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Start Competing: Death Guard Tactics

The Death Guard are a traitor legion dedicated to the Chaos God Nurgle, the god of rot and decay. Originally one of the first founding legions of space marines, the Death Guard were known for their resilience and grim determination in combat. While on their way to aid the Imperium in the Heresy, their fleet was stilled in the warp and beset by a supernatural plague that decimated their number and twisted their purpose, eventually turning them to the worship of Nurgle. Now the Death Guard sow disease and destruction throughout the Imperium, spreading the blessings of Grandfather Nurgle as they despoil in his name with powerful plague weapons and daemon engines.

Faction Overview

The Death Guard specialize in being tough and spreading debilitating contagions (read: Debuffs) around the battlefield to disorient their enemies and weaken them as they deal the final blow. They're a slow faction when it comes to movement, but can make up for this with a number of relatively quick daemon engines. As a faction they tend more toward the elite side of things, relying on higher toughness to cross the battlefield as they inexorably push toward the opponent.

How to Play Death Guard in Warhammer 40k

Looking for advice on how to play Death Guard? From getting started to playing at competitive events, we've got you covered with these articles.

• Competitive Faction Focus: Death Guard
• Unit Focus: Death Guard Leaders
• Unit Focus: Death Guard Monsters and Vehicles
• Competitive Stats for the Death Guard
• Hammer of Math: Death Guard

Detachment Focus Articles

In these articles we dive into each of the army's Detachments, looking at how they play and lists for each one.



Detachment Focus: Champions of Contagion



Detachment Focus: Death Lord's Chosen



Detachment Focus: Flyblown Host



Detachment Focus: Mortarion's Hammer



Detachment Focus: Shamblerot Vectorium



Detachment Focus: Tallyband Summoners



Detachment Focus: Virulent Vectorium

 



Looking for how to play the Death Guard in Boarding Actions? We've got you covered with these guides.

• Boarding Actions Faction Focus: Death Guard
• Detachment Focus: Vectors of Decay
• Detachment Focus: Unclean Uprising
• Detachment Focus: Arch-Contaminators

Hobby

Want to know how to paint the Death Guard? From rusted metal to cracked lenses and dripping slime, our guide covers everything - including pre-Heresy schemes.



How to Paint Everything: Death Guard