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Combined Arms Detachment

Prefix: This list is not meant to be a god of cheese. What I'm looking for is ideas on expansion and recommendations that'll help me not get blown off the bored turn 1. Also any ideas that fit the theme would be great.

Theme: Sisters of Battle focussed around ambush and stealth tactics.

HQ

Canoness (Blade of Abomination, Rosarius) 110pts

Troops

10 Battle Sisters Squad (2 Meltaguns, Simulacrum Imperialis, Veteran Sister Superior, Combi-melta) 170pts

10 Battle Sisters Squad (2 Storm bolter, Simulacrum Imperialis, Veteran Sister Superior, Power Sword) 165pts

Elites

10 Repentia Squad 155pts

I don't know if you can run a Sisters "ambush" list without Dominions. Ambush says alpha strike, and that means scouting as much melta as you can. I'd say minimized Troops, including one on foot to stay back (storm bolters would work there) and one mounted up to rush forward (flamers in a Rhino), with everything else pumped into Dominions with meltas in Immolators.

What I was thinking in this small list is to take the Strategic Warlord Traits use the re-roll to try and get the 3 to have a full army infiltrate. Then expand later into Dominion Squads for 1000pts and upwards.

The problem is your plan only has a 1/6 chance of success.

Drop 2 sisters from each squad and a repentia and you have enough points for two barebone 25 points Inquisitors.

Take two inquisitorial detachments, one for each, and you can roll two more times on the strategic table. It makes your odds of getting inflitrate a little more acceptable. You can also join them to the repentias as ablative wounds to allow them reach their intended target.

That's a good idea. Is their anyway for them to get the re-rolls to warlord traits like with the Combined Arms detachment for the Inquis, I'm looking through my dex and don't see any.

Hate to state the obvious but celestine? She's fast, hits like a thunderbolt and will fill in any gaps you end up with.

Fits in with the ambush thing, some sisters are about to spring the trap when suddenly an angel descends from the sky to help.