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

===Flight of the Golden Valkyries===
The custodes jetbikes are dangerous. Full stop. They run around at 14”, advance 6”, are toughness 6 (which protects against S3, 5, 6, & 10 weapons), 4 wounds, 2+/5++, and hit with 4 attacks on 2’s, strength 6, rerolling wounds on the charge, ap-3 DD3. 3 units of 3 headed up by [[Chapter_Master_Smashfucker#8TH_EDITION:_CAPTAIN_SMASHFUCKER_GOES_BANANA|Captain-Commander Smashfucker]] (the toughest unnamed character in 8E at T6, 7W, 2+/3++/5+++ with rerolls) will kill everything on the charge. <s>How many guardsmen will you kill? 38.75. Terminators? 19.68 (the average Damage value of an interceptor spear against a 2W model being 1.667). Baneblades? And even Reaver titans? They will take 39.90 damage, enough to outright annihilate the former and cripple the latter</s> All of this math is old, as of June 20th. We'll get back to you once we figure out exactly which shield host and other shit these guys should be using. All of this comes at the cost of roughly 980 points (depending on your guns, no misericordias unfortunately) in an Outrider detachment, giving you the most powerful, fastest, and toughest death star in the entirety of 40k. And that is before you even take into account their guns. How does 120 bolter shots sound to you hitting on re-rollable 2’s? Well, that alone would give you 51.85 dead guardsmen, 19.44 dead marines or even 6.41 damage to a baneblade. In short, you have no reason to not take a detachment of custodes bikers. And the icing on the cake? Your 10 unit, 1000 point army will only cost you <s>£117.6</s> £105 to £140, depending on a discount. (Other countries pricing may vary, for example, the US pays the equivalent of £164 to £193.27.)

*Agamatus versions of this tactic are also available, but you can only afford the Lastrum bolters on your 9 bikers. In a 2000 point game, you can take the las pulsars, but the great strength of your bikes is their balance between impressive melee power and ranged volume of fire. If you want to take bikes with pulsars it is advised that you take them as a supplement to your main melee Death Star. If you want to have more than one flying circus Death Star, however (at least until they release rules for a jet pack shield captain) you will need to take three units of agamastus custodians because of the rule of 3.