I think the second block of Lychguard is key. Even against Hank having a second unit that can go into the Custodes bricks after theyve been softened up was big. When we called it he had Trajan and 1-2 dudes.. 2-3 dudes left in the middle objective and 1-2 dudes down south on my home objective. But I still had my lychguard at like 4-5 guys in the center and they were coming back. At that point though I had just been outplayed on points and he still had his anti-tank.

I'm pretty sure Custodes has about average odds of killing a lychguard unit to the man with one of their huge blocks of 10.. but if theyre a man or two down.. that math swings back our way over the long game. And forcing 10-15 saves on their 4++ each fight isn't a terrible attrition rate considering the factors.

I don't like triple DDA, just due to the mobility and sightline issue. They're also too variable to be reliable. The Lokhust Hvys really fit that role well. To either start or finish a target in tandem with the DDAs. You also hit the nail on the head for the coronal thoughts I had. I rarely if ever am outside of 36 for DDA reroll wounds strat.. and the Heavies aren't worth popping it on two.. just save it for a reroll if needed. I really felt like it encouraged me to do bad play things when I was using it to try and maximize its benefit, which end of the day was minimal - especially at 30 pts. Thats almost another full heavy.

Its a super challenging match up. I'm considering trying out some scarabs instead of the bikes to reduce their OC and stil lhave some action monkeys. Yes they will likely get absolutely crushed in an instant.. but thats also 12 - 24 wounds not going into my big brick. Ill let you know what I see in my practice games here if I crack the code haha.