Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!
Now known as the Unit Review Library!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!
In this series, I will review one unit at a time, picking them randomly.
So let me spin the wheel again and see what I get:
Adeptus Custodes, Shield-Captain
10th Edition Codex
The Adeptus Custodes are the Emperor's personal Guard. They are the Golden Legion. The 10,000.
As far as soldiers go, they are elites among elites and Shield-Captains are their leaders.
A Shield-Captain is currently 140pts all on his own.
You cannot buy a Shield Captain. Instead, you can build one out of the Custodian Guard kit. That kit is £37.50 for the box of 5 models.
So let's see what he does...
Let's check those stats!
Stats
Movement 6"
Toughness 6
Save 2+/4++(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 6
Ld 6+
OC 2
Weapons
The Shield-Captain starts with the Guardian Spear, which is a great weapon but it can be swapped out for the following:
- 1 castellan axe - Harder hitting
- 1 sentinel blade - Softer hitting and makes no sense without a shield!
- 1 sentinel blade and 1 praesidium shield - This combo makes sense!
- 1 pyrithite spear and 1 praesidium shield - A better anti-tank gun.
Ranged:
The Guardian Spear and the Castellan Axe both shoot the same:
24" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 2+. S4, AP-1 and 2 Damage each. Both with the Assault keyword, meaning Advance and Shoot!
The Sentinel Blade is the pistol version on a sword:
12" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 2+. S4, AP-1 and 2 Damge each. With both Pistol and Assault. So while it has a shorter range, you may fire it while engaged in melee.
Lastly the new Pyrithite spear:
12" Range, Single shot, hitting on 2+, S9, AP-4 and Damage roll D6 with Melta 2, so +2 Damage at 6"
This gun is for killing tough things like tanks.
Melee:
He has a fair bit of options:
The Guardian Spear and Pyrithite spear are the same in melee:
7 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S7, AP-2 and 2 Damage each.
The Sentinel blade hits with with less power:
7 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S6, AP-2 and 1 Damage each
But you can then use a shield and have +1W
Finally the Castellan Axe:
6 Attacks, Hitting on 2+, S9, AP-1 And 3 Damage each! Good for killing tanks and Monsters!
Abilities
Deep Strike
Master of the Stances
Once per battle this model and his unit can use both of the Custodes Stances. As far as I remember, one gives Sustained hits 1 and the other gives Lethal Hits. They would work awesome together.
Strategic Mastery
Once per Battle Round the Captain and his unit can use a Battle Tactic Stratagem for 0CP. If you have more than one of these guys you can only do one free Stratagem.
Thoughts
Overall, this guy is a beast and I have nothing to complain about. They are usually the last man standing in a unit and on their own they can wreck and do a lot of damage.
Thank you for reading!
Warhammer Review Library
Alphabetical List
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Adeptus Custodes | Prosecutors | #1 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Knight-Centura | #54 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Trajann Valoris | #40 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Fusilave | #13 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Stratoraptor | #14 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Transvector | #15 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Belisarius Cawl | #53 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| Astra Militarum | Kasrkin | #60 |
| Black Templars | High Marshall Helbrecht | #38 |
| Black Templars | Marshall | #46 |
| Blood Angels | Baal Predator | #2 |
| Blood Angels | Lemartes | #32 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Abbadon the Despoiler | #50 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Haarken Worldclaimer | #41 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Khorne Lord of Skulls | #37 |
| Dark Angels | Asmodai | #16 |
| Dark Angels | Azrael | #17 |
| Dark Angels | Belial | #4 |
| Dark Angels | Deathwing Knights | #20 |
| Death Guard | Biologus Putrifier | #5 |
| Death Guard | Blightlord Terminators | #10 |
| Death Guard | Chaos Lord | #36 |
| Death Guard | Lord of Contagion | #52 |
| Death Guard | Tallyman | #39 |
| Deathwatch | Proteus Killteam | #57 |
| Drukhari | Grotesques | #45 |
| Drukhari | Haemonculus | #8 |
| Drukhari | Raider | #35 |
| Drukhari | Scourges | #7 |
| Genestealer Cults | Aberants | #47 |
| Genestealer Cults | Hybrid Metamorphs | #58 |
| Genestealer Cults | Reductus Saboteur | #33 |
| Grey Knights | Brother Captain | #25 |
| Grey Knights | Grand Master | #48 |
| Grey Knights | Strike Squad | #51 |
| Imperial Agents | Callidus Assassin | #9 |
| Imperial Agents | Vigilant Squad | #26 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Helverin | #22 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Warglaive | #43 |
| Leages of Votann | Brôkhyr Iron-master | #27 |
| Leages of Votann | Sagitaur | #3 |
| Leages of Votann | Ûthar the Destined | #44 |
| Necrons | Obelisk | #11 |
| Orks | Battlewagon | #34 |
| Orks | Hunta Rig | #28 |
| Space Marines | Kayvaan Shrike | #23 |
| Space Marines | Marneus Calgar | #42 |
| Space Marines | Razorback | #21 |
| T'au Empire | Darkstrider | #12 |
| T'au Empire | Kroot Carnivore Squad | #19 |
| Thousand Sons | Exalted Sorcerer | #59 |
| Thousand Sons | Magnus the Red | #49 |
| Tyranids | Barbgaunts | #6 |
| Tyranids | Screamer Killer | #24 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Chaos Spawn | #18 |
Thank you for reading!
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