Editing Warhammer 40,000/8th Edition Tactics/Adeptus Custodes (section)

===Officio Assassinorum===

Regarding the Callidus, Eversor, and Culexus: Meh. They don’t bring anything major.  The Callidus is a good CQC character hunter, but the Custodes don’t need more character hunters, especially a CQC one. The new rules for the Eversor make him more viable as a horde blender. The Eversor may be a decent distraction Carnifex among other Imperium armies but as most custodes units can play the role of distraction Carnifex better than an actual Carnifex, this guy will likely be quite low on your opponent's threat register. A6 is nice for helping out in anti-horde, but just don't expect him to delete entire squads at once. The Culexus plugs the DTW hole nicely, but taking it subtracts from your CP total (a big no-no for a Custodes army), and if you’re going for a null unit, the Sisters of Silence are a better, and fluffier, bet. You could also, you know, take an actual psyker instead?

However, the Vindicare, when used in the correct way and against the correct target, can help the custodes. For starters, he is insanely cheap for what he does, at only 85 points (this is good for custodes). He won't plug your anti-horde hole, but when you are going up against armies where character are vital lynchpins without which the army unravels at the seams (Nids, Guard) he is incredibly effective - Creed may be a tactical genius, but even he won't survive a headshot from a Vindicare! The Deadshot rule is useful for showing the middle finger to the guy who bubble wrapped Calgar in conscripts, and Headshot means whatever he wounds will go down for good. His rifle is insane against {{W40kKeyword|Infantry Character}}s. Finally, the priority threat neutralized stratagem will allow you to gain a command point for every character he picks off, giving your golden banana men a few more points to play around with and meaning that you don't NEED to always build for a battalion against character-heavy lists.  There is, however, a limit to his usefulness: against the big bads like primarchs, Greater Daemons, and [[Swarmlord|Da Schwärmführer]] he will have pretty much no effect, and Nurgle units' Disgustingly Resilient rule will wreak absolute havoc with your damage output. Also, as your entire army is likely to be swarming up the table as fast as they can, he might be left vulnerable to your opponent deep striking behind you.