New Sisters of Battle Codex Tactica

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**deFl0**

Thanks. I totally missed that.

**GoonBandito**

If you're looking at transport swapping shenanigans, I'd be going for either Astra Militarum or Space Marines. Then you can put Sisters in Valkyries/Vendettas or Land Raiders/Stormravens (since they are not Dedicated Transports).

Personally though I think Repressors are the way to go if you can use Forgeworld. But even then, Rhinos/Immolators aren't a horrible choice anyway. I'm sure it's just positive bias, but the 6+ Invul save that Sisters vehicles get can really pull through.

**gregor_xenos**

The 6++ has saved my bacon quite a few times....
and the look on your opponent's face (because they've never played sisters) when they find out ALL of your tanks have it is priceless.

**GoonBandito**

milkboy wrote:
BlackTalos wrote:
In light of my upcoming tournament, and my first time (if i don't get a test game) using Jacobus+Priest+Canoness(Eviserator) in a Blob of 20 Sisters, how do players having used them before go about it?

Do you sit them snugly on a objective back/midfield?
or do they unrelentingly push forward mid-field?

I'd move them up as well. The only other thing I do is to advance near difficult terrain. If you can't get the charge, at least let the opponent charge you with Init 1. But if he has frag grenades, I guess don't bother.

If you're willing to take Codex: Inquisition, an Inquisitor with the Liber Heresius Relic (15pts) will give you Scout on the Inquisitors Ld10 test made before the first turn. Starting the blob in the mid-field alongside the Scouting Dominions and Seraphims or even just Cruising Speed Rhinos/Immos could be interesting. It will also give you a once per game use of Counter-Attack, Hatred, Fear and Split Fire. Sure, you already have Counter-Attack and Hatred, but Fear could be hilarious in certain situations and Split-Fire might be handy if you have a Multi-Melta or something in the blob.

**milkboy**

Besides the 6++, the other thing which makes the rhino and immolator useful for me is the laud hailers. I usually have a few so that I have bubbles where AoF can reliably occur. Because I face a lot of skimmers in my meta, meltas that ignore cover are extremely important and testing on Ld8 with reroll is pretty reliable.

**BlackTalos**

GoonBandito wrote:
If you're looking at transport swapping shenanigans, I'd be going for either Astra Militarum or Space Marines. Then you can put Sisters in Valkyries/Vendettas or Land Raiders/Stormravens (since they are not Dedicated Transports).

Personally though I think Repressors are the way to go if you can use Forgeworld. But even then, Rhinos/Immolators aren't a horrible choice anyway. I'm sure it's just positive bias, but the 6+ Invul save that Sisters vehicles get can really pull through.

My current plan for "amazing swap" is these 2 units:

Ordo Malleus Inquisitor in Carapace Armour, with Hellrifle
Inquisitorial Henchmen Warband with 3 Plasma Cannon Servitors & 2 Jokearos
Land Raider Crusader (DT)
(Thx Goon)

Sister Repentia x 10

Turn 1: Inquisitor and friends disembark (if they even have to... - DT must have their unit, but what about "none"?), Repentia Embark, drive off 12" (Turbo not allowed i think)
Turn 2 : Repentia assault from transport (and just as useful as old codex) =)

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Just double checked, and you may indeed deploy the transport "Alone", embark the repentia on turn 1, and move normally 12"+Flat out (if you don't really want to snap shoot)

**inmygravenimage**

So annoying and rather noob query. I've been casually, almost randomly, collecting and converting sob for the last couple of years, but haven't the faintest idea where to start with them as a cohesive, playable force. I have:

Spoiler:

I have plenty of =][= bits and.pieces to field alongside, but to be honest I feel a bit overwhelmed! Any advice gratefully sought!

**pretre**

Easy peasy.

Celestine
10 Seraphim, 7 with BP 2 with Flamers, 1 with BP/Power sword (paint as a normal sword)
3 Exorcists
5 Sisters (2 Bolters, 1 flamer, 1 melta, 1 sup)
5 Sisters (2 Bolters, 1 flamer, 1 melta, 1 sup with sword and bolter)
20 Sisters (16 with Bolter, 1 with Icon/Combi, 1 Flamer, 1 Melta, Standard Bearer (just normal sister but looks cool)
Uriah
5 Priests

It would be nice if you had more meltas to throw in some Dominions though.

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Also, Heavy Flamers for the SOB squads would be ace.

**inmygravenimage**

Thanks man! I can very, very easily convert HB SoB to HF, not so easily to MM though. What would you swap out then? Also, just out of interest, why 3 Exoricsts not 2 Ex/1Av?

**pretre**

I'm not a fan of the avenger, but it is an easy swap.

If you get metal SM meltaguns, you can do an easy conversion with HB sisters if you have spare hands for the off hand.

**inmygravenimage**

Avenger: Well, I built one, so I thought I'd try to find a use for it

Good to know. Oh, I can find Meltaguns, that's not tricky. Imagine I have a bits box of doom, and you'd be on the right track

what would you suggest in that case?

**MrFlutterPie**

pretre wrote:
I'm not a fan of the avenger, but it is an easy swap.

If you get metal SM meltaguns, you can do an easy conversion with HB sisters if you have spare hands for the off hand.

Even easier use the sister pulling the pin out of the grenade with her teeth. Cut off her boltgun and the hand holding the meltagun and glue on the SM meltagun in place

**pretre**

Throw some a Bolter sister and 4 melta sisters in an immo for Dominions.

Two, if you have the points/models

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MrFlutterPie wrote:
pretre wrote:
I'm not a fan of the avenger, but it is an easy swap.

If you get metal SM meltaguns, you can do an easy conversion with HB sisters if you have spare hands for the off hand.

Even easier use the sister pulling the pin out of the grenade with her teeth. Cut off her boltgun and the hand holding the meltagun and glue on the SM meltagun in place

Mine involves zero cutting.

**Furyou Miko**

Avenger vs Exorcist is a 'flavour to taste' thing.

Personally I love the Avenger, ridiculous fragility and all.

**Shandara**

I love the Avenger, but have to cry inside every time I face Tau.

**pretre**

I have a converted one and I should really try it again. If it wasn't competing with an Exorcist, I might me more inclined.

**Shandara**

pretre wrote:
I have a converted one and I should really try it again. If it wasn't competing with an Exorcist, I might me more inclined.

Well that's the problem with all our Heavy Support units, they are not Exorcists...

**SabrX**

I've recently came out of hiatus, dusted off my Sisters, and gave Immolator Spam a try. It's pretty effective, especially when using the Purge Squadron formation.

**pretre**

Well that's the problem with all our Heavy Support units, they are not Exorcists...

That should be a sticky in this thread.

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SabrX wrote:
I've recently came out of hiatus, dusted off my Sisters, and gave Immolator Spam a try. It's pretty effective, especially when using the Purge Squadron formation.

Purge Squadron is Apoc only though, right? Cause I would love to field that crazy gak in a normal game.

**SabrX**

pretre wrote:

SabrX wrote:
I've recently came out of hiatus, dusted off my Sisters, and gave Immolator Spam a try. It's pretty effective, especially when using the Purge Squadron formation.

Purge Squadron is Apoc only though, right? Cause I would love to field that crazy gak in a normal game.

It's built-in the codex and BRB treats formations as a separate detachment. I haven't read anything that said it's an apoc formation. Plus, I'm preparing for Bay Area Open tournament, which allows non-apoc formations.

Honestly, formations is the way to go in this edition, especially if you are an Ork or Tyranid player.

**curran12**

I've used the Avenger in a few games. It is a nice thing to have, but it is not anything I desperately need. My meta is generally light on flyers, so ymmv on that.

**inmygravenimage**

Thanks chaps! So rather than stick the meltas in the sister squads, it seems like maybe I should run them as dominions, chop and swap one heavy bolter gal to melta and switch the others to heavy flamers into said sister squads? Gotcha. Btw, i did the exact pin-pulling sister melta trick already

**pretre**

SabrX wrote:
pretre wrote:

SabrX wrote:
I've recently came out of hiatus, dusted off my Sisters, and gave Immolator Spam a try. It's pretty effective, especially when using the Purge Squadron formation.

Purge Squadron is Apoc only though, right? Cause I would love to field that crazy gak in a normal game.

It's built-in the codex and BRB treats formations as a separate detachment. I haven't read anything that said it's an apoc formation. Plus, I'm preparing for Bay Area Open tournament, which allows non-apoc formations.

Honestly, formations is the way to go in this edition, especially if you are an Ork or Tyranid player.

The formation itself says 'Apocalypse'

n this section you will find three Apocalypse datasheets. These represent just some of the battle formations utilised by the Sisters of Battle when prosecuting Apocalyptic wars in the name of the Ecclesiarchy. In order to use these datasheets you will require a copy of Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse.

The Apocalypse datasheets presented in this section are used in the same manner as those in Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse, and all the normal rules pertaining to Apocalypse Formations and datasheets also apply to the ones presented here.

FORMATION TYPES

The datasheets presented in this section are all Battle Formations, which consist of a large collection of units and models. The rules for Battle Formations are described in Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse.

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inmygravenimage wrote:
Thanks chaps! So rather than stick the meltas in the sister squads, it seems like maybe I should run them as dominions, chop and swap one heavy bolter gal to melta and switch the others to heavy flamers into said sister squads? Gotcha. Btw, i did the exact pin-pulling sister melta trick already

Yep, I run BSS as Flamer/HF and Doms as 4xMelta.

**Brother Michael**

I always use the grenade-pulling battle sisters to convert superiors with combi-weapons

**SabrX**

pretre wrote:

The formation itself says 'Apocalypse'

n this section you will find three Apocalypse datasheets. These represent just some of the battle formations utilised by the Sisters of Battle when prosecuting Apocalyptic wars in the name of the Ecclesiarchy. In order to use these datasheets you will require a copy of Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse.

The Apocalypse datasheets presented in this section are used in the same manner as those in Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse, and all the normal rules pertaining to Apocalypse Formations and datasheets also apply to the ones presented here.

FORMATION TYPES

The datasheets presented in this section are all Battle Formations, which consist of a large collection of units and models. The rules for Battle Formations are described in Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse.

Aww, sad panda. :(

Back to the drawing board.

**Furyou Miko**

Didn't Apocalypse get replaced with Unbound in the general sense though?

**pretre**

Brother Michael wrote:
I always use the grenade-pulling battle sisters to convert superiors with combi-weapons

I use the bolter pointing Sup to do that.

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Furyou Miko wrote:
Didn't Apocalypse get replaced with Unbound in the general sense though?

Not really that I'm aware of.
If someone can tell me how it's available in normal games, I will play the crap out of it though.

**MrFlutterPie**

Brother Michael wrote:
I always use the grenade-pulling battle sisters to convert superiors with combi-weapons

I use the sister holding the icon close to her chest and has the outstretched arm holding the boltgun.

I cut off the boltgun and slap a combi weapon and I am good to go.

Also I am always looking for more ways to convert sisters. Pretre where do you get your single sister hands for your suggested meltagun conversions?

**pretre**

These dudes:
http://shop.princeaugust.ie/warzone-mutant-chronicles-wargame/warzone-games-expansion-sets/tg2420-1-warzone-mutant-chronicles-bag-of-80-plastic-soldiers/

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You could also use immo or exo hands, but those are rarer and more expensive.

**MrFlutterPie**

Are those guys hands armoured enough to pass off as a power armour gauntlet?

I like the look of those mini's. They give me a 2ed vibe