Nurgle, the chaos god of rot and decay (and, some would say, rebirth) is again in an enormous method with the discharge of a model new field set of miniatures for the Dying Guard Chaos Area Marines military! This week, general, is a good week for Chaos (take a look at our assessment of the opposite new Chaos Battleforce, the Gorestorm Slaughterpack), so comply with alongside as we maintain our noses and get into the funk with the Poxwrought Vector Battleforce field, up for preorder now!
Poxwrought Vector Battleforce Contents:
The Poxwrought Vector accommodates the next miniatures:
- 1x Lord of Poxes
- 1x Foetid Bloat-drone
- 1x Myphitic Blight-hauler
- 1x Plagueburst Crawler
- 5x Blightlord Terminators
- 7x Plague Marines
Reappearing Capability: Nurgle’s Reward [Aura]
Most of the models on this field include the Nurgle’s Reward [Aura] particular skill, so I feel it is value explaining that right here earlier than we dive into particular person unit profiles! With a contagion vary emanating out from every unit unit (vary grows within the first three rounds), and whereas an enemy unit is inside that vary, that unit is Bothered with one in every of three talents you select on the Declare Battle Formations step:
- Total: Every enemy unit that’s Bothered has 1 toughness subtracted.
- Possibility 1 – Skullsquirm Blight: Every time a mannequin on this () unit makes an assault, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.
- Possibility 2 – Rattlejoint Ague: Worsen the Save attribute of fashions on this unit by 1.
- Possibility 3 – Scabrous Soulrot: Worsen the Transfer, Management, and Goal Management traits of fashions on this unit by 1 (this rule can solely worsen a mannequin’s OC attribute to a minimal of 1).
Now that we perceive how Nurgle’s Reward works, let’s dive into the person models!
Poxwrought Vector – NEW UNIT: Lord of Poxes
This model new unit emanates a cloud of spore-thick plague smog – sounds nasty, proper? It’s!
Lord of Poxes Stats: Transfer: 5” / Toughness: 6 / Save: 3+ (4+ invuln.) / Wounds: 5 / Management: 6+ / OC: 1
Lord of Poxes Ranged Weapons:
- Plasma Pistol (customary): Vary: 12″ / Assaults: 1 / BS: 2+ / Power: 7 / AP: -2 / Harm: 1
- Plasma Pistol (supercharged) (pistol/hazardous): Vary: 12″ / Assaults: 1 / BS: 2+ / Power: 8 / AP: -3 / Harm: 2
Lord of Poxes Melee Weapons:
- Nice plague blade (devastating wounds, deadly hits): Assaults: 6 / WS: 2+ / Power: 8 / AP: -2 / Harm: 2
Lord of Poxes Key Skills At A Look:
- Nurgle’s Reward: (see above)
- Reward of Poxes: Add 3″ to the vary of this mannequin’s Contagion Vary.
- Shroud of Illness: Whereas this mannequin is main a unit, that unit can’t be focused by ranged assaults except the attacking mannequin is inside 18″.
Play Suggestions For Working The Lord of Poxes:
This unit can lead as an attachment to a unit of Plague Marines, and that is one of the simplest ways to get him in there. Although not unimaginable on his personal, by attaching him you are shielding your Marines from long-range weaponry together with his Shroud of Illness skill. And lengthening out the Contagion Vary turns an strange unit of Plague Marines right into a strolling, festering cloud of de-buffs.
Poxwrought Vector Unit: Plague Marines
Your (rotten) meat and (spoiled) potatoes unit of this military, the Plague Marines have so many weapon choices obtainable to them it does not make sense to cowl all of them right here – so excuse the shorthand that breaks with our regular format under:
Plague Marines Stats: Transfer: 5” / Toughness: 6 / Save: 3+ / Wounds: 2 / Management: 6+ / OC: 2
Plague Marines Ranged Weapon Choices:
- Bolt Gun (customary), Blight Launcher, Bolt Pistol, Meltagun, Plague Belcher, Plague Spewer, Plasma Gun, Plasma Pistol
Plague Marines Melee Weapon Choices:
- Plague Knives (customary), Bubotic Weapons, Heavy Plague Weapon, Energy Fist
Plague Marines Key Skills At A Look:
- Nurgle’s Reward (Aura): See Above
- Infused with the Blessings of Nurgle: In your Taking pictures part, every time this unit is chosen to shoot, after this unit has shot, choose one enemy unit hit by a number of of these assaults. Till the beginning of your subsequent flip, that enemy unit is Bothered (see Nurgle’s Reward above for more information on Bothered)
- Icon of Despair (Aura): This Wargear Capability states that when an enemy unit is inside 6″ of the bearer, worsen the Management attribute of fashions in that unit by 1.
Play Suggestions For Working Plague Marines:
When paired with the Lord of Poxes, these Plague Marines ought to actually be run as a troublesome, shoot-y unit that is on the market sitting on an goal and spraying across the Bothered situation on enemies that attempt to get close-in.
Poxwrought Vector Unit: Blightlord Terminators
The Blightlord Terminators are one other unit that come filled with tons of various weapon choices, and these hearty models are constructed Nurgle Powerful.
Blightlord Terminators Stats: Transfer: 5” / Toughness: 7 / Save: 2+ / Invuln. Save: 4+ / Wounds: 3 / Management: 6+ / OC: 1
Blightlord Terminators Ranged Weapon Choices:
- Combi-bolter (customary), Blight Launcher, Combi-weapon, Plague Spewer, Reaper Autocannon
Plague Marines Melee Weapon Choices:
- Bubotic Blade (customary), Shut Fight Weapon, Flail of Corruption
Blightlord Terminators Key Skills At A Look:
- Nurgle’s Reward (Aura): See Above
- Blistering Fusillade: If this unit has a Beginning Power of 5 or extra, or if a Character is main this unit, then every time a mannequin on this unit makes a ranged assault that targets an Bothered unit, enhance the Power and Armor Penetration traits of that assault by 1.
Play Suggestions For Working Blightlord Terminators:
There’s nothing fairly like slowly stomping towards your opponents (or unloading from a transport automobile!) with a unit of Terminators, hunkering down together with your 2+ save, and blasting them to bits. Add within the profit you get from focusing on Bothered models, and it is about to get stanky in right here!
Poxwrought Vector – Myphitic Blight-Hauler
This Daemon Engine is a extremely cell spewer of poisonous gasses, monitoring down enemy tanks and scarfing up shut models.
Myphitic Blight-Hauler Stats: Transfer: 10” / Toughness: 9 / Save: 3+ (5+ invuln.) / Wounds: 10 / Management: 6+ / OC: 3
Myphitic Blight-Hauler Ranged Weapons:
- Bile Spurt (Deadly Hits): Vary: 12″ / Assaults: 3 / BS: 3+ / Power: 5 / AP: 0 / Harm: 1
- Missile Launcher (Frag) (Blast): Vary: 48″ / Assaults: D6 / BS: 4+ / Power: 4 / AP: 0 / Harm: 1
- Missile Launcher (Krak): Vary: 48″ / Assaults: 1 / BS: 3+ / Power: 9 / AP: -2 / Harm: D6
- Multi-Melta (Melta 2, Deadly Hits): Vary: 18″ / Assaults: 2 / BS: 3+ / Power: 9 / AP: -4 / Harm: D6
Myphitic Blight-Hauler Melee Weapons:
- Gnashing Maw (Deadly Hits): Assaults: 4 / WS: 3+ / Power: 6 / AP: -1 / Harm: 1
Myphitic Blight-Hauler Key Skills At A Look:
- Nurgle’s Reward: (see above)
- Tank Hunters: In your Taking pictures part, every time a mannequin on this unit makes an assault that targets a Monster or Automobile unit, add 1 to the Hit roll and 1 to the Wound roll.
Play Suggestions For Working Myphitic Blight-Hauler:
There is a good mobility right here you do not discover in on-foot models from this slow-as-sludge military, however except you are anticipating loads of tanks within the meta you are up in opposition to, this may spend most of its time lobbing missiles and bile from a distance, hoping to attain a number of odd hits.
Poxwrought Vector – Plagueburst Crawler
This closely armored tank is right here to rain down destruction within the type of a punishing volley of artillery, together with the lethal Plagueburst mortar.
Plagueburst Crawler Stats: Transfer: 10” / Toughness: 10 / Save: 2+ (5+ invuln.) / Wounds: 12 / Management: 6+ / OC: 3
Plagueburst Crawler Ranged Weapons:
- Entropy Cannon (2, customary, deadly hits): Vary: 36″ / Assaults: 1 / BS: 3+ / Power: 10 / AP: -3 / Harm: D6+1
- Heavy Slugger (customary, deadly hits): Vary: 36″ / Assaults: 4 / BS: 3+ / Power: 5 / AP: -1 / Harm: 1
- Plagueburst Mortar (customary, blast, oblique fireplace, deadly hits): Vary: 48″ / Assaults: D6+3 / BS: 3+ / Power: 8 / AP: -1 / Harm: 2
- Plaguespitter (anti-infantry 2+, ignored cowl, torrent): Vary: 12″ / Assaults: D6 / BS: NA / Power: 6 / AP: -1 / Harm: 1
- Rothail Volley Gun (deadly hits, Speedy Fireplace 3): Vary: 36″ / Assaults: 3 / BS: 3+ / Power: 5 / AP: 0 / Harm: 1
Plagueburst Crawler Melee Weapons:
- Armoured Tracks: Assaults: 3 / WS: 4+ / Power: 6 / AP: 0 / Harm: 1
Plagueburst Crawler Key Skills At A Look:
- Nurgle’s Reward: (see above)
- Spore-laced Shock Waves: In your capturing part, every time you choose a goal for this mannequin’s Plagueburst mortar, roll one D6 for the goal unit and each different enemy unit inside 3″ of the goal unit, including 1 to that roll if the unit being rolled for is Bothered. On a 6+, the unit being rolled for is struck by spores; after resolving all of this mannequin’s assaults in opposition to the goal unit, every unit struck by spores suffers D3 mortal wounds.
Play Suggestions For Working Plagueburst Crawler:
That is a type of models the place the flavour of the weaponry at hand actually shines via and helps information you towards a play model. You wish to ship out shock-waves of spores into the thick of battle, so place your Plagueburst Crawler in simply the best spot, launch that 48″ ranged Mortar at your enemies, and giggle in that hacking cough method you do because the spores rain down destruction.
Poxwrought Vector – Foetid Bloat-Drone
Floating above the fray, moseying over to enemy models to cut them up into bits, this unit is nice and inflicting mass chaos on the battlefield. Although the usual construct is with the highly effective Fleshmower, you’ll be able to exchange that with two plaguespitters if you’d like a extra ranged method.
Foetid Bloat-Drone Stats: Transfer: 10” / Toughness: 9 / Save: 3+ (5+ invuln.) / Wounds: 10 / Management: 6+ / OC: 3
Foetid Bloat-Drone Ranged Weapons:
- Plaguespitter (anti-infantry 2+, ignores cowl, torrent): Vary: 12″ / Assaults: D6 / BS: NA / Power: 6 / AP: -1 / Harm: 1
Foetid Bloat-Drone Melee Weapons:
- Fleshmower (deadly hits): Assaults: 10 / WS: 3+ / Power: 7 / AP: -1 / Harm: 2
- Plague Probe (deadly hits): Assaults: 3 / WS: 3+ / Power: 6 / AP: -1 / Harm: 1
Foetid Bloat-Drone Key Skills At A Look:
- Nurgle’s Reward: (see above)
- Hovering Dying: This unit is eligible to shoot and declare a cost in a flip by which it Fell Again.
Play Suggestions For Working The Foetid Bloat-Drone:
The way you wish to construct this unit is as much as you, as I feel there’s an argument to be made both to have two auto-hitting plaguespitters outfitted, or the ten (!!) hits on the Fleshmower. Both method, this unit is supposed to get into the motion, belt out wounds, and subsequent flip fall again due to its Hovering Dying skill.
Poxwrought Vector Battleforce – Closing Ideas
Now this is what a Battleforce ought to appear like, in my view. With six various kinds of models included, this vehicle-heavy field set is a extremely enjoyable approach to get a brand new military onto the tabletop in a method that feels very completely different from different bins. I feel, typically talking, the design of the Dying Guard is a number of the greatest in Warhammer 40K, and this field exhibits how that Nurgle rot manifests throughout so many various kinds of models.
The copy of Dying Guard Poxwrought Vector used for the creation of this assessment was supplied by Video games Workshop.
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