Advice against Sisters

[nidnewbie]

This may belong in the vs. Section but I wasn't confident it would be seen there. A friend and fellow newbie wants to play his Sisters of Battle army against my swarm. I have never seen this army live and have little idea what to expect. After some research my take aways are they got a lot of GW love and they have all kinds of stacking bonuses. I can't determine specific strengths or weaknesses. Are they slow? Can they lay down a ton of long range fire power? What should I attempt or avoid in a list against them?

Cheers!

[infornography]

Their primary weakness I am aware of is T3.

I haven't tested it, but I suspect devilgaunts would do well even with their strong saves. Wounding on 3+ is pretty good.

Otherwise, from my understanding this is an uphill battle for nids. They got a solid 9th ed codex and we have ... a mediocre 8th one.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Depends upon what he's running. If he's running massed battle sisters then devil gaunts or massed multidamage are indeed your friends. If he's running the new melee threats, then something with AP.

[azarea18]

There is a sister's player here that I've played a couple times recently. If using order of the sacred rose, then they are punishing in combat. If not then they aren't too bad to deal with. Good shooting, but that T3 on all of them hurts them a lot. Isn't hard for me to consistently shoot them away. Especially if using hive guard or exocrines to wound on 2+.

[GauntZilla]

I recently played against sisters with a Jormungandr force that included 30 dev Gants in reserve with Raveners and a Neurothrope with the Lurking Maw power. Full rerolls to hit and reroll ones to wound on 3+ will really devastate their infantry. You can use the shoot twice strat to finish the job if necessary or target a second unit with less efficiency.