Games Workshop Warhammer 40k - Adeptus Custodes Custodian Wardens

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Custodian Wardens may, at first glance, appear very similar to Custodian Guard , and indeed, these elite warriors perform much the same role as their brethren, but with some added benefits. The first of these is Binding Oaths, a special rule that further boosts the durability of a unit that is already very hard to kill.

The reward for it being more narrow is that it’s more flexible and focused. At the start of each Fight Phase you select one of three stances for your army to adopt, which applies to every unit with this ability, which is Custodes Infantry, Bikers, Dreadnoughts and Land Raiders, but not Sisters of Silence. Yes, the Land Raider can do karate, no we will not be taking questions.Custodian Guard: The combination of abilities and options on your core unit now makes them a genuinely exciting inclusion. For ten thousand standard years the Shadowkeepers have performed their duty, yet the opening of the Great Rift changed everything. With the power of Chaos spilling raw and seething into the spaces between the stars, new abominations have come to light. Worse still are the cells that stand suddenly empty, the entities and artefacts once contained within spirited away by some unholy force to curse the galaxy once more. Coronus • Caladius • Pallas • Venerable Land Raider • Rhino • Grav-Rhino • Grav-Raider • Grav-Spartan As well as the Custodians themselves, this article will also incorporate the Sisters of Silence – they can appear elsewhere, but War of the Spider includes ways to seamlessly tie them in with Adeptus Custodes armies, so it would be remiss to ignore them. Use a fine brush to paint the ornate red trim on the armor. Start with a basecoat of a deep red paint, such as Mephiston Red, and then highlight the edges with a lighter red shade, like Evil Sunz Scarlet.

Indomitable Guardians – 1CP: Use in your opponent’s Fight phase after an enemy unit that charged has fought. Choose an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit within 3″ of an objective and fight with it next. Basically a discount version of Counter-offensive for a Custodes unit that’s holding an objective. In 9th, a game all about objectives and with melee being a heavy feature, this is a very powerful ability. AWar of the Spider added significant new capabilities to the Adeptus Custodes. They gained an array of Shield Hosts, each with a new Warlord Trait, Relic, and Stratagem, 14 other new stratagems, and the ability to make one of your Shield-Captains into a Captain-Commander, giving them another trait on top of any Warlord Trait. For the Warlord traits, relics, and stratagems, you will find these in the appropriate sections below. Captain-Commanders get their own section, called ‘Lords of the Shield Hosts.’ Special Rules The poor Rhino does not get any of these special rules, differing only from a regular one in being able to carry the Sisters and having a chance to heal a wound each turn. It tries real hard though. The three exciting flavours you can take the Sisters in are Prosecutors, Vigilators and Witchseekers, who each have kind of their own deal going on. Prosecutors

Are some of these a reach without Forge World? Absolutely, but the format has its demands. Characters Custodes benefit from one of the weapons updates that came with the 9th edition Space Marines codex – their storm shields now offer +1 to armour saving throws and a 4+ invulnerable save. For Custodians this is pure upside as they still get +1 to invulnerable saves from The Emperor’s Chosen, so they still get a 3++ and also now have a 1+ save. Lords of the Shield HostsThis isn’t particularly complicated (though there are some other tools that interact with it) but is pretty good. The first thing to note is that you make this choice every Fight Phase, so if you’re doing lots of charges and expecting to clean up in Fight First during your turn you can take one of the aggressive options, then in your opponent’s turn use Kaptaris when receiving counter-charges.