[fengz]

HQ

Palatine x1
- Blessed weapon
Celestian Bodyguard x4
- Flamers x2
- Frag Grenades
w/ Veteran Sister Superior x1
- Eviscerator

Total: 196 pts

Troops

Battle Sisters Squad x9
-Heavy Flamer
Veteran Sister Superior x1

Total: 136 pts

Heavy

Immolator
-Twin-linked heavy flamer
-Smoke Launcher

Total: 68 pts


Total: 400 pts
16 models
4 faith

I will probably be facing space marines, Tau (2 players), orks and maybe tyranids. The plan is for the battle sisters to advance, while laying down a hail of bolter fire, while the palatine in the immolator rushes to enemy lines and discharge their flamers, before going into melee. With the eviscerator and the blessed weapon space marines and tau will probably get slaughtered.
Critisism is welcome. Thanks in advance

-Feng

[chilledenuff]

Thats a small number of models for combat patrol... You'll be outnumbered by marines... AND outshot by tau! And in my experience you can be tooled up for combat but marines will still (if the marine player is any good!) will obliterate you in combat! I'd drop the immolator as well; when I playtested my combat tourny army it was useless against SMurfs and pulse rifles have a knack for shooting the immolater to bits!

Now I don't want to sound like I'm blowing my own trumpet but the following is a link to the combat patrol army I used in a recent tourny:

http://forums.tauonline.org/index.ph...4726#msg174726

With it I came 3rd... yes it's static but sheer weight of bolters/heavy bolters meant I outshot everyone!

[fengz]

Army list -- take two

Battle Sisters Squad x 11
-Meltagun x2
Veteran Sister Superior x1
-Bolter
@166 pts

Celestian Squad x4
-Bolters
-Frag Grenades
Veteran Sister Superior x1
-eviscerator x1
@105 pts

Retributor Squad x4
-Heavy Bolter x4
Veteran Sister Superior x1
-Bolter
@109 pts

Total 400pts
22 models
3 faith

I read through the post you linked, and following MalVeauX's advice, decided to use this list instead. This gives me a static firing base with the potential for ap1, 2 moving squads which can leapfrog and fire, and one good counterassault unit. The meltaguns on the battle sisters squad is mainly because i felt that this list was going to have problems against armour, although mass heavy bolter fire technically should be able to deal with most armour. Having 3 deadly squads makes it likely that the enemy will have to split its firepower to deal with them, and in combat patrol this means that it'll (hopefully) be ineffective. The enemy can either take out the scary heavy bolters, the scary assault units or the plain scary (potential for) ap1 bolters.

Against strong melee races like orc or tyranid i plan on staying back and firing and firing and firing before counter assaulting them, whereas for the tau i will be moving forward with the rapid fire squads in cover, hoping to assault the fire warriors. Fire warriors are very susceptible to heavy bolter fire, and hopefully this will keep them pinned down. The only thing i have to worry about the tau are the pulse carbines... pinning can put a dent into my plans.

As for space marines, these are my main worry... as mentioned before, my celestials probably will get out assaulted by them. I'll be hoping for faith to help in this aspect mainly, with either divine guidance on rapid fire bolters/heavybolters or hand of the emperor on celestians for help during assault. The only problem here would be to the test of faith.. should i include an imagifier in the squads?

Thanks

-feng

[chilledenuff]

I like this list, it has a good 'take on all comers' feel. the only thing I foresee as being a problem is assault marine armies... faith will help ( a lot) but you'll find the only sister who even has a chance to kill them is the VS with eviserator.
Even so I like the list as its shooty and I believe in rapid firing bolters of death over assault every time!