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Death GuardArmy page › All 36 units

Poxwalkers

Infantry · 10 models, 65 pts or 20 models, 130 pts
Lists94% · in 151 of 160 public lists, September – November 2026
SimulatePoxwalkers against any unit, in the calculator

SWORD: what Poxwalkers kills

Damage for its points

27SWORD
per 100 pts

Its 65 pts kill ~20 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100

Into each enemy type

Whole meta27SWORD per 100 pts
Hordes ★43SWORD per 100 pts
Line inf.29SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy inf.21SWORD per 100 pts
Light veh.20SWORD per 100 pts
Heavy veh.23SWORD per 100 pts

SHIELD: how hard Poxwalkers is to kill for its points

Toughness for its points

479SHIELD
per 100 pts

It takes about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 65 pts: about 277 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100

For its points479SHIELD per 100 pts

What creators say

5 creators
  • In almost every list as a screen 3 of 5
  • The cheapest way to hold home 2 of 5
  • Soak expensive shots well 1 of 5
  • Very hard to clear with a Blightbringer 1 of 5
  • The new small arms clear them easily 1 of 5
  • Die easily with no save in 11th cover 1 of 5

Units near it

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

SWORD

In Death Guard

Chaos Rhino30
Icon Bearer30
Poxwalkers27
Plaguebearers23
Beasts of Nurgle22

Across the game· melee units

Ynnari Archon Aeldari · just ahead28
Poxwalkers 27
Captain in Phobos Armour Space Marines · level with it27

SHIELD

In Death Guard

Myphitic Blight-hauler485
Daemon Prince of Nurgle482
Chaos Spawn480
Poxwalkers479
Deathshroud Terminators475

Across the game· melee units

Triarch Stalker Necrons · just ahead480
Poxwalkers 479
Death Company Dreadnought Blood Angels · just behind477

With a leader

Poxwalkers with Malignant Plaguecaster65 + 60 = 125 pts together
SWORD per 100 pts, scaled
Poxwalkers aloneMalignant Plaguecaster's rulesMalignant Plaguecaster's attacks
Squad12 ÷ 65 pts =19per 100
With leader73 ÷ 125 pts =58per 100▲39

The leader adds 61 pts of kills a turn (10 from rules, 51 from attacks) for 60 pts: more per point than the squad alone, so the leader pays for itself here.

SHIELD per 100 pts, scaled
Poxwalkers aloneMalignant Plaguecaster's rulesMalignant Plaguecaster's wounds
Squad311 ÷ 65 pts =479per 100
With leader473 ÷ 125 pts =378per 100▼101

The leader adds 162 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 162 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 27 · 65 pts kill ~20 pts in one activation

SHIELD 479 · about 23% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it

To remove it: about 277 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5

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

What we ran
  • Poxwalkers, 10 models, 65 pts
  • Its datasheet's weapons
  • Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 5 creators
The lists: 160