Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher
SWORD: what Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 125 pts kill ~48 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against heavy infantry, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 125 pts take ~387 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
In Death Guard
Across the game· shooters
What creators say
4 creators- Strong mid-range damage that spreads Contagion 1 of 4
- Wipes infantry in cover on a good turn 1 of 4
- Fits well in Tallyband lists 1 of 4
- Cover makes it too inconsistent 3 of 4
- A War Dog Brigand does it better 2 of 4
- Needs a Lord of Virulence to hit 1 of 4
- Dies when tagged 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher125 pts | B | Bottom 32% | Top 45% | 38of 160 |
| Chaos Predator Destructor140 pts | B | Bottom 25% | Top 44% | 3of 160 |
| Foetid Bloat-drone100 pts | B | Bottom 37% | Top 20% | 23of 160 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher, 125 pts, with its datasheet's weapons. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
125 pts → kills ~48 pts → 38 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.
~387 pts → 310 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 404 shooters. How we score.
The letter
The average of 7 creators' 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). Questions? Get in touch.
Lists
160 public Death Guard tournament lists, September – November 2026, from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0). Also from Listhammer, MiniHeadQuarters, ChampionsHub. Questions about a list or an event? Get in touch. Numbers run 4 Nov.