Poxwalkers
SWORD: what Poxwalkers kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 65 pts kill ~16 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against hordes, weakest against light vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Poxwalkers is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 65 pts take ~277 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
5 creators- In almost every list as a screen 3 of 5
- The cheapest way to hold home 2 of 5
- Soak expensive shots well 1 of 5
- Very hard to clear with a Blightbringer 1 of 5
- The new small arms clear them easily 1 of 5
- Die easily with no save in 11th cover 1 of 5
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poxwalkers65 pts | S | Bottom 2% | Top 11% | 151of 160 |
| Deathshroud Terminators150 pts | A | Top 44% | Top 31% | 104of 160 |
| Blightlord Terminators370 pts | S | Bottom 38% | Top 41% | 47of 160 |
With a leader
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 43 | 101 |
| SHIELD | 426 | 460 |
| Solo | Led | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 43 | 57 |
| SHIELD | 426 | 426 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then with the leader joined.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Poxwalkers, 10 models, 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 ~16 pts → 24 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.
~277 pts → 426 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.