On today’s Art of War Battle Report, we have a top table clash between Jack’s Angelic Inheritors Blood Angels and Michael’s Champions of Contagion Death Guard!

As always, this competitive battle report is going to focus on the tactics and strategies employed by two of the best players in the world. Stay tuned to find out whether Angelic Inheritors still has the juice to take on the recently nerfed Death Guard menace!

Jacks’ Blood Angels are led by Commander Dante, The Sanguinor, 2x Captains with Jump Packs, a Lieutenant with Combi-Weapon with Ordained Sacrifice, and a Techmarine. Supported by a unit of Intercessors, a Devastator Squad, a unit of 6 Plasma Inceptors, a Infiltrator Squad, three units of 3x Sanguinary Guard, a Scout Squad, a Storm Speeder Hammerstrike, and 2x Vindicators.

Michael’s Death Guard are led by a Biologus Putrifier with Final Ingredient, a Foul Blightspawn, a Lord of Contagion, a Lord of Poxes, a Lord of Virulence, a Malignant Plaguecaster and a Tallyman. Supported by a unit of 10x Plague Marines and 2x units of 5 Plague Marines, two Chaos Rhinos, a unit of Chaos Spawn, two units of Deathshroud Terminators, three Foetid Bloat-Drones with Heavy Blight Launchers, 2x Poxwalker units.

Today’s battle will be fought using the Chapter Approved 2025-2026 Tournament Companion – Mission K, Scorched Earth Primary, Crucible of Battle Deployment, on Games Workshop Terrain Layout #6