Lord of Poxes
SWORD: what Lord of Poxes kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 65 pts kill ~49 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy infantry, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Lord of Poxes is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 65 pts take ~239 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 best melee leader for Plague Marines 2 of 4
- Keeps his squad hidden and extends Contagion 2 of 4
- Strong in Virulent Vectorium 1 of 4
- Paragons of Putrescence already fills his role 1 of 4
- Dies anyway to a real unit 1 of 4
- Solo characters get picked off 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord of Poxes65 pts | A | Top 18% | Top 25% | 10of 160 |
| Noxious Blightbringer50 pts | S | Bottom 5% | Top 48% | 55of 160 |
| Plague Surgeon50 pts | C | Bottom 40% | Top 48% | 3of 160 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 75 | 60 |
| SHIELD | 368 | 301 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Lord of Poxes, 65 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.
65 pts → kills ~49 pts → 75 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.
~239 pts → 368 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.