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I made this list to playtest my growing Sisters army in a full-size game, acting as auxiliaries to a Cadian force. The Cadian half of my army is subject to change because I have lots of Imperial Guard models (including tanks and heavy weapon teams), but I'm using virtually all my Sisters models.

I usually go for a static gunline, but after losing a bunch of games due to ignoring objective markers, I wanted something more aggressive: lots of infantry surging forward to take the fight to the enemy while artillery shells arc overhead.

I'll most likely be fighting either Iron Hands or Daemons.



++++++++++ CADIAN BATTALION ++++++++++


Company commander – Warlord
35

Company commander
35

Company commander
35

Infantry squad [50] with plasma gun [5]
55

Infantry squad [50] with plasma gun [5]
55

Infantry squad [50] with plasma gun [5]
55

Infantry squad [50] with plasma gun [5]
55

Infantry squad [50] with plasma gun [5]
55

Infantry squad [50] with plasma gun [5]
55

Veteran squad [60] with 2 meltaguns [20]
80

Veteran squad [60] with 2 meltaguns [20]
80

Manticore [130] with heavy bolter [15] and hunter-killer missile [5]
150

Manticore [130] with heavy bolter [15] and hunter-killer missile [5]
150



++++++++++ VALOROUS HEART SPEARHEAD ++++++++++


Canoness [50] with power sword [5], inferno pistol [5] and rod of office [5]
65

Missionary
45

Preacher
35

Imagifier – Tale of the Stoic or Tale of the Warrior
45

8 Dominions [96] with 2 meltaguns [20], 2 storm bolters [6] and combi-melta [10]
132

8 Dominions [96] with 2 meltaguns [20], 2 storm bolters [6] and combi-melta [10]
132

7 Retributors [84] with 3 multi-melta [60], combi-melta [10] and 2 armorium cherubs [10]
164

Exorcist [150] with exorcist missile launcher [30], heavy bolter [15] and hunter-killer missile [5]
200

Exorcist [150] with exorcist missile launcher [30], heavy bolter [15] and hunter-killer missile [5]
200

Sororitas Rhino with storm bolter [3] and hunter-killer missile [5] – carries the Retributors
83



Total = 1996 points.

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Hmm. Not a fan of those footslogging melta vets. Too slow, relatively expensive.

How about bullgryns? They make a good fire sponges and can own the center of the board. The new stratagem gives infantry around them a defensive buff.

Don't know much about sisters, sorry.

Don't forget the vets can also be put into strategic reserve -- so they won't necessarily have to be slogging infantry. That might make them sort of less likely to take a hit from enemy anti infantry before they get to shoot.

that being said, I would probably not have 2 such units with 2 melta each. I would probably rather ( if it were me) reduce them to 1 melta each and run them as normal infantry, then (you would save 50 total points) put in a 10 man gaurd squad with nothing but hopes of grabbing an objective.

That would mean you split the battalion up to form a 3 infantry patrol, but 9 gaurd infantry with obsec movemovemove with 3 commanders pushing the orders, starts to be a presence all its own, with the sisters distracting enemy fire.

The more expensive veterans don't obsec, and with the cheaper extra patrol, you got a LOT more bodies to trade for VP nabs.

As is, you have 3 big sisters tanks and 2 big gaurd ones (5.5 thin ranks points) and some 80 gaurd bodies (8 points) and more than 15 sisters, so you probably are already going to be on the thin the ranks diet from most enemy.
Extra obsec though, is its own reason.