GW revealed six new Adeptus Custodes Stratagems just days before the book’s release, check out what they will do!
We’ve seen a ton of rules ahead of the codex release, but we don’t have long to wait now as the book hits soon. An interesting thing, all these Stratagems cost 1 CP, so we’ll see if that’s the trend in the book or if they do have any really big ones.
Warhammer Community unveiled the new Adeptus Custodes stratagems rules along with a new and improved Obliteratum.
GW Reveals New Adeptus Custodes Stratagems 40k Rules
Vigil Unending gives your Characters one last chance to punish anyone that intends harm to the Imperium, bringing their Emperor-wrought might to bear against any who think they can go toe-to-toe with the Emperor’s finest.
For 1 CP, this is a fun and strong Stratagem. Especially considering how much damage a character can do, you might be able to take out whoever killed you!
Open the Vaults
The Adeptus Custodes have access to many powerful Relics with which to slay the enemies of the God-Emperor, but sometimes it’s difficult to decide which one to take. So, why not take TWO? This Stratagem allows you to give a Relic to another Character in your army on top of the one that your Warlord can already take.
This is pretty standard for most armies, but having more than one Relic is always nice.
Well, how about the new and improved Obliteratum to give a bit of oomph to the balistus grenade launcher of your Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour?
This isn’t the craziest thing ever since it’s one shot, one use. Still, you should easily be able to use this to cause about 5 wounds on most anything.
Arcane Genetic Alchemy
It might be called Arcane Genetic Alchemy but that’s just a clever name to fool the xenos and traitors. Everyone knows that the God-Emperor keeping an eye out for his chosen warriors is what keeps them alive.
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If you’re going to be facing a ton of heavy fire, this will really help keep your units alive as they will never wound on anything but a 4+.
Wisdom of the Moritoi
Adeptus Custodes’ Venerable Contemptor Dreadnoughts contain some of the finest warriors that the Imperium has ever witnessed. Pass on their centuries of experience to other units in your army with this Stratagem.
This is a really cool way to give your core units some extra buffs without having a Captain around. Since it gives every model in the unit the re-roll, it becomes quite strong. Plus that Telemon dreadnoughts have very big bases too!
Talons of the Emperor
The new codex doesn’t just feature the Adeptus Custodes – it also includes the Sisters of Silence. If you picked up the Shadow Throne boxed set, you already have a nice mix of the two, and your Adeptus Custodes can inspire your Sisters of Silence to even greater valour.
It looks like they want units to buff up other units, which is interesting and will make you think about overall positioning. This makes their attacks easier to hit and for one CP, it’s not too bad…
Psyk-Out Grenade
There are no finer psyker hunters in the galaxy than the Sisters of Silence, and one of the reasons that they’re so good is that they have just the right tools for the job – such as psyk-out grenades.
This isn’t anything crazy, but for 1 CP you can cause D3 Mortal Wounds to Psykers, and if it destroys the unit, it deals d3 mortals to every other unit within 6″ of it. Wow, that could in some circumstances hurt a lot.
Look for the new Adeptus Custodes Codex book to arrive alongside the Genestealer Cults on January 15th, 2021.
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