In a nutshell: Why, GW, why? Giving Nurgle a very expensive GUO to help it 'compete' against the other super characters is pointless when their characters do something for the army, and this guy does nothing--well, he makes it suck a bit by taking so many points away. Let's see if he's really worth his almost double points cost...
Pros: Has a large ordnance template. Can create free 3-wound KP's for the enemy in KP missions, but in 2/3 of the missions his ability to create contest units is not a bad thing (the fact there is only 1 nurgling summoned is though). He comes with all of the upgrades a normal GUO gets, except the most important one...the strength boost, and the crap one--the instrument of sucky wargear created with no imagination. He has +1W and +1A. For 110 points more than the usual GUO, which is only upgraded with Breath of Chaos...is he really worth it?
Cons: I don't think so. He is not the ubermensch! Is a crappy template that only kills 25% of the non-power armor it hits, +1W, +1A, and the 3 subpar Nurgle abilities you get for free (Breath of Chaos is a good upgrade, not worth 30 points but it's worth something) really worth the extra points? Nope. It's like GW forgot that to sell models you need good rules, this guys rules frankly suck.
Tactics: In objective missions, you can annoy your opponent by putting down Nurgling bases. You also can fire another template in a template heavy Grinder army. Big deal. Nobody is scared of those in 5th edition since they don't ignore cover.
Final word: I'm not really sure why this character was added, he doesn't have anywhere near the Synergy of say Epidemius or The Masque, who cost far less. In game terms, he's got an extra wound and for the extra 110 points he does not impress anybody. Bring a Greater Unclean One instead.
Ku'gath, The Plaguefather
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Ku'gath's Necrotic Missiles are better than that. What do you mean, 25% of non-powered armor? It's Poisoned and will ignore any armor- cover saves are the hassle (also, I found, models in high places: a small unit of Reapers on a higher level is hard to hit- I'd rather have a multi-shot shooting attack).
He's a toss-up, but usually worth it. Even tougher than a Great Unclean One, Breath of Chaos is deadly, (especially considering how much cover there is in 5th) and as you know Nurgle armies are absolutely starved for shooting.
Nurgle armies are starved for anti-tank shooting. This isn't the answer, spending more points for one questionable anti-infantry shot.
Why you mention Breath of Chaos as a super reason to take him when the GUO gets the same version...
What do I mean by 25%?
You have to hit with his template first and he's only BS4. So odds are when you scatter you won't hit all of what you were targeting.
Then you wound on 4+, and they have a 4+ save from cover.
Seems like 25% of what you hit to me.
10 / 2 = 5 / 2 = 2.5
You seem more than a tad biased...
About what?
Talk about useless comments.
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