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 Jancoran wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I played Castellans at an event and did really well, but I don't know that Castellans had much to do with that. I only regenned one unit all day.

Centurion star with Ignores Cover had a LOT to do with it. As did Celestine. Lol.

Right, but I can get those things without taking Castellans. That's my point; nothing about castellans particularly made that a good list. It was a good list despite castellans.

True.

The regen units in the castellans is a nice bonus, but not one you can count on and as such your list should not be built around it.

The reasons I take it are for Coteaz and Ob Sec accross all infrantry and that includes Celestine who makes an awesome objective grabber / holder. Hatred is also very nice. Mastercrafted on Celestine is nice, but hatred is just so much better to ensure she does not flub her attacks like crazy.

Saturday, I went 5/8 on Castellans rolls on the day. It was pretty damned amusing.

That's incredible.

 deviantduck wrote:
Saturday, I went 5/8 on Castellans rolls on the day. It was pretty damned amusing.

When it rains, it pours.

It was the debut of the:

Imperial Khornate Sister Tide of Silence.

That's right.

600 pts of SoB. (Castellans)
600 pts of Tau (Riptide Wing)
540 pts of SM (Castellans)
110 pts of SoS (Null Maidens)

I have 2 libby's in there that go Maelific. I had 2 bloodthirsters in my first game. Good god did I have hate thrown at me all day.

It was glorious.

-_-

I do not approve

Taikishi wrote:

I think you misspelled "heavy flamers"?

Eh, six one, half dozen another. As long as the weapon is part of the Holy Trinity.

 Servant of Dante wrote:
Eh, six one, half dozen another. As long as the weapon is part of the Holy Trinity.

Agreed, we'll need six heavy flamers, followed by half a dozen heavy flamers.

mmm... better add a full dozen bolters too. You know... just in case.

Flame is good. Adepta Sororitas are all about it. =) I think my list features 11 Flamers of various flavors and then has 16 Meltaguns floating around to accompany their Exorcist buddies. When you say that out loud, you kinda wonder: why AREN'T sisters better regarded? I dunno. It's a mystery. =)

On the down side, they do lack stuff like anti-air and they have to sit and set for charge against some nasty Wolfstars and other lists. Battle Companies are the big one. The Battle Company does most of what we would like to do a lot better because: Gravity weapons. Oh if only we could get free trasnports!

Hmm... my core list includes
2 Exorcists
9 Flamers
11 Melta guns
... am I doing it right?

 Anpu-adom wrote:
Hmm... my core list includes
2 Exorcists
9 Flamers
11 Melta guns
... am I doing it right?

Need 15 meltas and 11 flamers of various flavors. I like this mix.

Granted, I'm still significantly short of 1500 points.

How do you get those numbers? In my 1850 list i got 10 meltas (8 in two dominion squads),two Multimeltas, two flamers and 3 Heavy Flamers one of which is the Saint's.Also 4 hand flamers...

konst80hummel wrote:
How do you get those numbers? In my 1850 list i got 10 meltas (8 in two dominion squads),two Multimeltas, two flamers and 3 Heavy Flamers one of which is the Saint's.Also 4 hand flamers...

What's your list? That sounds low.

Ok, my list
Celestine (Heavy Flamer)

BSS 6 Woman with 2 Flamers in a TL-Multimelta Immolator
BSS 6 Woman with 2 Flamers in a TL-Multimelta Immolator
BSS 6 Woman with 2 Flamers in a TL-Multimelta Immolator

Dom Squad (5) with 4 Melta in a Rhino
Dom Squad (5) with 4 Melta in a Rhino

Exorcist
Exorcist

That comes to under 1200 points

Counts-
7 Flamers
11 Melta

I can add combi-flamers and combi-melta to sister superiors, but I'd rather not mod them.

Well, that's kind of 1200 points, so it is expected to have fewer melta.

My list: In a nutshell...
Saint Celestine, a Priest
6 girl Repentia squad
3 BS squads with Immolator w/ dozer. 5 girls w/Fl, HF, meltabombs.
2 squads of dominions(5) in a rhino with 4 MGs
Seraphim (5) with two hand flamers
Exorcist
Penitent Engine
Retributors with 4 H.Bolters
The formation with a priest, arcoflagellants crusaders and Assassins.

Penitent Engine seems out of place in the list. Is it a reserve unit?

konst80hummel wrote:
My list: In a nutshell...
Saint Celestine, a Priest
6 girl Repentia squad
3 BS squads with Immolator w/ dozer. 5 girls w/Fl, HF, meltabombs.
2 squads of dominions(5) in a rhino with 4 MGs
Seraphim (5) with two hand flamers
Exorcist
Penitent Engine
Retributors with 4 H.Bolters
The formation with a priest, arcoflagellants crusaders and Assassins.

There's your problem.

I mean, if you're running some wackier stuff that would be why you have less meltas, etc.

Well they attract fire that would otherwise go to more important things. And they kill drop pods like no there's tomorrow.

I wish you could get a repentia for every Troop sisters squad. Would make them useful and also give some hth punch that is sorely lacking

Now that they have created rules for Novitiates in Shadow War do we think they might turn up in normal 40k?

Having suffered to drop pod grav centrions multiple times over the weekend, what is the current preferred way to deal with their alpha strike on tables that are low scenery?

Castling near Coteaz who is joined to a Presciened Enginseer Congregation with maximum Plasma Cannons?
Or meching up and dispersing.
Personally i keep repentias near things that would be prime targets so i can kill them on the counter charge. If they shoot the repentias then great. If not the repentias will mulch them.

konst80hummel wrote:
Personally i keep repentias near things that would be prime targets so i can kill them on the counter charge. If they shoot the repentias then great. If not the repentias will mulch them.

Personally, I keep repentias unpainted and in the drawer.