Adeptus Custodes detachment
Lions of the Emperor
The Adeptus Custodes are outnumbered on every battlefield upon which they fight, yet no matter the foe, and no matter their number, the Lions of the Emperor will prevail.
Detachment ability
always on · no CP
Against All Odds
Each time a model in an ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army (excluding VEHICLES) makes an attack, if there are no other friendly units within 6" of that unit, add 1 to the Hit roll and add 1 to the Wound roll.
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The Adeptus Custodes are outnumbered on every battlefield upon which they fight, yet no matter the foe, and no matter their number, the Lions of the Emperor will prevail.
Stratagems
6 · every one costs 1 CP
Command
Unleash The Lions
Strategic PloyYour Command phase.That unit is split into separate units, each containing one model. These new units each have a Starting Strength of 1.
Infantry · Terminator · Allarus Custodians · Aquilon CustodiansFull rule ▾
Target: One ALLARUS CUSTODIANS or AQUILON CUSTODIANS unit from your army that is on the battlefield.
Movement
Manoeuvre and Fire
Strategic PloyYour Movement phase, just after an **ADEPTUS CUSTODES** unit from your army Falls Back.Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Aircraft · Terminator · Fly · Smoke · Adeptus CustodesFull rule ▾
Target: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit.
Shooting
Swift As The Eagle
Strategic PloyYour opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has shot.Your unit can make a Normal move of up to D6".
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Terminator · Fly · Adeptus CustodesFull rule ▾
Target: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army (excluding VEHICLE units) that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Fight
Defiant To The Last
Strategic PloyFight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6, adding 2 to the result if that model has the CHARACTER keyword. On a 4+, do not remove it from play; the destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks (when doing so, it is treated as having 1 wound remaining), and is then removed from play.
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Aircraft · Terminator · Fly · Smoke · Adeptus CustodesFull rule ▾
Target: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
Peerless Warrior
Battle TacticFight phase.Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [PRECISION] ability.
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Walker · Vehicle · Aircraft · Terminator · Fly · Smoke · Adeptus CustodesFull rule ▾
Target: One ADEPTUS CUSTODES unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
Other
Gilded Champion
Strategic PloyAny phase, just after an **ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER** model from your army has used an ability on its datasheet that states it can only be used ‘once per battle’.Your model can use that ‘once per battle’ ability one additional time during the battle (but not in the same phase).
Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Mounted · Terminator · FlyFull rule ▾
Target: That ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model.
Restrictions: You cannot use this Stratagem on the same ADEPTUS CUSTODES CHARACTER model more than once per battle.
Enhancements
4
Meta
current edition
56.3%
▲2.0
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