Codex Adeptus Custodes - Full Rules Review

[@auspextactics]

CORRECTIONS: Apologies, the army wide heroic intervention stratagem is 3" normally. It's only 6" if the unit has heroic intervention normally. Means Aquilan shield do have more of a point and it makes characters have a 6" threat range. Also the Sisters of Silence trait I mentioned apparently doesn't GRANT obsec but instead takes it away from the opponent within 3". That seems more fitting (and very annoying for the foe!)

[@EdBurke37]

Fun note I just learned, and a bit of a spoiler for the second Throne book with Valerian and Aleya. The reason she can be used for the Teleport Homer strat is because the misericordia she has, which was given to her by Valerian, has a tracking device built into it incase she ever needs his help. That is some awesome game and story integration.

[@Maztermox]

Right, I totally forgot about that thanks for the reminder!

[@EdBurke37]

@@Maztermox it's so neat!

[@keirbird5900]

Jesus dude. The amount amount effort is stunning! At least 5-6 other videos this week and you come out with this?! You deserve a break, and a few more subscribers!

[@kuhvacako]

And you know In 24-48 hours time he’ll have another one of these for GSC…

[@KharnDaLoyal]

He is the hero the imperium needed😅

[@andrewbakescakes9684]

Best rules analysis channel out there.

[@sirprowsegaming5347]

This guy gets it

[@GlennYarwood]

@@andrewbakescakes9684 yeah nobody makes content like this it seems, just painting building etc

[@EdBurke37]

The biggest, most atrocious nerf in the new codex is clearly the cover art. The eighth edition cover is objectively superior.

[@ryanjackson6298]

Honestly, all of the 8th Edition artwork looks better. Each one has this impact to it, almost as if the character is about to jump out at you. The 9th Edition ones just seem... disinterested.

[@thecoolerrats7144]

@@ryanjackson6298 I think the T’au codex and gsc codex cover art look better then their 8th, but I agree with you on a lot of the others.(special edition black templar not included)

[@EdBurke37]

@@ryanjackson6298 the only thing better about the 9e Custodes cover art is that it has a Sister of Silence on it. Otherwise it's just worse.

[@perfectcell8130]

@@ryanjackson6298 It's as if 8th Art was made by someone who loves Warhammer and to make art, and 9th is made by someone who has been commissioned. I know they both were commissioned, but that is besides the point.

[@jesustejeda6404]

HELL NO

[@TheSniperGTO]

I used to tell friends starting out in the hobby to play Custodes. They weren’t “that guy” stupid overpowered I win buttons, but they were very forgiving, you only needed a handful of models to play, so cheap to start and easy to keep track of units due to their small numbers. Now, you have to know, I believe, 52 stratagems. 6 different Shield Hosts and their 9 traits, 6 Martial Katahs and 12 stances…for an edition they were trying to streamline to “speed up play” (hence no overwatch and a smaller board) they sure are making it complicated.

[@Orannis01]

The amount of book keeping that they've added to armies now is getting ridiculous.

[@TheMajorpickle01]

To be fair, while the complexity has gone up, games do seem to be faster from my reckoning. Although I was a noob in 8th and now with 9th i have experience

[@CloudianMH]

You're pretty evil then. They are not forgiving. The nost punished army gor losing any model

[@TheSniperGTO]

@@CloudianMH But what it takes to LOSE that model. And when you are trying to learn this increasingly complicated game, an “army” of 12 guys is pretty easy to keep track of. Much easier than 2000 points of Craftworld, Orks, Tyranids. Or the complexities of Admech. Or the concentrating on one thing like 1000 Sons or Grey Knights. I guess Craftworld, if painted right, are easy. “All these colors do this only. All these colors do this.” Space Marines cause they can take a hit. But to learn? Custodes are pretty forgiving. Make a mistake with Eldar, lose an entire unit. With Custodes, lose a guy. Isaac played a number of games before finally deciding on Tau of all things. Brave man to pick Tau as your first army in 9th edition.

[@TheMajorpickle01]

@@CloudianMH sure but they are cheap and easy to learn. I was new to 40k with 8th playing admech and it's both hella expensive and confusing when you first start because of all the options.

[@danielkla2714]

In compensation for the Loss of the 3++ of the Custodian Guard's Shields they could have given them a standard -1 to hit in melee same as the galatus owns or a sweaping profile for the blades to double the attack profile. That would have been a really solid tweak to even tackle some of custodes struggle against hordes and to justify the points increase in contrast to the overall buff to the now superior spears.

[@nabmcfeegle]

I believe they are going for ka'tah being pronounced like kata (as in forms in martial arts). There's plenty of 'etymology' in 40k that mutates words in the setting. Great video, thank you!

[@cinifiend]

Reminds me that the Eldar word for human is mon'keigh (monkey). LOL

[@Its0Smitty]

Silent judge actually turns off obsec within 3", instead of granting the sos cap obsec. Pretty sweet

[@LtKharn]

That's hilarious, how annoying that could be :)

[@auspextactics]

Cheers for that, must have misread. I'll post a correction above!

[@robotsaysyes8804]

The only review i watch when a codex drops 👌

[@domagojkrizic9572]

a small correction: wisdom of the moritoi allows you to choose whether you want to reroll hit or wound rolls of 1. adds some flexibilty and makes it a little better, i guess

[@undonghakjalibrary]

Your contents are amazing! Not only the rate of uploading, but the fine quality of your contents feed me valuable information. In Korea, we do not have many channels discussing 40k table top games. Thanks a lot and I hope you keep up the work!

[@yourwaifuistrash3810]

Corection: Fraternity of Heroes allows you to Heroically Intervene with any unit 3". You only get a 6" if that unit was already able to Heroically Intevene. Actually makes Aquillan Shield a bit more interesting to look at, though not by much.

[@auspextactics]

Thanks for the catch, will post a correction above!

[@RadioEnnui]

GW should support you more noone else does consistent no-BS 40k content like you!

[@rantymcrant-pants9536]

WH+ should have been a version of WH-tube; one place for all your fan stuff as its base.

[@honeybeeees6666]

You gotta admit, it's funny how the whole "stated purpose" of 9th edition was to streamline and speed up the pace of the game, and then they spent the entire edition making the most convoluted, complex mechanics for literally every army. I love some complexity in how mechanics interact, but I do not like having to memorize page long rules and mechanics for literally every army in my local meta. Thanks to you for making it a tad bit more bearable and concise lol. Also, take a nap dude. You're insane, and we love you.

[@musicalcharge]

The best thing about Hero Quest is that it doesn't have complicated game mechanics or a local meta.

[@luxumbra7602]

@@musicalcharge is saying it doesn't have a local meta supposed to be a joke that no one plays Hero Quest?

[@joshwalton25]

This. Games might go a little faster, but only if you know the stratagems well. Between that, the staggered Codex releases, and covid delays, your rules could be spread across multiple books, magazines, and digital articles. Imagine being a Nids player right now. You have to track your rules across a Codex, Psychic Awakening, Imperial Armory, and a White Dwarf.

[@musicalcharge]

@@luxumbra7602 The best thing about Hero Quest is that you can never be too sure whether "the best thing about Hero Quest" jokes are serious or not.

[@G-Squared_99]

My one complaint is that sisters aren't MSU 4 if you build a Knight-Centura. Weird considering that Allarus Terminators are MSU 1 if you build the Shield-Captain and Vexilus Praetor in that box

[@pinoarias8601]

This is why I kitbashed myself a Knight Centura with a female stormcast and sister bits.

[@malekith13]

@@pinoarias8601 Wouldn't that made a way too big character ? stormcast are pretty big after all^^

[@kamaeq]

3d print one, even a SoB with SoS head and put the box sword on it to satisfy the based around GW parts rule. I mean surely the big special relic sword is most important, right?

[@pinoarias8601]

@@malekith13 She's about a head larger than the sisters, nothing that a little basing magic can't fix

[@pinoarias8601]

@@kamaeq not even, you can run em with flamers and bolters too.

[@thecoolerrats7144]

You’re really undervaluing the boosts to mobility from Solar Watch, they’re probably the best/most important buffs custodes can get. Since they lost the 3+ invuln and are already really killy the most important thing you can do is get them into the enemy as fast as possible, the ability to fall back and charge(or fall back and shoot with the maneuver stratagem) is huge with the bikes and that relic spear synergizes super well with tip of the spear.

[@idkimnotcreative8974]

As a new custodes player this actually really made me reconsider how I build my first list

[@RenegadeGR721]

My complaint about the codex isnt about the "nerf" but more the feel of the faction. this was suppose to be the codex where we can truly play as "Talons of the Emperor"/"10,000 Heroes"; but instead we just got balancing update for codex 8.5. - we cant really use sos more freely since limited to 1 unit per custodes unit in the detachment; shouldve been 1 sos unit per any custodes unit and no such restriction if sos HQ is also taken). - many stratagems are from previous codex, nerfing the ones most commonly used and balancing ones from psychic awakening that made custodes feel like expensive space marine instead of its own faction. - the normal custodes units (not characters) didnt get base stats buff; making the units not feel as elite as other factions. custodian guard only has 3W and 3A while other faction's elite units has same or even more, custodes terminator is just a custodian guard with +1W and +1A with no defense buff while deathwing has 4+ wound only, custodian warden stats is still shit, etc. Like common sob babycarrier is S5 T5 4W 2+ 3/4A -1D WTF - the way ka'tah was implemented just doesnt make sense in any martial arts sense. martial artist changes their stance based on the situation not going through it a steps-manual like "some old people gathering wushu" shit. - wheres the free teleport deepstrike for all custodes (at least for infantry), wheres the finest weapons of the imperium (D2 is meh now since many units has it and theres alot of invul sv and -1D, also wth paesidium shield), wheres all the single individual heroes (all custodes shouldve been able to be fielded with 1 model), and on and on and on. Custodes/talons just dont feel how they should be in the lore, instead we got some "tournament meta balance" (im assuming most of the custodes playtesters mostly played with the 8.5 meta from what i see, instead of suggesting drastic changes to make Custodes/Talons unique). Dont get me wrong, I think custodes will be decent in tournaments with this codex but Im the guy who is fine with custodian guard to be like 60 or 70pt if it will make them "emperor's finest" and also wanted to field sisters more. P.S. Aupex, we appreciate on what you do for us but dont die for the emperor just yet

[@RSBurgener]

Bravo 👏 👏. Great video. I feel like I understand these guys far better now. You contribute more to Warhammer than a lot of the GW executives do, I'm sure. I hope they do *something* to say thank you at some point. I don't feel like poking fun at Custodes anymore. With a better color scheme, I could see myself playing them. Thanks again!

[@sellis5716]

The codex seems really good from an internal balance perspective, multiple interesting ways to play the army, some very fluffy recurring themes such as deadly buffs against monsters and characters. I think it’s been well balanced by the nerfs to 3+ invulnerable saves and loosing a couple of good strats.

[@ornado4773]

okay, so now their just golden space marines - WORSE golden space marines. Their entirely super elite and most of their new strategems and things are only good when you take A LOT of models - but wait...we can't cuz oh yeah we got like 20 models total. 3+ invuln wasn't OP why do i say that? Custodes even WITH THAT was only B tier at best. Now you took that and some of the best stratagems away and gave us a very shitty Kat'ah system that is retarded as hell to utulize and sisters of silence - that we can't technically field and you have to take them as a secondary army slot costing you 3 cp to field an all custodes army or its illegal to use them because GW is a bunch of quacks.

[@GlennYarwood]

As other people have said, it seems your content and the depth you go into, it’s basically unrivalled 💯🔥 Very appreciated by someone relatively new getting into the game

[@themos9751]

unleash the lions sounds like a lot of fun with Emperor's chosen; each terminator gets a re-roll whenever they shoot or fight meaning the Fighting Style is 3x-6x as effective depending on the unit size.

[@malekith13]

Just as a reminder, all relics based on auric weapons are auric weapon, so yeah the gatekeeper can shot up to 8 shots F5 PA2 ( 3 if dread ost at less than 9" from the ennemy ) D2 auto hit, not very optimized but nice in friendly games^^

[@AnEnormousNerd]

Sounds like fun in overwatch against melee marines.

[@josephrivera9818]

Can't wait for the GSC review!

[@amandajames9155]

Just a note Fraternity if heroes does not give a 6 inch heroic intervention to any unit. It only increases the distance to 6 inches if they already could intervene, otherwise it just allows a normal heroic intervention.

[@thevix9794]

Auspex tactics is the true new hero of this release. Thanks for sharing

[@MegaMhope]

Can't wait to break out a spreadsheet everytime I start a game to remember my damn Ka'tahs... my whole strategy revolved around a shield wall holding the center while bikes took objectives, so it looks like I'm going to either have to get new models (dreads or sag) or relearn how to fight with my boys...

[@drizzt8886]

well bikes can still go around capping objectives a unit of 4 counts as 8 models and they have no problem wiping most stuff off with shooting+melee

[@FREEkdaman]

Its a really simple mechanic, it was just worded poorly.

[@joshuaduncan6178]

Excellent video. As an aspiring custodes player, I greatly appreciate the effort you put into this.

[@zaczane]

I'll miss my close Teleport Homer, and My Unstoppable Destroyer moonwalking out of combat after fighting.

[@josephburge9410]

You are the MASTER ok 40K PowerPoint! Love your videos, thanks for putting this up.

[@sheeemt399]

waiting for that patrol box to start my first army.. I may get weak and get the box with the blade champion. also that custodes combat patrol has 2 bikes in the picture but it isn't listed posted on the combat patrol page 🤔

[@s.h-d6074]

Would be very interesting hearing your thoughts of implementing Forge World units into lists. Are there meaningful downsides using them as long as their Datasheets are not updated...?

[@kamaeq]

Without a FW update, whiny dickheads will claim none of them get any of the new benefits from army wide rules and auras. Don't think it won't happen given the sheer idiocy over the 5th Ed Necron codex reanimation rules TOs caved on, where they ruled certain attacks disallowed reanimation (based on the prose style of one codex author written in two codices by claiming semantically equivalent phrases meant different things) while simultaneously ruling against using the same interpretation logic to deny the resulting unkillable Necron units left on the field to contest objectives.

[@notdoomguy1616]

Well... technically speaking... the Forge World units got the necessary keywords already AND they do have the Aegis of The Emperor ability. The only thing they seem to be missing is the "Martial Ka'Tah" ability for the Aquilons and Fancy Spears. So "those guys" can't complain about you using them. At least I think so.

[@legsaspread]

Custodes: "Uhh, how come my shield stopped working?"

[@yummylumps9401]

Get this man a vacation, nerf his work schedule

[@shakyrob6512]

Woh, woh, woh. GW is slow enough on their own that that's more than enough down time for our favorite cogitator. ;)

[@chrisc7563]

Dacatarai 2 will also be good into DR1. For 3 attack models you'll effectively get the damage you lost going to D2 back. For attack stat higher models it's not quite as good but it'll help.

[@KurtzeTube]

Best 40k channel on the whole KZbin. Cheers man.

[@Ahivalaostia88]

I just finished assembling my custodes, now with this new codex released and everyone crying over and over about it Im worried about having my pre-oder, but will make the best out of it. Also we have to wait for the other half of the codex and how the FW minis will do.

[@joshuagraham5422]

I think it's too early to cry right now, there are surely some hidden combos

[@azir64]

The FW models already have the core rules updates, etc so do not expect an update anytime soon.

[@SageSimulant]

KZbin comments are always complaints. You won't know what to think about your army until you play them and have a feel for them.

[@Ahivalaostia88]

@@azir64 Oh cool, I didnt knew.

[@JakimAkim]

@@Ahivalaostia88 i played a 1000p game vs them with my blood angels, managed to kill 3 guards and 3 bikes in one turn, still got crushed lol. You will be fine! :D

[@bobrandall8742]

On the plus side we can still play 30k …

[@primafacie5029]

Auspex just keeps making great reviews

[@brandonnelson6018]

Thanks for the video. You are the hero we need not the one we deserve.

[@dannyKurt]

Very Disappointed in this Codex. I was so excited for it to come out and now it's left a bitter taste in my mouth. EDIT: Apparently it has some nifty tricks so I still have hope in the codex.

[@reflex5400]

ummmmm.... how??? It's way better now lol.

[@GreatChickenGod]

i like how he makes it seem like Dreadknights are so tough that the Rendax martial katah is going to make a difference. they're only T6, so other than sentinel blades, the entire army wound them on 3's in melee. unless he's talking about shooting, which overall, the katah is only going to net you maybe 1-2 wounds per unit.

[@azir64]

Peerles warrior (6's to hit = 1 extra hit and 6's to wound = an additionl mortal wound) should have been army wide. The reroll 1 hit, 1 wound roll per combat phase too. Oh and the shields only give an extra ap now ? nothing extra to compensate for the loss of the extra invuln? not extra toughness, no extra wound ? nothing ? Alright then.......... Terminators should have ignored ap1-2 gotten t6 and dmg 3 axes, if it wasnt army wide for the axes. Bikers should have kept reroll failed wound rolls on the charge.

[@ForceM1782]

I totally agree. If the 3++ absolutely needed to go, give them extra wound, toughness or -1 dmg, maybe +2 armor even. Spending 5 points more for an 1+ and a much worse weapon is completely stupid! This is a huge nerf and neither Ka'tah nor even Shield company traits can remotely even make up for it. They should have made the Army more elite, not less. This Codex is a huge letdown, and pretty much also a straight downgrade, in a period of otherwise insane power creep.

[@leestride2285]

Not sure if you siad or I missed it, but MIsericordias: are they free for units or just cost more for HQ (I know they were 3 points each in previous edition)? You said price for HQ (+5) but not other units, if I'm not mistaken.

[@d.t.m8393]

Dare I say it, but this seems kind of balanced at first glance? I'm happily surprised as I was half-expecting these guys to come out OP as all heck. Still worried that the Tau & Eldar will be super broken upon release though so... 🤞

[@raptorxrise5386]

i definetly agree. Only worry is that they fall behind if powercreep keeps up so lets hope they fix that

[@elliotreeves2725]

honestly not looking forward to how gw are going to buff the tau because i feel they're gonna go balls to the walls to ensure that tau can wipe an army in a single shooting phase

[@ForceM1782]

Balanced means it's utter crap, if of the last dozen Codexes, ten were a ton of power creep! Make every codex equally balanced, or make every Codex equally OP.

[@victordavila9812]

Man I was just thinking oh the new codex is out I hope that auspex uploads a vid to let me see it and here you are how are you so fast really you deserve more subs you never disappoint o/

[@kamaeq]

No, the Magnifica is nerfed. Instead of -1 to hit + cover bonus, now you only get -1 to hit even if in cover PLUS losing the bonus to any ignores cover rule. Defensor took anti-ally nerf without the large 5++ aura to allied infantry. Have to see what the big post release FW/GW FAQs change up. Already seeing rumors of continued points drops in FW unit cost, a change to misericordia costs and a maybe buff to the shields

[@mrcamo2usir]

I feel like the Sagittarum Custodes are still a good choice for backline objectives at least as a 1 of, they will be pretty durable in cover & could earn their points back over the game at range

[@firstevidentenigma]

I love your videos, you're awesome. Keep up the good work, this HAS to be tedious. lol

[@Meuduso1]

I saw a post that was about getting a SoS HQ Warlord with the obsec removal trait within 3 inches and some Allarus Terminators as bodyguards to just move on an obective and I think that could be quite funny. Just like "Nah, this is mine now" even before having killed the enemy's obsec troops.

[@icklemoo]

So pretty much we still need to run a stack of FW units ... ventari are obsec and core/fast moving .. dreadnoughts are still awesome with the telemon or gallatus both with 4++ invuls baked in .. be interesting to see the initial FAQ in the next week to bring inline the new point changes and what keywords get put into FW units... Aquilions could be awesome if they become auric lastrum bolters :) plus they are Str 5 x 2 with their -4 /D2 fists .so they could be very good at punching out stuff ... Fingers crossed Sagitarum guard get Auric on their golden bolters as well :) GW should just at this stage make Land Raiders a Legend unit or just bump them up into LOW and give them 20 wounds/5++ and -1D or some ignore Ap1 rules .

[@3v3rhard]

I remember when they released the small codex to play custodes guards and 2 years later they received a nice codex with some cool miniatures. This feels like back to that small codex to use for fun. They could have just done nothing and it would be better.

[@MrCaryk]

I dont play custodes nor know any of their rules. Is it a bad book?

[@3v3rhard]

@@MrCaryk its too soon to tell but it sure doesnt feel exciting as a new codex should feel. They also left out all the custodes from fw which I could understand for other armies but custodes is 50% fw. So we get a codex for half our army very lazy money grab book.

[@seriade]

@@3v3rhard all the foreworld units were all updated already with core. Etc.

[@3v3rhard]

@@seriade but they are not in the book that was my point nor are any of them revised or updated except some keywords.

[@FREEkdaman]

@@3v3rhard FW is never in the codex, EVER!

[@blade2453]

I can’t wait to get my hands on this book, preorder is in

[@Pers0n97]

I audibly exclaimed "Holy shit dude!" when I saw the video pop up with that lenght.

[@danewtrucka6431]

So a rhino holds 10 sos can I have two different squads in it such as a 5 man squad of witch seekers and a 5 man squad of vigilators? If so that might be a nice wombo combo

[@DareToWonder]

The Emperpr's Chosen warlord traint on the blade champion is a cheeky way of making 2 attacks into 4 attacks with his profile shaningas

[@JasonM69]

It's official, you don't sleep!

[@StephenHenryIV]

Valerian also has the Nightbringers ignore wound rule!

[@Ryan30z]

Thats actually pretty massive

[@dewseff8492]

Whered you get that from?

[@StephenHenryIV]

@@dewseff8492 on his data sheet built into his spear “Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to an enemy model, that enemy model cannot use any rules to ignore the wounds it loses.” I’ve found a few people talking about it and saw it in a review someone did on KZbin. Saw the datasheet and everything. The Spear also has an extra point of AP for -4.

[@priorityordersdiscarded7868]

Yeah but the reason the Nightbringer is (was) so scary is that it *also* ignores invulnerable saves, which Valerian doesn't.

[@SarajevoKyoto]

@@priorityordersdiscarded7868 If it's true that "enemy models cannot use any rules to ignore wounds" that means it bypasses normal saves, invulns, AND FNP.

[@Kajws]

So does that mean then that if you take an Anathema Psykana detachment you can't take any custodes units? And if so how far does that extend? For example could I use custodes vehicles like the land raider?

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

Is the Aquilian Shield's Shield of Honour Stratagem applicable only to non-vehicle Imperium Characters? Or it's just straight out all Imperium Characters now?

[@brandonjeffries3638]

So how does Forge world get involved?

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

What a slap in the face. Impossible to remember rules and nerfs as the average codex gets more and more broken.

[@brandonjeffries3638]

I think going shadowkeepers with the blade master taking the WLT will be hilarious! Lol

[@markhickson9087]

Now to see how they get on in tournaments 😄

[@matthewquan9083]

56:40, Custodes probably have more morale because they don't have glitches.

[@KampferNL]

Press F for the Pure plastic custodes dream, getting watered down with sisters and FW

[@zaganim3813]

there are plastics sisters tho?

[@KampferNL]

@@zaganim3813 pure custodes means no sisters 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@InnuendoOutTheOther]

So what do we lose for souping some guard or something now? Just the obsec or do we lose shield host also

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

You just don't get the Ka'tahs

[@rmkarros]

@@Tomoyuki_Tanaka I'm actually fine with that as I hate the katas and the extra book keeping.

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

@@rmkarros Ha ha ha! That's what I did with Skitarii or Adeptus Mechanicus! I couldn't care less about the Imperative Doctrinas and Canticles because I soup them with my Imperial Knights!

[@rmkarros]

@@Tomoyuki_Tanaka ya mine are going to be with guard so I'm actually really glad I won't have to rember it all. serously my dyslexic ass just can't deal with it lol.

[@ChrisJohnson-vb9hr]

Emperor's Chosen seems pretty good to me.

[@fgkuv5232]

I am so early that the emperor isn't on the golden throne

[@WelNep]

I dunno if im dumb but did the forge world sheets get updated?

[@niccogiova6728]

So we don't have anything apart from 4+ to negate a psiker?

[@OptimusMonk01]

So is a Captain Commander a different datasheet from the Captains??

[@Vladthestud]

Solar Watch warlord trait - friendly infantry unit (not custodes)?. So there are two shield hosts that would be good in a soup? Also Praetorian plate relic - from friendly non-custodes unit?

[@raxy0163]

This is awesome. Thank you so much for you hard work. Do you have any guess on when they will update the forge world custodes as about half their units are on forge world?

[@GetOverHereGaming13]

It'll probably only happen if/when Horus Heresy becomes GW and not FW because the FW units are Horus Heresy Units

[@zaganim3813]

@@GetOverHereGaming13 wut, the FW units have been updated several times for 40k

[@GetOverHereGaming13]

@@zaganim3813 I mean as their releases were for Horus Heresy

[@cyberware5323]

For me, playing Custodes now feels like DA Deathwing in gold instead of „everyone is a hero in its own right“. And thats the reason the codex is a big fail for me.

[@shanehepple2044]

Except, DA Deathwing are much better. More durable, better damage output. Sad time to be a custodes player.

[@BloodyArchangelus]

Hell yea. DA terminators are better than custodes. What a time to be alive.

[@rambunctiousmedia3350]

It's been a year since you dropped this video - how well would you say this Codex has aged? Can you also post a video about the buffs and nerfs that you'd give the Custodes if it was your call?

[@jackbuchanan1695]

Can't wait to watch this later! Legend!

[@ianbabcock6802]

The problem I see with an all Sisters of Silence army is the lack of heavy weapons or heavy units in general. I can only see a pure sisters detachment being viable in a 500 or 1000 point game.

[@fanatazgara]

Lorewise might of Terra looks so good

[@Isaac-zq8vt]

It's possible to build a competitive army withou forgewolrd?

[@scrubsrc4084]

I'd rather keep the 3+ stormshield than the 6+ against mortals

[@chrisc7563]

Completely understandable it's definitely better. But it's also utterly unfun to play against. GW might be bad at spotting unfun stuff until it's live but they do actually seem to prioritise fixing it now.

[@cogmentation656]

Did I miss it or is no one mentioning the Telemon or other dreadnaughts? Did they not get changed at all?

[@raulperez3657]

We've to wait for the capter at this moment they've the same progile than imperial compendium so... Basicaly we cant play them without broke the shield host rule

[@JPKgold]

Tyranids get 3+ Invuls and custodes don't. feels bad man.

[@WHTactics]

Very happy with the new Custodes. 4++ Built in to Aegis is good. Eliminating 3++ from everything bar a Relic is good, it was my one major issue with Custodes, 3++ is far too strong. 4++ is still incredibly strong, but far more balanced. Trajann is still insanely durable, as he should be. Only disappointment for me, was the Castellan Axes being reduced to Flat 2 Damage. D3 gave you that potential 3 Damage per swing that made Axes so good. Now being free for S8 is still good, but still feels like it's lost something at D2. All round, very happy, and looking forward to playing my Custodes some more. The Allarus changes are interesting, makes taking Auxilliary Detachments for other armies of 1-6 Allarus Termies for some deepstrike hilarity something I'm considering.

[@bryantprak7129]

With so many -1 damage the Golden Boys are just swinging sticks at this point, if any thing it should be 2damage +1mortal on unmodified 6

[@KampferNL]

@@bryantprak7129 or a stratagem to ignore damage modifiers

[@BloodyArchangelus]

piece of crap, that would not see a light of the day.

[@40kwarriortuber92]

man these guys were already pretty good, I had a hard fight against them playing guard...

[@doctorj4050]

The warlord trait everyone’s going to go for I think is silent judge i’m sorry a trait that is a 3 inch or of no more object is crazy on a 50 point model and all the cost is 1CP

[@tonyandbob]

Have to say this book was kinda disappointing we still don't even have a way to get reliable mortal wounds (outside that one trait) and only some things got the extra attack. Oh and that one banner but that's more incidental. These martial skills seem cool but it's such an odd grab bag of specificly useful stuff. Like how often is no consolidation into you when they are already in engagement range useful? And why would you change Victor of the blood games (to remove hard pregame decisions supposedly) just to add something more changeable and specifically useful?

[@Pers0n97]

Yeah... so GW didn't rolled the FW updates at the same time than the codex, so basically half the army is still missing. It's just extremely unprofessional of them to not do thos updates at the same time than the codex.

[@EmilyChill22]

The codex isn't even out yet, it's only on preorder

[@Nazasu]

Wait a min. No Stooping Dive on Jetbikes?! This atrocity cannot go unnoticed. Stopping Dive was so good!. GW killing me by removing it.

[@St3f7]

Great video, I like the codex reviews. Seems like a lot of nerfs to custodes and a complicated new rule to pick up. Is it me or do other armies like death guard or dark angels seem tougher in comparison to the emperors creme de la creme..? And with mostly all other codex's going up in damage output only puts them further behind; wonder how these guys will fair..

[@ssvishnov]

They will be fine. They are currently the second most winning army at pro tournaments. The "nerfs" won't do much to slow them down given how stacked they already are

[@thebasher2915]

Why is it only in 360p? It’s hard to read what was written

[@duetbreaker]

How does the relic Radiant Mantle work on a blade champion when the blade champion is being attacked by enemies in melee?

[@allenbroussard1451]

you dont give him radiant mantle. No real purpose unless enemy only hits on 4-5 in combat already.

[@tyrusdalet]

Blade Champion’s ability looks at unmodified rolls. So don’t use it unless enemies only hit on 4’s or higher

[@tonyandbob]

are the sisters of silence still immune to physic?

[@Chizzy941]

Do the dreads get 4 ++ as well? If so that's a nice buff to the contemptors

[@dewseff8492]

No

[@joshuawolk4532]

Mate, your my F*%$! hero. Legand

[@CromTheDestroyer]

People on reddit crying saying the army sucks, but the book is fantastic so far. if you think a 3++ going away is going to lose you games.... it won't. sooo many easy strats for dmg mitigation, which are not too expensive, some insanely good relics, Captain Commanders are balanced and definitely upgraded, and D2 is not an issue with the new Datacarai(?) ka'tah. No obsec bikes is fine. if you can't take a target off an objective with them, you probably aren't playing them right! it definitely takes a bit of practice but in my opinion this book is an upgrade, and I've played Stodes since they were playable as a faction. The flexibility we have now is great. Also Trajann. Wow!

[@FlavoredLewb]

When might the genestealers one be happening?

[@oomsa]

Thank you

[@martinrudolph5938]

As always your content and its delivery speed is inmaculate Auspex. But on the flipside, this codex feels like a spit in the face to custodes player, they became overcomplicated and less effective for no reason at all. Its honestly astonishing someone read these rules next to both their own old codex and the rest of this current edition codexes and went "Yeah this is alright".

[@HighMarshalBiggusDickus]

Haven’t watched the video yet, but how are they less effective?

[@martinrudolph5938]

@@HighMarshalBiggusDickus Their costs didnt go down at all and they have become less durable overall, which is something that is supposed to be compensated by katah's but if your enemy knows about them they can avoid them making their benefits situational.

[@Alex-dr1ez]

@@martinrudolph5938 their costs have gone down. I don't know anyone who wanted custodes prices to drop. I think this is the army that you make everything better and increase prices. I can think of 3 strats that should've just been baked into the units datasheet and given the book 3 more strats lol

[@martinrudolph5938]

@@Alex-dr1ez that would have been better yeah

[@cwj138]

No double bike HQ makes me sad. I only have 2 bikes so now one is useless.

[@matjov]

Full price for 20 profiles? No thanks.