Detachment Rule
Manifold Maladies
A spirit of competition infects Nurgle’s champions when they fight alongside one another. With each vying to outdo the others in virulence, the foes are subjected to a riotous string of nightmarish outbreaks amongst their ranks.
At the start of the battle round, you can select one of the Plagues listed in Nurgle’s Gift. Until the end of the battle, that is your chosen Plague instead of any previously chosen Plague.
Stratagems
BLESSINGS OF FILTH
1 CPChampions of Contagion – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One Death Guard Attached unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
TARGET: One Death Guard Attached unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
DEATH’S HEADS
1 CPChampions of Contagion – Wargear Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One Biologus Putrifier unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit (excluding VEHICLES) that is within 8" of and visible to your unit. Until the start of your next turn, that unit has the effect of all Plagues (see Nurgle’s Gift).
TARGET: One Biologus Putrifier unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit (excluding VEHICLES) that is within 8" of and visible to your unit. Until the start of your next turn, that unit has the effect of all Plagues (see Nurgle’s Gift).
GROTESQUE FORTITUDE
1 CPChampions of Contagion – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One Death Guard Attached unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Toughness characteristic of models in your unit.
TARGET: One Death Guard Attached unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Toughness characteristic of models in your unit.
MALIGNANCE MAGNIFIED
2 CPChampions of Contagion – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.
TARGET: One Death Guard Attached unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a unit that is below its Starting Strength, you can re-roll the Hit roll and you can re-roll the Wound roll.
TARGET: One Death Guard Attached unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a unit that is below its Starting Strength, you can re-roll the Hit roll and you can re-roll the Wound roll.
MOBILE VECTOR
1 CPChampions of Contagion – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Movement phase
WHEN: Your Movement phase, before the Reinforcements step.
TARGET: One Death Guard Character unit from your army that is not leading a unit.
EFFECT: Select one other friendly Death Guard unit (excluding Battle-shocked units and Attached units that already have two Leader units or one of your CHARACTER units leading it] within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of your unit that your unit can lead (as described in the Leader section of its datasheet]. Your unit attaches to that unit as a Leader. Change that unit’s Starting Strength accordingly.
TARGET: One Death Guard Character unit from your army that is not leading a unit.
EFFECT: Select one other friendly Death Guard unit (excluding Battle-shocked units and Attached units that already have two Leader units or one of your CHARACTER units leading it] within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of your unit that your unit can lead (as described in the Leader section of its datasheet]. Your unit attaches to that unit as a Leader. Change that unit’s Starting Strength accordingly.
RABID INFUSION
1 CPChampions of Contagion – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Fight phase
WHEN: Start of the Fight phase.
TARGET: One Death Guard unit from your army that includes two Character models.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability.
TARGET: One Death Guard unit from your army that includes two Character models.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit has the Fights First ability.
Enhancements
Visions of Virulence
15 ptsMalignant Plaguecaster only. While an enemy unit is enfeebled by the bearer’s Pestilent Fallout ability, that unit is also Afflicted.
Final Ingredient
20 ptsBiologus Putrifier only. Once per battle, after the bearers unit has fought, if one or more CHARACTER models were destroyed as a result of those attacks, select one Plague. Until the end of the battle, while an enemy unit is Afflicted, that unit has the effect of the selected Plague in addition to any other.
Needle of Nurgle
25 ptsPlague Surgeon only. Each time the bearer uses its Tainted Narthecium ability, you can return up to D3 destroyed models to the bearer’s unit (instead of 1).
Cornucophagus
35 ptsLord of Poxes only. In the Declare Battle Formations step select one Plague. Until the end of the battle, while an enemy unit is within Contagion Range of the bearer, that enemy unit has the effect of that Plague in addition to any other.
Eligible Units
Battleline
Characters
Dedicated Transports
Fortifications
Other
Blightlord TerminatorsCerberusChaos Land RaiderChaos Predator AnnihilatorChaos Predator DestructorChaos SpawnChaos ThunderhawkDeath Guard PossessedDeathshroud TerminatorsDefilerDeredeo DreadnoughtFalchionFellbladeFire Raptor GunshipFoetid Bloat-droneFoetid Bloat-drone with Heavy Blight LauncherGellerpox InfectedGreater Blight DroneHelbruteHell BladeHell TalonKratosLand Raider AchillesLand Raider ProteusLeviathan DreadnoughtMastodonMutoid VerminMyphitic Blight-haulerPlagueburst CrawlerPoxwalkersRapier CarrierRelic Contemptor DreadnoughtSicaran Battle TankSicaran PunisherSicaran VenatorSokar-pattern StormbirdSpartanStorm Eagle GunshipTyphonWhirlwind ScorpiusXiphon Interceptor