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Hey everyone below is 3 adeptus custodes lists i have all the models and no money! I'm looking for feedback on what would be the best list of the 3 and what tactic and strategems would suit each list I have a rough idea but other peoples thoughts are more than appreciated. so here goes

List 1



Battalion Points per unit

HQ
Trajaan Valoris 185
Shield captain on dawn eagle jet bike with hurricane bolters and misericordia 164

Troops
Custodian Guard with guardian spears x 3 156
Custodian Guard with guardian spears x 3 156
Custodian Guard with guardian spears x 3 156

Fast Attack
Veritus Praetor with hurricane bolters x 5 450

Battalion Total 1267

Vanguard

HQ
Shield captain in allarus terminator armour with castellan axe and misericordia 128

Elites
Vexillius praetor with vexilla magnifca and castellan axe and misericordia 128
Allarus terminators with castellan axes x 5 316
Venerable contemptor dreadnought with kheres assault cannon 157

Vanguard total 729

Complete total 1996


List 2


Battalion Points per unit

HQ
Trajaan Valoris 185
Shield captain on dawn eagle jet bike with hurricane bolter and misericordia 164

Troops
Custodian Guard with guardian spears x 4 208
Custodian Guard with guardian spears x 3 156
Custodian Guard with guardian spears x 3 156

Fast Attack
Veritus Praetor with hurricane bolters x 5 with misericordia 470

Battalion Total 1339

Vanguard

HQ
Shield captain in allarus terminator armour with castellan axe with misericordia 128

Elites
Vexillius praetor with vexilla magnifca and castellan axe with misericordia 128
Custodian wardens with castellan axe x 4 244
Venerable contemptor dreadnought with kheres assault cannon 157

Vanguard total 657

Complete total 1996


List 3

Battalion Points per unit

HQ
Trajaan Valoris 185
Shield captain on dawn eagle jet bike 160

Troops
Custodian Guard with guardian spears x 4 208
Custodian Guard with guardian spears x 3 156
Custodian Guard with guardian spears x 3 156

Fast Attack
Veritus Praetor with hurricane bolters x 5 450

Battalion Total 1315

Vanguard

HQ
Shield captain in allarus terminator armour with castellan axe with misericordia 128

Elites
Vexillius praetor with vexilla magnifca and castellan axe 124
Custodian wardens with castellan axe x 3 183
Allarus terminators with castellan axes x 3 all with misericordia 249

Vanguard total 684

Complete total 1999


Sorry for poor formatting I copied and posted from excel spreadsheets i made to make it easy to calculate (based on the assumption that wardens base cost is 43 pts not 45 hard to read on the leaks some images look like 43 some like 45 i doubt it would make much difference to my list, id just a cut misericordia)

So basically the main differences between the lists are choosing between contemptor dread/wardens/allarus

I have to drop 1 of the 3 to make the 2000 point cut off. Being as i haven't built the units yet, i could easily make different loadouts for vexilla/shield captains. such as (1 less jetbike for 1 more shield captain on a dawneagle jet bike so on so forth)

Also what are peoples opinions on misericordia? To me they seem great but i havent worked out how to do the mathematics efficiency of them yet! (I'm too stupid)

Cheers

Deathwatchfanboy

Also as for meta, i don't really play against much other than deathguard. I haven't tried playing in stores yet as i'm new to the hobby!

Would suggest having at least one Sword/Board Custodian in each squad. Misericordias can be ok but I wouldn't go overboard on them.

Also see if you can free up 180pts somewhere to fit the Loyal32 in there.

Hey thanks for the comments, ill definitely look into sword and board custodians. I'm somewhat against anything but pure custodes at the moment, but ill have a think about the loyal 32 in future lists. If you had to choose between the 3 lists what would you take based on your experience?