Hero · Character · Walker · Vehicle · Monster · Psyker · Fly · Grenades · SmokeFull rule ▾
Target: One DEATH GUARD VEHICLE or DEATH GUARD MONSTER model from your army with the Deadly Demise ability that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that model even though it was just destroyed.
Enhancements
4
Meta
current edition
44.8%
▲2.0
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