1,000 Custodes wins against 20,000 Tyranids 😂😂😂 What is this? 😭 The medieval Period?😭🤣😭 Your saying the Battle of Crecy was bigger than what was meant to be an epic Battle of a dystopian far future😂? GW is dumb…
This kind of reminds me of the fact that big E, the behemoth of a man, somehow walked amoung normal men for a time unseen. How. Surely you'd notice letting the old man with an overwhelming presence break the structural beams of your home on his shoulders after coming into your house for a cuppa.
@@bobjim245 a lot of that was his psychic might and how he projected his presence to others, blanks saw him as a tired old man. He could change his appearance at will, except against those with psychic nullifying presences.
One of my favorite things about the Custodes is a quote from one of them, which is this: "The Emperor's realm is a festering ruin of overcrowded worlds drowning in their own ignorance and fear. It is a tumbledown ghetto that burns from end to end with the flames of war. They do not deserve their Emperor. They do not deserve us. None of that alters the fact that our duty must be done..." -Telchor, Custodian Guard I just love how the Custodes acknowledge how shit the Imperium is, but yet they still continue to serve and fight.
@@idiotgaming6376 Im pretty sure only about 200 or so custodes survived the heresy and the rest were created after the heresy to replenish their numbers. That being said, the custodes are still thousands of years old and probably witnessed the Imperium slowly decay and turn into a cult lead by religious zealots who essentially destroyed everything the emperor worked for. It's easy to see why they resent the vast majority of the imperium.
There are only 10k " active duty" Custodes. The retired ones still live quite a long time. I have no idea how they conceal themselves in the general population.
I mean they probably have the resources to stay hidden from the get go, and while they are 8 or 9 feet tall out of armor, with a bit of work for a cover they could pose as an Ogryn on the move with handlers, or an abnormally tall Human or /Catachan (since it is still canon that individual humans can grow to the size of Space Marines (even modern people do if all be it with medical complications due to it)).
@@Lowdian >be heretic >meet with heretic friends >Greg has brought a new guy >9 feet tall, my bowels quake in his presence, glares at us like we just killed his wife and children “this is my friend Timothy Sunshine Sparkles Ullanor Eternity Gate…” >rambles for 3 hours “…Raptoris Shitass Johnson. He’s new around here, and asked if there were any cool traitor clubs to join.” >seems legit
I always love the irony that the factions with the most elite soldiers, hard to find and even harder to make ended up being the cheapest ones irl and vice-versa
It's sort of like how the Blue Eyes White Dragon is so easy to get but it's so iconic because in the "lore" it's the rarest fucking thing next to exodia
From lore standpoint I love the fact that Custodes aren't just super soldiers. They are artists, scholars, scientists of countless fields, politicians and diplomats even. They aren't just the perfect warriors, they are defacto human. It is said that the emperor didn't just make them weapons, he made them as his companions in every sense of the word. They are the ones he can have a meaningful conversation with, and unlike their lesser Astartes brethren, they have actual life's with other points than killing things. They are supposed to be the perfect people in all ways, and the fact that they are also perfect soldiers is just a side effect. This is why in an imperium with quadrillions of citizens there was only a few thousands of people who could be made like this, because they are all out and not a penny saved.
@@Four_Shadowingomelets that will make you murder a planet to get your hands on and die because the flavor make your taste nerves say fuck That am out and rupture
Its great how the Custodes respected Dorn & Guilliman enough to pretend to listen to them probably only because it wasn't all that unreasonable of a request to protect their master but still kinda dumb to just have them all sit around
I'm pretty sure the sisters almost definitely have some kind of augments. That or chicks in 40k are just so badass they can clap damn near any of the 8 foot gorillas in power armor
They have minor augments but it's mostly training on par with custodes training, and because they're blanks their training is actually even more top tier/secretive than even the custodes
the Imperium has access to gene enhancement therapy, which is separate from Gene Seed and however Custodes are made. So I have always assumed that the Sisters of Silence/Battle undergo this procedure as well as being given the best training and power armor.
@@wiseguy01 actually from what i can tell what puts them on par is the armor. No augments, mods, genetherapy. Power armor does alot for the user, increasing strength and speed and letting them use less energy to do an amount of work so they dont tire out quite as fast. the training if of course a huge part as well but it cant push you too far past human limits without being silly
"Whatever the weapons we wield, whatever the deeds we perform, they are justified. Without us, the Golden Throne would fall, and without the Emperor to guide them, Humanity would follow."-Ganestus Talorn Nice video king
Pure arrogance. They place too much value on their leader. The imperium would die, humanity probably wouldn't, unless the Tyranids eat everyone but I'm not sure how much anything can stop that.
Remember if you see harlequin fans bragging about that time they killed a few custodes remind them. They're totally right. (Yes i know the writer thought they were regular dudes with fancy armor but let them have it they don't really have much.)
Lucifer blacks exist. there basically the best of the best of the best guardsmen, but still guardsmen. I'd argue that the harlequins did get a few kills in on the stodes, mostly due to shock tactics, but not the sniper guy killing a custodian with a rifle butt. Sniper guy probably just melee'd a Lucifer black.
As a fellow human who's pancreas doesn't work as well, I love your content, it's a lot more chill and easy to watch than other W40K youtubers who are either super fast or act like a British historian in cryofreeze. Also, Custodes need more oil and less armor lol.
8:29 Unless your Death Guard and have Disgustingly Resilient. I actually almost beat a Custodes army... but then the player deployed a Callidus assassin and Captain General behind me and rolled prefect rolls.. killing my Lord of Virulence and plague surgeon... then charged my plague marines and they all died. At which point I was crushed.... Custodes pretty much win, even if they're losing horribly, they can pretty much pull a win out of thin air if you make the slightest mistake
That 60% competative win rate is probably a reason why Custodeas players may find it hard to find games in the future. My idea of fun isnt watching my GSC get obliterated by an army they literally cant win against
@@timeenoughatlast3368 Or you know that feeling when a guard tank gets yeeted off the game by one motherfucker on a bike. Or, you know play grey knights against a custodes with some sisters. Oh look the two armies I play.
@@timeenoughatlast3368 it helps that people can get a Custodes army prepped from sprue to tabletop ready in a very short period of time because of their elite status. A meta-chaser can have a Custodes list be tabletop ready in a week tops.
Big credit to Pancreas for sectioning off his video so I know exactly where to skip to to avoid yet another RAID ad. Selling one's soul to that devil is understandably profitable, so I get why he took the sponsor. Does not mean I'll endure being advertised to if I can help it.
Best way to counter Custodes? Death guard. Their perks literally cancel eachother. Ends up being high numbers high wound units i.e. Death Guard vs low numbers high wounds i.e. Custodes. Plus Morty can ram a line of Custodes and mulch them with Silence.
There’s a few Word Bearers With the distinguished honor of beating a Custodes albeit only because they were possessed by daemons which enhanced their abilities at the cost of turning them into monsters. Argel Tal has personally killed three, maybe four Custodes gaurds in one book. In Betrayer he wields a Custodes sword and halberd from the two that he bested, both out of vengeance for his Chaplain and his waifu
I find that, perhaps ironically, the Imperial Guard kinda stuffs the banana boys. There are usually more guardsmen than the bananas will even get attacks in the entire game, there are enough flashlights that someone will be a lucky boy almost every time they shoot, heaven forbid a guardsman spears a Custodian in melee, objectives are a completely lost cause for the bananas, and the artillery and tanks can shoot sisters off the field before they can blink, take juicy bites out of Custodians, and are meaty enough to not immediately die if a squad of bananas glares angrily at them.
I once played 2000 pts Astra against Custodes, I had the first Round and killed one Custodes by shooting and 2 in Close Combat. that was the 2nd round after 3 lost Tanks and one lost shocktroop of Cadians, after that I couldn't wound any of them and lost by losing all Army models
It really says something when, I have watched hundreds of hours of WH40k lore over a wide array of channnels, yet I stumbled upon yours only a week ago, and can’t get enough of your dry sarcasm and humor. It really is great quality content. Keep it up sir! You got yourself a subscriber!
Custodes allegedly always have the model advantage when capturing, no matter how many models, meaning a single Custodes vs 200 guard in a control point will give the Custodes player the objective so that they can actually capture objectives.
Actually the custodes v hive fleet went down differently. Yeah there was 6 of em but only one survived. And there's not just gold custodes, there's a few different coloured custodes.
I faced Custodes once. Once. Yeah, best I did was when I had my AdMech Warglaive run up to the Captain General on a Hoverbike and did a Strike attack on them. Smoked the Captain-General in one hit, straight through that golden armor. I lost the match but still it is my favorite accomplishment. Gosh I need to play my AdMech more.... probably after someone gives me enough money or a 3D printer just for more basic Skitarii.
I'm glad that the sisters are silence are able to keep up with the custodians because that means that every normal person in Warhammer 40K has the potential to become as strong as a custodies and I'd like that it means everyone can become special.
Really depends on if you make the one in a trillion cut and survive the training. Whether you're a strong enough null male and get sent to the Officio Assassinorum to become a Culexus Assassin or a female null and get sent to train and become reconditioned as a Sister of Silence. Both have high mortality rates, and any rejects that aren't sent to either are then sorted to being Inquisitorial aides or ground up to become null bombs.
@@Doku71 I don't really care how hard to training is what I care about is if normal people have the potential to become strong enough to affect the story because to me it just seems unfair when the protagonist are going on all these important adventures to save the world or something while normal people don't even have the chance to become strong enough to help them or affect them in really any way besides emotional support or giving advice
To be fair, the emperor implied that humanity would be physically equal to the custodes and as psychic as Malcador if they evolved in the webway. Who’s to say the pariah gene doesn’t enhance the human body?
@@joeblazer3429 Nah, it's cause anything psychic has the potential of being corrupted by the four and not even a small potential, it's more like a question of when are you gonna get corrupted rather than if you are gonna get corrupted. After the four warp cancer have been done away with, Emps would then proceed with his plan to elevate humanity to godlike beings on par with him so he can finally vanish in the background and get the vacation he deserves after more than 40k years of babying humanity so that it doesn't decide to kill itself for shits and giggles like they did during the war with the men of iron.
You forgot my biggest pet peve with the Custodes, it's that just like with Bloodthirsters if you want to make someone look cool, have them wipe out a dozen Custodes.
It is incredibly engaging to paint custodes. I play exclusively killteam, so I collect bits and bobs from all armies for balanced kill teams. Custodians, as I run them as the Solar Host, take around 14 hours to paint. The absolute zen as each model comes out beautiful and unique as I change gem colors, leather etchings, acid etchings on armor plates, exchanging their plumage and greenstuffing locks of hair, bands of cloth, and facial hair means that every single one is a joy and experience to paint. If you enjoy the painting side of the hobby, there is no more interesting and rewarding experience than to paint custodians on marble with the blood of heretics slick and among rivers. Even if you don't intend to play them, paint them.
Kid, holding a spear: look at me I'm a Custodes! Custodes: awww that's cute, kid- Kid, taping a bolter to the spear: Custodes: you know what? Yeah, I'm starting to see the resemblance alri- Kid, spray-painting it gold: Custodes: BROTHERS, SOMEONE FOUND OUT HOW TO MAKE MORE OF US
@@Karhall But like, Angron killing just 1 and Alpharius [that i belive that wast Omegon at the time] also killing just 1 wast like, a major feat?, for what i undestood util now from the books, the Primarchs are more special because each of them have one unique power.
@@zerotohero884 its pretty clear in the lore that the weakest primarch is still miles stronger than the average custodes. (Angron pushed a titan off of him and survived for gods sakes) But yeah the custodes are harder to kill. Essentially the primarvh have their unique powers, speed, and strength. While the custodes seem far more durable. Tho this could be wrong in some areas.
I like this kind of description of the Custodes. If the Space Marines are Angels, and the Primarch's Archangels, then the Adeptus Custodes are Seraphim. Highest ranking Angel, arguably the most powerful, and the ones that sit closest to God as the throne guardians.
A Vexillus Imperator and the Ka'Tah stance that gives +1 attack but changes your weapons to D1 are extremely useful for enemies with -1 damage. Also that thing about FW is spot on. Custodes' full potential is locked behind an absurd paywall.
Aren’t these the guys that had some of their men killed by some Harlequins initially? Edit: Oh, I thought the Harlequins were just some fancy assassins and not the lore equivalent to these guys. Never mind
Most people are mad after that harlequin thingy, mainly because it was really badly written, the harlequins went through custodes like they were nothing, and nothing should be able to do that except greater daemons and primarch and stuff like that
@@BrotherGS From what little I know about the 40k lore I don't think that even Primarchs and greater daemons are going to have an easy time in a 1v1 with a Custodes. Would either of those win when against one? Probably. The Custodes' chances are smaller than his opponents here, but I never thought it'd be an easy time for any challenger.
@@BrotherGS If it was an avatar-like situation or the goal was to kill as much banana-man I feel like it would have been more accepted. But no, the reason was because they wanted to talk to the emperor. It's just the sheer stupidity of the whole clusterfuck.
ONI employee #343 I dunno man, the gear and feats the Primarchs are capable of are pretty overpowered. A single swing from present day Girlyman and his daddy’s sword could probably cleave through 6-10 Custodes at once…and he’s just a mid-tier fighter in the Primarch ranking list both in TT and in lore.
Training doesn't explain the Sisters of Silence being able to keep up with Custodes in combat. Most likely their negative psychic power can be used to enhance themselves like the Eldar and, perhaps Astartes, do.
Tbh it's no different then sisters of battle and space marines, gw wanted a "new unique model line" so they made female marines, frankly don't be surprised if we get primaris sisters of battle unless the primaris becomes the only marine
Frankly, that's just old school feminism at work, because it used to be cool and counterculture. Here you have a faction of men who are augmented armed and armored to literal perfection, and _here_ you have a faction of women who are just as good and important and high up on the totem pole as the boys with 1/1000th of the cost and effort. Mary Sue-ing before the trope was codified, at least as far as 40k is willing to Mary Sue a group without also stapling on the mandatory grimdark. You might think for a moment and notice that trend repeating several times in WH40K, but don't notice too loudly or GW will ban you from official gameplay like He of the Stone Half Circle Who Must Not be Named.
To explain no soul and negitive souls: having no soul in the warp is like having no star where there should be one, a negative soul is a black hole where there should be a star
I'd say there's at least a single "low key" custodes story in Garro from the HH series. Nothing super galaxy changing just a short story about a custodes and some Marines inspecting some ships carrying refugees for traitors
Honestly, there is _some_ potential for interaction between the Emperor's Finest and your average guardsman, but it's mainly the guardsman asking the Custodes questions about them. What it's like to _be_ a Custodes, what the difference is between them and the Astartes, what it was like to fight alongside the Emperor, what the Emperor himself is like, etc.
Besides the fact that the Custodes are still balanced for 1 Wound Marines, the biggest overall problem with the Imperium is the inability to run mixed armies. It is far, far, far more likely that a Custodes assault army would consist of a few Custodes and a bunch of Marines and/or Guard.
Baffling to think that almost two years ago you were on your way to that special number of subs. Now you're almost to 200K as of writing this. Stay unhinged, Pancreas.
It technically is, because of how the game mechnics works i.e an invulnerable save does not give a damn that you've been hit by a Chainsword twice your size, it still works.
Remember guys, if Space marines loose a battle, its a bad day. If Custodians loose a battle, it changes the history of the galaxy. That’s how just powerful they are and how the battle they involve themselves with are crucial.
I always interpreted the custodes as, "they are to a space marine what a space marine is to a human" a single unarmed custodes can destroy 100 fully armed space marines as an unarmed space marine can destroy 100 fully armed men
In the books/lore "A Custodes can take on an army of thousands of regular humans/orks/tyranids. In the table top game: Your Custodes is worth one Guard Squad.
The fact that they're so strong works against them. Every time a writer wants to showcase how strong his Character is: "You see this is Brother Bob. He was once accused of heresy and had to fight of 5 custodes. He killed all of them!" Yeah, right.
Personally, making Custodes a playable army was one of the worst decisions GW has ever made. Custodes were interesting when they were a background note. The idea that the Imperium had thousands of invincible super-superhumans that make Space Marines look downright useless, but left them all sitting in the most heavily-defended building on the most heavily-defended world in the galaxy out of a perverse sense of tradition and pride, even as the Imperium collapses - really nailed the tone of the Imperium and the wider setting. Now, Custodes have been wanked so much, you really do question why the Imperium hasn't conquered the universe yet. Six of them can curbstomp an entire Tyranid fleet by themselves. Ridiculous even for this setting.
@@IAmTheStig32 Honestly, I like them going out and destroying shit, it's just their models turn a cool 'A golden army of death unleashed against those who could destroy His empire' to 'hee hee, hit on 2 wound on 2 save on 2'
Hey man I just recently discovered your content but honestly I wish I would've sooner, it's really underrated imo just keep it up don't ever stop your content is my highlight now
"If you don't like gold, leave." If you aren't basic use a different paint scheme. It is like the sigmarines. The second you use a different paintscheme they look 50 times better. My personal recommendation is the shadowkeepers
One might wonder why there are no Brothers of Silence. That's because the male blanks ended up made into either assassins or weaponized in psychic titans.
I feel the humans winning wars is down to sheer unending amount of men that is sent to a literal uncountable number of men and just simply ‘had enough men’ at the time
I bought a box of Custodes as a painting challenge for Kill Team with a friend, and because it was the price of a troop box. I bought a second box and ended up with a legal Custodes Army.
actually you would be able to go share a beer at a bar with them. custodes are very educated and versed in the art. as a elf lover, you would get along very well with them. the emperor would come to them for consultation and general advice because they arent just urdur big armored gorilla with gun
“Know this last truth. The Emperor is not a god, he is a man, but not a forgiving man- nor am I” -Custodian shield captain (From the book Gate Of Bones)
Who knew I'd like a channel fostered by a man with an unworking pancreas who makes videos about plastic figurines I'd never buy. Keep up the good work my man, I hope ya hit 100k subs.
Your great at what you do. I have been binge watching all your do or don't videos today. You have earned my sub. I am sure your growth will come in great tithes from the imperium of man!
"Only thing that can 1v1 a custodie is a haelwquin" Or an ork with the snotling shoota that gets lucky and teleports the snotling into the custodies ribcage.
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1,000 Custodes wins against 20,000 Tyranids 😂😂😂
What is this? 😭 The medieval Period?😭🤣😭 Your saying the Battle of Crecy was bigger than what was meant to be an epic Battle of a dystopian far future😂?
GW is dumb…
@PJ Rivera RAID sponsors anyone he whored out lol
I called it
No TTS shout-out?
Ok bro
“Covert Ops” for a Custodes makes me chuckle, like just imagine them and their 2 trillion dollar golden gear trying to be stealthy.
If I see a Custodes “sneaking” around wherever I’m at I’m gonna be the last motherfucker to say anything about it
@@pancreasnowork9939 the only thing I’m worried about is getting as far away from the planet I can.
"Who's that?" "Shut up dude"
This kind of reminds me of the fact that big E, the behemoth of a man, somehow walked amoung normal men for a time unseen. How. Surely you'd notice letting the old man with an overwhelming presence break the structural beams of your home on his shoulders after coming into your house for a cuppa.
@@bobjim245 a lot of that was his psychic might and how he projected his presence to others, blanks saw him as a tired old man. He could change his appearance at will, except against those with psychic nullifying presences.
One of my favorite things about the Custodes is a quote from one of them, which is this:
"The Emperor's realm is a festering ruin of overcrowded worlds drowning in their own ignorance and fear. It is a tumbledown ghetto that burns from end to end with the flames of war. They do not deserve their Emperor. They do not deserve us. None of that alters the fact that our duty must be done..."
-Telchor, Custodian Guard
I just love how the Custodes acknowledge how shit the Imperium is, but yet they still continue to serve and fight.
Well tbf most of them rember the Horus heresy and before then they litterly know what actually good empire looks like
Kinda paints them as assholes though, right? It’s not the majority of humanity’s fault the Empire is shit.
My favorite quote is “this is a childrens card game”
@@idiotgaming6376 Im pretty sure only about 200 or so custodes survived the heresy and the rest were created after the heresy to replenish their numbers. That being said, the custodes are still thousands of years old and probably witnessed the Imperium slowly decay and turn into a cult lead by religious zealots who essentially destroyed everything the emperor worked for. It's easy to see why they resent the vast majority of the imperium.
@@cyrusmuller6502 Wait, there’s a warhammer 40k card game?
"Even though they somehow lose, it's still called a win"
Ah yes, the Ork Mentality
Custodes never die their simply missing in action.
#grindset
Orkizm
He said if* not though. Are you implying the Custodes have lost? An inquisitor would like a word with you.
@@brianfarris5676 to the imperium’s gulag
There are only 10k " active duty" Custodes. The retired ones still live quite a long time. I have no idea how they conceal themselves in the general population.
A massive 9 feet tall and incredibly buff guy enters a bars and goes "Hello fellow regular humans, as you can see I too am a regular human"
I mean they probably have the resources to stay hidden from the get go, and while they are 8 or 9 feet tall out of armor, with a bit of work for a cover they could pose as an Ogryn on the move with handlers, or an abnormally tall Human or /Catachan (since it is still canon that individual humans can grow to the size of Space Marines (even modern people do if all be it with medical complications due to it)).
@@Lowdian >be heretic
>meet with heretic friends
>Greg has brought a new guy
>9 feet tall, my bowels quake in his presence, glares at us like we just killed his wife and children
“this is my friend Timothy Sunshine Sparkles Ullanor Eternity Gate…”
>rambles for 3 hours
“…Raptoris Shitass Johnson. He’s new around here, and asked if there were any cool traitor clubs to join.”
>seems legit
It’s technically 9,999 cause one was abducted by Trazyn and died on Cadia
@@steffanyschwartz7801 They actively recruit new members as needed.
I always love the irony that the factions with the most elite soldiers, hard to find and even harder to make ended up being the cheapest ones irl and vice-versa
I mean, yeah. Knights are quite rare and very elite, and technically the cheapest army
It's sort of like how the Blue Eyes White Dragon is so easy to get but it's so iconic because in the "lore" it's the rarest fucking thing next to exodia
Technically a single warhound titan is the cheapest 2000 pt army
i’m crying in GSC right now
I was thinking about andre from helsreach
From lore standpoint I love the fact that Custodes aren't just super soldiers. They are artists, scholars, scientists of countless fields, politicians and diplomats even. They aren't just the perfect warriors, they are defacto human. It is said that the emperor didn't just make them weapons, he made them as his companions in every sense of the word. They are the ones he can have a meaningful conversation with, and unlike their lesser Astartes brethren, they have actual life's with other points than killing things.
They are supposed to be the perfect people in all ways, and the fact that they are also perfect soldiers is just a side effect. This is why in an imperium with quadrillions of citizens there was only a few thousands of people who could be made like this, because they are all out and not a penny saved.
I like the idea of there being a chef Custodes that makes killer omelets
@@Four_Shadowingomelets that will make you murder a planet to get your hands on and die because the flavor make your taste nerves say fuck That am out and rupture
there's just a custodes that's like the ultimate gamer
@@thejuiceking2219 from what I know gaming does exist in the lore so this is absolutely canon friendly
@@thejuiceking2219one taps for the emperor
The ancient phrase made to instill fear into the opponent's heart
"Hitting on 2s, rerolling 1s"
Dear god. Isn't that just a guaranteed hit?
@@moderndavinci6599 you can still roll another 1 or you could have penality. The rerolling is any number of dices once per attack.
@@michelebenedetti7507 Ohh, I see. So you only reroll the one once, and not again if you get another?
@@moderndavinci6599 yes.
@@michelebenedetti7507 its a single hit or wound roll, once a phase per unit
Its great how the Custodes respected Dorn & Guilliman enough to pretend to listen to them probably only because it wasn't all that unreasonable of a request to protect their master but still kinda dumb to just have them all sit around
I'm pretty sure the sisters almost definitely have some kind of augments. That or chicks in 40k are just so badass they can clap damn near any of the 8 foot gorillas in power armor
They're supersoldier Blanks so honestly, it was either this or being a Culexus.
They have minor augments but it's mostly training on par with custodes training, and because they're blanks their training is actually even more top tier/secretive than even the custodes
the Imperium has access to gene enhancement therapy, which is separate from Gene Seed and however Custodes are made. So I have always assumed that the Sisters of Silence/Battle undergo this procedure as well as being given the best training and power armor.
@@wiseguy01 actually from what i can tell what puts them on par is the armor. No augments, mods, genetherapy. Power armor does alot for the user, increasing strength and speed and letting them use less energy to do an amount of work so they dont tire out quite as fast. the training if of course a huge part as well but it cant push you too far past human limits without being silly
Women do seem to have an easier time commanding the warp in 40k for whatever reason...
These do or don'ts have become instant watches for me, Well done!
I don't even play 40k games but it's so well done with nice humor that it's must watch for me lol
"Whatever the weapons we wield, whatever the deeds we perform, they are justified. Without us, the Golden Throne would fall, and without the Emperor to guide them, Humanity would follow."-Ganestus Talorn
Nice video king
I mean without the imperial guards and space marines there every thing would fall
Pure arrogance. They place too much value on their leader. The imperium would die, humanity probably wouldn't, unless the Tyranids eat everyone but I'm not sure how much anything can stop that.
Remember if you see harlequin fans bragging about that time they killed a few custodes remind them.
They're totally right. (Yes i know the writer thought they were regular dudes with fancy armor but let them have it they don't really have much.)
Lucifer blacks exist. there basically the best of the best of the best guardsmen, but still guardsmen. I'd argue that the harlequins did get a few kills in on the stodes, mostly due to shock tactics, but not the sniper guy killing a custodian with a rifle butt. Sniper guy probably just melee'd a Lucifer black.
@@thenerfkid9228 It's possible the sniper just knocked out the Custodian.
@@ladywaffle2210 they have similar skull lining to mountain goats I believe, makes them pretty much impossible to knock out.
@@Si_Sireeni "Pretty much impossible" and "impossible" are not the same.
@@ladywaffle2210 well the kind of force that would be required to do it would be enough to just kill the custodian outright.
As a fellow human who's pancreas doesn't work as well, I love your content, it's a lot more chill and easy to watch than other W40K youtubers who are either super fast or act like a British historian in cryofreeze.
Also, Custodes need more oil and less armor lol.
Weshammer is chill with his long formats compared to his shorts and Adeptus Ridiculous (well, its in the name).
“PLEASE send us to FUCking Mars already!! I want to crAWL on the DUnes with my FINGERED NAILS!!”
Dude.. your pancreas doesn't really work? I hope for your good health man
@@ireallycant4416 Loads of people have a malfunctioning pancreas. They're called diabetics.
*AWAKEN INTENSIFIES*
8:29 Unless your Death Guard and have Disgustingly Resilient. I actually almost beat a Custodes army... but then the player deployed a Callidus assassin and Captain General behind me and rolled prefect rolls.. killing my Lord of Virulence and plague surgeon... then charged my plague marines and they all died. At which point I was crushed.... Custodes pretty much win, even if they're losing horribly, they can pretty much pull a win out of thin air if you make the slightest mistake
That 60% competative win rate is probably a reason why Custodeas players may find it hard to find games in the future. My idea of fun isnt watching my GSC get obliterated by an army they literally cant win against
@@timeenoughatlast3368 Or you know that feeling when a guard tank gets yeeted off the game by one motherfucker on a bike. Or, you know play grey knights against a custodes with some sisters. Oh look the two armies I play.
@@timeenoughatlast3368 prenerf mechanicus vibes
@@timeenoughatlast3368 it helps that people can get a Custodes army prepped from sprue to tabletop ready in a very short period of time because of their elite status. A meta-chaser can have a Custodes list be tabletop ready in a week tops.
@@timothywillox8564 meanwhile my GSC took like 2 months of nightly painting to do 2500 points :(
Big credit to Pancreas for sectioning off his video so I know exactly where to skip to to avoid yet another RAID ad. Selling one's soul to that devil is understandably profitable, so I get why he took the sponsor. Does not mean I'll endure being advertised to if I can help it.
I’ll be honest here, he’s sponsor section was pretty funny
Yeah. He made it fit his style at least. Pint is the only other YTer I can remember because of his personal spin.
gotta pay for that insulin somehow
Best way to counter Custodes? Death guard. Their perks literally cancel eachother. Ends up being high numbers high wound units i.e. Death Guard vs low numbers high wounds i.e. Custodes.
Plus Morty can ram a line of Custodes and mulch them with Silence.
There’s a few Word Bearers With the distinguished honor of beating a Custodes albeit only because they were possessed by daemons which enhanced their abilities at the cost of turning them into monsters. Argel Tal has personally killed three, maybe four Custodes gaurds in one book. In Betrayer he wields a Custodes sword and halberd from the two that he bested, both out of vengeance for his Chaplain and his waifu
@@hunterkillerxyz aye, Argel is a fucking boss, and didn't deserve what happened
@@williamsalisbury7492 at least Kharn beat the shit out of Erebus after that
About Mortarion... Lockwarden.
I find that, perhaps ironically, the Imperial Guard kinda stuffs the banana boys.
There are usually more guardsmen than the bananas will even get attacks in the entire game, there are enough flashlights that someone will be a lucky boy almost every time they shoot, heaven forbid a guardsman spears a Custodian in melee, objectives are a completely lost cause for the bananas, and the artillery and tanks can shoot sisters off the field before they can blink, take juicy bites out of Custodians, and are meaty enough to not immediately die if a squad of bananas glares angrily at them.
I once played 2000 pts Astra against Custodes, I had the first Round and killed one Custodes by shooting and 2 in Close Combat. that was the 2nd round after 3 lost Tanks and one lost shocktroop of Cadians, after that I couldn't wound any of them and lost by losing all Army models
basilisks or earthshakers......golden tear makers
It really says something when, I have watched hundreds of hours of WH40k lore over a wide array of channnels, yet I stumbled upon yours only a week ago, and can’t get enough of your dry sarcasm and humor.
It really is great quality content.
Keep it up sir! You got yourself a subscriber!
For Kitten
Hell fucking yes my man!!! My favorite Imperial faction and you did it absolute justice. Thank you so much for such great content.
I’m happy to do the Banana Squad the justice it deserves!
I absolutely love your content, imo you don't get enough views or enough likes for the work you put into these. Love them! Keep it up! ♥
His sub and view count are definitely on the rise, so I'd say his frequent posting is most certainly paying off!
He’s growing quickly though
Custodes allegedly always have the model advantage when capturing, no matter how many models, meaning a single Custodes vs 200 guard in a control point will give the Custodes player the objective so that they can actually capture objectives.
The have the Objective Secured rule on basically all their stuff, because they just wouldn't be able to hold objectives at all without it
Actually the custodes v hive fleet went down differently.
Yeah there was 6 of em but only one survived.
And there's not just gold custodes, there's a few different coloured custodes.
Shadowkeepers, the bois in black, are probably the scariest.
Can you do sisters of battle next please? I don't think I've ever seen anyone explain what their playstyle or tactics are actually like.
Sounds like they play like Custodes, but when your opponent deploys psychic powers, you get to say "nah".
I faced Custodes once. Once.
Yeah, best I did was when I had my AdMech Warglaive run up to the Captain General on a Hoverbike and did a Strike attack on them. Smoked the Captain-General in one hit, straight through that golden armor. I lost the match but still it is my favorite accomplishment.
Gosh I need to play my AdMech more.... probably after someone gives me enough money or a 3D printer just for more basic Skitarii.
You killed kitten! YOU BASTARD
@@Si_Sireeni did Shadowsun a favor
I will enter your house and explode. This is a Promise. Or your money back
@@Si_Sireeni good luck. Imma go play with the skinwalkers and wendigos next door.
@@kommando293 lol
I'm glad that the sisters are silence are able to keep up with the custodians because that means that every normal person in Warhammer 40K has the potential to become as strong as a custodies and I'd like that it means everyone can become special.
Really depends on if you make the one in a trillion cut and survive the training. Whether you're a strong enough null male and get sent to the Officio Assassinorum to become a Culexus Assassin or a female null and get sent to train and become reconditioned as a Sister of Silence. Both have high mortality rates, and any rejects that aren't sent to either are then sorted to being Inquisitorial aides or ground up to become null bombs.
@@Doku71 I don't really care how hard to training is what I care about is if normal people have the potential to become strong enough to affect the story because to me it just seems unfair when the protagonist are going on all these important adventures to save the world or something while normal people don't even have the chance to become strong enough to help them or affect them in really any way besides emotional support or giving advice
To be fair, the emperor implied that humanity would be physically equal to the custodes and as psychic as Malcador if they evolved in the webway. Who’s to say the pariah gene doesn’t enhance the human body?
@@cryamistellimek9184 I thought the emperor wanted humanity to do away with all things psychic?
@@joeblazer3429 Nah, it's cause anything psychic has the potential of being corrupted by the four and not even a small potential, it's more like a question of when are you gonna get corrupted rather than if you are gonna get corrupted. After the four warp cancer have been done away with, Emps would then proceed with his plan to elevate humanity to godlike beings on par with him so he can finally vanish in the background and get the vacation he deserves after more than 40k years of babying humanity so that it doesn't decide to kill itself for shits and giggles like they did during the war with the men of iron.
You forgot my biggest pet peve with the Custodes, it's that just like with Bloodthirsters if you want to make someone look cool, have them wipe out a dozen Custodes.
It is incredibly engaging to paint custodes.
I play exclusively killteam, so I collect bits and bobs from all armies for balanced kill teams.
Custodians, as I run them as the Solar Host, take around 14 hours to paint. The absolute zen as each model comes out beautiful and unique as I change gem colors, leather etchings, acid etchings on armor plates, exchanging their plumage and greenstuffing locks of hair, bands of cloth, and facial hair means that every single one is a joy and experience to paint.
If you enjoy the painting side of the hobby, there is no more interesting and rewarding experience than to paint custodians on marble with the blood of heretics slick and among rivers.
Even if you don't intend to play them, paint them.
Kid, holding a spear: look at me I'm a Custodes!
Custodes: awww that's cute, kid-
Kid, taping a bolter to the spear:
Custodes: you know what? Yeah, I'm starting to see the resemblance alri-
Kid, spray-painting it gold:
Custodes: BROTHERS, SOMEONE FOUND OUT HOW TO MAKE MORE OF US
1:09 Oh, how poorly that aged.
“If you can’t stand the color gold, just leave. There’s nothing for you here”
That is the best line for asking someone if they wanna make Custodes 😂
6:46 *WAIT A MINUTE I KNOW THAT GUY-*
Oh....damn
Hmmmm.... I wonder why this video is suddenly at the top of my recommendation list 🤔
I will start collecting gold boiz and I will call their leader Kitten and you can't stop me
To summarizes space Marines and custodes.
Space marine = 100 men
Custodes = 100 space Marines
Inaccurate but i get what you mean
Primarch = 2 and 1/2 Custodes
@@zerotohero884 they're more accurately 50 of them depending on how strong they are
@@Karhall But like, Angron killing just 1 and Alpharius [that i belive that wast Omegon at the time] also killing just 1 wast like, a major feat?, for what i undestood util now from the books, the Primarchs are more special because each of them have one unique power.
@@zerotohero884 its pretty clear in the lore that the weakest primarch is still miles stronger than the average custodes. (Angron pushed a titan off of him and survived for gods sakes) But yeah the custodes are harder to kill. Essentially the primarvh have their unique powers, speed, and strength. While the custodes seem far more durable. Tho this could be wrong in some areas.
I like this kind of description of the Custodes. If the Space Marines are Angels, and the Primarch's Archangels, then the Adeptus Custodes are Seraphim. Highest ranking Angel, arguably the most powerful, and the ones that sit closest to God as the throne guardians.
Finally finished my first army, and it's Knights 😂 managed to fit it into exactly 1000 points but that's only 5 models
whats ya composition?
A Vexillus Imperator and the Ka'Tah stance that gives +1 attack but changes your weapons to D1 are extremely useful for enemies with -1 damage. Also that thing about FW is spot on. Custodes' full potential is locked behind an absurd paywall.
Aren’t these the guys that had some of their men killed by some Harlequins initially?
Edit: Oh, I thought the Harlequins were just some fancy assassins and not the lore equivalent to these guys. Never mind
Most people are mad after that harlequin thingy, mainly because it was really badly written, the harlequins went through custodes like they were nothing, and nothing should be able to do that except greater daemons and primarch and stuff like that
@@BrotherGS From what little I know about the 40k lore I don't think that even Primarchs and greater daemons are going to have an easy time in a 1v1 with a Custodes. Would either of those win when against one? Probably. The Custodes' chances are smaller than his opponents here, but I never thought it'd be an easy time for any challenger.
@@BrotherGS If it was an avatar-like situation or the goal was to kill as much banana-man I feel like it would have been more accepted. But no, the reason was because they wanted to talk to the emperor. It's just the sheer stupidity of the whole clusterfuck.
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I dunno man, the gear and feats the Primarchs are capable of are pretty overpowered. A single swing from present day Girlyman and his daddy’s sword could probably cleave through 6-10 Custodes at once…and he’s just a mid-tier fighter in the Primarch ranking list both in TT and in lore.
the harlequins looks ridiculous enemies straight out of jojos
Training doesn't explain the Sisters of Silence being able to keep up with Custodes in combat. Most likely their negative psychic power can be used to enhance themselves like the Eldar and, perhaps Astartes, do.
Tbh it's no different then sisters of battle and space marines, gw wanted a "new unique model line" so they made female marines, frankly don't be surprised if we get primaris sisters of battle unless the primaris becomes the only marine
i mean they probably have some degree of cybernetics or something like that
Frankly, that's just old school feminism at work, because it used to be cool and counterculture. Here you have a faction of men who are augmented armed and armored to literal perfection, and _here_ you have a faction of women who are just as good and important and high up on the totem pole as the boys with 1/1000th of the cost and effort. Mary Sue-ing before the trope was codified, at least as far as 40k is willing to Mary Sue a group without also stapling on the mandatory grimdark.
You might think for a moment and notice that trend repeating several times in WH40K, but don't notice too loudly or GW will ban you from official gameplay like He of the Stone Half Circle Who Must Not be Named.
To explain no soul and negitive souls: having no soul in the warp is like having no star where there should be one, a negative soul is a black hole where there should be a star
I love that it is pretty much impossible to depict a Custodes without using the chad face
You are wrong.
They could win our trust back by adding Kitten and crediting TTS. Just imagine what it would do for their imagine
I'd say there's at least a single "low key" custodes story in Garro from the HH series. Nothing super galaxy changing just a short story about a custodes and some Marines inspecting some ships carrying refugees for traitors
Imagine Kittens stats, he would solo the gods.
Also side thought, skaven in 40k
I mean he did solo the emperor, Tzeench, and would have beat the void dragon (rip TTS)
Honestly, there is _some_ potential for interaction between the Emperor's Finest and your average guardsman, but it's mainly the guardsman asking the Custodes questions about them. What it's like to _be_ a Custodes, what the difference is between them and the Astartes, what it was like to fight alongside the Emperor, what the Emperor himself is like, etc.
In all honesty, the creative way people advertise Raid is in itself quite entertaining to watch
Besides the fact that the Custodes are still balanced for 1 Wound Marines, the biggest overall problem with the Imperium is the inability to run mixed armies. It is far, far, far more likely that a Custodes assault army would consist of a few Custodes and a bunch of Marines and/or Guard.
Baffling to think that almost two years ago you were on your way to that special number of subs. Now you're almost to 200K as of writing this. Stay unhinged, Pancreas.
Someone once told me that Custodes can parry a fucking Knight's chainsword on the tabletop. Please tell me this is true.
It technically is, because of how the game mechnics works i.e an invulnerable save does not give a damn that you've been hit by a Chainsword twice your size, it still works.
Guardsmen can survive getting hit by titain bullets
A bike shield captain can fucking solo murder a bloody Knight. Look up the unkillable bike captain and you'll understand.
@@alek7998 oh I do understand, I play Custodes myself
Remember guys, if Space marines loose a battle, its a bad day. If Custodians loose a battle, it changes the history of the galaxy. That’s how just powerful they are and how the battle they involve themselves with are crucial.
I always interpreted the custodes as, "they are to a space marine what a space marine is to a human" a single unarmed custodes can destroy 100 fully armed space marines as an unarmed space marine can destroy 100 fully armed men
Really? An entire Custodes episode without body oil? What a shame
In the books/lore "A Custodes can take on an army of thousands of regular humans/orks/tyranids. In the table top game: Your Custodes is worth one Guard Squad.
Hey, just wanted to say I really enjoy listening to your videos. Appreciate the effort/time/work put in, love listening, thanks.
This video encouraged me to buy a Custodes army. I’ve got them cleaned (waiting for paint and glue to arrive). Thank you for the video!
Rise of Nations soundtrack? Nice.
Surprised anyone remembers that game.
I’m never gonna forget it
“not kitten :(“ indeed
Talons of the Emperor, when you want to go to war wearing more bling than everyone else combined and actually have it also be practical.
The fact that they're so strong works against them. Every time a writer wants to showcase how strong his Character is: "You see this is Brother Bob. He was once accused of heresy and had to fight of 5 custodes. He killed all of them!"
Yeah, right.
Personally, making Custodes a playable army was one of the worst decisions GW has ever made.
Custodes were interesting when they were a background note. The idea that the Imperium had thousands of invincible super-superhumans that make Space Marines look downright useless, but left them all sitting in the most heavily-defended building on the most heavily-defended world in the galaxy out of a perverse sense of tradition and pride, even as the Imperium collapses - really nailed the tone of the Imperium and the wider setting.
Now, Custodes have been wanked so much, you really do question why the Imperium hasn't conquered the universe yet. Six of them can curbstomp an entire Tyranid fleet by themselves. Ridiculous even for this setting.
@@IAmTheStig32 Custodes are the biggest losers. They had one job: Protect the Emps. They Failed.
@@IAmTheStig32 Honestly, I like them going out and destroying shit, it's just their models turn a cool 'A golden army of death unleashed against those who could destroy His empire' to 'hee hee, hit on 2 wound on 2 save on 2'
*Pillarmen theme intensifies*
Hey man I just recently discovered your content but honestly I wish I would've sooner, it's really underrated imo just keep it up don't ever stop your content is my highlight now
6:44
Kitten!
The Kitten army!
"If you don't like gold, leave." If you aren't basic use a different paint scheme. It is like the sigmarines. The second you use a different paintscheme they look 50 times better. My personal recommendation is the shadowkeepers
One might wonder why there are no Brothers of Silence. That's because the male blanks ended up made into either assassins or weaponized in psychic titans.
I recently got more interested in 40k thanks to "If the Emperor had a text-to-speech device in the golden throne" fan parody.
I feel the humans winning wars is down to sheer unending amount of men that is sent to a literal uncountable number of men and just simply ‘had enough men’ at the time
Adeptus Mechanicus next? Really been enjoying the Do or Don'ts!
500 point custodes army be like
Beatuis Maximus
Jorge, his second in command
Timmy jimmy, and flimmy, the three shield brothers.
Our lad got the sponcer.
[Insert "if the emperor had a text-to-speech device" meme about the custodies here]
I bought a box of Custodes as a painting challenge for Kill Team with a friend, and because it was the price of a troop box.
I bought a second box and ended up with a legal Custodes Army.
You forgot the biggest lore negative, Grand Captain Kitten isn’t canon.
Congrats on the sponsorship, my man. Enjoy the money!
If you can't stand the gold, you can also play another shield host to attenuate the amount of gold in your vision.
actually you would be able to go share a beer at a bar with them. custodes are very educated and versed in the art. as a elf lover, you would get along very well with them. the emperor would come to them for consultation and general advice because they arent just urdur big armored gorilla with gun
6:48 THAT IS KITTEN
These Do or Donts are legendary dude
Kitten dying shouldnt have happened if we follow this video lore.
6:46 it’s the late captain general!
So uh…. Maybe don’t
That "not Kitten" made me giggle
Please please please do genestealer cults, would love to hear your take on them.
If I ever build an imperium army, it’ll probably be the Custodes. But not until that Grav Tank is in plastic.
10th is out now so we need an update on this video
“Know this last truth. The Emperor is not a god, he is a man, but not a forgiving man- nor am I” -Custodian shield captain (From the book Gate Of Bones)
Who knew I'd like a channel fostered by a man with an unworking pancreas who makes videos about plastic figurines I'd never buy. Keep up the good work my man, I hope ya hit 100k subs.
9:38 as someone who runs tzeentch i share this fear
“Ok I’m going to cast smit-“
“No.”
Your great at what you do. I have been binge watching all your do or don't videos today. You have earned my sub. I am sure your growth will come in great tithes from the imperium of man!
happy to see another episode be cool if you did something on the eldar.
He die dark eldar and craftworld already
@@jadenjorr4653 it's a joke because he's obssesed with the eldar
Thing is when tyranids come out warriors can wipe the floor with custodes squads and terminators alike in melee
"But probably with a K/D that would make a nuclear strike jealous" That has got to be the funniest thing I have heard this month.
These guys sound underpowered, pretty sure they need a buff.
When one of your favorite channels posts about your favorite army, its a good day.
As a TSons player it is my solemn duty to let everyone know, Magnus did nothing wrong!
"Only thing that can 1v1 a custodie is a haelwquin"
Or an ork with the snotling shoota that gets lucky and teleports the snotling into the custodies ribcage.
Please, do Necrons eventually. I want to hear you tell me why my army of choice sucks.
It's funny that they make a big deal about how few custodes there are, but there can be almost as many as a pre heresy legion at a time