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Death GuardDGDeath Guard

11TH EDITION · PERFORMANCE DOSSIER · THROUGH 2026-W30
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Strength Index · where it wins
WEAKER
rank #25 of 28 · composite -1.12
Top players · where it's rated
B
expert tier · recency-weighted across 5 publications
Win rate · week / patch
40.6% This week 42.5% This patch
weekly 235 games · patch 1144 games
HYPE AHEAD OF RESULTS — top players rate Death Guard above where its results sit.
HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

WHAT DO THE FACET Z-SCORES MEAN?

Each facet number below is a z-score — a comparison to the whole competitive roster this window. Zero is the roster average; +1.0 is one standard deviation above (roughly the top 16% of factions on that facet), +2.0 is exceptional; the scale mirrors going down. The four facets — win rate, top-cut conversion, blowout margin, consistency — combine into the Strength Index composite, weighted on the tier-list page. Top players is a comparison layer: the curated top-player tier list, shown beside the results but never blended into the composite.

PERFORMANCE VITALS THIS FACTION'S TOURNAMENT RESULTS vs THE ROSTER

WIN RATE
-1.72σ
42.8% · 788 games
TOP CUT
-0.79σ
0.48× field share
BLOWOUT
-1.25σ
9.2 avg battle points
CONSISTENCY
+0.56σ
0.031 steadiness
TOP PLAYERS 3.038 (≈ B) recency-weighted across 5 publications — a comparison layer, never blended into the composite
COMPOSITE Z (DEFAULT WEIGHTS)
-1.12
The blend of the four performance facets at the default weights. Adjust the weights on the Strength Index.

MATCHUPS THIS FACTION vs THE ROSTER · CURRENT PATCH

Best matchups
  • Aeldari 56% 27g
  • Grey Knights 52% 27g
  • Adeptus Mechanicus 50% 26g
Toughest matchups
  • Orks 21% 57g
  • Space Wolves 30% 27g
  • Necrons 30% 74g
Deathwatch 57% 7g
Aeldari 56% 27g
Grey Knights 52% 27g
Adeptus Mechanicus 50% 26g
Adeptus Custodes 49% 51g
Space Marines 47% 85g
Chaos Knights 46% 28g
Astra Militarum 46% 37g
Tyranids 46% 61g
Leagues of Votann 44% 36g
World Eaters 43% 51g
Dark Angels 42% 43g
T’au Empire 41% 63g
Black Templars 40% 15g
Chaos Space Marines 39% 71g
Blood Angels 39% 36g
Adepta Sororitas 39% 31g
Thousand Sons 38% 52g
Chaos Daemons 35% 49g
Imperial Knights 35% 52g
Genestealer Cults 33% 21g
Drukhari 32% 34g
Emperor’s Children 31% 45g
Necrons 30% 74g
Space Wolves 30% 27g
Orks 21% 57g
Imperial Agents 0% 5g
Win rate against each opponent in the current patch, best first — heat-shaded around an even 50% split. Cells from fewer than 5 games are dimmed (small sample); mirror matches are excluded. The full 28×28 matrix is on Quantum.

DETACHMENTS FOOTPRINT & TOP BUILDS · CURRENT PATCH

Detachment Games Prevalence Win rate VP diff
Paragons of Putrescence 470 41% 42.7% -2.9
Virulent Vectorium 265 23% 41.1% -5.5
Champions of Contagion 234 20% 44.5% -0.4
Contagion Engines 181 16% 42.5% -2.2
Death Lord’s Chosen 146 13% 46.8% -3.4
Flyblown Host 143 13% 40.7% -5.7
Tallyband Summoners 112 10% 38.3% -4.2
Mortarion’s Hammer 100 9% 41.2% -6.4
Shamblerot Vectorium READ WITH CARE 71 6% 43.9% -2
(unresolved detachment) 164 14% 43.6% -4.5
An 11th-edition army runs multiple detachments, and a game counts toward every detachment it fields — so prevalence is a footprint (share of this faction’s 1144 games that ran each detachment) and sums above 100%. 86% of games resolved to a named detachment.
TOP BUILDS — the detachment pairings players actually field (shares sum to 100%)
Build Games Share Win rate
Virulent Vectorium 265 23% 41%
Champions of Contagion + Paragons of Putrescence 194 17% 46%
Death Lord’s Chosen + Paragons of Putrescence 82 7% 47%
Mortarion’s Hammer + Paragons of Putrescence READ WITH CARE 79 7% 38%
Paragons of Putrescence + Tallyband Summoners READ WITH CARE 59 5% 37%

SCORING POSTURE WIN RATE BY MISSION · CURRENT PATCH

How this faction scores across the five mission postures — the bar fills to its win rate, with the mid-line marking an even 50%. Read over the current balance patch; postures under 30 games are marked thin.

RECENT FORM TOURNAMENT RESULTS THIS WINDOW · 2026-W30

This window (singles): 42.8% win rate over 788 games.

Podium finishes this window — faction-anonymous, identified by placing and event:

The condensed composition behind these finishes is in TOP LISTS below.

TOP LISTS CONDENSED COMPOSITION OF THE BEST-PERFORMING LISTS THIS WINDOW

The lists behind this faction’s strongest finishes this window — identified here by placing, event, and field; the complete list lives at the source on BCP. Composition is condensed to datasheets and points; no rules or profile text.

#2
Rearguard Renegades Summer Open July '26
25-player field
View on BCP
Virulent Vectorium Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Biologus Putrifier60
  • Malignant Plaguecaster [Daemon Weapon of Nurgle]70
  • Malignant Plaguecaster [Furnace of Plagues]85
  • Malignant Plaguecaster [Arch Contaminator]85
  • Daemon Prince of Nurgle [Revolting Regeneration]225
  • Mortarion390
  • Tallyman60
Datasheets
  • Plague Marines180
  • Chaos Rhino75
  • Deathshroud Terminators160
  • Poxwalkers65
#5
Winter Clash 2026
23-player field
View on BCP
Virulent Vectorium Take and Hold 2000 pts
Characters
  • Lord of Contagion [Furnace of Plagues]145
Datasheets
  • Lord of Contagion + Deathshroud Terminators305
  • Deathshroud Terminators160
  • Daemon Prince of Nurgle225
  • Tallyman60
  • Blightlord Terminators370
  • Chaos Spawn80
  • Foetid Bloat-drone100
  • Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher125
  • Myphitic Blight-hauler100
  • Poxwalkers65
#6
WH40k event - Boltgun Tactics GT July 2026, hosted by Battleground UK
24-player field
View on BCP
Death Lord’s Chosen and Paragons of Putrescence Priority Assets 2000 pts
Characters
  • Lord of Virulence [Vile Vigour]115
  • Lord of Contagion [Face of Death]130
  • Lord of Contagion [Warprot Talisman]150
  • Foul Blightspawn [Rejuvenating Swarm]85
  • Tallyman60
Datasheets
  • Blightlord Terminators370
  • Deathshroud Terminators305
  • Plague Marines90
  • Foetid Bloat-Drone with Heavy Blight Launcher125
  • Poxwalkers65

WHAT THE WINNING LISTS RUN UNITS IN THIS FACTION’S UNDEFEATED & ONE-LOSS ARMIES · 2026-W30

Across the 16 Death Guard armies that went undefeated or one-loss this window, ranked by how often each unit appears. Faction-anonymous — the lists are counted, never attributed to a pilot.

“Winning” here means the pilot finished undefeated (X–0) or one-loss (X–1) at a 5+ round singles event with a field of 16 or more. Share is the fraction of those 16 lists that included the unit; a datasheet run in multiples still counts as one list. No rules or profile text — unit names and counts only.

EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVE EDITOR’S READ — INTERPRETIVE, NOT MEASURED

EDITOR

Editorial perspective coming. The Editor’s analysis of this faction’s current competitive position will appear here as the dossier program rolls out.

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