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First post here on dakka, so hi all


HQ
1 Canoness w/Jump pack, Eviscerator, Cloak of St. Aspira, Book of St. Lucius – 115 pts

Elites
Inquisitor w/Scourging-40 pts
Retinue-95 pts
Chirugeon
Acolyte w/Carapace armor
2 Gun Servitors w/H. Bolter
2 Sages
Eversor Assassin-95 pts

Troops
10 Battle Sisters - H. Flamer, Meltagun, V. Sister w/power weapon, Rhino w/extra armor - 224 pts
10 Battle Sisters - H. Flamer, Meltagun, V. Sister w/power weapon, Rhino w/extra armor– 224 pts
10 Battle Sisters - H. Flamer, Meltagun, V. Sister w/power weapon, Rhino w/extra armor– 224 pts

Fast Attack
5 Seraphims – 2 Inferno Pistols, V. Sister w/Eviscerator – 175 pts
6 Dominions – 4 Flamers, V. Sister, Immolator w/extra armor – 186 pts

Heavy Support
10 Retributors - 4 H. Bolters, V. Sister w/Auspex-186 pts
1 Exorcist w/extra armor, smoke launchers – 143 pts
1 Exorcist w/extra armor, smoke launchers – 143 pts

8 faith points

comes to a total of 1850


Sort of a flexible list. The Canoness goes around tank busting on her own and is hard as hell to kill due to Spirit of the Martyr/Cloak of St. Aspira. The Inquisitor & Retinue is for backline support, but more importantly lets me use the Eversor. 3 squads of sisters for a solid troop base & Dominions with an Immolator for toasting infantry. Seraphims are for tank busting and harassment. Retributors for turning infantry to mulch and Exorcists to deal with important targets at long range.

I don't have everything for this list yet though, so any suggestions on how it might be improved?


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Tweaked it around & fixed some stuff I had down wrong...comments?

I ran a similar list for a time. I won more friendlies than I lost with it.

I would drop the Power Weapons. An A2 WS3 S3 Power Weapon is not worth 10 points; I would only take it if it were free. It is just too useless. Exchange them for Books of St Broken. Throw a Bolt Pistol and the Mantle on your Canoness too. The former because you may as well (if you get one extra kill, it was worth it), the latter so she can do her job --- a Flying Nun should be taking out Walkers and MCs, which would otherwise one-hit-kill her. I am pretty sure the Auspex not longer has a function in fifth edition. I would also move the Smoke from the Exorcists to the Rhinos --- it is far more valuable on them.

I would drop the Power Weapons. An A2 WS3 S3 Power Weapon is not worth 10 points; I would only take it if it were free. It is just too useless.

With my 1000 point variant on this list the power weapons have done me pretty well but I can see it being totally useless against alot of lists. I'll take your advice and test it with the books. Sisters are WS4 btw ^^

Throw a Bolt Pistol and the Mantle on your Canoness too. The former because you may as well (if you get one extra kill, it was worth it), the latter so she can do her job --- a Flying Nun should be taking out Walkers and MCs, which would otherwise one-hit-kill her.

That makes sense. I was going to depend on using invulnerable saves from spirit of the martyr to save from instant deaths to save 15 points but using both can't hurt, especially since without the power weapons I'll have some points to spare.

I am pretty sure the Auspex not longer has a function in fifth edition.

I know I've read somewhere that even though the WH codex is 4th edition you can still use everything from it legitimately until a 5th edition print of it is released, though I could be wrong. Those are the rules my friends and I go by so if there are complaints about it I can just not use it, no biggie.

I would also move the Smoke from the Exorcists to the Rhinos --- it is far more valuable on them.

I was told by my buddy that in 5th edition all rhinos had smoke launchers by default. He might be mistaken, so in that case I would agree that they'd serve their purpose much better on transports than Exorcists.

bovinity wrote: Sisters are WS4 btw ^^

You may want to check that again. The only Sisters that are WS4 are the Canoness/Palatine, Celestians, and Seraphim.

bovinity wrote:

I am pretty sure the Auspex not longer has a function in fifth edition.

I know I've read somewhere that even though the WH codex is 4th edition you can still use everything from it legitimately until a 5th edition print of it is released, though I could be wrong. Those are the rules my friends and I go by so if there are complaints about it I can just not use it, no biggie.

Auspex absolutely can be used in 5th.

bovinity wrote:I was told by my buddy that in 5th edition all rhinos had smoke launchers by default. He might be mistaken, so in that case I would agree that they'd serve their purpose much better on transports than Exorcists.

Your buddy is incorrect. All new Rhinos come with Smoke Launchers and Searchlights - but that's only for the Space Marines and everyone else that gets 35 pt rhinos. Us schmucks with 50 pt rhinos still have to pay for any and all upgrades.

BTW - Extra Armour is not of much use on the Exorcists.

Hrrrm alright, thanks a bunch guys. Here's the list as of now:

HQ
1 Canoness w/Jump pack, Eviscerator, Cloak of St. Aspira, Book of St. Lucius, Bolt Pistol, Mantle of Ophelia – 131 pts

Elites
Inquisitor w/Scourging-40 pts
Retinue-95 pts
Chirugeon
Acolyte w/Carapace armor
2 Gun Servitors w/H. Bolter
2 Sages
Eversor Assassin-95 pts

Troops
10 Battle Sisters - H. Flamer, Meltagun, V. Sister w/Book of St. Lucius, Rhino w/extra armor, smoke launchers - 222 pts
10 Battle Sisters - H. Flamer, Meltagun, V. Sister w/Book of St. Lucius, Rhino w/extra armor, smoke launchers - 222 pts
10 Battle Sisters - H. Flamer, Meltagun, V. Sister w/Book of St. Lucius, Rhino w/extra armor, smoke launchers - 222 pts

Fast Attack
5 Seraphims – 2 Inferno Pistols, V. Sister w/Eviscerator – 175 pts
6 Dominions – 4 Flamers, V. Sister, Immolator w/extra armor, smoke launchers – 186 pts

Heavy Support
10 Retributors - 4 H. Bolters, V. Sister w/Auspex - 186 pts
1 Exorcist w/smoke launchers - 138 pts
1 Exorcist - 135 pts

8 faith points
1850 points total

An alternate plan could be to pull three of the flamers from the Dominions and replace them with meltabombs for each VSS and smokes on the last Exorcist. Kinda depends on whether you see a lot of walkers or not.

Can you take an Inferno Pistol on the Canoness? I think that would do some good damage to an enemy, it's more points then the bolt pistol but that would rock something hard before you assaulted it with her.

Also, he might have meant that your sisters are S3, T3. I wish their toughness was more but what can you do? I don't play sisters but have been going back and forth over the idea of allying them to my Daemonhunters. List looks pretty solid, I know Hoard armies won't like those flamers.