Rotigus
SWORD: what Rotigus kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 280 pts kill ~104 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 55 per 100
Best against heavy infantry, weakest against heavy vehicles and monsters
Into each enemy type
Units near it by SWORD
In Death Guard
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD: how hard Rotigus is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 280 pts take ~1227 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- Cuts enemy objective control and movement 3 of 3
- A distraction the opponent must deal with 2 of 3
- Very hard to kill for his weight 2 of 3
- His flames clear chaff and punish overwatch 1 of 3
- Boosts friendly daemons' damage 1 of 3
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotigus280 pts | A | Bottom 13% | Top 9% | 12of 119 |
| Mortarion375 pts | A | Bottom 24% | Top 37% | 80of 119 |
| Typhus90 pts | S | Top 2% | Top 38% | 69of 119 |
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Rotigus, 280 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.
280 pts → kills ~104 pts → 37 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.
~1227 pts → 438 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.