Editing Warhammer 40,000/7th Edition Tactics/Adepta Sororitas (section)

===Elite===
Not the best selection for your army, but they're usable... kinda.

*'''Celestians''' - Good news - Celestians are now only 14 points each (only 2 more than a Battle Sister, for +1 point of WS, +1 Attack and +1 LD) and get Furious Charge as their AoF. If you want to take them, you have to commit to them, and I mean fully. Want a squad of 5? Fuck you, just go get some more basic Sisters. 9 Celestians, Flamer, Heavy flamer, Combi-Flamer and Power Sword/Axe for your Sister Superior and a Priest (with a Combi-Flamer and Power Axe of his own). This is probably not going to be cheap, but it'll make your Celestians a fairly nasty close combat unit, which could easily be used for a downfield push or contesting an objective late game. If you do this, consider putting your Canoness or St. Celestine in that unit too, and if you have a Command Squad with the Sacred Banner of the Orders Militant, keep it nearby too. A bit of a death star, but an opponent that doesn't know how Sisters work will very likely be caught off guard. They're still not a must have, but if you're playing aggressively they will probably suit your playstyle.

*'''Sisters Repentia''' - They are a fragile unit (6++) that pumps out a frightening number of eviscerator swings in close combat. Thanks to Rage they get +2 attacks on the charge instead of +1 and they can take a dedicated transport. Still no assault vehicles on Sisters though. Moreover, if your opponent doesn't shoot them to death after blowing up their limo, he can assault the two you have left, thus negating your awesome charge bonus. If you're not running a Mech list, do what you did before and keep these ladies behind a moving screen of blob cover (suicide IG blob, anyone?) and give a squad Jacobus. Note their FNP is now an AoF (although an incredible 3+); it doesn't come standard. A full squad only costs 155pts. Season to taste with Preachers. You may lose Fleet, but you get Zealot and War Hymns (reroll wounds, reroll saves (for what that 6++ is worth, do note that a re-roll boosts the Save chance from 16.7% to 30.6%, which is close to the 33% chance from a 5++, and if you have Uriah Jacobus or a lucky Canoness with the right Warlord Trait, that rerollable 5++ is better than a 4++)). It might not be a bad idea to invest in Litanies of Faith, either. These bondage babes are a glass cannon and you can't really afford them forgetting their safety word. Depending on whether you gave them the Litanies of Faith or Uriah Jacobus, it might be worthwhile to toss the Mistress of Repentance at the front of the unit, as she might absorb a couple of bolter shots up front that would otherwise cost you a Repentia. Remember that each and every Repentia you keep alive to hit home with a charge will be well worth it.
**'''Consider the following:''' Allies! Assault vehicles! 7th edition Battle-brothers! Get them ladies in a Stormraven or a Landraider. For example, stuffing a Grey Knight Stormraven with Jacobus, a priest and a unit of 10 Repentias gives you:
*** Powerful assault vehicle with [[Rage|psycannons]]
*** 43 Eviscerator attacks on charge ''(Eviscerator on priest)'', extra D6 on penetration ''(Armourbane)'', reroll on the first round hits ''(Zealot)'' and rerolls on wounds ''(War Hymns)''
*** Rerollable ''(War Hymns)'' 5++ ''(Jacobus WT)'' Shield of Faith and 4++ for the preachers in melee
*** 3+ FNP for two assault phases ''(Act of Faith, Protector of Faith)''
*** Counter-attack, Preacher smash, Fearless aura for other nearby Sisters, Litanies for guaranteed hymns / AoFs... and with vehicles getting stronger, you could stick even more into a Landraider. So much hurt.
*** Alternatively, you could drop the second Priest to pick up a Librarian or a Rune Priest (if you're using a Stormwolf or a vanilla or Blood Angels 'Raven, that is - GK libby is in termie armor), and use Sanctic Daemonology, Biomancy or Divination to pour on even more pain. Hammerhand? Sanctuary? Forewarning? Yikes. Or he could use Iron Arm and Force on himself and waste enemy characters with S9 AP2 ID attacks. Double yikes.
*** Problem: While the option is generally still viable, using allied transports now requires quite a bit of setup, since you can't ''deploy'' units from one faction inside another one's transports anymore. So your Repentias will have to spend a turn embarking on an empty Stormraven that is already on the table and hovering near them.
**To minimize that bother, consider ponying up the points for a skyshield landing pad. If the buy in seems a bit excessive, remember you now have a reliable 4++ invuln save for whatever units you have that want to stay put