Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Apocalypse (section)

====[[Venatari|Venatari Custodians]] pg86====
[[File:99560108207_LegioCustodesVenatariSquad01.jpg|300px|right|thumb|More golden and deadly than a normal custodian, but not as golden and deadly as their dickbikes.]]
You can look at these guys two ways. Either as faster normal custodians, or less powerful and tough jet bikes (if you can call toughness 5 and a 3+/4++ less tough). They also come as two, very different variants, either with a spear (which gives more attacks, reliable damage and a long range assault gun which annihilates guardsmen) or a pistol and shield variant (for a 2+ save, more shots, but less melee).

Out of the entire custodes roster, there is no other unit which performs two entirely different roles, as either ranged harassment for picking off anything stupid enough not to be in cover, or as a straight forward, melee beat stick for smashing into a target. Keep in mind though that this units low price compared to the heavier hitting terminators or jet bikes comes at a cost.

Note, as the two melee weapons and ranged weapons are just worst version of each other there is no highlighting which weapon is better against which target. The kinetic destroyer is a better ranged weapon than the venatari lance, and the venatari Lance is a better melee weapon than the tarsus buckler.

*1 Kinetic Destroyer and 1 Tarsus Buckler, or 1 Venatari Lance
*+1 Misericordia

55pts
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! - !! - !! Warhound !! Warlord !! Heriophant !! Phantom !! Baneblade !! Land Raider !! Rhino !! Imperial Knight !! Guilliman !! Custodian !! Guardsman !! Space Marine
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! Weapon !! Stats !! T8 W50 2+/5++ RInvuln, 2 VS !!  T9 W120 2+/5++ RInvuln, 8 VS !! T8 W34 2+/5++ !!  T9 W60 3+/4++ RInvuln !! T8 W26 3+ !! T8 W16 2+ !! T7 W10 3+ !! T8 W24 3+/5++ vs ranged !! T6 W9 2+/3++ !! T5 W3 2+/4++ !! T3 W1 5+ !! T4 W2 3+
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| Kinetic Destroyer || 18" Pistol2 S6 ap-2 D2 hit rolls 6+ are 2 hits || (0.33)0.66 || (0.33)0.66 || 0.66 || 0.66 || 0.88 || 0.66 || 0.88 || 0.88 || 0.66 || (0.66)1.33 || 1.66 || (0.88)1.77
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| Venatari Lance (Shooting) || 12" Assault2 S6 ap-2 D2 || (0.27)0.55 || (0.27)0.55 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| Tarsus Buckler || Melee3 S6 ap-2 D1 || 0.41 || 0.41 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| Venatari Lance (Shooting) || Melee4 S6 ap-3 D2 make 1 extra attack with this weapon || 1.48 || 1.48 || 1.48 || 1.85 || 1.85 || 1.48 || 1.85 || 1.85 || 1.11 || (1.11)2.22 || 2.77 || (1.85)3.70
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