Unit Review: Cadian Shock Troops - 10th Edition Index 

Cadians make very good mechanised infantry. It’s what I tend to run my Steel Legion as. A couple 10 man squads in Chimeras is relatively cheap. They don’t need character support as their main job is to dismount, make an objective sticky, then mount up and continue their push. Plus their special rule works really well even if your opponent blows up their transport on an objective. Catachans I see as our new “Conscripts”. Their scout move makes them an ideal first wave buffer. Krieg are the best objective play infantry as they are just so durable in their big character supported blobs. Infantry squads are decent 3rd line infantry with their heavy weapons and make good bodyguards for our Command Squads and other officers

Every day I watch this video, waiting for my boys and Leman Russ, good video, Sergeant.

I built my Minka as an officer and used the remaining bits, with an extra body. to build the whiteshield version of her. It doesn't look as good as the original model, but it's a great extra model that breaks up the clone look that the Cadians seem to have with these new sculpts.

It's because of your videos that I've decided to do 3 squads this way in my army list. The only difference is that I'm running one of the three as an Infantry Squad with a Platoon Command Squad attached so i can have a heavy weapons team built into the unit. The benefit of cover ability makes them great for sitting on an objective and laying down fire. I've got autocannons and mortars in my collection so I have some options as to how I want to run them.

Thanks for the great review. It was clear, concise, and to the point. Your content is great for us commanders in the field. Keep up the great work. 👍

Have you ever thought about using the Stumpftarn scheme on the Cloth/fabric with the Forrest green plates? You have the skill to make it "sexy" (Rickety Cricket) and your videos are so thorough and well displayed

never considered the battleshock vs Cadian command squad play. Thanks for the tip and Cadia stands!

There are also the combat cadians. CCS with double power fist, double plasma pistols and plasmagun instead of the banner (so OC2 only) and Castellan with plasma pistol and power fist and CST with double plasma gives you without being in FRSRF and rapid fire range: 6 Plasma shots and in melee 9 Power Fist Attacks S6 AP-2 D2. So in rapid fire range with FRSRF you gain 12 Plasma shots and after that, you can finish the enemy off in melee, but if that is not enough, you can fall back and shoot to end them rightly.

Whilst I think cadians are perhaps our weakest battleline unit, I loved the video and your take on the unit. I think cadians suffer from the fact most guard armies have enough bodies to not need sticky objectives, but the improved command squad might be vital vs some local metas. Saying all that, the new models are so nice it's hard not to take them! I like the idea of little 10-mans to sticky things just in case and might try and work some of those in.

Really nice videos, and the painting is superb.

Thanks for great review. Love your content.

Different style. Toy soldiers. I respect that🙂

I like to run First Rank Fire, Second Rank fire on my Cadians so I can do shenanigans with Overwatch.

Great video as always! Cadia stands!!

So fields of fire is the only battle tactic from the gaurd list of strategms, and it doesn't -1AP to the firing unit, it gives it to rest of your army after the firing unit has hit. As an alternative viewpoint, cadians are the worst squad, krieg are more survivable (like you said) and they have the same OC when attached with a platoon command squad. Catachans are cheaper and faster, and infantry squads have bigger guns and are a touch more survivable as well. The sticky objectice rule really only lets you abandon your home objective. And the cadian command squad ability of ignoring modifiers i don't think works on battleshocked OC as it sets your OC to zero. Although you would still get the banner's +1OC.

I do like these Cadians over the older models from 20 years. They have better proportions and greater variety of faces including breather masks. I saw several reviews comparing the older models to the newer models. It was pointed out the hands on the older models looked comically oversized. The heads that were supposed to be screaming looked constipated. But I guess that is the look one would have when facing a giant bug with scythes for arms.

"I don't take named characters" What I like to do is take a bog standard character model, customize the paint job, maybe do a little bashing or conversion. Then give them a name and reasons to care about them. Most of my Space Marines have biographies. My not Cadians are slowing getting their's.

Great review. I strongly recommend the Cadians. If you are running in competitive they are the best infantry choice.

do you have a tutorial on painting new cadian shock troops?

In a 1000pt game, I feel like I don’t have the points to add officers to every 20 man squad of infantry :(

This is my worst nightmare

they are still a great unit but suffer from different things, especialy compared to kriegers: you have 2 less special weapons in your big blob while the voxcaster does basicly nothing, if you include lord solar. the unit ability is also much worse than the kriegers. on top of that, you have a 20% chance, that cadians just don't have an ability at all, if you draw sticky as mission rule. so yes you can have more OC, but kriegers stick around for longer than cadians do, so after 1 round of shooting + maybe close combat, kriegers can keep up with OC because more of them are alive. what cadians do have, is better char support. kriegers only have the marshal + psyker. it is a strong combo, but there is no real options after that. the cadia command is a strong ability and they work well with pretty much any other officer, you add to them. especialy for creed I regulary struggle with finding a good spot without feeling to waste points for a bodyguard. so why not change 1 krieger blob to a cadia blob to put her into good use? a unit with 2 active orders can suddenly keep up much better with the krieg blob.they still die faster but are more versatile in return. finaly on a sidenot: why you disregard plasma weapons so much? they are a straight upgrade to lasguns and you don't have to overcharge them. they also have rapid fire, so they profit from frfsrf as well. it is a srong and versatile weapon vs almsot any target. I never leave home without them