Foetid Bloat-drone
SWORD: what Foetid Bloat-drone kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 100 pts kill ~40 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 44 per 100
Best against line infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Death Guard
Across the game· shooters
SHIELD: how hard Foetid Bloat-drone is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 100 pts take ~387 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical shooter: 298 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· shooters
What reviewers say
3 reviewers- Spreads Contagion and does actions 2 of 3
- A real overwatch threat 1 of 3
- Flexible: one version fights, one ignores cover 1 of 3
- Too tall to hide in 11th terrain 1 of 3
- Too random against tougher targets 1 of 3
- Needs a cut in points 1 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foetid Bloat-drone100 pts | B | Bottom 37% | Top 20% | 16of 119 |
| Myphitic Blight-hauler95 pts | A | Bottom 45% | Top 16% | 22of 119 |
| Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher125 pts | B | Bottom 32% | Top 45% | 24of 119 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Foetid Bloat-drone, 100 pts, with 1 Fleshmower, 1 Plague probe. 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.
100 pts → kills ~40 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.
~387 pts → 387 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 404 shooters. 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.