# Death Guard Meta: 40k Winning Tournament Lists > Death Guard in the 40k 11th edition meta: share of winning tournament lists, top detachments, the consensus list and the models it needs. Canonical: https://lexmechanic.com/metamerge/death-guard § WIN · 11th edition # Death Guard Meta: Rank 18 of 28 in the 11th edition field: 2.1% of recent winning lists, rising. What its winners run, merged down to the models. Death Guard ranks 18th of 28 factions in the 11th edition field, holding 2.1% of the winning tournament lists the feed carries: 18 lists across 8 detachment builds. Its largest build, Paragons of Putrescence + Shamblerot Vectorium, took 4 of them, 4 of which could be read and merged into the list below. A player of that build owns 4 datasheets in its spine, 55 models in all. Rank by winners #18 of 28 Share of winners 2.1% Winning lists (GT) 18 lists Last 2 weeks v prior 2 Rising 10 v 5 Feed as of 2026-09-17 [Open in Meta Merge](/metamerge?faction=death-guard) [Death Guard stratagems](/print/stratagems/death-guard) 8 builds · 18 winning lists ## What is winning The detachment builds that won for Death Guard at Grand Tournaments, largest share first. Most of them play Take and Hold. | № | Detachment | Lists | Share of winners | Record | Top disposition | Biggest win | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | I | Paragons of Putrescence + Shamblerot Vectorium | 4 | 22% | 19-2 | Disruption | The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · 226p | | II | Virulent Vectorium | 4 | 22% | 16-4 | Take and Hold | La Voz Open 2026 · 147p | | III | Paragons of Putrescence + Tallyband Summoners | 3 | 17% | 13-3 | Priority Assets | WTC Warmaster GT 2026 · 578p | | IV | Contagion Engines + Mortarion's Hammer | 3 | 17% | 12-3 | Purge the Foe | Wasteland Wars GT V · 58p | | V | Contagion Engines + Shamblerot Vectorium | 1 | 6% | 4-1 | Reconnaissance | Brewtown Bloodbath 2 · 39p | | VI | Paragons of Putrescence + Champions of Contagion | 1 | 6% | 4-1 | Priority Assets | Orchard of OHNO 2026 40K GT · 37p | | VII | Champions of Contagion | 1 | 6% | 4-1 | Take and Hold | Capital Clash IX - GT · 35p | | VIII | Tallyband Summoners + Contagion Engines | 1 | 6% | 4-1 | Reconnaissance | Surrey Primarchs GW Golden Ticket Event · 66p | Paragons of Putrescence + Shamblerot Vectorium · 4 of 4 lists merged ## The list Take the spine, choose from the flex, and treat the rest as tech. Copies count only the lists that take a unit; the loadout is the one most of them run. ### Spine in four lists in five or more 4 datasheets - 1 × Typhus 100 pts 4/4 lists - 2–3 × Myphitic Blight-haulers 95 pts 4/4 lists 1x Bile spurt · 1x Gnashing maw · 1x Missile launcher · 1x Multi-melta - 1–2 × Malignant Plaguecaster Sorrowsyphon 70 pts 4/4 lists 1x Bolt pistol · 1x Corrupted staff · 1x Plague Wind - 3–4 × Poxwalkers 65 pts 4/4 lists 10x Poxwalker · 10x Improvised weapon ### Flex a real choice, in a third of the lists or more 5 datasheets - 1 × Mortarion Warlord 375 pts 3/4 lists - 1–2 × Defiler 330 pts 3/4 lists 2x Excruciator cannon · 1x Hades battle cannon · 2x Heavy reaper autocannon · 1x Shearing claws - 1 × Chaos Rhino 75 pts 3/4 lists 1x Armoured tracks · 2x Combi-bolter · 1x Havoc launcher - 1 × Noxious Blightbringer Rejuvenating Swarm 70 pts 3/4 lists 1x Cursed plague bell · 1x Plasma pistol - 1 × Plague Marines 90 pts 2/4 lists 1x Plague Champion · 1x Boltgun · 1x Plague knives · 4x Plague Marine · 4x Boltgun · 4x Plague knives · 1 of 2 run this loadout ### Tech in fewer than a third: one player's answer to one matchup 8 datasheets - 1 × Knight Despoiler 380 pts 1/4 lists 2x Despoiler battle cannon · 3x Diabolus heavy stubber · 1x Ruinspear rocket pod · 1x Titanic feet - 1 × Daemon Prince of Nurgle 195 pts 1/4 lists 1x Hellforged weapons · 1x Infernal cannon - 1 × Blightlord Terminators 180 pts 1/4 lists 1x Blightlord Champion · 1x Bubotic blade · 1x Combi-bolter · 4x Blightlord Terminator · 1x Blight launcher · 4x Bubotic blade · 1x Combi-bolter · 1x Plague spewer · 1x Reaper autocannon - 1 × Daemon Prince of Nurgle with Wings 170 pts 1/4 lists 1x Hellforged weapons · 1x Infernal cannon - 1 × Deathshroud Terminators 160 pts 1/4 lists 1x Deathshroud Champion · 1x Icon of Despair (Aura) · 1x Manreaper · 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet · 2x Deathshroud Terminator · 2x Manreaper · 2x Plaguespurt gauntlet - 2 × Chaos Predator Destructor 145 pts 1/4 lists 1x Armoured tracks · 1x Combi-bolter · 1x Havoc launcher · 2x Heavy bolter · 1x Predator autocannon - 1 × Lord of Contagion 120 pts 1/4 lists 1x Manreaper - 1 × Lord of Virulence 100 pts 1/4 lists 1x Power fist · 1x Twin plague spewer ### Consensus list 1,960 pts One list, taken from the copies and loadouts most of this build's lists run. 40 pts are left for flex. META CONSENSUS (1960 points) Death Guard Strike Force (2000 points) Paragons of Putrescence and Shamblerot Vectorium Force Dispositions: Disruption Typhus (100 Points) • 1x Lakrimae Myphitic Blight-haulers (95 Points) • 1x Bile spurt ◦ 1x Gnashing maw ◦ 1x Missile launcher ◦ 1x Multi-melta Myphitic Blight-haulers (95 Points) • 1x Bile spurt ◦ 1x Gnashing maw ◦ 1x Missile launcher ◦ 1x Multi-melta Malignant Plaguecaster (70 Points) • Enhancement: Sorrowsyphon • 1x Bolt pistol ◦ 1x Corrupted staff ◦ 1x Plague Wind Malignant Plaguecaster (70 Points) • Enhancement: Sorrowsyphon • 1x Bolt pistol ◦ 1x Corrupted staff ◦ 1x Plague Wind Poxwalkers (65 Points) • 10x Poxwalker • 10x Improvised weapon Poxwalkers (65 Points) • 10x Poxwalker • 10x Improvised weapon Poxwalkers (65 Points) • 10x Poxwalker • 10x Improvised weapon Poxwalkers (65 Points) • 10x Poxwalker • 10x Improvised weapon Mortarion (375 Points) • Warlord • 1x Lantern ◦ 1x Rotwind ◦ 1x Silence Defiler (330 Points) • 2x Excruciator cannon ◦ 1x Hades battle cannon ◦ 2x Heavy reaper autocannon ◦ 1x Shearing claws Defiler (330 Points) • 2x Excruciator cannon ◦ 1x Hades battle cannon ◦ 2x Heavy reaper autocannon ◦ 1x Shearing claws Chaos Rhino (75 Points) • 1x Armoured tracks ◦ 2x Combi-bolter ◦ 1x Havoc launcher Noxious Blightbringer (70 Points) • Enhancement: Rejuvenating Swarm • 1x Cursed plague bell ◦ 1x Plasma pistol Plague Marines (90 Points) • 1x Plague Champion • 1x Boltgun ◦ 1x Plague knives • 4x Plague Marine • 4x Boltgun ◦ 4x Plague knives 16 datasheets · 4 of 4 lists ## The models What a winning Paragons of Putrescence + Shamblerot Vectorium player puts on the table: the usual number of models per datasheet, and how most of them build it. 55 models in the spine · 65 with the flex · 4 datasheets in the spine | Datasheet | Lists | Models | When taken | How it is built | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Poxwalkers | 4/4 | 50 | 40–50 | 50× Poxwalker | | Malignant Plaguecaster | 4/4 | 2 | 1–2 | 2× Malignant Plaguecaster | | Myphitic Blight-hauler | 4/4 | 2 | 2–3 | 2× Myphitic Blight-hauler | | Typhus | 4/4 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Typhus | | Defiler | 3/4 | 2 | 1–2 | 2× Defiler | | Chaos Rhino | 3/4 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Chaos Rhino | | Mortarion | 3/4 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Mortarion | | Noxious Blightbringer | 3/4 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Noxious Blightbringer | | Plague Marines | 2/4 | 5 | Always 5 | 1× Plague Champion · 4× Plague Marine w/ boltgun · 2× Plague Marine w/ heavy plague weapon · 1× Plague Marine w/ meltagun · 1× Plague Marine w/ plague spewer | | Blightlord Terminators | 1/4 | 5 | Always 5 | 1× Blightlord Champion · 1× Blightlord Terminator w/ blight launcher · 1× Blightlord Terminator w/ combi-bolter · 1× Blightlord Terminator w/ plague spewer and bubotic blade · 1× Blightlord Terminator w/ reaper autocannon | | Deathshroud Terminators | 1/4 | 3 | Always 3 | | | Chaos Predator Destructor | 1/4 | 2 | Always 2 | 2× Chaos Predator Destructor | | Daemon Prince of Nurgle | 1/4 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Daemon Prince of Nurgle | | Daemon Prince of Nurgle with wings | 1/4 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Daemon Prince of Nurgle with wings | | Lord of Contagion | 1/4 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Lord of Contagion | | Lord of Virulence | 1/4 | 1 | Always 1 | 1× Lord of Virulence | 4 lists · largest event first ## The sources The lists behind the numbers above, from the largest event down. - Aiden Smalley The MANCHESTER 40k SUPER-MAJOR - SUMMER · Paragons of Putrescence + Shamblerot Vectorium 226p 2026-08-29 5-0 - Aaron Hermstedt Flying Monkey Con 26 Warhammer 40k GT · Paragons of Putrescence + Shamblerot Vectorium 112p 2026-09-12 6-0 - Gergely Novák Meta 40k - Szeptember - WCQ · Paragons of Putrescence + Shamblerot Vectorium 38p 2026-09-12 4-1 - Thom Smith War for the Forge 40k GT · Paragons of Putrescence + Shamblerot Vectorium 30p 2026-09-12 4-1 ## How this is computed A list counts here when it went undefeated or lost once at a Grand Tournament in the weeks the feed covers; the smaller events the tool can add are left out of this page. The feed carries no losing lists, so no share on it is a win rate. The list is sorted by take rate across the build's readable lists: a datasheet in 80% of them or more is spine, 35% or more is flex, and the rest is tech — one player's answer to one matchup. The consensus list takes the number of copies and the loadout most of those lists run for each datasheet, then drops the least-shared datasheets until it fits 2,000 points. Model counts come from the 11th edition catalogue, not from how an export spells its models out. [Adeptus Mechanicus Meta](/metamerge/adeptus-mechanicus) [Imperial Knights Meta ](/metamerge/imperial-knights)