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Have been playing with my sisters a lot lately and am trying to come up with a list that can actually win. Eldar tau and tyranids are all cake walks in the park. Space marines are normally a hard fight but I will usually win. Then there's Chaos Marines. I apparently can't kill them for love near god in any fight.

120 canonness w/ JP,BW, melta bombs, CoSA
201 St Celestine
72 5x celestian, 2x melta
135 10x BSS VSS, 1x melta, 1x Heavy Flamer
135 10x BSS VSS, 1x melta, 1x Heavy Flamer
135 10x BSS VSS, 1x melta, 1x Heavy Flamer
135 10x BSS VSS, 1x melta, 1x Heavy Flamer
135 10x BSS VSS, 1x melta, 1x Heavy Flamer
58 Rhino w/ SL, EA
58 Rhino w/ SL, EA
58 Rhino w/ SL, EA
58 Rhino w/ SL, EA
58 Rhino w/ SL, EA
73 immolator w/ SL, EA
143 Excorcist w/ SL, EA
143 Excorcist w/ SL, EA
132 5x Seraphim VSS, 2x hand Flamers, Melta Bombs
118 5x retributor VSS, 4x Heavy Bolter

This is my list I'm currently thinking about running I only have 2 excors atm thus the reason for the retributor squad. any help or ideas on how to work this army would be appreciated. The last couple of games I played I kept them spread out across the table edge. I'm thinking of taking a hint from necrons and trying the lump together method and seeing if that doesn't do any better.

My only problem is the retributors, but as you have mentioned that cant really be helped. The excorsists will help you out against those pesky chaos with all their AP2 to kill of Tzeentch, Termis, DPs, Oblits, and the like.

Otherwise I'm happy with this list, it looks similar to what my father runs, save for celestine. He usually goes with another cannoness, and puts Books of St.Lucius on all his VSS. Also, the cannoness build is weird. I would recommend running the JP, Evisc, 2+cloak, and mantle. (mantle is really really handy)

1. I understand you only have 2 exorcists but a quick and easy way to get a 3rd is to buy the exorcist turret from FW and attach it to a rhino with the razorback top and you have your 3rd. That would be my first idea. Retributor sqauds just arne't that good.

2. drop st celetine is she just to expensive IMO for her points you can get a 2nd celestian squads with 2 meltas in an immolator (remember immolaters have 1 fire point)

3. Every single regular sister squad should have a Book of saint lucius very small point cost for stubborn troops is to good to pass up.

4. I don't see the reason to give the seraphim both hand flamers and melta bombs, you are diversafying their roles to much. Personally, I'd give them inferno pistols and make them take hunters counter attack without the vet

Also I also love the jump cannoness with an evsicorator so she can take out tanks and dreadnoughts.

Mostly small reccomendations but good luck I love sisters. Been tryign out a hybrid 2k list with an IG platoon to bubblewrap the exorcists myself.

Drop Celestine when you can afford to, Pick up a Jump Pack Cannoness instead. Just use the Cannoness model and stick a space marine jump pack on her, looks great and is inexpensive.

Drop Retributor squad, get a third exorcist (as you already know.)

Get books for all your squads

After that it's a perfect list.

Oh just saw another thing, extra armor isn't needed on the Exorcists at all, I can see the use for smoke when you're stunned and can't shoot anyway. but I'd claim that free 10 points from EA and use it on some of the above mentioned stuff, such as books.

I'd keep Celestine, she can be quite fun!

I've been considering dropping celes for the other canoness with evis and JP. That would give me enough points to make all my sisters have books as well as give those seraphim IP's instead of MB's.

icefire78 wrote:I've been considering dropping celes for the other canoness with evis and JP. That would give me enough points to make all my sisters have books as well as give those seraphim IP's instead of MB's.

This idea sounds pretty legit my man.

Here's a nifty trick, now that you're using books, you can choose to use stubborn to help pass your morale check in close combat, or you can choose not to be stubborn and take morale with negative modifiers. The advantage to failing, is that while you'll lose a squad, you'll open up shooting on the squad that sweeping advanced you, or that you managed to run from (if running, can attempt to use fearless act of faith to rally). Very very nice to take out elite or CC based units (especially since sisters are so underplayed, they don't expect things like this). So you can really throw someone off their guard, lose a squad on their turn, but open them up for shooting, and hit and run with the Seraphim/Celestine who with their 3 dice for faith tests, can usually go first in combat with +2 int, then hit and run out if they don't kill everything.