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Death GuardArmy page › All 36 units

Malignant Plaguecaster

Character · 60 pts
Lists68% · in 109 of 160 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateMalignant Plaguecaster against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Malignant Plaguecaster kills

Damage for its points

80SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 60 pts kill ~54 pts in one activation.Typical shooter: 45 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta80SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes88SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf. ★92SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.85SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.79SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.74SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Malignant Plaguecaster is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

194SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 9% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 60 pts: about 155 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical shooter: 301 per 100

For its points194SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

5 creators
  • Buffs a Plague Marine squad's hits 4 of 5
  • A pair in a Rhino is the army's flamers 3 of 5
  • Still better than Typhus per point 1 of 5
  • Helps deep strikers land 1 of 5
  • Weak in melee 1 of 5
  • Less good solo than before 1 of 5

Units near it

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

SWORD

In Death Guard

Typhus88
Plague Marines87
Defiler86
Helbrute80
Malignant Plaguecaster80

Across the game· shooters

Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits T'au Empire · just ahead81
Malignant Plaguecaster 80
Scourges with Heavy Weapons Drukhari · level with it80

SHIELD

In Death Guard

Noxious Blightbringer254
Biologus Putrifier195
Foul Blightspawn195
Tallyman195
Malignant Plaguecaster194

Across the game· shooters

Foul Blightspawn Death Guard · just ahead195
Malignant Plaguecaster 194
Atalan Jackals Genestealer Cults · level with it194

Leading a squad

Plague Marines with Malignant Plaguecaster175 + 60 = 235 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Plague Marines aloneMalignant Plaguecaster's rulesMalignant Plaguecaster's attacks
Squad128 ÷ 175 pts =73per 100
With leader233 ÷ 235 pts =99per 100▲26

The leader adds 105 pts of kills a turn (56 from rules, 49 from attacks) for 60 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Plague Marines aloneMalignant Plaguecaster's rulesMalignant Plaguecaster's wounds
Squad756 ÷ 175 pts =432per 100
With leader870 ÷ 235 pts =370per 100▼62

The leader adds 114 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 114 from wounds) for 60 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 80 · 60 pts kill ~54 pts in one activation

SHIELD 194 · about 9% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 155 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

Ranked among the game's 403 shooters · How we score ›

What we ran
  • Malignant Plaguecaster, 60 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
The lists: 160