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So, i am having to play a 1500Pts game for a tourney started locally. I have played a lot of 1000pts games and a rare few 1200, but never reached the 1.5k and would like advice on what to field additionally.
My "old", well current 1000pts:
HQ:
St Celestine
--> 135 Pts

Troops:
Battle Sisters Squad 1
8x Sister (Bolter)
1x Sister (Flamer)
1x Sister (Heavy Flamer)
--> 135 Pts

Battle Sisters Squad 2
8x Sister (Bolter)
1x Sister (Flamer)
1x Sister (Heavy Flamer)
--> 135 Pts

Fast Attack:
Seraphim Squad
3x Sister (Bolt Pistol x 2)
1x Sister (Hand Flamer x 2)
1x Vet. Sister (Bolt Pistol, Power Lance)
--> 125 Pts

Dominion Squad
2x Sister (Bolter)
2x Sister (Melta Gun)
1x Sister (Plasma Pistol x 2)
Rhino Transport
--> 155 Pts

Heavy Support:
Exorcist
--> 125 Pts

Fortification:
Aegis Defence Line (Quad Gun)
--> 100 Pts

This was the List at 1000Pts i played for the 1st part of the tourney, the build was made and played on the old Whit Dwarf Codex, but actually scaled to the same in Points. This list is at it would stand in the current Codex (which is why, for the list below i am dropping St Celestine for example)
Then, my current idea for 1500Pts:
HQ:
Canoness(C.of St.Aspira, Rosarius)
--> 100 Pts

Ministorum Priest (P. Gun, P.W.)
--> 55 Pts

Command Squad
4x Sister (Heavy Bolter)
1x Sister Hospitaller (Chirurgeon's Tools)
--> 115 Pts

Elites:
Repentia Squad
9x Sister Repentia
1x Vet. Sister
Rhino Transport
--> 195 Pts

Troops:
Battle Sisters Squad 1
8x Sister (Bolter)
1x Sister (Flamer)
1x Sister (Heavy Flamer)
--> 135 Pts

Battle Sisters Squad 2
8x Sister (Bolter)
1x Sister (Flamer)
1x Sister (Heavy Flamer)
--> 135 Pts

Battle Sisters Squad 3
8x Sister (Bolter)
1x Sister (Flamer)
1x Sister (Heavy Flamer)
--> 135 Pts

Fast Attack:
Dominion Squad
2x Sister (Bolter)
2x Sister (Melta Gun)
1x Sister (Plasma Pistol x 2)
Rhino Transport
--> 155 Pts

Heavy Support:
Exorcist (Storm Bolter)
--> 130 Pts

Exorcist (Storm Bolter)
--> 130 Pts

Avenger Strike Fighter (Hellfury Missile x 2)
--> 170 Pts

Total 1455 Points.

With the Additional 45pts left i am split as to where to use them:
- 2 additional Melta Guns for dominions? Squad has no expendable models and goes up in price.
- Storm Bolters, Combi Flamers/Plasma or Plasma pistols on Vet. of all 3 Troops
- or +1 Rhino for 1 of the troops?

Any help welcome! Suggestions too =P

Curious why the flamer/heavy flamer set up on the sisters? They won't get close enough to use them without transports. Do you really need the Feel No Pain in the command squad? why not get another Heavy bolter instead? Where is the priest going? I won't mention the repentia squad, because you wouldn't have put them in their unless you wanted to make them work. Dominions need to go big or sadly go home. 4 meltas or don't take them. Also invest in either a laud hailer or VSS to make sure the AoF goes off. Rhino is fine, but Immolators work better with dominions. Not overly familiar with Avengers, but I think its fine here.

Flamer/Heavy flamer is for shooting on the move and Overwatch, mainly. FnP on command squad i suppose could be replaced by a Laud hailer and then even take St Lucius book? but they'd be quite fragile, the FnP was to make them slightly more resistant.
Priest+Canoness in 1 "more CC squad", although from a game i played, split them up 1 squad each? I agree with repentia, most likely a dud, but i shall see with a few games... Ok, so dominions at 175pts then? i do agree with that, will take 4.
Laud hailer or VSS for dominions? Don't own an immolator yet (i know sister player without???) but will either see if i can Proxy in friendlies before and then get one for the league match.

Those few changes will probably get me the 40 pts (immolator + 2 Melta is 40 already). Thanks for the advice!


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Any other points of view still gladly accepted =P

So here's the new list with alterations:
HQ:
Canoness(C.of St.Aspira, Rosarius)
--> 100 Pts

Ministorum Priest (P. Gun, P.W.)
--> 55 Pts

Command Squad
5x Sister (Heavy Bolter)
--> 115 Pts

Elites:
Repentia Squad
9x Sister Repentia
1x Vet. Sister
Rhino Transport
--> 195 Pts

Troops:
Battle Sisters Squad 1
8x Sister (Bolter)
1x Sister (Flamer)
1x Sister (Heavy Flamer)
--> 135 Pts

Battle Sisters Squad 2
8x Sister (Bolter)
1x Sister (Flamer)
1x Sister (Heavy Flamer)
--> 135 Pts

Battle Sisters Squad 3
9x Sister (Bolter)
1x Sister (Heavy Flamer)
--> 130 Pts

Fast Attack:
Dominion Squad
4x Sister (Melta Gun)
1x Sister (Plasma Pistol x 2)
Immolator Transport
- TL Multi Melta
- Laud Hailer
--> 205 Pts

Heavy Support:
Exorcist (Storm Bolter)
--> 130 Pts

Exorcist (Storm Bolter)
--> 130 Pts

Avenger Strike Fighter (Hellfury Missile x 2)
--> 170 Pts

Total 1500 Points.

10Pts on the command squad: HB/Hospitaller, one or the other but FnP sound like they'd last longer

Now either I drop a Flamer (5) and take Laud hailer/VSS on the dominions (both 10pts).
Or I take another Special weapon on a Troop squad (say take a Storm bolter and replace the Flamer with SB, to get HF, SB, SB on 1 squad - or even replace the HF with a MM in that case)
thoughts?

You definitely want the laud hailer on the immolator.

The chance to fail their act of faith is 10/36, so roughly two-seventh. That means that in two of the seven games you play, you'll have the usefulness of a 195 point unit drastically decreased. Of course, with the laud hailer, there's still a 4/49 chance of failure, but this 20% extra chance of success is completely worth it for the 10 points it costs.

That makes a lot of sense, i'll just Edit the list above =)


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Also played the list against 1500Pts Ultrasmurf. Command Squad did well and drew the entire army's fire for a 2 turns (Purge Mission) but the 5+ FnP was often negated by S6+ weapons, so i'm now taking the 5th HB =P

Yeah FnP is cool on paper only, but I'd argue with going with the VSS instead of the laud hailer. It's been working fine for me, and I always assume I'm getting second turn, or the opponent is smart enough to deploy far away from the dominions. So the laud hailer is good, but I don't use it because I don't expect the immolator to live very long. So instead of losing my reroll, I chose to go with the LD9 since I don't have to rely on the tank to survive.

Sisters work best as small squads of 5 with 2xFlamers in Immolators with meltas, add melta Dominions in a Immolator x2, 8 Seraphins with Celestine and 3 Exorcists and you have a good 1.5k list.

I actually find Squads of 10 without transport work well to hold Objectives in my table Half and Draw enemy attention. They then live long enough for all the other units to work really well...

I'd never drop the Avenger. Heavy 7 S6 AP3 + 2 Las canons? Anyday above the Exorcist =D
As you saw from my first list, i had Celestine & Seraphim. They did well, but no longer for the point cost unfortunately...

As for Vss & Laud Hailer i completely understand. Turn 1 if i go first they're IN the enemy line poping the biggest thing there. Enemy turn 1 they are usually dead...
In the first test game though I went second, so they hid behind a house =P They then proceeded to wipe an entire assault unit and Slay the Warlord, so the Laud hailer would've been the best choice as the vehicle pretty much stayed within 12" of almost the whole army... I will playtest some more but good advice!

The essential core of the army that will be unchanged is:
2 Exorcists
1 Avenger
No Celestine

Any other changes suggestions very welcome =)