500 points list

Hello! So I’ve been a long time player of death guard and I have a friend who I recently introduced to the hobby. Him and another mutual friend of ours are going to be playing a game this weekend. My friend was interested in trying out the death guard which is perfect because I own a ton of models for them already but wanted to try starting out at 500 points to take it slow and help learn the rules of the game. The thing is with where our army is now we are fairly elite and trying to build a list at 500 points has me worried. I usually play at 1500-2000 games so I can usually get all my bases covered. I made a mock up list for him and while it’s very strong it’s only three units. Does anyone have any experience playing our stinky boys at low point costs? Here are the lists I made up. Let me know if you think they’re viable!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

• FACTION KEYWORD: Chaos - Death Guard
• DETACHMENT: Virulent Vectorium (Worldblight)
• TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 495pts
• ENHANCEMENT:
• NUMBER OF UNITS: 4
• SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (1x2) - Assassination: 1 Characters +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Char1: 1x Lord of Contagion (120 pts): Manreaper

5x Plague Marines (95 pts) • 4x Plague Marine 1 with Plague knives, Plague spewer 1 with Blight launcher, Plague knives 1 with Heavy plague weapon, Plague knives 1 with Plague knives, Plasma gun • 1x Plague Champion: Plasma gun, Power fist

3x Deathshroud Terminators (160 pts) • 1x Deathshroud Terminator Champion: Manreaper, Plaguespurt gauntlet • 2x Deathshroud Terminator: 2 with Manreaper, Plaguespurt gauntlet 1x Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher (120 pts): Heavy blight launcher, Plague probe

OR

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

• FACTION KEYWORD: Chaos - Death Guard
• DETACHMENT: Virulent Vectorium (Worldblight)
• TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 500pts
• ENHANCEMENT: Daemon Weapon of Nurgle (on Char2: Lord of Virulence)
• NUMBER OF UNITS: 5
• SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (1x2) - Assassination: 2 Characters +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Char1: 1x Biologus Putrifier (60 pts): Hyper blight grenades, Injector pistol, Plague knives Char2: 1x Lord of Virulence (110 pts): Power fist, Twin plague spewer Enhancement: Daemon Weapon of Nurgle (+10 pts)

5x Plague Marines (95 pts) • 4x Plague Marine 1 with Plague knives, Plague spewer 1 with Blight launcher, Plague knives 1 with Heavy plague weapon, Plague knives 1 with Plague knives, Plasma gun • 1x Plague Champion: Plasma gun, Power fist

3x Blightlord Terminators (115 pts) • 2x Blightlord Terminator 1 with Bubotic blade, Combi-bolter 1 with Close combat weapon, Plague spewer • 1x Blightlord Champion: Bubotic blade, Combi-bolter 1x Foetid Bloat-drone with heavy blight launcher (120 pts): Heavy blight launcher, Plague probe

In this list I was also toying with dropping the biologus and enhancement to grab some pox walkers. Please give me any advice as I want to set him up for success!