Games Workshop - Warhammer 40,000 - Adepta Sororitas: Paragon Warsuit

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Each blessing can only be used once per battle, so make sure your Canoness or Palatine of choice is geared up to take the best advantage of it before you get started

The Adepta Sororitas are a uniquely placed faction in Warhammer 40,000 – they remain regular humans, but are equipped with power armour and boltguns like the posthuman Space Marines. They exist outside of the control of the regular Imperial military, instead representing Ecclesiarchy as a faith in arms – and faith is the watchword here, because the Sisters really, truly believe, and in Warhammer belief is a very powerful thing. Before making a dice roll for a model or a unit from your army with the Acts of Faith ability, if you have one or more dice in your Miracle dice pool, that unit can perform an Act of Faith. To do so, select one or more of the dice from your Miracle dice pool, instead of making any or all of those dice rolls. For each individual dice that is being rolled as part of the dice roll, you can select 1 Miracle dice from your Miracle dice pool to be substituted in place of that dice. The dice that it is being substituted for is not rolled, and instead the value of the selected Miracle dice is used as if it had been rolled. Each Miracle dice can only be selected for substitution once. Once all Miracle dice substitutions have been made, remove the chosen Miracle dice from your Miracle dice pool, and roll any remaining, unsubstituted dice that are a part of the dice roll. You can use Miracle dice when a unit performs an Act of Faith for any of the following types of dice roll: That gives these a role still, albeit probably a reduced one, especially now Sacresants are competing at the same price. One squad to come in from strategic reserves, auto-charge and butcher something then demand a ranged answer is pretty plausible. Three units in many lists, maybe a bit less so. If you play with very heavy terrain that might change as you can still get access to Advance/Charge from the new and improved effects of a Repentia Superior (who also gives a mighty +1 to wound), but they have to apply it in the Command Phase so can’t when emerging from a Transport. Given how good these were before and that they’ve dropped in price it seems unlikely that they should be written off entirely, but they’re appreciably harder to deploy, so be a bit cautious.

We are a small team of Warhammer Enthusiasts and miniature collectors, hoping to support and further promote the hobby. The fearsome Dogmatas uphold righteousness among their fellow Sisters, and while we’ve seen just why their allies fear and respect them in equal measure, it’s worth knowing that their enemies have just as much reason to stay away from these exceptional warriors. The aptly named mace of the righteous isn’t just a mark of office, after all, and is quite capable of bowling over man and monster alike while the Dogmata bellows their hymns of battle. Besides those this is a fairly thin section of the rules though – Beacon of Faith takes a massive nerf, generating one Miracle dice which can only be used by your Warlord and which also disappears if not used, while Executioner of Heretics is still worthless. Pure of Will swaps the -1 to cast effect for a +3 to Deny rolls, which is nice and possibly worthwhile if you’re really expecting a psyker-heavy meta (though note that the auto-Deny on a 6 is for unmodified rolls). Relics

Overall there’s a pretty reasonable set of toys available here, and it’s nice to see some more creative ideas about how to make defensive relics that aren’t just “bearer is -1 to hit.” The Sigil probably stands out as the best single item, just to give you more flexibility with Hymns, but there’s interesting possibilities with Ecclesiarch’s Fury too. It’s also worth noting that A Sacred Burden allows you to spend 1CP to give a Superior model any of the Blessings of Sebastian Thor, The Ecclesiarch’s Fury, Litanies of Faith, or Redemption, which opens up some possibilities, particularly if you’re otherwise running named character-heavy – as is very possibly the case. Blessings of the Faithful Outside of these, it’s business as usual for Imperium weaponry, and the Sororitas unit upgrades have returned pretty much unchanged – Incensor Cherubs still give you a once-per-game unit specific Act of Faith, and the Simulacrum still lets a unit perform an extra Act (though you do now have to pay 5pts for Simulacra again). HQ Morvenn Vahl The fight last effect is a little less powerful following the recent FAQs, but the Miraculous ability is pretty powerful – it’s only once per game, but if you can get it off at a key moment against the right target it’s a valuable effect.

Heavy Support

A unit that’s very strong both at range and in melee is one of the few things Sororitas don’t really have, so these do generate some real interest alongside (appropriately) Morvenn Vahl. Giving a unit of these her full re-rolls in a target rich environment makes them holy terrors, ready to take a bumper sized chunk out of the best parts of your opponent’s army. Our hesitation with them is that this sort of cuts both ways – stuff that’s good at killing these (mostly recently popular D3+d3 damage weapons and enemy multi-meltas) kills them hyper efficiently, as they have no invulnerable save beyond Shield of Faith. We are aware “but it dies to shooting” is the oldest hyperbolic complaint in the book, but these die horrendously to the wrong kind of shooting, and it’s a kind that happens to be very popular right now. Ultimately, that is irrelevant to this section, as we are simply talking about the kit and how to most effectively take advantage of its variety of options. This kit proved very polarizing on release, with some people LOVING it, and some hating it. One thing I personally found helps mitigate the haters issues with the kit is an increase in the amount of fabric on the model, an example of which can be found in this video by adams hobby stuff. Each time a unit with this conviction makes a Normal Move or Advance Move it counts as having Remained Stationary until the end of your Shooting phase. Additionally, each time you shoot or fight, you can re-roll one hit roll or one wound roll. They can take bolters, flamers, plasma, and even melta. They are effectively a bodyguard unit that can be equipped similarly to veterans with a ton of options. Celestian Sacresant

Dogmata, Open the Reliqueries – The Sigil Ecclesiasticus, Litany of Enduring Faith, Catechism of Repugnance – 65 On the battlefield, while a Dogmata is nearby, your Sisters of Battle will know that their every deed is being watched and judged. So they’ll perform whatever duty has been assigned to them with utmost determination and vigour. If you’re looking to get the most out of your Adepta Sororitas units, a Dogmata will be a crucial addition to your collection, so keep an eye out – she’s coming soon.Essentially, small units of these are still great line infantry, and there’s a real angle on going big in the new book. Good stuff. Elites

These blessings are made up of two parts: the first is a persistent effect that applies all battle long, while the second can only be temporarily activated by expending a Miracle die. Using a die with a particularly high number will extend the range at which the effect works, so make sure you weigh up your options against needing a particularly high roll elsewhere. The Blessings of Sebastian Thor grant 2 sacred rites to the bearer’s unit instead of 1, while the Simulacrum Sanctorum imitates the Venerated Saint stratagem from the previous codex. That leaves us with the Chaplet of Sacrifice– allowing a free Epic Deed, re-rolls to hit for the bearer, and the ability to shoot or fight on death – and the PRIEST-only Sigil Ecclesiasticus, or “pay 1CP to make your Hymn-bot twice as good” as it lets the bearer know +1 and intone +1. Outside of the Named datasheets, you’ve got your three generic HQ choices, the Canoness, Palatine and Missionary. That leaves 90pts for a unit with two hand flamer models as your probable loadout for these, and especially at S4 (or in Ebon Chalice where you can proc mortals) there are homes for that. Zephyrim

Secondly, one of the strongest abilities of Paragon Warsuits is the combination of their 8" move, their vehicle keyword allowing them to move and shoot, and their access to the exceptional Proficiency Stratagem to hit on 2s. This combines so well with Multi-Meltas that it almost feels foolish to take Heavy flamers, which waste the Paragons high ballistic skill, or Heavy Bolters, whose range advantage is largely wasted on a unit that wants to play aggressively up close and get into melee combat. A reasonably strong trait, Shield Bearer reduces Damage taken by the Warlord by 1 (uncontroversially it specifies a minimum of 1 – more on this in Units later), and also makes the Miracle dice an automatic 6 if you either gain one for Vengeance when the warlord kills something, for Sacrifice in general or a the end of any phase in which the Warlord was destroyed. Relic – Martyr’s Vengeance While all the sisters are dogmatic, a mini called the Dogmata really takes it to the next level! The mini itself is fairly simple but very cool looking and should be a fun addition to the faction. This seems like quite a few options, but in large part you almost exclusively see the unit equipped with Storm Bolters and Multi-Meltas, and usually with swords. Ultimately, those are gripes covering only a small number of units, and I’ve ended up pretty warm on this book. It’s a change, but it looks like fun to use and sands the most meta-warping edges off the old roster. Definitely excited to see this one on the table. Army Lists Wings