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Now that the fall of cadia has been out a bit now, how have you been using St. Celestine to Max effectiveness?

I've found using her to tank for squishier but deadly faster moving squads such as vanguard vets, command squads on bikes... or even gk interceptors (for hammerhand making Celestine str 7)

How are you using her?

St Celestine - Geminae trick

Heralds of the Great Wolf
*Iron Priest - As long as he lives Each Herald may ignore the first failed saving throw of each phase.
*Rune Priest - As long as he lives anything targeting the unit during the shooting phase suffers a -1 to their ballistic skill. Sanctic Daemonology - Hammer Hands and Sanctuary, if I can't get those he activates the Force Weapons.
*Wolf Priest - As long as he lives the three Heralds have IWND. He naturally confers FnP(6) andto the squad and Preferred Enemy(Unit Type) to Space Wolves.
Librarius Conclave - Invisibility.
Fast, killy and super durable.

You can use her alone with her buddies to soak a lot of firepower and chase weak shooty units or tarpit nasty close combat dedicated enemy units.

Alternatively you can let her join a deathstar in order to make it immortal, as she gives some bonus and tanks all wounds.

 Blackie wrote:
You can use her alone with her buddies to soak a lot of firepower and chase weak shooty units or tarpit nasty close combat dedicated enemy units.

Alternatively you can let her join a deathstar in order to make it immortal, as she gives some bonus and tanks all wounds.

What bonus does she give?

 Dakka Wolf wrote:

 Blackie wrote:
You can use her alone with her buddies to soak a lot of firepower and chase weak shooty units or tarpit nasty close combat dedicated enemy units.

Alternatively you can let her join a deathstar in order to make it immortal, as she gives some bonus and tanks all wounds.

What bonus does she give?

Fearless

Hit & Run

All friendly models within 12″ of Saint Celestine use her Leadership value when taking Acts of Faith or War Hymn tests. (warlord trait)

At the start of each turn, Saint Celestine can bestow a Saintly Blessing. It affects all appropriate units from the Armies of the Imperium within 12″, each blessing can only be activated once. Saintly Blessings include:

- All HQ units within range gain Zealot until the start of your next turn.

- All Troops units within range gain Feel no Pain (6+) until the start of your next turn. If you already have FNP, you gain +1 to your FNP roll.

- All Elites units in range gain the Couner-Attack and Furious Charge until the start of your next turn.

- All Fast Attack units in range gain the Crusader and Fleet special rules until the start of your next turn.

- All Heavy Support units in range gain the Relentless special rule until the start of your next turn.

- All Lords of War units gain It Will Not Die for the remainder of the game.

 Blackie wrote:

 Dakka Wolf wrote:

 Blackie wrote:
You can use her alone with her buddies to soak a lot of firepower and chase weak shooty units or tarpit nasty close combat dedicated enemy units.

Alternatively you can let her join a deathstar in order to make it immortal, as she gives some bonus and tanks all wounds.

What bonus does she give?

Fearless

Hit & Run

All friendly models within 12″ of Saint Celestine use her Leadership value when taking Acts of Faith or War Hymn tests. (warlord trait)

At the start of each turn, Saint Celestine can bestow a Saintly Blessing. It affects all appropriate units from the Armies of the Imperium within 12″, each blessing can only be activated once. Saintly Blessings include:

- All HQ units within range gain Zealot until the start of your next turn.

- All Troops units within range gain Feel no Pain (6+) until the start of your next turn. If you already have FNP, you gain +1 to your FNP roll.

- All Elites units in range gain the Couner-Attack and Furious Charge until the start of your next turn.

- All Fast Attack units in range gain the Crusader and Fleet special rules until the start of your next turn.

- All Heavy Support units in range gain the Relentless special rule until the start of your next turn.

- All Lords of War units gain It Will Not Die for the remainder of the game.

That's a lot of stuff.

Yeah it is. 200 pts lol

 Blackie wrote:
Yeah it is. 200 pts lol

I honestly never looked beyond the statline and Geminae Guardians - Figured for 200pts that had to be the limit.

I put her in her seraphim squad with lots of hand flamers. She strait up punched infantry in the nuts.

Also for lulz, we tested a full pepentia squad with priest. Their aof got them a 2+ save and like 40 something armorbane strikes on the charge. It was funny

Do Celestine and her Geminae have Fleet? Just curious if she can keep up with a bike-star.

 Retrogamer0001 wrote:
Do Celestine and her Geminae have Fleet? Just curious if she can keep up with a bike-star.

They are jump infantry, so they can keep up... not to mention bringing her up to majority toughness 5 from 3. Just a little more durability.

She does wonders in a full pack of Thunderwolves. Granting them hit and run is exceptionally useful.

Roughly.

She can take it.