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The Sisters of Battle

Adepta Sororitas

Faith Is Our Shield, Zeal Is Our Sword

Born of the Age of Apostasy and tempered in ten thousand years of holy war, the Adepta Sororitas are the armed fist of the Ecclesiarchy, marching to battle beneath billowing banners and hymns of retribution. Every Battle Sister has sworn oaths of undying faith, and it is that faith — not mere technology — which powers many of their sacred relics and lets them shrug off wounds that would fell lesser warriors. Led by Canonesses and accompanied by Living Saints and relic-bearing Palatines, the Orders Militant burn heretics, purge mutants, and exterminate xenos with equal fervour, their bolters singing hymns of judgement as promethium fire cleanses the unworthy.

Army Rule

Acts of Faith

If your Army Faction is ADEPTA SORORITAS, you gain 1 Miracle dice: - At the start of each turn. - Each time an ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army is destroyed. Each time you gain a Miracle dice, roll one D6. The number you roll is the value of that Miracle dice. This value cannot be changed or re-rolled, unless a rule specifically states otherwise. Keep your Miracle dice to one side - this is your Miracle dice pool.

Litanies of Faith

Many ADEPTA SORORITAS Characters can intone a Litany at the start of the Fight phase, granting a buff such as Hit or Wound re-rolls to friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS units within 6".

4 available

Detachments & Enhancements

Chorus of Condemnation

Angelic Judgement

Granted a greater perspective of the heretical foe's disposition, an Order's angelic veterans roar condemnatory psalms of revelation that unmask the enemy's evil for all to see. Friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS INFANTRY FLY units have the following ability: Condemnatory Psalms: In your Shooting phase, this unit can select one visible enemy unit within 12". That enemy unit is condemned: - While a unit is condemned, that unit has +3" detection range.

Clarion of Urgency

15 pts

This passionate slayer of the blasphemous leads her warriors in powered jet-leaps to reach the condemned foe, no matter where they lurk. CANONESS WITH JUMP PACK model only. At the end of your opponent's Fight phase, if this unit is unengaged, you can place this unit in strategic reserves.

Symphonic Payload

10 pts

These caches of thrice-blessed ordnance are launched in sacred salvoes of harmonised immolation that can scour the Emperor's foes from existence. EXORCIST unit only. This unit can re-roll rolls to determine the A of a weapon.

Sacred Champions

Holy Quest

Charged with a holy quest in service to the God-Emperor, the veteran Sacresant elite of an Order Militant are relentless in their pursuit of victory. Friendly CELESTIAN units' attacks have +1 BS and WS. This detachment has the REVEREND tag and cannot be taken with another REVEREND detachment.

Writ of Compunction

20 pts

Within this ornate cylindrical casket is a holy authorisation of the Ecclesiarch. Warriors in its presence tasked with a sacred duty are filled with righteous purpose, and the will to succeed no matter the odds. CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit only. This unit has +1 OC.

Perfervid Haste

10 pts

This warrior's passion to secure her quest is a lash wrought from her faith, which drives her sisters on at a relentless pace. ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. This unit has +1" M.

Sanctified Orators

Hymns of Battle

On the battlefield, the faithful warriors of the Adepta Sororitas heed the stirring hymns recited by their commanders, whose inspirational words stoke their righteous fervour. - Enhancements selected from this detachment do not count towards the total number of enhancements in your army. - Friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS CHARACTER units have +1 Ld.

Hagiomnifex

25 pts

A master of martial saintly lore, this vehement orator knows there is no form of enemy that the God-Emperor's holiest martyrs have not overcome. With vox-augmented sermonising, they roar the sacred hymns of the saints' deeds to embolden the faithful. ADEPTA SORORITAS CHARACTER model only (excluding PENITENT units). (Once per turn, per unit) At the start of a phase, you can use this ability. If you do, select one of the abilities below: - Rite of Revelation: While this unit is shooting, enemy units have +6" detection range. - Sermon of Intolerance: This unit's battle-shock rolls automatically succeed. - Catechism of Raging Fervour: This unit has +1" M. - Psalm of Righteous Smiting: This unit's attacks have +1 S. - Chorus of Repudiation: Attacks that target this unit with a S greater than this unit's T have -1 to wound rolls.

Champions of Faith

Righteous Purpose

Whether high-ranking clergy must be rescued, a priceless relic recovered, or some archheretic slain, these warriors know that to fail after promising victory to the God-Emperor would be infinitely worse than death; this knowledge fills them with righteous purpose and the unflinching will to succeed no matter the odds. In your Command phase, you can select up to 3 Adepta Sororitas units from your army (including units that are embarked within Transports ), until the start of your next Command phase, those units are Righteous. While a unit is Righteous: ■ Add 1" to the Move characteristic of models in that unit. ■ Improve the Leadership characteristic of models in that unit by 1. ■ Improve the Weapon Skill and Ballistic Skill characteristics of weapons equipped by Battle Sisters Squad, Celestian Insidiants, Celestian Sacresants and Paragon Warsuits models in that unit by 1. KEYWORDS While a Celestian Sacresants unit from your army is not Battle-shocked, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of Celestian Sacresants models in that unit.

Triptych of Judgement

15 pts

The three windows of this sacred artefact display three aspects of the God-Emperor in judgement over mortal souls. No warrior of faith will countenance failure beneath its threefold gaze. Adepta Sororitas model only. Each time a model in the bearer's unit makes an attack, you can ignore any or all modifiers to that attack's Ballistic Skill or Weapon Skill characteristics and/or any or all modifiers to the Hit roll.

Mark of Devotion

30 pts

A fresh oath brand burns in this champion's flesh, its heat remaining miraculously undimmed and its searing pain focusing their devout wrath. Adepta Sororitas model only. Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearer's melee weapons. While the bearer's unit is Righteous, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic and add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the bearer's melee weapons instead.

Eyes of the Oracle

10 pts

Having torn them from the sockets of a heretical witch, this warrior of faith keeps these shrivelled orbs sealed in a miniature reliquary about their neck. They believe that - tormented by holy imprisonment - the traitorous eyes guide their aim towards other infernal champions. Adepta Sororitas model only. The bearer's weapons have the [PRECISION] ability. Each time the bearer's unit destroys an enemy Character model, you gain.

Sanctified Amulet

25 pts

Belief radiates out from this blessed icon, forming a holy circle of abjuration that holds at bay the unclean and leaves this champion free to do their duty to the God-Emperor. Adepta Sororitas model only. Enemy units that are set up on the battlefield from Reserves cannot be set up within 12" of the bearer.

12 stratagems

Stratagems

Inspirational Battle Canticles

1 CP

Detachment · Command phase · Chorus of Condemnation

WHEN: Start of the Command phase. TARGET: One friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS INFANTRY FLY unit or one friendly EXORCIST unit. EFFECT: Select one friendly battle-shocked ADEPTA SORORITAS unit within 6" of your unit. That unit is no longer battle-shocked.

Harmonised Exorcism

1 CP

Detachment · Shooting phase · Chorus of Condemnation

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly EXORCIST unit is selected to shoot. TARGET: That EXORCIST unit. EFFECT: Select one unit visible to and within 9" of a friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS INFANTRY FLY unit. Your unit's ranged attacks that target that unit have +1 to hit rolls.

Devastating Reprise

1 CP

Detachment · Shooting phase · Chorus of Condemnation

WHEN: Your Shooting phase, when a friendly EXORCIST unit has shot. TARGET: One friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS INFANTRY FLY unit. EFFECT: Select one enemy unit (excluding MONSTER/VEHICLE units) hit by those ranged attacks. Your unit's ranged attacks that target that unit have [DEVASTATING WOUNDS].

Sanctified Blows

1 CP

Detachment · Fight phase · Sacred Champions

WHEN: Fight phase, when a friendly CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit is selected to fight. TARGET: That CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit. EFFECT: Your unit's melee attacks have +1 A and S.

Faithful Fortitude

1 CP

Detachment · Any phase · Sacred Champions

WHEN: Any phase, when a friendly CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit suffers a mortal wound. TARGET: That CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit. EFFECT: Your unit has Feel No Pain 5+ against mortal wounds until the end of the phase.

Unflinching Determination

1 CP

Detachment · Movement phase · Sacred Champions

WHEN: Your Movement phase, when a friendly CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit is selected to make an advance/fall-back move. TARGET: That CELESTIAN SACRESANTS unit. EFFECT: - Y our unit's ranged attacks have [ASSAULT] until the end of the turn. - That move does not prevent your unit from being eligible to shoot/declare a charge.

Shield of Denial

1 CP

Battle Tactic · Any phase · Champions of Faith

WHEN: Any phase, just after a mortal wound is allocated to an Adepta Sororitas unit from your army. TARGET: That Adepta Sororitas unit. EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 6+ ability against mortal wounds. If your unit is Righteous, until the end of the phase, models in your unit have the Feel No Pain 5+ ability against mortal wounds instead.

Suffer Not the Unfaithful

1 CP

Strategic Ploy · Shooting phase · Champions of Faith

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase. TARGET: One Adepta Sororitas unit from your army that is Righteous and that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Select either the [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your unit have the selected ability.

To the Heart of Heresy

1 CP

Battle Tactic · Fight phase · Champions of Faith

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One Adepta Sororitas unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, improve the Strength characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1. If your unit is Righteous, until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1 as well.

Path of the Righteous

1 CP

Battle Tactic · Fight phase · Champions of Faith

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One Adepta Sororitas unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, each time a model in your unit makes a Pile-in or Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3". When doing so, if your unit is Righteous, it does not need to end that move closer to the closest enemy model, provided it ends that move as close as possible to the closest enemy unit.

Bastion of Faith

1 CP

Battle Tactic · Fight phase · Champions of Faith

WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets. TARGET: One Celestian Sacresants unit that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit's attacks. EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll. In addition, if your unit is Righteous, you can select one other Celestian Sacresants unit from your army that is not Battle-shocked and is within 6" of your unit. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets that Celestian Sacresants unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll as well.

Indefatigable Dedication

1 CP

Strategic Ploy · Movement phase · Champions of Faith

WHEN: Your Movement phase, just after an Adepta Sororitas unit from your army Falls Back. TARGET: That Adepta Sororitas unit. EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back. If your unit is Righteous, until the end of the turn, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back instead.

35 units

Datasheets

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AGATHAE DOLAN
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KYGANIL OF THE BLOODY TEARS
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SISTERS REPENTIA
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GEMINAE SUPERIA
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Rules digest

How This Force Plays

Our own plain-speech digest of how this force's rules hang together — army rule, detachment choice, command-point economy and roster shape. Written by us, not reproduced from the pack; the official PDF is the only authority on exact wording.

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How the army rule shapes play

Every list in this force answers to Acts of Faith, so plan your turns around it rather than treating it as a bonus. A second layer — Litanies of Faith — lets you tilt the same roster toward a different way of fighting before the first dice are rolled. Exact wording lives in the official pack PDF; the summary here is ours.

Choosing a detachment

You commit to one of 4 detachments (Chorus of Condemnation, Sacred Champions, Sanctified Orators, Champions of Faith), and that choice locks in both your detachment rule and the 9 enhancements available to your characters. Pick the detachment that matches the units you already own, then buy enhancements last.

Command points and stratagems

There are 12 stratagems on offer, costing between 1 and 1 CP. In a normal game you will bank enough for two or three interventions a turn at most, so decide before deployment which one or two plays you are saving command points for.

Building to a points limit

The roster runs to 35 datasheets. The cheapest entry comes in at 20 points and the most expensive at 245, so a single flagship choice can eat a fifth of a 2,000-point army. Use the list builder to keep the Rule of Three, character limits and your points ceiling honest as you add units.

Official faction pack v1.2

What Changed & Rulings

Our own plain-speech summary of what the current pack alters for this force — no rules text reproduced. The exact wording is authoritative only in the Games Workshop PDF. Legal for matched play from 26th August 2026.

Read the official pack PDF

Army Rules

Acts of Faith, Gaining Miracle Dice Section

Acts of Faith, Gaining Miracle Dice Section has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Army Of Faith Detachment

Light of the Emperor Stratagem, CP Cost

Light of the Emperor Stratagem, CP Cost has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Blinding Radiance Stratagem, Target and Effect Sections

Blinding Radiance Stratagem, Target and Effect Sections has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

JUMP PACK unit from your army with this Stratagem, then until the end

JUMP PACK unit from your army with this Stratagem, then until the end is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Bringers Of Flame Detachment

Shield of Aversion Stratagem, Effect Section

Shield of Aversion's effect section has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Blazing Ire Stratagem, CP Cost

Blazing Ire Stratagem, CP Cost has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Cleansing Flames Stratagem, CP Cost

Cleansing Flames Stratagem, CP Cost has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Rites of Fire Stratagem, Effect Section

Rites of Fire's effect section has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Fervent Purgation Detachment Rule

Fervent Purgation has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Hallowed Martyrs Detachment

Suffering and Sacrifice Stratagem, Effect section

Suffering and Sacrifice's effect section has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Divine Intervention Stratagem, Target and Effect sections

Divine Intervention Stratagem, Target and Effect sections has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that model even

was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that model even is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Penitent Host Detachment

Catechism of Divine Penitence Enhancement

Catechism of Divine Penitence has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Devout Fanaticism Stratagem, When and Effect Sections

Devout Fanaticism Stratagem, When and Effect Sections has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Desperate for Redemption Detachment Rule

This pack amends Desperate for Redemption. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Vows of Atonement to be active for your army until the start of the

Vows of Atonement to be active for your army until the start of the is updated in this pack. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Datasheets

Celestian Sacresants, Keywords section

This pack bolts an extra clause onto Celestian Sacresants's keywords section — the rule does everything it did before, plus more. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Daemonifuge, Mysterious Saviours Ability

Daemonifuge, Mysterious Saviours Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Dominion Squad, Righteous Awareness Ability

Dominion Squad, Righteous Awareness Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Junith Eruita, The Pulpit of Saint Holline’s Basilica Ability

Junith Eruita, The Pulpit of Saint Holline’s Basilica Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Retributor Squad, Storm of Retribution Ability

Retributor Squad, Storm of Retribution Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Saint Celestine, Healing Tears Ability

Saint Celestine, Healing Tears Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Triumph of Saint Katherine, Solemn Procession Ability

Triumph of Saint Katherine, Solemn Procession Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Zephyrim Squad, Embodied Prophecy Ability

Zephyrim Squad, Embodied Prophecy Ability has been rewritten for this pack, so the old wording no longer applies. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Castigator, Exorcist, Immolator, Sororitas Rhino - Keywords section

This pack bolts an extra clause onto Castigator, Exorcist, Immolator, Sororitas Rhino - Keywords section — the rule does everything it did before, plus more. See the official pack PDF for the exact wording.

Ruling on a rules interaction in this army

The official pack gives a detailed answer — read it in the PDF.

Ruling on Saintly Example

Ruled yes in the official pack.

Ruling on Holy Piety

Ruled yes in the official pack.

Ruling on a rules interaction in this army

Ruled yes in the official pack.

Ruling on a rules interaction in this army

Ruled no in the official pack.

Ruling on Matriarchs

Ruled no in the official pack.

Ruling on Deeds

Ruled yes in the official pack.

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