Games Workshop Warhammer 40k - Codex V.9 Adepta Sororitas (En) [Personal Computers]

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They have the Vehicle keyword so miss out on some of the buffs that apply only to Infantry (they can’t be resurected by the Hospitaller for example) although they do have the Core keyword allowing them to benefit from some re-rolls. It now adds 4″ to the range of all flame weapons in the unit and any 4+ to wound inflicts a mortal wound (to a maximum of 3 mortal wounds). This is one of the best new datasheets that GW have put out in ages, to an extent that is going to warp army construction and this book around it. Stern and her Harlequin bodyguard form a unit of two models, with wounds first being applied to the Aeldari.

With basic Battle Sister squads going up to a maximum of 20 models in this book (yes, really, check out the Units section below), this is a potentially powerful option for shoving a brick of Sisters onto an objective and giving your opponent a significant headache when trying to remove them. You have a mighty three Priest options in the Elites slot – two re-badged existing models (the Preacher and Dialogus) and the new Dogmata. That’s especially true because, while you probably take a Dialogus or a Dogmata as your primary priest, having a spare War Hymn caster is going to be extremely valuable in a melee-focused list as it lets you use Fiery Conviction to buff up a unit after it jumps out of a transport. There’s a mix here of buffs and nerfs; Wrath of the Emperor goes down to AP-1 and Litanies of Faith becomes once per battle round instead of once per turn, but the Iron Surplice now gives +1 wound on top of its previous effect. After 22 years of hurt, though, the Sisters came back in a big way in 2019 with the Sisters of Battle Army Set, a limited-edition box containing a proper new 8th edition codex and a sampler of a new plastic miniatures range, followed up in January and February 2020 by a complete new plastics release covering every option in the book and adding several new units to the army.

If you wanted these before, you probably still do, with the only mild caveat being that they’ve picked up “2 Angry 2 Action”, in line with various other frenzied killers. Notably, these are explicitly not auras, so they are not affected by abilities which increase aura ranges – but also can’t be disabled by anti-aura abilities.

These simply set out some basics for army construction; the Decree Passive restricts you to one CANONESS and one MISSIONARY per Detachment, and stops you having more CULT IMPERIALIS PRIEST than ADEPTA SORORITAS CHARACTERS in a single detachment. Suffering and Sacrifice is also 1CP, and similarly to the Blood Angels’ Angel’s Sacrifice stratagem allows you to force an opponent to target a character so long as they are either your Warlord, a LIVING SAINT, or a SAINT POTENTIA (Crusade-only). The Simulacrum of the Argent Shroud also gets what is mostly a downgrade – it now only buffs an Act of Faith once per Battle Round, but instead of tweaking the dice up or down by one, makes it an automatic 6. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.

Either is a fine pick, and the new way that the Ecclesiarchy Battle Conclave rule works means that you’ll sometimes end up taking one of each. She’s also surprisingly dangerous at longer ranges, packing an amped up S6 heavy bolter and having what is essentially a twin missile launcher strapped to her shoulders.