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Death GuardArmy page › All 36 units

Lord of Virulence

Character · 90 pts
Lists29% · in 47 of 160 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateLord of Virulence against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Lord of Virulence kills

Damage for its points

54SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 90 pts kill ~55 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta54SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes55SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf. ★58SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.57SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.49SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.40SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Lord of Virulence is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

349SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 17% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 90 pts: about 301 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100

For its points349SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

4 creators
  • Went down in points 2 of 4
  • Re-rolls for Blightlords and the drones 2 of 4
  • The cheapest deep-striking enhancement carrier 1 of 4
  • An action monkey 1 of 4
  • Redundant in Virulent Vectorium 2 of 4
  • Too much for a solo model 1 of 4
  • His mark fails against hidden units 1 of 4

Units near it

Per 100 pts, its nearest in Death Guard and across the game

SWORD

In Death Guard

Chaos Predator Destructor58
Lord of Virulence54
Chaos Predator Annihilator52
Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher51
Plagueburst Crawler51

Across the game· melee units

Reiver Squad Space Marines · just ahead55
Lord of Virulence 54
Khorne Berzerkers Chaos Space Marines · level with it54

SHIELD

In Death Guard

Beasts of Nurgle379
Lord of Poxes364
Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher356
Lord of Virulence349
Typhus348

Across the game· melee units

Paragon Warsuits Adepta Sororitas · just ahead351
Lord of Virulence 349
Archaeopter Fusilave Adeptus Mechanicus · level with it349

Leading a squad

Blightlord Terminators with Lord of Virulence370 + 90 = 460 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Blightlord Terminators aloneLord of Virulence's rulesLord of Virulence's attacks
Squad204 ÷ 370 pts =55per 100
With leader294 ÷ 460 pts =64per 100▲9

The leader adds 90 pts of kills a turn (48 from rules, 42 from attacks) for 90 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Blightlord Terminators aloneLord of Virulence's rulesLord of Virulence's wounds
Squad1909 ÷ 370 pts =516per 100
With leader2245 ÷ 460 pts =488per 100▼28

The leader adds 336 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 336 from wounds) for 90 pts: less per point than the squad alone.

SWORD and SHIELD against 100 top lists, the squad and the pair compared at one size. The leader's points are always counted.

How we got these numbers

No detachmentDatasheet weaponsNo leaderNo stratagems

SWORD 54 · 90 pts kill ~55 pts in one activation

SHIELD 349 · about 17% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 301 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›

What we ran
  • Lord of Virulence, 90 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Counted as dice: its own abilities
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 4 creators
The lists: 160