Nurglings
SWORD: what Nurglings kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 45 pts kill ~9 pts in one activation.Typical unit: 47 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against heavy infantry
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· units
SHIELD: how hard Nurglings is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 45 pts take ~271 pts of enemy units to kill.Typical unit: 305 per 100
Units near it by SHIELD
Across the game· units
What reviewers say
2 reviewers- Cheap screens that block charges and deep strikes 2 of 2
- Drop into the backline for secondaries 1 of 2
- Make engaged enemies hit worse 1 of 2
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurglings45 pts | A | Bottom 7% | Top 1% | 11of 119 |
| Beasts of Nurgle70 pts | S | Bottom 4% | Top 14% | 13of 119 |
| Chaos Spawn80 pts | S | Bottom 19% | Top 13% | 34of 119 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Nurglings, 3 models, 45 pts, with its datasheet's weapons. On its own: no leader, no stratagems, no other units' auras. Counted as dice: its own abilities.
SWORD
Enemy points it kills in one activation, per 100 pts of its own, against a mix of targets weighted like top tournament lists.
45 pts → kills ~9 pts → 20 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.
~271 pts → 602 per 100Top and bottom %
Where each number ranks among the game's 930 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.