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hello, everyone, im returning to the hobby after 8 years and have decided to make a legio custodes army. i have not played 30k before so don't know much about making a viable army.

 

Legio Custodes army list 1500pts

 

 

HQ:

 

Shield Captain -242pts  (tribune when in 2000pts army)

             -Teleportation Transponder

             -Paragon Spear

             -Cyber-Familiar

             -Arae-Shrikes

             -Melta Bombs

             -Digital Lasers

 

Elites: 

Achillius Dreadnought -240pts

              -Achillius Dreadspear with in built Corvae Las-Pulser

 

Troops:

 

Custodian Guard Squad -300pts (5 man squad)

               -Teleportation Transponders

               

Sentinel Guard Squad -335pts (5 man squad)

               -Teleportation Transponders

               -Magisterium Vexilla

 

Heavy Support:

 

Sagitarium Guard Squad - 340pts (5man squad)

              -Teleportation Transponders

 

 

 Total 1457pts

 

Models i currently posses:

 

Ixion Hale (shield Captain)

 

5 man squad of custodian guard w/ guardian spears

5 man squad of sentinel guard w/ vexilla

 

any changes i should make?

thanks

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Hey Dan, welcome to the Heresy! :)

 

What you have listed is a great starting force. There’s plenty of stronger options, but Talons of the Emperor don’t really need all of them, as they are probably the most powerful army in 30k. The Horus Heresy is very much a hobbyist and story-driven game, so self-regulation is a good thing.

 

Those models will make up a 1500-point list nicely.

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No worries! Just saw your edited post - only suggestion would be to add Arae-shrikes to everyone, and give the Achillus twin-linked Adrathic destructors. Any points leftover can be used to upgrade some Guardian spears, or take some melta bombs.
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Edited list:

 

 

Legio Custodes army list 1500pts

 

 

HQ:

 

Shield Captain -242pts  (tribune when in 2000pts army)

             -Teleportation Transponder

             -Paragon Spear

             -Cyber-Familiar

             -Arae-Shrikes

             -Melta Bombs

             -Digital Lasers

 

Elites: 

Achillius Dreadnought -270pts

              -Achillius Dreadspear with in built Corvae Las-Pulser

              - 2x twin linked adrathic destructor

 

Troops:

 

Custodian Guard Squad -335pts (5 man squad)

               -Teleportation Transponders

               -Arae shrikes

               -Melta Bombs

      

               

Sentinel Guard Squad -370pts (5 man squad)

               -Teleportation Transponders

               -Magisterium Vexilla

               -Arae shrikes

               -Melta Bombs

 

Heavy Support:

 

Sagitarium Guard Squad - 350pts (5man squad)

              -Teleportation Transponders

              -Arae shrikes

 

 

 

 

 

 Total 1567pts

 

 

is this better?

thanks

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Looks great to start!

 

It'll be a tough fight and you will need to choose your battles wisely, especially against a very shooty army - but once you hit the enemies lines not much will stop you outside of Terminator counter charges where you don't have AP2.

 

Anything with S10 AP2 needs to be dealt with immediately (Medusas, Dreads etc), I'd recommend using the Saggitarum to do this with Death Beams hitting side armour.

 

My only advice would be how attached are you to Saggitarum? The models are amazing but the rules are really poor compared to using Guardians with Adrathic Spears who not only do not take up a heavy support slot but can also score and have actual AP in combat.

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HQ:

 

Shield Captain -242pts  (tribune when in 2000pts army)

             -Teleportation Transponder

             -Paragon Spear

             -Cyber-Familiar

             -Arae-Shrikes

             -Melta Bombs

             -Digital Lasers

 

Elites: 

Achillius Dreadnought -270pts

              -Achillius Dreadspear with in built Corvae Las-Pulser

              - 2x twin linked adrathic destructor

 

Troops:

 

Custodian Guard Squad -335pts (5 man squad)

               -Teleportation Transponders

               -Arae shrikes

               -Melta Bombs

 

Custodian Guard Squad -385pts (5 man squad)

               -Teleportation Transponders

               -Arae shrikes

               -Melta Bombs

               -Adrasite Spears x5

      

               

Sentinel Guard Squad -370pts (5 man squad)

               -Teleportation Transponders

               -Magisterium Vexilla

               -Arae shrikes

               -Melta Bombs

 

 

total: 1952pts

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Yeah. If you copy and paste, it will use the colour of the text, not set it to automatic. On a phone, white text (the colour pasted) is invisible on a white background! :)
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Thanks man, now I see it too.

 

The list is fine but you could do with some long range firepower. You could take 2 Caladii to make it to 2000p?

 

Oh you also can't take melta bombs like that, if you take any the whole squad has to take them.

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hello, i've decided to do 2000pt list as my friend has a 2000pt army.

my current list is:

 

HQ:

 

Shield Captain - 242pts

                  -Arae Shrikes

                  -Teleportation Transponder

                  -Cyber Familiar

                  -Digital Lasers

                  -Melta bombs

                  -Paragon Spear

 

Elites:

 

Hetaeron Guard - 435 (5 man)

                  -Arae shrikes

                  -Adrasite spears

                  -teleportation transponders

 

Achillus dreadnought - 270pts

                  -Achillus dreadspear with in built corvae las pulser

                  -2x Twin linked Adrathic destructor

 

Aquilon Terminator Squad - 291pts

                  -Twin linked Adrathic destructors

                  -Teleportation Transponders

                  -Arae Shrikes

 

Troops:

 

Custodian Guard squad (5 man) - 360pts

                  -Teleportation Transponder

                  -Arae Shrikes

                  -Adrasite Spears

 

Sentinel Guard squad (5 man) - 370pts

                  -Teleportation Transponder

                  -Arae Shrikes

                  -Magisterium Vexilla

                  -Melta Bombs

 

 

Total points cost: 1968 pts

 

 

ive probably used a couple over priced units (hetaeron, aquilon terminators) but i will in time replace units for some caldius grav tanks like suggested above for long range firepower.

 

any comments and recommendations appreciated.

 

thanks

Dan

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Ok, I've gone through your posts and edited the text to automatic - it's really hard for people to work around it on a phone. I also removed the individual points costs and just put a total for each unit. This is to ensure we don't infringe on GW's IP. Here's an example of how to write a unit entry:

 

Legio Custodes Shield Captain: Paragon spear; melta bombs; Arae-shrikes; Teleportation Transponder; digital lasers; Cyber-familiar 242

 

 

 

As SL said, you cannot take melta bombs on squad members individually - it's all of them or none. And Hetaeron Guard are incredibly good, as they can all take Paragon blades and have a better-than Praetor statline.

 

Talons can make a big army very easily - you're latest list is only a Tribune upgrade away from 2k! Whatever style of army you want to go for will be fine man. :)

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