Custodian Guard Sodality
SWORD: what Custodian Guard Sodality kills
Damage for its points
per 100 pts
Its 240 pts kill ~166 pts in one activation.Typical melee unit: 49 per 100
Into each enemy type
SHIELD: how hard Custodian Guard Sodality is to kill for its points
Toughness for its points
per 100 pts
It takes about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it. To remove all 240 pts: about 677 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5.Typical melee unit: 284 per 100
What creators say
8 creators- Staple objective troops with high objective control 5 of 8
- Spear damage is real, especially on objectives 3 of 8
- Great with Trajann or Honoured Companions 3 of 8
- Hard nuts in small squads 1 of 8
- Pricey for infantry 4 of 8
Units near it
Per 100 pts, its nearest in Adeptus Custodes and across the game
SWORD
In Adeptus Custodes
Across the game· melee units
SHIELD
In Adeptus Custodes
Across the game· melee units
With a leader
The leader adds 58 pts of kills a turn (0 from rules, 58 from attacks) for 175 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
The leader adds 370 pts to what the enemy must spend (0 from rules, 370 from wounds) for 175 pts: less per point than the squad alone.
SWORD and SHIELD against 100 top lists, the squad and the pair compared at one size. The leader's points are always counted.
How we got these numbers
SWORD 61 · 240 pts kill ~166 pts in one activation
SHIELD 316 · about 15% of a top army's turn to remove 100 pts of it
To remove it: about 677 pts of enemy units, 4 times in 5
Ranked among the game's 566 melee units · How we score ›
What we ran
- Custodian Guard Sodality, 3 models, 240 pts
- Its datasheet's weapons
- Counted as dice: its own abilities, the army rule and the detachment's rule
- Not counted: leaders, stratagems, other units' auras
The letter: 8 creators
- Auspex Tactics · 21 Oct
- Art of War 40k · 13 Oct
- Black Crow Gaming with 6 Plus Plus Gaming · 28 Oct
- Deploy on the Line 40K · 7 Oct
- Goonhammer / tabletopbattles.com · 30 Oct
- TacticalTortoise 40k · 27 Oct
- Night Geist Gaming · 11 Oct
- 1d6chan · 30 Oct
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