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I really like this list. It's a brigade that doing some pretty powerful things, and I think it has good game against where the meta is probably going. The list is completely mechanized. Some of the angles I exploited to craft the list were clearly the repressor firing points, but also that the sisters index lists storm bolters under both the special weapons and ranged weapons categories. As such a 5-woman battle sister squad can fulfill a troop selection and bring three storm bolters. Two 5-woman squads inside a repressor with six storm bolters just has a nice plug and play feel to me. It's a cheap armored obsec unit that sports eight storm bolters and a heavy flamer to create a neat and tidy little infantry hunter at a very competitive rate. Three teams form the troop core. Elites were easy, Imagifiers at 40 points a pop, they fulfill the brigade requirements cheaply and pair very well with the heavy support as you'll see. The fast attack is the part of the list everyone is used to, melta dominions inside repressors, this needs no explanation, twelve meltas inside repressors are going to do some work. Finally for heavy support, cheap heavy bolter retributor squads inside twin heavy bolter immolators. They form a cheap and potent little fire base that pairs very well with the imagifiers for plentiful double shooting. They can hide in the immolators turn one for protection, then pop out and do they're dirty work. The Canoness' can bunk with them if need be, and are nearby for re rolls of 1. The one thing I'd like to change is having Celestine for a lot of 5++ on all the tanks, nine in total, but as you'll see when looking at the symmetry of the list, there are no obvious cuts to make room for her. The fact that the list brings six repressors with nine attacks each hitting on 5's, with 12 wounds, the transports themselves will do a lot of tactical work by charging things.


Brigade Detachment 15 CP

<Brigade Detachment>
HQ – Canoness w/ Boltgun & the Blade of Admonition
HQ – Canoness w/ Boltgun & Chainsword
HQ – Canoness w/ Boltgun & Chainsword

Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Elites – Imagifier w/ Boltgun
Elites – Imagifier w/ Boltgun
Elites – Imagifier w/ Boltgun

Fast Attack – 5x Dominion Squad w/ 4x Melta Guns
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Fast Attack – 5x Dominion Squad w/ 4x Melta Guns
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Fast Attack – 5x Dominion Squad w/ 4x Melta Guns & Combi-Melta
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Heavy Support – 5x Retributor Squad w/ 4x Heavy Bolters
Transport – Immolator w/ Twin Heavy Bolter

Heavy Support – 5x Retributor Squad w/ 4x Heavy Bolters
Transport – Immolator w/ Twin Heavy Bolter

Heavy Support – 5x Retributor Squad w/ 4x Heavy Bolters
Transport – Immolator w/ Twin Heavy Bolter

I run something very similar to a great effect. Party bus is where it is at. Personally I only run 1 Storm On my Repressors as I'd rather have my sister superiors armed with Combi weapons too.

Yeah, I was able to fit the one combi-melta in there, but at 19 points per they really push the limit on cost efficiency lol.

If you want to make cuts to fit Celestine, I'd start by dismounting your Retributers. With so much melta scooting across the board Turn 1, they probably won't draw much fire, and their best feature is BS3+ S5 AP-1 multiplied by 24 shots with re-rolls assuming an AoF and a Canoness... mount them up, and you lose the BS advantage and the AoF rate of fire for a turn, making them much less likely to redeem their points. Pile them in some ruins with Imagifiers and a Canoness, screen them with a couple of BSS units, and spend the points on Celestine to use as you described.

 MacPhail wrote:
If you want to make cuts to fit Celestine, I'd start by dismounting your Retributers. With so much melta scooting across the board Turn 1, they probably won't draw much fire, and their best feature is BS3+ S5 AP-1 multiplied by 24 shots with re-rolls assuming an AoF and a Canoness... mount them up, and you lose the BS advantage and the AoF rate of fire for a turn, making them much less likely to redeem their points. Pile them in some ruins with Imagifiers and a Canoness, screen them with a couple of BSS units, and spend the points on Celestine to use as you described.

Yeah that's a solid suggestion.

To fit Celestine I'd shave some melta guns and the combi melta since repressors have only 6 firing points and two of those meltas can't fire from the inside. Then of couse a canoness and I'd also cut the retributors' immolators. They don't need transports as they just want to shoot while staying in cover. If you want to protect them turn 1 just bring more stock bodies to save the girls with heavy bolters if the units suffers some casualties. I've tried the brigade with 3x5 footslogging retributors and they should do fine.

If you bring 6-7 vehicles you won't probably need to reduce the meltas in the dominion squads.

Brigade Detachment 15 CP

<Brigade Detachment>
HQ – Saint Celestine (Warlord: Tenacious Survivor)
HQ – Canoness w/ Storm Bolter & the Blade of Admonition
HQ – Canoness w/ Storm Bolter & Power Sword

Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Troops – 5x Battle Sister Squad w/ 3x Storm Bolters
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Elites – Imagifier w/ Boltgun
Elites – Imagifier w/ Boltgun
Elites – Imagifier w/ Boltgun

Fast Attack – 5x Dominion Squad w/ 4x Melta Guns & Combi-Melta
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Fast Attack – 5x Dominion Squad w/ 4x Melta Guns & Combi-Melta
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Fast Attack – 5x Dominion Squad w/ 4x Melta Guns & Combi-Melta
Transport – Sororitas Repressor w/ Heavy Flamer, 2x Storm Bolters & Dozer Ram

Heavy Support – 7x Retributor Squad w/ 4x Heavy Bolters

Heavy Support – 7x Retributor Squad w/ 4x Heavy Bolters

Heavy Support – 7x Retributor Squad w/ 4x Heavy Bolters

I do actually like this a lot better.

Looks solid. You could probably scrounge points from combis and ablative Sisters to get an Inferno Seraphim squad, but that a rock solid list with a ton of armor, good board control potential, lots of shots. I usually make my backfield Canoness my Warlord, which sometimes makes my opponent consider their priorities (as opposed to "kill Celestine").

How many points?

It's 2000 on the button.

Nice. Be sure and let us know how it plays... it should be very competitive as Sisters go.

 MacPhail wrote:
Nice. Be sure and let us know how it plays... it should be very competitive as Sisters go.

Thanks, will do!

This is very similar to the first SoB brigade list I put together. How have you been liking it?

It's been doing extremely well. My only fear is that this list, and sisters in general, really hinge competitively on one thing comprising two parts, the repressors firing points and the dominions double move. I'm not saying sisters would cease to be playable without it, but I'm reminded every time I play the list how significantly less powerful it would be if either rule was removed.