Leagues of Votann vs Adeptus Custodes -

[@owlpope44]

Rolling bad against a bad matchup is a miserable experience. Props for the attitude!

[@radekpazdera4560]

True, it might have been a more tight match should he get a wee bit better rolls and Nick not pulling those heavenly rolls on some instances (LF overwatch and Champion saves were just oof)

[@FnRenner]

​@radekpazdera4560 I don't know man. I agree with you mostly but I run Custodes and can tell you 3 things for sure. 1st is that his list was a 9th edition list. 2nd is Nicks rolls were stupid good. 3rd is that Votann are hella hard to fight for Custodes unless you build a list specifically for handling an army that excels against elite armies.

[@radekpazdera4560]

@@FnRenner I do not have experoence playing against Votann but those Hearthkyn seemed to be very hard counter for sure. Amd eell yeah Volkite weapons and since DW changed and half of Custodes faction rule is almost useless - there are not that many sources of MW now (you could also see that in game where Custodes get chatged and get the MW and guys like "mortal wounds I have thing for that"

[@Spatztastic]

The fact that both land-fortresses didn't go down all game, and the toughness of the Votaan in general, made the game hard for the Custodes

[@sirseacow4514]

Yeaahhhhhh. Custodes don't really have that much anti-tank, at least from what I remember from 9th, don't know if that's changed much in 10th. XD

[@SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs]

​@sirseacow4514 the only real anti tank is their grav tank and good rolls when they use the Rendax Karate haha

[@demiliomason1565]

​@@sirseacow4514you need the grav tank, or to get the Achillus dread into melee. Both units are forgeworld though so, yea...

[@keldor8302]

@@sirseacow4514 That's intentional by design. Removing armored vehicles is meant to be their exploitable flaw to balance the army 'Rock - Paper - Scissor' style. That and being super expensive point-wise to make the hard to fail saves very costly when they do. It's a better position to be in than Necrons, imo. They also suck at removing armored vehicles. But they don't have universal invuln saves and 2+/3+ saves army wide. They have to rely on a gimmick that can be circumvented entirely. lol

[@radekpazdera4560]

@@demiliomason1565 not to mention the Achillus 6" M ... getting him there is not easy 🥲

[@SkullLad21]

Once they get Nick to play Necrons he becomes... RobotNick

[@lukevortex1037]

Or Nickron?

[@randomidoit9605]

A giant talking egg?

[@everettekmark4844]

Robonick*

[@SAJL1VE]

I see what you did there 😂

[@empagaming2341]

Best comment

[@thefloridaman41]

That’s a rough matchup, the Dwarves just love elite armies. Great game though

[@OneDapperFrog]

Though the golden bois still did really well all things considered.

[@peterbaines1763]

not a great army list for custodes either

[@Dracobyte]

Great gsme indeed!

[@christopherpegg6816]

Got to give credit to Nick, being able to play so many different armies is quite impressive. I can barely learn and play 2 different armies

[@Stonehorn]

Just takes practice. Between Warhammer Fantasy Battle, 40k, and Kings of War, I have something like 23 armies (playing since 1993). Plus, 40k 10th is really easy. Frankly it’s a bit too easy

[@Dracobyte]

Practice makes perfect!!

[@blackwolf671]

No, when nick is playing them, They're not Votan; They are Demiurg. That still counts as Tau.

[@Dracobyte]

Space Bear-Sloths FTW!

[@wassup048]

As a custodian player, it’s honestly hard to play when you’re outnumbered but that’s how it is. We hit hard and kill damn well in melee but man, you never wanna take first turn imo.

[@TheSearinoxx]

It's hard to play when you construct an awful army list and then deploy your vehicles in the middle of the board, and charge into melee with saggitarum, etc etc. Baffling decisions top to bottom from this custodes player.

[@cartledge_uk]

Also hard if you bring the most off meta custards army possible!

[@benpeterson6097]

To be fair, he said he doesn't play Custodes, and I would probably do the same things he's done. Custodes are known for great melee and just not dyeing, so mistakes like his are understandable for new to Custodes players@@TheSearinoxx

[@sirflapfla97]

thats what i was thinking@@TheSearinoxx

[@thedoctor1471]

@@benpeterson6097 Late to the party: while you are correct; it's still a lot of bad decisions. Not only are the bikes quite bad, given their only advantage is speed, putting them in the middle of the board is just bad 40k wether you play adMec, custodes, tyranids or anything. Keep them out of sight and move them where they need to be when they need to. The rest of the list also was kinda meh but mostly, the allarus or dreads should have been sent on those tanks ASAP. Your wardens or guards can take care of everything else, or at least not die while doing it; but only the big guys can take care of those tanks. All in all, some bad decisions and a lot of bad roll against your worst meta enemy leads to a difficult fight; which may still have been a great game :)

[@maijin007]

Beautiful paint job on those Custodes!

[@Dracobyte]

Very cool color scheme!

[@Astrospill]

He uses 300 points of terminators to screen his own deployment zone lol. If only Custodes had a cheap, 40 point unit that could be used to do that job instead!

[@snypa338338]

And ditch the sagg and vertus for a caladius or two.

[@MrHydro620]

Ya his army isnt built optimally at all. But it is what it is.

[@garethswift69]

and it doesn’t seem like he used the terminator grenade launchers at all.. or the martial katahs at the right time.. in both the enemy and his own fight phases

[@gammothdraws]

While I understand how the list isn't optimized, to me Play On has always been about having fun and having a good time rather than making meta, optimized lists and plays

[@Astrospill]

@gammothdraws And I think that's great! The Votan list was fairly competitive though and it felt like they went out of their way to pick some of the worst units from the Custodes roster and then use them in the worst ways. Expensive terminators in the back, dreads slow walking up the center of the board, melee warlords leading ranged units, and Guards with Vexila and swords. If they were both unoptomized list I'd have had no complaints

[@Curleyconcon]

Nick showing off some OG Nerd cred with that old school Dwarven warcry near the end. Baruk Khazad, Khazad Ai-Menu!

[@pandavikingguy6193]

Whats the reference?

[@thecrazygamer2853]

@@pandavikingguy6193 Axes of the Dwarves! The Dwarves are upon you

[@darkflame9410]

⁠@@pandavikingguy6193it’s a dwarven battlecry that Gimli shouts during the Battle of the Hornburg (and later on some shorter variations).

[@pandavikingguy6193]

@@darkflame9410 oh cool! Was that in the books?

[@darkflame9410]

@@pandavikingguy6193 Yep. Gimli shouts it during the Battle within the Hornburg's courtyard.

[@zacharystockwell516]

Awesome games and awesome content, love the work guys, it's been amazing to see the channel grow from the start and all the amazing stories you guys have told, PLAY ON!!! 🤘

[@Dracobyte]

They deserve more views and subs!

[@gamerprobetterthanyou]

Great video! Love the Northern Knights Gaming guys this is awesome you both came together! 🎉

[@thebigo81]

What i love the most about these games is the fact you dont take meta lists. Your not afraid to try something different. Nick and that Votann were awesome and really have me thinking about bringing a 3rd warrior unit when i normally ony use 2. Also no sagitaur either and that is a staple in most kin armies. Well done all!

[@blackenedsilversoul]

Great sportsmanship and a great game! Congrats and thanks to both players for an entertaining match

[@nanokindled8435]

Love these guy's vibes together. A great game, lighthearted and fun.

[@Supernovafilmstudios]

Awesome match! NKG and Play on , Pog! Both armies are beautiful painted and table looks sweet

[@jameslloyd6806]

WHY CANT NICK ROLE THAT WELL WITH GAURD??!!?!!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Right???

[@jeffcooper5138]

Anthony is a great opponent but his custodes list made me wince. Trajan on saggitarum and four bikes are a waste of the army’s potential. But a good game regardless.

[@mi55ionman1]

Agreed - a caladius would have been a better add than the sag. I know bikes are thematic but they just don’t do it

[@jeffcooper5138]

@@mi55ionman1 bikes are super cool just cost prohibitive. I’d run them if they were cheaper. And yeah, no caladius and he never used Slayer of Nightmares when attacking the land fortresses with his allarus. He’s clearly a very competent player from his tactics but he just needs to run custodes half a dozen more times to get a feel for them.

[@havocsdilemma]

@@jeffcooper5138 agreed. He also botched some rules sometimes, which sometimes fucked him a bit more and sometimes even helped him, so thats that.

[@jeffcooper5138]

@@havocsdilemma I noticed that as well. It happens I guess but hard to watch when you root for the custodes who lately need a lot of support.

[@cylondorado4582]

I was really interested to see this, since I’ve been out of the loop a long time and I’m still blown away they brought the “Squats” back.

[@Lionofmovies]

T’ahl Nick lol great video guys I love the intro shots….and the armies are gorgeous. Two great channels head to head, I need more of this

[@patrickdavis8271]

Fantastic game Nick and Anthony!

[@Jakeflixx]

Hey this is amazing! Great seeing NKG on 40K in 40.

[@Dracobyte]

Great in !deed!

[@left_Dane_right_Dane]

Amazing game, love Northern Knights Gaming! Check them out!! I think the real start of this 40k in 40m has to be Mr. Tycho himself. Absolutely incredible voiceover, really made the game come alive. So much fun!

[@Metropolithan]

love love love this matchup and gorgeous paintjob. More NKG!

[@Dracobyte]

More please!

[@blutausbeherit]

What an awesome matchup!!

[@thecrazygamer2853]

You fear to go into those mines. The Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dûm Custodes pop out with big smiles 😁

[@dominikbuttler1566]

What you do after destroying a unit in melee is called a "Consolidation Move" and not "Pile in" (Pile in is done after charging) but you can only do that if the unit is in range of an objetice marker.

[@deltavictor8369]

Well yeah Nick has a little bit of everything. There's only like eight units in the Votann product line. Hard to have a full list WITHOUT a little bit of everything 😂

[@spruceforester3038]

I seriously hope that when the Leagues of Votann codex drops that it comes with several new models and not just a new character. Votann is still half an army and needs more unit options. That being said they are still a very cool and flavorful army

[@Stonehorn]

Theres already a bunch of Votann models in Necromunda, including a dreadnought. It’s ridiculous that they don’t have 40k datasheets

[@spruceforester3038]

@@Stonehorn you serious? Well why don't they just use those then

[@Dracobyte]

I think they need more assault units.

[@Stonehorn]

@@Dracobyte they need a dreadnought unit, and fast moving infantry. Jetpack beserks or something

[@BoisegangGaming]

the mental image of a custode getting kneecapped by a hammer-wielding exosuited dwarf makes me real happy.

[@tobias7532]

When he comes back, he should bring his Genestealer Cult and play against Nick with his(!) Genestealer Cult. That would be interesting.🤩

[@TheHelpfulDM]

This was one of my favorite battle reports every (because I play the Squats) and also because every turn I thought a different person would win the game! Thank you Play on and Northern Knights.

[@vincentroberto2260]

This was a rough game to watch. The votann are extremely strong right now, and the custodes are really weak. This custodes list wasn’t even anywhere near optimized. No heavy armor support, and poor choice in units.

[@Astrospill]

So many sword and boards, Warlord with sagutarum, and dreads with bikes instead of tanks. As a Custodes player, it was hard to watch.

[@OneTwoThreeFourFiveSix78927]

Haven’t played much since the edition came out, this statement is fuckin wild to me

[@Black_Blow_Fly]

Felt like Nick tailored his list tbh…

[@PlayOnTabletop]

The army was borrowed. So I had to play the votann as I had them.

[@Black_Blow_Fly]

@@PlayOnTabletop sure 😄😄😄

[@Ickbard]

ANTHONY THAT'S MY BOOOOOOOOOY

[@Jelle1880]

I legit said 'god damn' when Nick one shot that Bike with the rail gun haha

[@valaquenta220]

My two main armies !!! I love them so much honestly ;-).

[@Johnnyjester333]

Just FYI Nick, the unit of Sagitarum that killed the Brôkhyr Iron-Master and his Hearthkyn Warriors was supposed to get 2 judgement tokens. 1 for the Warriors and 1 for the Iron-Master. :) Great game guys!

[@stefanhenning40]

Anthony looks like a fluffy Frodo

[@julianpourdanesh3339]

My god he’s bringing bikes and sagituram he doesn’t stand a chance. I love both those units but they are straight do do

[@NorthernKnightsGaming]

Perhaps, but they just look so cool! especially the sagituram

[@snypa338338]

​@@NorthernKnightsGamingRespect for playing what you like rather than the current meta. They'll probably be awesome in a couple of months! I do like a Canis Rex, even post nerf.

[@julianpourdanesh3339]

@@NorthernKnightsGaming you sir are the best of us I love both those units for my army

[@defektedtoy2731]

40in40 battlereports are always fun to watch! I just bought a custodes army, and I'm still waiting for them to arrive, but even I know better than this 😅 I have literally no experience with custodes, but it seems like people tend to build 8th edition lists, which is almost exactly opposite a 10th meta list. Bikes, saggitarum, axes, contemptor dreads, etc. If he at least had a caladius, or maybe even a telemon, he could have had at least some kind of ranged threat/bait. Going 2nd as custodes is amazing because you can reserve your allarus at the end of your opponents turn and redeploy on yours. Even having just one sword and board in the guard unit just for the wounds. I totally get not caring about meta and having a fun list, but even that could have been done differently. Throw an Assassin in there, maybe a named inquisitor on the saggitarum. Throw Aleya on some sword sisters, stick trajan with wardens. Anything would have been better than this list, unfortunately.

[@Haste444]

my two armies squaring off, before I even start, I don't know how I feel about this.

[@chaos427]

Dont know too much about the Votann, but where did the 6 judgement tokens in the first round come from? 2 characters werent even on the field then.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Before the game starts votann get to nominate 4 targets and put two judgment tokens on each.

[@akirby2886]

I was shocked how bad custodes were. How easy it was for Votann to kill their units. The custodes weren’t even playable imo.

[@techboi_420]

Those terminators are one of my fave models. Amazing paint jobs everywhere

[@benjaminloyd6056]

That white and gold color scheme is magnificent.

[@TerrabyteX]

Awesome game ! Anthony reminds me a bit of Frodo . Awesome play from both players !

[@echo_ironside8006]

same! it's the eyes i think.

[@chantjosephdurante2838]

So shortnick when Votann faction. Awesome and i think nick is already flexible player because he knows the how to play it and he know each faction weakness. Now we need space marine nick to fight spacemarine steve.

[@xxofameousgxx9686]

No disrespect to nick he’s a legend in the community and a great guy but where’s JT? I got into votann because of him. Just thought he’d be the dwarf player.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Originally, we had JT scheduled but he was unfortunately sick. Anthony flew with that Votann army from across the country so we could not reschedule and Nick stepped in to cover for JT.

[@xxofameousgxx9686]

@@PlayOnTabletop damn I hope he’s ok. Another reason why nick is a great fucking guy. Good stuff

[@jeffreynellessen2869]

Nick! Hearthguard have Grenades Launchers too!

[@Dethectic]

Those Custodes looks amazing, great paint job

[@BLACKWOODPMC]

If you guys do a t’au vs custodes I just want to tell you ITS NOT FUCKING CANNON

[@charlottebreckenridge659]

they have done, the tau won

[@BLACKWOODPMC]

@@charlottebreckenridge659 and that’s the reason why it’s NOT FUCKING CANNON

[@sarnxero2628]

Canon* 🤓

[@BLACKWOODPMC]

@@sarnxero2628 If captain general kitten says it’s not then it’s not

[@Dracobyte]

Nick is the goat no matter what army he plays!

[@thewaver8]

Who are these "cuss toads" I keep hearing Mr. Child of Chaos alluding to?

[@SteamTitan]

I just started Votann and this was such a nice vid to have pop up to see em

[@Mortechai]

Anthony's ( The Custodes player) dice let him down hard this game. He had several series of bad dice that led to the Custodes doing far less output than they should have. I feel like he positioned them well and made strong plays, but in the end, really got let down.

[@Ouwesnuifduif1]

Happy to see those jolly dwarves finally have some decent games

[@stanberry6798]

Video spoilers!!: I never thought I'd see the day where squats beat banana boys. Great game.

[@guardsmangrumby]

I think a game with Saint Nick (sisters) is in order for this coming holiday season

[@natefxpro2973]

I wonder how Anthony would've played with my 2k custodes list. its primarily of MSU units 1 blade champ, 4 custodian guards X4 , 3 allarus 2 a squad, and then 3 custodian wardans 4 a squad I would love to watch him play that list ! I love how efficient he played even losing the bikes super early he did his thing and nick played great too !

[@OldManRogers]

Close on scoring but the armies look glorious

[@shamblora123]

So Nick has a Votann side to him as well. How very VotanNick

[@chaosincarna]

Anthony looks like he stepped out of Bob's Burgers.

[@invinciblecarrot956]

splendid W for the ancestors, Nicholas

[@Black_Blow_Fly]

Love me Custodes… hate me some Leagues of Brokan 😂

[@bigboybeni3798]

ROCK AND STONE!!

[@greggillespie8259]

Still can’t believe that the terminators have a higher toughness than the jet bikes. What the heck was GW thinking there?

[@bigrave8159]

Great game as always, Would LOVE to see you guys do a legions imperalis battle report!

[@prussia_drippin7586]

Custodes forever!!!

[@prussia_drippin7586]

Those custodes were clearly traitors and therefore the emperor decided to expend them.

[@Rat1ord]

Man plays all the worst custodes units in one army. Can't wait to see if it works.

[@RyanWFSF]

We want more dwarves! Nick was great with them!

[@colinchristiansen6000]

Nick, if you keep picking up more armies, who are you going to play in the next end-of-season tournament???

[@heykeiffers6684]

I love this community

[@Dracobyte]

Thank you!

[@Argumemnon]

Somebody tell the narrator that "custodes" is latin. The E isn't silent! :D

[@hans2936]

NOOOO NICK DON'T ABBREVIATE COMMAND POINTS NICK DON'T DO IT NOOOOO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS

[@NiosHöger]

Very nice video! Finally enjoyable content, thumbs up keep goin

[@SOMEONE-hv3xc]

funny how the squats in this battle were probably just corporate mercs while theyabsolutely clapped the emperor's most elite warriors in teh galaxy. dwarves can kill anything

[@charlottebreckenridge659]

the biggest boys vs the littlest boys

[@Smudgerpaints]

I often wondered where some golden boy content was, yay Custodes! Such a shame that the coolest looking stuff (bikes and dreads) are just a bit naff in game now

[@oc8473]

You can see the disparity in power in theae two factions here. Crazy how much a dataslate can do

[@TheSearinoxx]

Custodes list was trash, and his strategic decision making is questionable. There's a reason you don't find a single unit of bikes saggitarum or dreads in winning lists: he took all three.

[@Dracobyte]

Custodes need more antitank units.

[@skjaldemjod1911]

Perfect match mr. Frodo!

[@jaegerpilot2559]

Uthar will now forever be Uhtred

[@awools1]

Trajan leading Sag unit? Oh boy, here comes the great debate lol.

[@TheDanBennett]

Q: when nick used Uthar’s Ancestral Fortunes for the 6s, should that actually have triggered the devastating wounds? RAW, changing result of a dice roll is a modifier and dev wounds only trigger on unmodified rolls. (Aeldari and Sisters both specify their dice roll changes are treated as unmodified)

[@dittmar104]

Trajann with sag guard is a weird combo. If I was gonna character up them with anyone it would be valerian for the extra shot and rerolls to abuse mortals

[@compescorner6869]

Great game, very much fun :D Go, squats

[@OmegaIdiot]

lovely to see custodes. Pre game predictions: Achillus dread will do nothing if nick doesnt allow it..., Sagittarum being usefull is hyper optimistics, especially with aparently idea to take down land fortress with them? Bike output will be impresive untill you remember cost, or Nick snizes at them :/

[@discopete117]

I love this channel but it would be really nice to see some grey knights movement shenanigans

[@rousselalexandre1653]

woaaa ce hobit a grossi lol ...

[@hopelessnekromantik]

rough game, but i saw a bunch of misplays (imo anyway) on the custodes side, like not using the defensive katah stance after being charged and the blade champ doing precision instead of trying to murder the squad. i do love sagitarrum with trajann, tho :D

[@CatroiOz]

Wait i thought a wound roll that was rurned into a 6 by an ability couldnt be counted as a devastating wound ??

[@RiffSilverthe1andonly]

Damn Nick is no longer toughness 3 Nick

[@NBeaver-bx4yl]

Just to say that in turn 2, Nick forgot the grenade launchers on the Hearthguards, which are basically over 80 shots he forgot 😂

[@TM-um8mr]

The custodes player didn't fight on death for the terms either

[@stephenkeogh3783]

Allarus don't fight on death. Thats the Allarus Shield Captain you're thinking of. What they do have is Slayer of Tyrant's - Reroll wounds against Vehical, Monster of Character units. And also From Golden light - Once per game redeploy at the end of your opponents turn 😊

[@TM-um8mr]

Ohhhh thx

[@TM-um8mr]

I am a new player just got custodes combat patrol happy to learn from my mistakes

[@cyanideinmycereal1077]

At this point man Nick should just play every army at least once

[@Ultramarine]

Did the termies lose the Balistus launchers? Blast weapons shooting blob units would help

[@Duttyboy2402]

No Allarus still have them, he just forgot to use them.

[@stephenkeogh3783]

Which would have made a huge difference to be honest! 4 Allarus 1 D6 shots each plus blast rules so 2 extra shots each shooting a 10 man squad... Even on average rolls that's 20 shots missed.

[@The_Engineer1001]

Always happy to see Custodes losing

[@amon_937]

Great game! The Votann are still OP with the judgement token and rail guns. But the Custodes had a real change in mid-game. 🙂👍🏼

[@MeldrickCz]

I always thought that Custodes are written such powerful that it can´t be properly translated to the game itself like army of microPrimarchs. And yet they are already suffering by the "not enough bodies" malady and to make them even stronger and even less numerous would be bane of gameplay.

[@fangwu7576]

The tall banana boys Vs the squats

[@reeceskinner2776]

ROCK AMD STONE!

[@Joseph-j2m]

As a custodes player most of the custodes army consisted of the worst possible units you could have picked. Allarus, Wardens, prosecutors, Trajann, Valerian, Allarus shield captain, Venatari - those are what you want

[@Stonehorn]

Ever think he was playing what was interesting to him?

[@Joseph-j2m]

@@Stonehorn Unfortunately with the current state of Custodes being the worst army in the game by competitive winrate, the only way to stand a remote chance of winning is using the good units