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Death GuardArmy page › All 36 units

Noxious Blightbringer

Character · 50 pts
Why it's takenIn 55 of 160 public listsThe 13th most-taken Death Guard unit
Lists34% · in 55 of 160 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulateNoxious Blightbringer against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Noxious Blightbringer kills

Damage for its points

35SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 50 pts kill ~20 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta35SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★36SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.35SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.30SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.28SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.25SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Noxious Blightbringer is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

254SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 50 pts: about 156 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100

For its points254SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

4 creators
  • Pressures the enemy's morale 3 of 4
  • Makes the Poxwalker brick much harder to wound 2 of 4
  • Speeds up a melee squad 2 of 4
  • Not optional there, and weak elsewhere 1 of 4

Units near it

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

SWORD

In Death Guard

Chaos Land Raider40
Rotigus38
Plague Drones37
Biologus Putrifier36
Noxious Blightbringer35

Across the game· melee units

Great Unclean One Chaos Daemons · just ahead36
Noxious Blightbringer 35
Captain in Gravis Armour Space Marines · level with it35

SHIELD

In Death Guard

Defiler310
Icon Bearer295
Lord of Contagion267
Plague Surgeon254
Noxious Blightbringer254

Across the game· melee units

Warboss in Mega Armour Orks · just ahead255
Noxious Blightbringer 254
Plague Surgeon Death Guard · level with it254

Leading a squad

Poxwalkers with Noxious Blightbringer65 + 50 = 115 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Poxwalkers aloneNoxious Blightbringer's rulesNoxious Blightbringer's attacks
Squad12 ÷ 65 pts =19per 100
With leader35 ÷ 115 pts =30per 100▲11

The leader adds 23 pts of kills a turn (5 from rules, 18 from attacks) for 50 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Poxwalkers aloneNoxious Blightbringer's rulesNoxious Blightbringer's wounds
Squad311 ÷ 65 pts =479per 100
With leader482 ÷ 115 pts =419per 100▼60

The leader adds 171 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 171 from wounds) for 50 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 35 · 50 pts kill ~20 pts in one activation

SHIELD 254 · about 12% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 156 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

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

What we ran
  • Noxious Blightbringer, 50 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 4 creators
The lists: 160