Pestillian portrait

Chaos · Death Guard

Pestillian

Biologus Putrifier

Overall hero rating 5.23 / 10

Score updated: Nov 3, 2026

Overall Hero Rating

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5.23 / 10 Rank 62

Useful explosive support in selected teams, though slow movement and positioning needs limit flexibility.

Guild Raid 6.0 / 10

Blast support gives strong specialist value against Winged Prime, with most raid usefulness concentrated in teams built around that matchup.

Guild War 6.5 / 10

Defenses featuring Pestillian hold in 34.3% of Meds Up battles across equally weighted battlefields, providing the stronger supported role.

Horde 4.5 / 10

Blast support and overkills help specialised Chaos teams, but slow movement, adjacency requirements and limited personal clearing restrict wider usefulness.

Popularity 2.90 / 10

Planner records show 2,238 players at Gold I or higher, 254 at Diamond I or higher and 5 at Adamantine II or higher. Five equally weighted milestones determine this investment-based Popularity score.

Hero Stats

Game 1.43.130
Health
17,462
Armor
3,929
Damage
5,821

Movement

2hexes

Melee

Toxic
Hits
1
Range
1
Pierce
70%

Traits

Contagions of Nurgle

An expanding aura reduces enemy Armour. Overlapping enemy auras strengthen the effect. Range: 1 in rounds 1–2, 2 in rounds 3–4, and 3 from round 5.

Resilient

If this unit is not already at 1 Health and would be defeated, its Health is instead reduced to 1 Health, unless Overkilled.

Putrid Explosion

Explodes when defeated, dealing Toxic damage based on its maximum Health to adjacent units, except Death Guard units.

Abilities

active ability

Foul Infusion

Pestillian and all friendly Chaos units within his Contagion aura deal an additional 1x 3654 Toxic Damage with their normal melee attacks for this round and the next. Pestillian then immediately performs a normal melee attack against a random adjacent enemy.

passive ability

Explosive Maladies

Friendly units adjacent to Pestillian deal an additional 1x 3916 Blast Damage with their normal ranged attacks. Friendly Chaos units adjacent to Pestillian also deal this damage with normal melee attacks. Enemies defeated by affected attacks are always overkilled.

Relics

Mythic relic

Orbs of Decay

The relic bearer's normal attacks deal an additional 2x 1018-2036 Toxic Damage to enemy units that have their Armour reduced by 30% or more and are also on or adjacent to the target's hex. Additionally, the target's hex is Contaminated.

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