Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25149066-20140730083800/@comment-24944355-20140812093728

That's an exaggeration, though the custodies are more powerful than the astartes it isn't by that far. I would say that the average custodies would be 25 - 50% more powerful than the average astartes. Why a company of astartes would defeat a company of custodies is a combination of tactics & experience, astartes are trained to fight as a team, as soldiers while the custodies are trained as bodyguards that & the fact that astartes get far more actual combat experience than even the most battle hardened custodian ever. And any soldier will tell you that a highly experienced combat veteran will vastly outmatch any soldier with little experience no matter how skilled they are in the training hall.