radionausea Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) I'm building a fun Nurgle Daemmonkin list for a game on Sunday. It has Mortarion just because I've finally (almost) finished him and want to bring him out to play. But because I have so many daemons he's not my warlord. So I looked at the ol' favourite the Herald of Nurgle as my warlord. He's...not actually that bad y'know. Strength 5 (6 from his own aura), give him Corruption and he's S8 re-rolling all wounds. Already hitting on 2s but since I'll be running him in the centre of a block of Plaguebearers who'll be with a Scrivener he'll also get +1 to hit, and +2 movement because he has Plaguebearer and Infantry keywords. I'll be playing against 'nids so won't be up against any vehicles. Which makes.my choice of warlord traits either +1 to wound or -1 to hit. It was a nice surprise seeing how well he can work. Just a shame about only 3 attacks. Edited January 18, 2018 by radionausea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Plaguebearer hordes sound really scary with the new codex to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trollbeard Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 That sounds like a tasty combo! I am definitely going to try it out! It almost would have been nice if some of these heralds were elite choices, a nurgle army is quite HQ heavy now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeStinyFiSh Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) That sounds like a tasty combo! I am definitely going to try it out! It almost would have been nice if some of these heralds were elite choices, a nurgle army is quite HQ heavy now! Even better, take a few more Nurglings to get another 3 CPs for a Battalion On Topic: The Herald looks amazing, I agree. You can even boost him further with some psychic powers. Regarding Warlord Trait I would skip the +1 to wound. You will wound most stuff on 2+, bigger things on 3+, and Corruption already allows you to reroll wound rolls. I think +1 to wound might be overkill most of the time with S8 reroll wound anyways. For a Herald I would maybe consider the +1W trait, bringing him up to 5 wounds. Maybe not that important against Nids, but a more sniper heavy armys can sting a 5W 5++ 5+++ Model. If not, the -1 to hit within 7" looks like the most usefull one to me. Edited January 19, 2018 by DeStinyFiSh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Lord Loki Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 You can probably tie in a few 'to hit'/ cover save modifiers to make him really difficult to kill Basking in the foetid shade of a gnarlmaw tree with clouds of flies shielding him. Could be one of the most solid heralds out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeStinyFiSh Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 But then again, why not take a Prince who is one of the best units we have got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockmaster Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 But then again, why not take a Prince who is one of the best units we have got? The thread starter mentioned fun list, so I don't think they are trying to go for purely what is the statistically the best option, more of a discussion on the Poxbringer. Back on topic, I am a big fan of the Poxbringer, it always finds a place in my army when using the Daemons, if he is my warlord I would go for the 1- to hit within 7 inches, since I like getting him in combat along side the Plaguebearers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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