Lord of Contagion
SWORD: what Lord of Contagion kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 110 pts kill ~50 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy infantry, weakest against line infantry
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Death Guard
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Lord of Contagion is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 110 pts take ~301 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical melee unit: 307 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· melee units
What creators say
4 creators- The leader who makes Deathshroud work 4 of 4
- An auto-include in most lists 3 of 4
- Went down in points 2 of 4
- Keeps buffing after his squad dies 1 of 4
- Fell a band because Deathshroud are a gamble 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord of Contagion110 pts | S | Bottom 29% | Bottom 35% | 103of 160 |
| Lord of Virulence90 pts | B | Bottom 42% | Top 38% | 47of 160 |
| Daemon Prince of Nurgle with wings160 pts | A | Bottom 36% | Top 29% | 24of 160 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 45 | 59 |
| SHIELD | 274 | 356 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 45 | 39 |
| SHIELD | 274 | 293 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Lord of Contagion, 110 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.
110 pts → kills ~50 pts → 45 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.
~301 pts → 274 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 571 melee units. 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.