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Made in fi
Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





Helsinki, Finland

hello everyone, this list is geared towards casual games, playing with friends. Any constructive critique is welcome.

Custodes battalion (dread host)
-hq- trajann valoris 190 (warlord: champion of humanity)
-hq- shield captain 100
-hq- shield captain 100
-troop- custodian guard (10, spears) 450
-troop- custodian guard (3, spears) 135
-troop- custodian guard (3, spears) 135
-elite- vexilus praetor (magnifica) 115 (relic: eagle eye, trait: all seeing annihilator)
-elite- vexilus praetor (imperius) 105
-elite- contemptor dreadnought (multimelta) 155
-fast- vertus praetors (3, hurricane bolters) 255
-fast- vertus praetors (3, hurricane bolters) 255

Total 1995 / 12cp (-2)

My plan is to deploy 3-man squads at backfield objectives supported by captain, vertus praetors go for flanking objectives midfield, and 10-man squad with trajann, banners and dreadnought advance in the middle of the board. I'll spend 2cp before the game, 1 for +1A to dreadnought, and one extra trait for vexilla (the dread host specific).

Secondaries
I'm thinking about 'while we stand we fight', 'raise the banners' and 'domination'.

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well that list has some problems.

Firstly, while Guard are tough, they're not THAT tough to last standing alone on an objective with a total of 3 wounds.
Switching to Shield Guard would help with that, they're notoriously hard to dislodge in cover.

The Shield Captains are mostly useless in that regard, as they'll mostly provide rerolls to.. master crafted bolters.

Two Vexilus Praetors is at least one too many - usually neither praetor has the chance to be worthwhile for their points. The added attacks e.g. can be easily gotten for the same point with more bodies.

Also you have no terminators in a Dread Host list with 2 vexilus?

Otherwise your list lacks mobility (bikes are good, but at todays meta they die to a coinflip), staying power (no Shield Guard) and has basically no AT except for melee, which will be foot slogging along the board, giving plenty of time to dismantle them turn by turn.

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