Games Workshop - Warhammer 40,000 - Adepta Sororitas Battle Sanctum

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The heavy weapons unit for the Sisters are getting a rework and we have to say we’re pretty happy with the results. GW has certainly come a long way. The new Diologus model was first spotted in an early teaser photo. However, was officially unveiled with some serious cosmetic upgrades. Your standard Objective Secured ability, applying to all Troops in battle forged armies that are in Soroitas detachments (which are any detachments entirely drawn from this book). Ecclesiarchy Battle Conclave Despite being a classic part of the Ministorum roster, Penitent engines are nasty melee killers at an attractive price, but suffer from the terrible problem of Mortifiers existing and just kind of being better across the board. They are, at least, now only 50pts each to the Mortifiers 60pts, making them appreciably cheaper, but the exceptional flexibility and great long-ranged shooting from Mortifiers just mean they’re a better choice in almost every situation. Mortifiers The cherub is out of the bag! Don’t miss the latest on the full 40k release of Sisters of Battle in 2020. Here are the details of this year’s releases!

Deadly Descent (1 CP): When you set up a unit of Seraphim you can add 6” to the range of their pistols until the end of the phase and have them immediately shoot out of sequence. An already good stratagem gets even better in 9th, as 12″ base range means that hand flamers are actually a real option on Seraphim now. With this you can straight up double shoot them on the turn they arrive, and 8d6 flamer shots out of a 79 point unit is quite something, especially when they can be at AP-1 with Bloody Rose. The more conventional uses of getting to shoot with inferno pistols the turn you arrive or clearing out screens with bolt pistols to open up other charges also remain extremely real, and this is something you’ll use almost every time you run Seraphim, who are a good unit! A For starters, this kit it compatible with the Sector Imperialis kits. Furthermore, it introduces the diagonal wall. For modelers and hobbyists out there – this is a big deal. On a side note the Battle Sanctum is still available AND still has a lot of the bones of the other kits so you can build it in all kinds of way. PLUS, cool sisters statue The possible exception to that is if you construct a list that only presents armoured hulls/vehicles to the enemy, which in concert with Mortifiers and Rhinos you can probably pull off. Saturating the board with Imagifier-protected tanks does plausibly start to look quite good. 9th does also incentivise you to include one unit that can safely sit on a home objective blasting away, and these aren’t awful in that role, but most players are just using Mortifiers for that. As suggested by us listing it as a strength, the Adepta Sororitas have a tonne of special rules going on. We’ll break them down in this section, starting with the one that everyone got most excited about when the book released (and with good reason).Holy Trinity (1 CP): If a unit fires all its weapons at a single target, and those weapons include at least one each of bolt, melta and flamer weapons, the unit gets +1 to wound. Has historically been very difficult to set up, but there’s maybe just a bit more to it now that flamers have a 12″ base range, because that means you’ve got the option on using this straight out of deep strike with tooled up Retributors, unleashing super-charged melta death amped up by the Superior toting a combi-flamer There’s a healthy question mark as to whether Retributors actually need the help, but in a meta full of Inceptors I could believe it’s worth tooling exactly one of your Retributor squads to do this, as they make anywhere within 18″ of the board edge a very spooky place for Gravis models. B A few Bloody Rose elements do still make it in – the smash Canoness and a full squad of Repentia are great value adds, and we can also see that the good news about multi-meltas has reached the Sororitas, as a unit of Retributors makes the cut. I’d guess the Repentia and maybe the Retrubutors go into strat reserves in a lot of games, though Repentia + one Mortifier squad + one Death Cult unit is also a potentially spicy configuration to stash for 2CP at a cool 19PL. As long as there’s somewhere to hide the Retributors that’s probably fine, and once you manage that this list presents very few targets for anti-horde firepower, something that’s definitely in its favour. The list ends up coming together really well, able to contend with almost any kind of threat and pressure the board very effectively. Andrew Gardenhire’s Mixed Sororitas

Desperate for Redemption (3 CP): Sisters lost their fight twice Act of Faith, so now they have the run of the mill 3CP fight twice but with limitations; in this case it only works on Repentia, Penitent Engines and Mortifiers. The price on this is very steep sufficient that you should be aiming to avoid needing to use this, and Repentia and Mortifiers both have a habit of killing most of their targets with one swing, and often die if they fail. Still OK sometimes. B The left wing of the second floor is added, being build from a long and a ruined wall piece. Creating a smaller open c-shape. Warlord Trait – Terrible Knowledge: Your first free start of the round Miracle dice of the game is an automatic 6, and you gain d3 CP. Add a brazier of holy flame (once per battle mortal wound overwatch) or a null rod (can’t be affected by psychic powers and -1 to enemy casts within 18″) You can’t really talk about Repentia without also talking about the Repentia Superior. While not part of the unit, this character is made just to support Repentia and doesn’t take up any slots. While she doesn’t do much on her own, she does buff Repentia and you won’t find them far apart. With her around, one of your units of Repentia can advance and charge, and are better at charging. This makes the unit a lot faster. In addition, all your nearby Repentia get +1 to wound.

New Mulipart Sisters of Battle Vehicle Kits for 2020

These terrain kits fit very well with Warhammer 40k, providing proper amount of coverage, even for larger models and the more and more present monstrous kits. For skirmishers, like Necromunda for example, I think they are a bit to high / large. Yet, provide proper playability, as the heights of the floors makes it possible to easily access and position models, without the risk of moving everything else by mistake. The significant upgrades to some of the Sisters ranged weapons also means that Spirit of the Martyr has a bit more going for it now. Getting a chance at some final multi-melta shots as your models are on the way out is obviously pretty spicy, and if you’ve skewed heavily towards shooting this is worth thinking about. We knew there would be new kits for all the units that came in the Army box. Here is the latest new Infantry model reveals:

A very interesting detail of this sanctum is the balcony. It raises above the front of the building and is the reason why the blind had to be removed from the mid-wall piece. The floors are large enough that they sit on the rim of the walls, but the smaller ruined / damaged floor pieces are added by using the top lights as connectors from the bottom. The Sister Superior also has a choice of weapons from the combi flamer above top to this condemnor crossbow bolter. Sisters have had so much love put into them, each model looks like it could be a character in their own right. Sisters Wave 1 Release: Retributor Squads A Miracle dice is not a modifier, so the result counts as an “unmodified” roll of the number showing you selected if that’s relevant. Looks like the codex in the Army Box was the collector’s edition- bonus! Sisters Wave 1 Release: Dice & DatacardsMeanwhile, the 20 dice are designed to appear as stained glass windows, and each features a large fleur-de-lys icon in place of a 6 and a haloed skull icon in place of a 1 – there’s no thrill quite like rolling a big handful of thematic dice! Sisters Wave 1 Release: Battle Squads Martyr’s Immolation (1 CP): When an Immolator dies force it to explode. That’ll teach them. Cute, and Immolaters maybe even see occasional play after the wargear boosts! C+ Imagifier [3 PL, 45pts, -1CP]: Boltgun, Frag & Krak grenades, Heroine in the Making [-1CP], Tale of the Stoic, Warlord Trait: 4. Beacon of Faith

Immolator with Flame weapon option, unpainted. Get a load of that clear plastic weapons cowl! There is also a Heavy Bolter weapon variant as well.

This set of three was also seen and they have some extra cosmetic options on them Sister Hospitaller To be sentenced to arco-flagellation is to become little more than a weaponised, utterly berserk killer. Over the course of a long, painful process, the convict’s mind is wiped, replaced only with an uncontrollable urge to mete out violent destruction upon their prey. The second floor is build in a similar way to the ground floor, we begin with a regular, long and ruined wall piece. Just one section short and directly including the front, with a door. Side note, I found it a bit weird, that we didn't have a door on the ground, but the sprue only cover one and that part is needed to provide access to the balcony. You could cut out the door if you want to, to create an open way.