Daemon Prince of Nurgle
SWORD: what Daemon Prince of Nurgle kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 185 pts kill ~74 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Death Guard
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Daemon Prince of Nurgle is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 185 pts take ~644 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What reviewers say
5 reviewers- Hard to remove, so great at actions 2 of 5
- Makes the opponent's command points worse 2 of 5
- Makes stratagems cheaper nearby 1 of 5
- Went down in points in the update 2 of 5
- Only really shines in Virulent Vectorium 1 of 5
- The Blight-hauler works in every detachment 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daemon Prince of Nurgle185 pts | A | Bottom 19% | Top 33% | 45of 119 |
| Daemon Prince of Nurgle with wings160 pts | A | Bottom 36% | Top 29% | 18of 119 |
| Great Unclean One265 pts | A | Bottom 29% | Top 10% | 10of 119 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Daemon Prince of Nurgle, 185 pts, with its datasheet's weapons. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
185 pts → kills ~74 pts → 40 per 100SHIELD
Enemy points it takes to kill it, per 100 pts of its own: the points of the cheapest units from top lists that kill it 80% of the time. It's per point, so a costly unit has to be much tougher to score the same.
~644 pts → 348 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 571 melee units. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 reviewers' newest Death Guard tier lists: The Disgustingly Resilient Podcast (October board) (6 Oct), The Disgustingly Resilient Podcast (July board, daemon allies only) (28 Jul), Goonhammer (Tabletop Battles), faction review and September update (30 Sep), GeneralJannis (1 Oct), Grimdark Breakdown (10 Jul), Zeeto (14 Jun), The Yucky OutBack (three list videos) (3 Aug). A reviewer who would rather not be counted: tell us.
Lists
119 public Death Guard tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer. Organisers and players: ask us and we'll take a list or an event down. Numbers run 4 Nov.