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I am looking at doing some kill team and using my sisters of battle. I am considering using a max squad of dominions with 4 melta guns, which leaves me with 30 pts for war gear, I am thinking plasma pistol and power sword.

Is this a good load out, or would different war gear be better?

Are celestians any good in kill team? Would minimum squads of dominions and celestians be good?

I hate to be that guy...But sisters are god awful at kill team. Without squad bonuses they are just power armored guardsman.

That being said.....seraphim are the only way to win.....
Or priests.

Melta seems like an odd choice for kill teams. The rules prevent any heavy vehicles from being taken.

When you can't get plasma guns melta guns are your next best thing to kill marines.

 sfshilo wrote:
I hate to be that guy...But sisters are god awful at kill team. Without squad bonuses they are just power armored guardsman.

That being said.....seraphim are the only way to win.....
Or priests.

How do you come to this conclusion?
Sisters are amazing at kill team. They have good armor, good BS, bolters, much more useful then in larger games, widespread access to special weapons and Acts of Faith. Can't take Priests.

Celestians are actually quite good in kill team. With close combat more likely to happen, the extra attack and WS are much more likely to come into play. In addition, the LD9 helps if you're making Break tests.

Dominions are OK at kill team, but I'm more likely to use Seraphim. Faster, same CC bonuses as Celestians. Hand flamers with sniper and poison from the rules set make them scary good, and with AoF they're even nastier.

As a list, try

6 Celestians, 2x Melta.
5 Seraphim, 2x Hand flamers.
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Usually works well.

Is the sixth Celestian better than giving the sister superior a plasma pistol or power weapon?

 SQRT(-2) wrote:
Is the sixth Celestian better than giving the sister superior a plasma pistol or power weapon?

Yes. Both are ok, but the 6th Celestian means you need to take 6 casualties before Breaking, makes another target for your opponent to have to kill, and allows you to target another enemy model.

Good point!

I could also do 6 seraphim and 5 Celestians.

Thanks for the input.

I am going to try some games of Kill Team this week. I'll try The Farseers list of:

6 Celestians, 2x Melta
5 Seraphim, 2x Hand flamers.

And I'll also try a list of:

6 Celestians, 2x Flamer.
5 Dominions, 4x Melta.

And see how things go.

9 Seraphim, 1 with hand famers, 1 with inferno pistols, Superior with Plasma pistol and power weapon.

SJ

 SQRT(-2) wrote:
I am going to try some games of Kill Team this week. I'll try The Farseers list of:

6 Celestians, 2x Melta
5 Seraphim, 2x Hand flamers.

And I'll also try a list of:

6 Celestians, 2x Flamer.
5 Dominions, 4x Melta.

And see how things go.

Let us know how it goes.