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cannoness with jump pack, evisorator, book, cloak, Mantle, litanies 155 1850
cannoness with jump pack, evisorator, cloak, litanies 135

10 sisters in a rhino smoke and SL, 1 melta, 1 HF, vet with book, combi melta 220
10 sisters in a rhino smoke and SL, 1 melta, 1 HF, vet with book, combi melta 220
10 sisters in a rhino smoke and SL, 1 melta, 1 HF, vet with book, combi melta 220
20 sisters, 2 meltas, vet with evisorator and book 284

5 dominions with 4 meltas, vet with book, immolator with smoke 202

exorcist, smoke 138
exorcist, smoke 138
exorcist, smoke 138

Tactics I'm looking at. I've never really been a charge foward and beat face kind of player. BUT... I know that with the way the game is now I need to be able to get there fast with melta... 3 rhinos and an immolator should work fine with that if I get first turn, if I go second, I should be able to get there still with some of my power armored nuns.

The 2 cannoness start with the blob and leave together as a unit as soon as there is a target to attack, jumping out and assaulting it. They've got litanies of faith so they most likely will be able to take a charge from even the toughest units, and with faith and evisorators, they should be able to kill almost anything that assaults them as well.

In the back field 3 exorcists lay down fire. the opponent has a choice. Stop the rhino/immo rush. Or shoot the exorcists. Either way they have a raw deal

Dominions are my LR killing squad. if they get there, its usually dead.

Fielded something similar my last game with Sisters of Battle.
After that game we all agreed that I was not allowed to play sisters again in that configuration. I lost 7 nuns and he was annihilated in round 4.

Anyhow, difference I had from yours was a few things.
I did't beef up my Flying nuns as much as you have. Litanies and cloaks/mantles I did not include.
This save me alot of points, and I didn't really miss them either.
Why not taking the litanies?
My army had 10 faith points, and if I needed more, I would martyr a unit or once canoness.
Also, 10 faith points is enough if spent carefully and at the right moments.

Cloak and mantle... cloak I think is over doing it. 2+ save is nice, sure, but still not really worth the pts in my opinion. Can get other items or even more bodies for those points.
Mantle... works once...

I also had one Canoness armed with a blessed weapon. Able to strike at her normal initiative rather than strike last.
Also has re-roll.
Inferno pistols is something I added too. Able to take down tanks.

I did not include a single book in my army, mainly because I don't intend to stay in close combat with my basic troops. This said, once they get charged, I want them either out of there in the same turn or dead, so I can shoot the enemy in my turn.

I didn't use rhinos in my army though, I used repressors, a transport vehicle allowed in an update.
Transport of 10, and has a heavy flamer + storm bolter. Costs the same as the old rhino.

Battle sisters armed with a variation of special weapons.

Two dominion squads. And immolators with multi-meltas upgrade. This is to push some more pressure on anti-tank and more targets to aim for.
Dominions unit 1 had meltaguns, and number two I couldn't afford more than storm bolters on all. Still they were useful in their way.

3 Exorcists as you have... though I must say I never got to use the third one ever. All targets dead before he could shoot, within LoS.

2 canoness
4 units of Battle sisters in Repressors
2 dominion squads
3 Exorcists

models: 52 + 9 vehicles
Faith: 10
points: 1750


So all I can say is some things you could do without, such as all the books.
Combi-meltas are nice but expensive one shots. I would rather specialize the units, anti tank and anti infantry. Meaning 2 units with melta guns and 1 or two with flamers.

Upgrading the immolator to a multi-melta could be useful. Since the unit inside is hunting tanks too. Further more, basic sisters are anti infantry already, and you have alot of them.

As I said, my third exorcist didn't do much, if you have it in your heart to leave it behind, you could lock up more items and units.

Sisters Rhinos have only 1 fire point so the combi melta is not all that useful unless you intend on getting out.

If you get rid of all the combi meltas and some flying nun upgrades and maybe smokes on exorcists you should be able to get 2 5 celestian units with 2 meltas in Immolators instead of the 1 dominion.

Avariel wrote:Sisters Rhinos have only 1 fire point so the combi melta is not all that useful unless you intend on getting out.

But 2 models may fire out of the 1 point

DTcubone104 wrote:

Avariel wrote:Sisters Rhinos have only 1 fire point so the combi melta is not all that useful unless you intend on getting out.

But 2 models may fire out of the 1 point

I wish... that as an FAQ from 3rd/4th ed that went away... :(

@ everyone else.

Thank you for the responses. This is what I found interesting after playing with my friend Brad (golden ticket winner). He ran a deathwing terminator list.

1) the cannoness with all of the war gear were fine. The jump cannoness both join the blob squad at the start of the game. The litanies aren't there for the cannoness use... they are there to give 20 models 3+ invulsaves and basically make that whole unit a monster to deal with. that is a lot of models to deal with for any build.

2) I've dropped the dominions down to a celestian +2 melta unit in an immolator. with the extra points I've given MORE wargear to the eviserator models. they all are now master crafted. It's kind of like giving extra attacks.

My new list looks like this.

cannoness with jump pack, MC evisorator, book, cloak, Mantle, litanies, BP 171
cannoness with jump pack, MC evisorator, cloak, litanies, BP 151

5 celestians with an immolator 153

10 sisters in a rhino smoke and SL, 1 melta 1 HF, vet with book, combi melta 220
10 sisters in a rhino smoke and SL, 1 melta 1 HF, vet with book, combi melta 220
10 sisters in a rhino smoke and SL, 1 melta 1 HF, vet with book, combi melta 220
20 sisters, 2 meltas, vet with MC evisorator and book 299

exorcist, smoke, SL 139
exorcist, smoke, SL 139
exorcist, smoke 138

Things I am still considering that has been mentioned.
1) yes combi meltas are expensive... but... Heavy flamers are very good in this type of list and are often overlooked.

2) Making my units super specialized is something I could experiment with too.... but this makes my units far less versatile...

3) dropping the HF for a second melta gun... and grabbing a combi flamer instead.


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Vash wrote:

Cloak and mantle... cloak I think is over doing it. 2+ save is nice, sure, but still not really worth the pts in my opinion. Can get other items or even more bodies for those points.
Mantle... works once...

Storm shields are really good... 2+ invuls are even better.

the Mantle is worth it's weight in gold. I'm not scared to go toe to toe with Str 6 models, or higher now. Making this cannoness scarey for everything.... The jumping Nun can take on amy model in the game with equal, or even sometimes Greater points.

I like to run my Battle sister squads in rhino's with this load out..

10 Sisters- Heavy flamer, flamer
Vet sister- combi melta
Rhino- pintle sb, HK missile

or

10 Sisters- melta, heavy flamer
Vet sister- combi melta, brazier of flame thingy
Rhino- pintle sb, Hk missile

I run Immolator spam and all my vehicle have HK missiles. I put out 9-10 hk missile is the first turn trying to cripple the opponents transports.

Heavy flamers are awesome. I never leave home with out them. I have been running 5 man double melta celetians in immolators for my anti tank so my battle sisters tend to be version one.

Side note... Its so funny when an opponent gets a weapon destroyed on an Immolator and they choose the HK missle.... I love twin heavy flamers!!

Inquisitor_Dunn wrote:I like to run my Battle sister squads in rhino's with this load out..

10 Sisters- Heavy flamer, flamer
Vet sister- combi melta
Rhino- pintle sb, HK missile

or

10 Sisters- melta, heavy flamer
Vet sister- combi melta, brazier of flame thingy
Rhino- pintle sb, Hk missile

I run Immolator spam and all my vehicle have HK missiles. I put out 9-10 hk missile is the first turn trying to cripple the opponents transports.

Heavy flamers are awesome. I never leave home with out them. I have been running 5 man double melta celetians in immolators for my anti tank so my battle sisters tend to be version one.

Side note... Its so funny when an opponent gets a weapon destroyed on an Immolator and they choose the HK missle.... I love twin heavy flamers!!

HKs are an interesting option... but with the loss of mobility to shoot it... they tend to scare me away

Hunter killers are an interesting option for a mech sisters list that is not immolator spam where you want to rush so you can flame and melta. The Sisters really rely on exorcists for ranged anti tank too much and Hunter killers helps alleviate this. However they do limit your mobility the turn you fire them hence not being good in a rush list. You might want to try them.

I would throw a priest with evisceration in the squad of 20 sisters so you can get reroll hits on charge. Marc Parker does that and has wrecked several deathstars because of that. 50 sisters are hard to kill and you are looking at 3 rhinos to go through before you get to the sisters.

Its a shame you cant get more celestians in immolators, they are a real nice unit.

Priests are good but very expensive. They also limit your options in the shooting phase if you are in charge range. No rapid firing bolters if you can charge.

thehod wrote:I would throw a priest with evisceration in the squad of 20 sisters so you can get reroll hits on charge. Marc Parker does that and has wrecked several deathstars because of that. 50 sisters are hard to kill and you are looking at 3 rhinos to go through before you get to the sisters.

Its a shame you cant get more celestians in immolators, they are a real nice unit.

I'm going to agree with inquisitor Dunn.... Having played Marc Parker twice, once when he was using his sister/guard mix and once vs his purple and yellow bugs of doom... I think the priests actually Hurt this squad... Yes... they will kill most things on the charge... but they are slow and very unlikely to get to charge. This limits their shooting to 12 inches...

He did do some damage to a unit of 8 blood crushers though... i was very impressed.