If Nick uses the Custodes Codex as an improvised club we might stand a chance.

The fact Nic forgot all the rerolls for the Allarus and Guard broke my little banana heart

To quote the famous Mr House: "Ideoligical purity and shiny power armor don't count for much when you're outnumbered 15/1"

Background music for the last few episodes had been ON POINT

Ok time to add Custodian Nick to his collection of factions played

I’m not gonna lie, my Paint scheme for the custodes is almost identical and i straight up did a double take- like when did my solar watch end up over there. Still I can live vicariously through nick and pretend it’s my army getting the ever loving snott kicked out of them

It wasn't a terrible loss. They may end up being sub-50% win rate in the tourney scene, but I'll reserve judgement for casual play after a few games

I think this is what makes Orks one of my favorite factions. The sheer absurd amount of dice you get to roll is amazing.

Boyz with sticky objectives is sooo good! Haven't seen James so happy in a game in a long time. The new codex is awesome! (Not speaking about the custodes obv)

I had to explain to coworkers today just how much of a 40k nerd I am when I shouted out in excitement that there is a new custodes 40k in 40min, so happy I want more

Everyone at the studio is awesome, Nick just brings another level of infectious positive energy that is awesome to see!

WWWAAAAAAAGGH!!! Love it when James visits! He's a real fungi!

Nicks's custodes put up a better fight than I thought they would. That Orc army is scary! This was a good game to watch. Well done both players.

The production value really is what keeps me coming back. Thank you guys so much for your contributions to the community. 10/10 no notes.

Green tide has really become what the death guard wish they were lol.

Mr. Initiative is literally me for that horde army list

The narrative of turn two was so cool! The Waagh being absorbed and shredded by the Martial Mastery of the Host.

Have you guys ever thought of running a crusade league? 40 mins style?

🤯That was off the charts! Nail biting battle! Awesome commentary! Super clean overall production! Cheers!

The Custodes got nerfed _hard_ in my opinion. I played against a 10 year veteran today as a 5 month, 10~ games, 1 win player with space marines and while he did ultimately kick my ass, it was very heavily in my favor for a long while. My list was: 2 Gladiator Lancers 1 Redemptor Dreadnaught 1 Tech Marine 5 Terminators 1 Terminator librarian 10 Infernus 1 Captain 1 apothecary 20 Intercessors (in 5 man squads) 1 Lieutenant 1 Chaplain (each leading 1 squad a piece) 5 Infiltrators 3 Eliminators 1 Phobos Librarian 1 Vindicare Assassin 3 Inceptors 2075 points vs almost exactly 2,000 points in Custodes. Up until round 4 I was _winning_ and I wiped about 2/3 of his army. As an extremely bolter heavy, slightly psychic army. Final tally at the top of his turn round 4 (I went first) was like 63 to 32, but that’s cause he scored like 25 points _in my turn_ through Assassinate + his Command Phase related objectives. Before that I was slightly ahead.

Talons of the Emperor! Shame they got a *terribad* codex in this instance. Orks got such a better codex. Why do I love my elite armies so, given how badly GW handles them :) (And how GW refuses to make Eldar a real elite army, but that’s another rant…) The Ork Codex feels really nice, though, much needed for them! Not a match I could watch to the end, though, it was just absurd how many attacks the orks were throwing around relative to Nick’s Custodes - although I will admit his list clearly needed more troops, those jet bikes look awesome… but I would never field them.

Sisters of Silence fans are just happy to have been included

Oh this was so good! It's always a fun game when Mr. Initiative is on, especially when he plays Nick (or Tycho the child of Chaos). Great game gents!

At 11:55 James says you can reroll charges on your waaagh turn, I think he meant advance+charge unless i'm missing something about the new codex.

Orks are looking REALLY good and fun. James was smilin big. Lookin forward to more Ork gameplay

So cool to see James going with the Green Tide. Awesome!

The intro has so many shades of the original Iron Chef and I’m 100% here for it “NEWWW CODEXXX BATTURUUU”

Haven't watched in a little bit. Glad to see we've still got metalcore backing tracks

I really enjoyed the tunes on this one. They're never bad, but don't often stand out much to me. Great job this time around on the music!

Well played Nick! You did really well for the first time using Custodes! And James, WAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!

Loved this battle! watched live from the uk and being able to talk to nick in chat about his custodes was great! and ben did excellent on the editing front as always

Nerf's gonna be rough.

Never been a big fan of the Custodes, but those look superb! That colour scheme really suits them, especially on the tank!

nice to see the green tide. i'm excited to see the dread/kan mob detachment though. That one just looks bonkers fun.

Nice to been waiting for this match up lol

waited for that! only 6 more hours and then from work to couch and the Battlereport :D

Glad to see the orks get some love! Good job James!

Most games I've seen of the new codex is custodes basically getting tabled. Not looking good for them

I enjoy watching these 40k videos but they always make me glad I chose other war games to play.

Sehr colles Match von euch beiden, krass das es dann am Ende die Karten entscheiden, aber schön für James das er seinen ersten Sieg gegen Custodes verbuchen kann. Danke euch

Great job ! Fun game! Custodes really need the bring a model strat back and a way get extra command points . New codex for golden boys way a bit of a let down

Considering this was Nick's first game with the golden boys: Well done! Imagine what he might be able to do with them with more games and experience under his belt (and better rolls. ;)).

It's nice to see the orks aren't OP. I'm really looking forward to using my new orks codex when it arrives

Pretty neat trick with the sticky objective boyz + wierd boy teleport to let them chill at home objective then jump to the fight

same paint job im doing my custos in, royal purp bb! nice!

I would run a lot more Sisters of Silence if I rana Custode army. 11 Witchseekers and a Knight can pile into a Rhino with Scout and rush objectives.

Sorry Nick, you're no longer the 10,000 sons of the emperor

Surprisingly tight game, though the orks would just drown the Custodes in dice rolls. Always great watching James play on the channel. 😊 WAAAAAGH!!

Thanks for the video

Man, I love the Adaptus Cuss Toads!

Ah, the Cuss Toads, maybe not as well known as the standard custodes, but far better at parties.

A lot closer than I expected. When the Custodes starting falling I thought they wouldn't have enough attacks on the board. As it was, a couple of different choices by Nick could have clinched it.

The outcome would have been very different if Nick used his re-roll 1s + double shooting guard + master of the stances + deep strike. Tears of the Emperor this was hard to watch.

Whats going on here?¿‽¡! These Orks are out of control!!!! Does Mr. Winitiative ever lose😅

Another awesome game as always. Gotta say custodes never get me excited they feel weird, the tank specially i don't know...

When can we expect to see a return to the Nickrons vs our big bearded boi the WAAAGHMaster?

The amount of blinking at 1:29 by James just screams "I'm lying and I know it"

Waaaaaaaagggghh!!! Great game lads! Krump them Shiny Gits good! Da Tide Returns! Excellent showing from Nick! Custodes are freaking Cool! Hope they get a few tweaks in a FAQ, as they are a rough matchup! Maybe a rematch once the dust settles and Nick had a few more Golden Games under his belt?

James is my favorite, because Orkz is da bezt. Nick is a good egg as well.

MVP Contemptor Achillus

Custodes did well. The Boyz are strong! We're they rerolling 1's on their invulns? (Not got the book but heard that was a thing for the boyz detatchmemt). Imagine a full 120 boyz......unstoppable!

James, brother you have to read the pain boy data sheet. You not only missed the d6 mortal wound Urty Syringe on a 4+ for infantry, and I swear I didn’t see painboy boyz regen once (the Grot wargear not the strat). Also reroll saves of 1 for units with 10+ models? I think you missed that rule hahaha. Obviously it’s just game, we’re just having fun, but man, those are some important rules.

That was the very first time I've seen Da Orkz beat the custodes.

thx for report of battle 👍👊

Whoever kept syncing the VO with the mouth flaps (Tak, is that you?) did so masterfully.

They ignored the "Scorched Earth" game rule! They never picked a unit for it.

CUST-OH-DEES. Literally per any pronounciation you might find associated with the literal Roman legions back in the day

So Orks have 5+ invulns, and they can get 5+ feel no pains, what the Wild World of sports is going on, and they are still a horde army.

Need more James and his boyz WAAAAAAAAGH

Isnt there a theory that the emperor is only alive because the orks believe he is.

Fantastic! Another great batrep guys But is James giving himself a handicap? Warboss has 9 attacks during a WAAAGH! 🤩

Great game! loved it to the end!

Correct me if I’m wrong, but when the boyz moved into the tank after being flamed by the dread they were then shot by the bikes. However, the boyz are in engagement range, they can’t be shot anymore

FLG terrain is awesome. Good sponsor for yall. Too bad when I moved back to Canada from the US and bought terrain, it costed pretty much double due to import and duty fees. Not sure what they labeled it as.

I’m surprised it was a close fight. Thought the golden bois would get tabled.

an amazing game, very enjoyable video

AWESOMENESS!

Cheers to Mr. Initiative! Cheers to Custodes Nick!

Great game tho I’d be surprised if there isn’t a significant points correction for both armies in a couple of weeks.

Super fun. Good game

Uff nicks dices...might be able to use them as a fridgr

Love MR INITIATIVE!!!

Soundtrack is heeaavy man

How many custodes needed to pause the battle so they could change out their tampons?

Amazing game guys :D I was sure those Custodes were toast from 2nd turn and Nick still managed to do a lot of work. Btw regarding that last objective draw, wasn't there some rule saying that if you get an objective impossible to do you throw away that objective and get another draw?

great report

Give us the Kult of speed already!

I don't think I've seen this many 1s in a game before.

Is Steve with the PlayOn crew now? Or just a visit?

James' dice are weird, not gonna lie. I took me until 31:38 to realize, oh, the little dot is not a one, it's a fancy six, and I've been wondering why a bunch of ones have been passing as hits and wounds. Great game though! Loving to see the golden boys performing well, despite all the controversy around them and their codex lately

Hi everyone! I have a question on the overwatch at 37:23 isn’t supposed to hit on 6 as the Overwatch stratagem makes you hit all shoots on “6”? Poor warboss 😢😢

I have PTSD from all the times I played against Custodes so I'm rooting for the Orks!

Wait so on round one when the boyz piled in on the guard James left some boyz on top of the building, is that ok to do? Just curious I know he has a lot of them and space is tight but does it work like that? 9:10

Those Custodes babes hit hard ;P LOL

James didn't go dread mob with the stompa??

Nick coupd've tried to redraw with his last cp

Dreadmob. Stompa. James.

So do you need to do an epic challenge after fighting with the rest of the squad? Because if not Nick could have taken out the painboy first on that turn 2 charge to eliminate the fnp.

I'm sorry I gotta comment about this, in the roll for first turn. 2 ties on a five and James rolls another 5 only for Nick to roll a 6? What are even the odds of that? I need the numbers. And yes Custodies are super scary. I had a match I was losing point wise but all my opponent had left was 2 leader units a bike and 2 Sagittarians at the end of turn 3. I was still terrified despite my opponent running the numbers and saying he'd lose by turn 5. I'm not gonna lie, I'm not 100% sure he was correct despite it being a 1 in a million chance he'd win.

What's the music that starts at the beginning of turn 3? It sounds very familiar but I can't place it.