Mortarion
SWORD: what Mortarion kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 375 pts kill ~161 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy vehicles and monsters, weakest against hordes
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Death Guard
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Mortarion is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 375 pts take ~1262 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
3 reviewers- Strong reactive move and shoot-back 2 of 3
- A centrepiece that shows up in winning lists 1 of 3
- Very hard to kill for his points 1 of 3
- Needs a list built around him 2 of 3
- Dies, and the list collapses 1 of 3
- Big, so easier to target 1 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortarion375 pts | A | Bottom 24% | Top 37% | 80of 119 |
| Rotigus280 pts | A | Bottom 13% | Top 9% | 12of 119 |
| Typhus90 pts | S | Top 2% | Top 38% | 69of 119 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Mortarion, 375 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.
375 pts → kills ~161 pts → 43 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.
~1262 pts → 337 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.