Typhus
SWORD: what Typhus kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 90 pts kill ~95 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 Typhus is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts spent
Its 90 pts take ~299 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
4 reviewers- Plugs into any list: leads, deep strikes, does actions 3 of 4
- Anchors the Poxwalker brick 3 of 4
- Went down in points 2 of 4
- The most damage per point in the army 1 of 4
Compare
| Unit | Letter | SWORD | SHIELD | Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus90 pts | S | Top 2% | Top 38% | 69of 119 |
| Rotigus280 pts | A | Bottom 13% | Top 9% | 12of 119 |
| Mortarion375 pts | A | Bottom 24% | Top 37% | 80of 119 |
Leading a squad
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 106 | 87 |
| SHIELD | 332 | 374 |
| Solo | Leading | |
|---|---|---|
| SWORD | 106 | 71 |
| SHIELD | 332 | 429 |
Per 100 pts: on its own, then for it and the squad together.
How we got these numbers
What we ran
Typhus, 90 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.
90 pts → kills ~95 pts → 106 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.
~299 pts → 332 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.