Warhammer Community dropped a solid amount of spoilers for the upcoming Codex: Adeptus Custodes today. Come see the latest rules teased!
Ceri sat down with rules designer Dave Sanders to discuss the new Codex: Adeptus Custodes during their Twitch livestream today. This new codex contains updated lore, 27 great stratagems 2 full pages of Relics, 6 Warlord Traits, tactical objectives, and more. Ceri and Dave were gushing over just how many options and flexibility that the Custodes have.
If you missed the other Custodes teasers from this week, catch up with them before we roll into the latest teasers:
Below are the teasers from the livestream that were not seen before in the previews above.
- Jetbikes are expensive.
- Custodian Guards have 3 wounds and plenty of weapon options. They cannot equip a guardian spear and stormshield. They can have a guardian spear or a sentinel blade and stormshield.
- Custodes Guard Box can give you three different units. You can have 3 Guards, a Shield Captain, and a Vexilus Praetor. See below for the vexilus banner abilites.
- Sentinel Storm Stratagem: For 2CP, at end of opponent’s Shooting phase, choose a friendly Custodes unit within 1″ of an enemy. That unit can shoot with its Sentinel Blades as if it were the Shooting phase.
- Castellan Axes for Custodian Wardens are STR 8, -2AP, and D3 Damage. Wardens have 4 attacks.
- Castellan Strike Stratagem: For 1CP, use this strat in the Fight phase on a friendly Custodees unit. As long as more than 1 model is armed with a castellan axe and they are targeting the same unit, that axe’s is improved to -3AP until the end of the phase.
- Misericordia knives cost 4 points and give an extra attack.
- Custodes have a 6+ ignore during the Psychic phase.
- There are different paint schemes for the Custodes.
- Unflinching Stratagem: Improves a unit’s Overwatch.
- Victor of the Blood Games Stratagem: Choose a Custodes character before the battle begins. That character receives 1 free re-roll in each turn.
- Shoulder the Mantle Stratagem: When Warlord is slain, use this strat to choose another Shield Captain on the field to become your Warlord. A Warlord Trait can be chosen for the new warlord.
- Praetorian Plate Relic: allows the bearer to teleport to a chosen Imperial character at the end of the opponent’s Charge phase. They are set up within 3″ of friendly models and 1″ of enemy models.
- Auric Aquilas Relic: given to a Shield Captain on Jetbike and gives them 3+ invulnerable and re-roll charge rolls.
- Auric Shackles Relic: reduces Attack characteristics of enemy characters when close to the bearer. If bearer takes out the enemy Warlord, you score additional D3 victory points.
- There are three relic Vexilus banners. Wrath Angelus allows you to call down an orbital bombardment. The Fulminarus Aggressor essentially shoots lightning bolts and can be used as a melee weapon. Fath Absolute is the last and allows the bearer to attempt to deny the witch. (pictured above is the Vexillas)
- The Obliteratum Relic: a relic grenade launcher that upgrades it to Assault 1, STR 10, -4AP, D3 Damage.
- Champion of the Imperium Warlord Trait: this allows other friendly Custodes units in your army make Heroic Interventions as if they were characters.
- Emperor’s Companion Warlord Trait: re-roll the dice for damage that your Warlord inflicts.
- Radiant Mantle Warlord Trait: gives -1 to all hit rolls that target your Warlord.
- Peerless Warrior Warlord Trait: on a hit roll of 6+, your Warlord can make an extra attack.
- Deliver Victory Tactical Obj.: you get 1 victory point for receiving a victory point.
- Keep Them At Spear’s End Tactical Obj.: have no enemies within 3″ of any Custodes units to achieve.
- Crush Their Resistance Tactical Obj.: Your enemy chooses an objective at the start. If you capture that objective and hold until the end of your turn, score D3 victory points.
There you have the latest Codex: Adeptus Custodes teasers from the Twitch livestream. They may be an elite force but that pack a brutal punch. Check back with us regularly for more teasers and previews coverage of the Codex: Adeptus Cusrtodes.
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