Editing Warhammer 40,000/8th Edition Tactics/Chaos Daemons (section)

====<span style="color:#387439;">Lord of War</span>====
*'''Scabeiathrax the Bloated:''' My oh-my is this guy one tough son of a bitch. At T9 with 22 wounds (which can be healed with the Nurgle Discipline), a 4+ Invulnerable save for being a Daemon Lord, and the Disgustingly Resilient special rule, you will need a crap ton of heavy fire power to put him down. And if he dies, on a 4+ a unit within D6" suffers D6 mortal wounds. His close combat abilities are not to be [[Nurgle|sneezed]] at either. He has Horrific Vomit, which is a 2d6 flamer at S6 AP-2 with Damage D3 that can be fired into close combat. Then, he has the Blade of Decay, a S+2 AP-4 sword that does a flat 6 damage. To round it all out, he gets D6 additional nurgling attacks at S2 AP0. He can cast 3 powers and deny three powers, and knows Smite plus two Nurgle powers. Finally, he lets Nurgle Daemons use his leadership within 6" of him. Oh, did I forget to mention he forces a -1 to hit modifier on all friendly Nurgle Daemon units within 6"? Yeah, you want this guy. The only thing stopping you from taking him in every game is he's 777 points, and he's a LoW.
**Chapter Approved arbitrarily slapped Nurgle's lucky number on Scabby, because obviously he's worth much more than Mortarion rules-wise, right? Where he stands right now, he is horribly overpriced for a model that has a very small area of effect. Wait for the new Great unclean one rules and see if you can get a cheaper version that does many of the same things...
**If you're playing anything other than Matched, you still want him for one reason--between his normal -1 to hit aura, the Miasma of Pestilence power he can cast on himself, and the Plaguefly Hive Warlord Trait, enemies have a -3 to hit against him if they are within 7". The best close combat characters in the entire game will need 5s to hit him. And if they have a power fist or thunder hammer, anything with a WS worse than 2+ physically can't hit him without outside bonuses. This can also be a counter to the new ork codex hordes trying to drown your warlord in wounds. Even with a banner they're hitting on 5+.