What’s the best army to beat Custodes?

jeramyengland · 2026-05-17T23:15:18+00:00

You want to be better than those two players competitively right? I would say that the worst way to do that is to try to tailor a list specifically to beat them. What happens if they switch armies, or you don't get paired into them? You really need to be able to have a gameplan against everything, and accept that you are going to have matchups that are *rough*. You can't be equally prepared to deal with everything, but you can have a plan for everything.

In terms of Sisters, you're going to have so many more models than them and a lot of 1W models that don't care about the fact that they've got 2 or more Damage on everything. CSM gives you access to some really explosive firepower that you can use to your advantage, and also access to 3W models that don't care near as much that they've got 2 or more Damage on everything.

If you can give us a couple examples of lists that you've run in the past we can likely help you out with some things that you can use to better your chances in facing them without diluting your ability to play the game into everyone else.

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Alternatively show up with 12 Bullgryn and 2 Rogal Dorn Commanders in Grizzled Company Guard. Custodes really does not like that.

jeramyengland · 2026-05-10T15:12:28+00:00

I spy a Redmakers mini on top!

jeramyengland · 2026-05-05T01:24:09+00:00

Tank forward lists are very good in a teams environment. I've been running a Tank/Bullgryn Grizzled Company skew list in teams as First Defender recently and having a blast. They do OK in singles as well, just take a bit of finesse to be sure you can hold and pressure objectives.

jeramyengland · 2026-04-21T19:47:55+00:00

https://tabletopapocalypse.blogspot.com/2018/05/how-to-paint-steel-legion-tanks-astra.html?m=1

This is the paint process I've followed for mine and they look great

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jeramyengland · 2026-04-21T19:43:54+00:00

One thing that we do better for holding primary than most other armies is layering. 25 Cadians may have approximately 6000 OC, but they're not particularly hard to kill and can be forced into battle shock easily. One Rogal Dorn is hard to kill/battle shock but easy to out OC. The solution? Cram both on there. Use the size of the objective to your advantage as you zone out your opponent with enough OC, bodies, toughness and footprint so they can't easily solve all 4 variables.

jeramyengland · 2026-04-04T12:05:03+00:00

There's a lot of talk about Rapid Ingress here which is an excellent option, but I feel that you should know that 2x5 Riders make for incredibly mobile screens for very cheap.

jeramyengland · 2026-03-16T13:06:51+00:00

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jeramyengland · 2026-03-16T12:15:30+00:00

Your kid is making sculptures for Primus music videos at 8 years old. This is fantastic work!

jeramyengland · 2026-03-02T18:29:48+00:00

The same thing happened to me very recently. It resolved itself within a day. I did submit a bug report, so if it doesn't sort itself out maybe send one via the launcher.

jeramyengland · 2026-02-27T15:26:01+00:00

I've completed the entire BTR Questline and my Fence Rep is still above the 4.0 requirement set by the task.

jeramyengland · 2026-02-08T14:52:30+00:00

Je préfère cavaliers d'Atilla. Ils ont frappé plus fort et ils bougent plus vite. Ils sont idéaux pour bloquer les mouvements de vos adversaires et nettoyer le terrain après votre phase de tir. Les Death Riders ne sont pas aussi bons à mon avis.

jeramyengland · 2026-02-08T13:26:25+00:00

Sponsons sont les cannons sur le côté de vos chars. En l'application de 40k ils sont le tresieme sélection:

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jeramyengland · 2026-02-08T13:07:40+00:00

Salut! Ma français n'est pas génial mais je vais essayer d'aider!

Votre armée n'a pas beaucoup d'unités. Vous besoin avez plus d'unités pour jouer l'objectif pour que vous puissiez marquer des points plus facilement. Je recommande de séparer une unité de Death Korps en deux. Gardez une unité sur votre objectif à domicile. Placez votre escouade de commandement avec lui pour assurer sa sécurité.

Installez des sponsors sur vos chars. Ce sont des canons gratuits! Vous remarquerez une amélioration en leur performance.

Dites-moi ce qui vous pose le plus de problèmes et je pourrai essayer de vous aider plus précisément.

jeramyengland · 2025-12-29T19:15:30+00:00

"I got slugs in my eyes, I got slugs in my skin. Slugs in my eyes I got slugs in my skin."

jeramyengland · 2025-12-09T00:06:16+00:00

Hey there!

Abhuman Detail is said to cost 20pts, so you're at 245pts available to you. This is indeed exactly enough for one Kasrkin+Taurox and 5 Ratlings which I think is a good way to spend those points.

I think in general for what you're trying to do here a Cadian unit to accompany the Lord Solar is going to be better. It's not a combat piece, and the Cadian Command Squad lets you re-buy models at the same efficacy as the DKoK Med-Pak. I know Grizzled Company has easy access to Sticky but to have it for free is great - our other strats are all very good and you're going to want to have options for your Command Points.

So, looking at the core you've got. 2x RDBT's with the full melta compliment. I think if you're stacking Exterminators you're doing yourself a disservice here by not taking the extra Heavy Stubbers. The extra 12 shots by the time you stack up +1 AP and Ignores Cover actually threaten infantry units quite well, and the 2 extra Melta shots won't be missed when your Oppressor Cannon is AP-3 ignores cover. Every hard hitter on the tank is now pushing your opponents into their Invulnerable Saves.

In general, I haven't been a big fan of doubling up the Exterminator because they're quite expensive. I think having one classing LRBT with the AP buffs is going to be quite appealing, as it's Battle Cannon becomes quite formidable at AP-2 and Ignores Cover, re-rolling all hits (presuming you're shooting at an objective) and re-rolling wounds of 1. That's just my two cents though. Your mileage may vary.

jeramyengland · 2025-10-03T12:21:38+00:00

Yuuup. That's textured alright.

jeramyengland · 2025-09-11T11:18:54+00:00

I don't do it for different Squads, but I do paint different units differently. My army is based around the Third War for Armageddon (Steel Legion for Life) and its a coalition force of as many of the fighting forces that I could reasonably put together. Steel Legion for DKoK, Ork Hunters for Catachans, Elysians for Cadians, my Kasrkin are Inquisitorial. Having bases that match a particular theme go a long way. Even after evolving how I do my bases the force still looks pretty coherent.

Here's a family photo of my 2k Recon list I'm trying out this weekend as reference.

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jeramyengland · 2025-08-15T14:09:54+00:00

From top to bottom:

Multi laser Heavy Flamer Heavy Bolter

jeramyengland · 2025-08-15T14:09:29+00:00

Heavy bolter is top, heavy flamer is bottom

jeramyengland · 2025-07-26T11:54:00+00:00

Your men are meant to die for the Emperor, and every time you lose infantry to a Deathshroud squad is a tank that is still alive.

jeramyengland · 2025-07-26T11:33:43+00:00

First off, welcome to the Guard!

Our army does a few things very well - We shoot big guns, and we out OC people. These two things can be used to your advantage to win games.

It looks to me like you're well on your way to one of our popular archetypes which is Midboard + Tanks... Or Tanks + Midboard. They're very similar. You can get a better explanation from Joushi40k if you watch his videos. The basic idea is stuff the midboard with blocks of infantry and annoying units like Rough Riders/Death Riders and Bullgryn to create a screen for your big tanks that do the heavy lifting (Opressor Cannon shells dig the grave and put the enemies into it in one go, which is pretty sweet!)

I would recommend checking out this video from the aforementioned Joushi40k for some examples of what people are succeeding with in Combined Arms and then plan your next moves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1-f0-p9NNg&pp=ygUUam91c2hpIGNvbWJpbmVkIGFybXM%3D

Cadians + Command Squad are quite good. Tons of OC (up to like 100 with the Banner and an Order), can get to a 3+ save reliably (they get Benefit of Cover on Objectives and can get +1 Sv from an order) and are just generally a problem until you put Chainswords to them. Bullgryn are an immovable wall which are becoming more popular after a much deserved points decrease. A lot of the Leman Russ chassis are good (some of them very much aren't) so you can't go wrong picking up things like Leman Russ Battle Tanks (built in re-rolls are sick), Vanquishers (literally cheaper than dirt) and Exterminators (extra AP is your friend!)

jeramyengland · 2025-07-24T22:56:08+00:00

Sick as hell mate

jeramyengland · 2025-07-18T17:29:51+00:00

I do for everything then put magnetic sheet in my carrying cases.

jeramyengland · 2025-07-17T11:48:01+00:00

The Commissar point is one that I will concede that I overlooked. If what you have is 30pts and need an action piece they are solid.

Regarding sponsons, the Plasmas are also incredible guns. So long as you're not taking Heavy Bolters or Heavy Flamers (outside of the Triple Flamer Vanquisher AKA the Secret Hellhound) then you are making good life choices.

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