Collecting Adeptus Custodes

The Emperor's golden demigods - a tiny gleaming elite where every warrior is near-unkillable.

Beginner 🎲 Tiny near-unkillable elite 🧩 ~25-40 models @ 2,000pts 💷 $500-700 / £350-480 🎨 Medium to paint

The best thing to buy is what looks the coolest to you. Paint and play the models you love — the lists below are just a guide for when you want a competitive edge.

1 · Start here

Adeptus Custodes Combat Patrol $170 / £100

Blade Champion, 3 Allarus, 5 Custodian Guard, 5 Wardens (14 models)

Excellent low-clutter starter, all relevant at higher points

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2 · Complete your army ~1,000 pts (Incursion)

Fourteen near-unkillable golden warriors (Blade Champion, Allarus, Custodian Guard, Wardens) is a complete elite core but has zero mobile firepower and very few bodies to spread across objectives. Add a tank, a second Guard squad, and fast jetbikes.

Caladius Grav-tank x1 The mobile ranged firepower the all-melee/short-range box completely lacks. 🛒

Custodian Guard x1 More durable bodies to actually hold a sprawling objective board. 🛒

Vertus Praetors x1 Fast jetbikes to flip flanks and contest objectives your foot units can't reach. 🛒

Trajann Valoris x1 A top character/leader to anchor a Guard brick and add command utility. 🛒

3 · Competitive core — what winning lists run

Built from top-placing tournament lists (Tabletop Battles' Competitive Innovations) over the last ~8 weeks — a data-driven competitive core.

Start here — priorities toward ~1,000pts

Caladius Grav-tank seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Custodian Guard seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Prosecutors seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Venerable Land Raider seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Witchseekers seen in 3 top lists 🛒

Anathema Psykana Rhino seen in 2 top lists 🛒

Then expand toward ~2,000pts

Allarus Custodians seen in 1 top list 🛒

Shield-captain seen in 1 top list 🛒

Vertus Praetors seen in 1 top list 🛒

Next steps

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