Soulstorm/Battle Sister Squad

Battle Sister Squad Infantry
	Faction	Sisters of Battle	Health	290		Buy	Reinf.
	Tier	1	Morale	300		140	35
	Built by	Adepta Sororitas Conv.	Sight radius	25
	Armor	Infantry Heavy Medium	Detect radius	0		2
	Mass	18	Speed	16
			Model count	4/10	Build time	16	6
	Versatile squad that are the workhorse of the Sisters of Battle. Can be upgraded with Flamers and Heavy Bolters.						Data version: 1.2.0

The Battle Sister Squad is the basic ranged infantry of the Sisters of Battle in Dawn of War: Soulstorm.

Description

• Class: Heavy infantry
• Role: Versatile

Just like the Tactical Squad is the back bone of the Space Marines, the Battle Sisters serve as the main basic troops for the Sisters of Battle.

• Flamers have short range and moderate damage, but will quickly wreck enemy morale, making infantry very ineffective.
• Heavy bolters have long range and great damage against infantry, but cannot be fired while moving and require a short setup time to fire.

There are several global upgrades that apply to Battle Sister Squads.

Instead of the Space Marine's frag grenades, the battle Sisters use Phosphorous grenades which sets units ablaze and gradually wounds and decreases morale to any enemy squad affected by this. This goes along with the Sororitas' preference toward "purifying" flame and melta weaponry.

Battle Sister Squad

"All but the faithful shall perish"

The holy avengers of the Emperor's glory, Battle Sisters cause dread in the souls of sinners across the vast galaxy. Highly trained and adaptable to the changing conditions of the battlefield, the Battle Sisters have access to a broad range of weapon upgrades and are more than a match for any Infantry and Heavy Infantry units that dares stand against them.

Tactics

Battle Sister Squads are a vital part of any Sisters of Battle force at all levels. While not as strong as comparable infantry, Battle Sisters even the odds because they are perfect for using Acts of Faith. Additionally with Flamers and Phosphor Grenades Battle Sisters can quickly devastate enemy morale which stops enemy infantry from dealing much damage. To ensure that Battle Sisters' own morale does not break (thereby returning the advantage to the enemy), make use of the Seraphim Squad's Angelic Visage ability or if that is unavailable, Laud Hailers from base buildings.

In Tier 1 building a Pristine Sanctuary to access Flamers is essential because their Bolters are weak. Missionaries are the ideal accompaniment to a Battle Sisters squad, as they will no longer be able to be independently targeted and can provide healing with Lay Hands. Against melee units be sure to dance your Battle Sisters and break their morale before they can engage.

In Tier 2 the "Emperor's Touch" Act of Faith is key. This ability from the Missionary leader allows the whole squad of Battle Sisters to be used for early anti-vehicle attacks. Note that the squad also gains access to both Heavy Bolters and an increase in Heavy Weaponry. Generally you should have more squads with Flamers than Heavy Bolters, with no mixing in a squad due to the vastly different nature of the two weapons. While Heavy Bolters can be a good choice for a squad lacking an accompanying Missionary, as their reduced survivability requires them to be kept further from the battle. Battle Sisters, however, fully equipped with Flamers makes them the fastest means to instantly demoralize enemies. Bear this in mind because the Sisters of Battle specialize more in breaking and restoring morale in comparison to other races.

When engaging massed enemy units, a Battle Sister squad using Acts of Faith: Emperor's Touch may attack a little bit from behind allied units as Emperor's Touch itself has medium range. Use this to prevent that specific Battle Sister squad from being targeted by enemies and killing them before the Emperor's Touch pays off. You may also use this tactic with a Battle Sister squad upgraded with Heavy Bolters and use Sister Repentia squads with Divine Retribution to ensure their safety and all-out damage output.

In Tier 3 and beyond Battle Sisters become less important as Sister Repentia Squads and Immolators usurp their roles as front line infantry and morale breakers, respectively. They remain useful and by no means should be fazed out, but they cannot be relied on as the main body of your force like the more versatile Space Marine Squads can. While there will be more powerful Acts of Faith available, the Missionary still remains a powerful attachment to the squad.

Bug: if a heavy weapon upgrade is started and then Emperor's Touch is used on the squad before the weapon upgrade is complete, the added heavy weapon will be removed once the Emperor's Touch ability ends. This also permanently lowers the maximum number of heavy weapon upgrades. Using Emperor's Touch again will reset the counter and allow the heavy weapon to be added.

Base weapons

Battle Sisters are equipped with a Bolter and a Knife, making them balanced at range and weak at close combat.

Ranged attacks are good against Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Light Buildings (Listening Posts, turrets, standard generators, mine fields) and Medium Daemons at range ; but, due to weak Base Damage, they have an edge only on Imperial Guardsmen Lasguns and Eldar guns (Guardians'  Shuriken Platforms and Rangers' Long Rifles). A full members squad (10 units) rarely matches a full ennemy ranged squad.

Melee attacks are simply weak, being only stronger than Eldars (Guardians, Rangers, Dark Reapers), and so should be avoided.

	Bolter
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 6.2 7.6 6.9 6.2 6.9 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.0 3.0 5.5 3.0 3.0 5.5 3.0 2.4 4 10 13 2.5 With Leadership: 8.1 9.9 9.0 8.1 9.0 4.6 3.0 4.6 3.0 3.0 7.2 3.0 3.0 7.2 3.0 2.4 4 13 19 2.5 With Wargear: Psyocculum: 8.4 10.3 9.3 8.4 9.3 4.7 3.0 4.7 3.0 3.0 7.4 3.0 3.0 7.4 3.0 2.4 4 13.5 17.6 2.5 With Leadership + Wargear: Psyocculum: 10.9 13.3 12.1 10.9 12.1 6.1 3.0 6.1 3.0 3.0 9.7 3.0 3.0 9.7 3.0 2.4 4 17.6 22.8 2.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	None
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	60%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing
Notes	Wargear: Psyocculum increases the Bolter's range to 30.

	Knife
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 4.6 6.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 3.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 4.6 1.6 1.6 4.6 1.6 1.6 5 15 20 2.5 With Leadership: 6.0 8.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 4.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 6.0 1.6 1.6 6.0 1.6 1.6 5 19.5 26 2.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	None
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing

Upgrades

Squad and weaponry

These upgrades can be purchased from squad's menu. They remains until the beneficiary unit dies ; if so, the unit and/or the upgrade has to be purchased again.

Reinforcement

After a 6-seconds delay, adds a Battle Sister in the squad, at the cost of 35 / 0. Limited to 10 Sisters (not including eventually rattached unit nor Veteran Superior ; thus, the squad can be composed of 12 units at maximum). Shorcut : R.

Veteran Superior

Adds a Tiers 2 leader to the squad. Powerful melee unit on her own, upgraded (Inferno Pistol, Power Sword) or not (Bolt Pistol, Chainsword), she also permanently boosts her squad's Morale and damages through her innate, permanent and non-visible Leadership passive (used in weapon charts), until of course she dies.

	Veteran Superior			Hotkey: L
	Cost	60 / 10	Build Time	12 s
	Requirements	Ecclesiarchal Cathedral
	Effects	+100 Maximum Morale, +1 Morale Regeneration. Increases the squad's weapon damage by 30%.

Bolt Pistol, Inferno Pistol, Chainsword and Power sword values are missing

Flamer

Exchange a Sister's Bolter for a Flamer, making her attacks have an AoE and boosted Morale damage. The main goal is to break ennemy's Morale, which makes him loose a huge 80% of his accuracy ; otherwise, damages are rather similar to standard Bolter, but with an AoE. Squad can only have 3 special weapons, including whatever combination of Flamers AND Heavy Bolters. Limit can be increased to 5 with Heavy Weapons Upgrade research.

	Flamer				Hotkey: F
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 11.5 16.1 11.5 13.8 10.4 6.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 8.1 4.6 2.0 6.9 2.0 12 12 10 13 1 With Leadership: 15.0 20.9 15.0 17.9 13.5 9.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 10.5 6.0 2.0 9.0 2.0 12 12 13 16.9 1 With Wargear: Psyocculum: 15.5 21.7 15.5 18.6 14.0 9.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 10.9 6.2 2.0 9.3 2.0 12 12 13.5 17.6 1 With Leadership + Wargear: Psyocculum: 20.2 28.3 20.2 24.2 18.3 12.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 14.2 8.1 2.0 12.1 2.0 12 12 17.6 22.8 1
Cost	30 / 10	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	12 s	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	Range 10 in a 20 degree arc	Requires	Pristine Sanctuary
Notes	Reduces the target's health by 1 every second for 8 s (does not stack) and have 70% accuracy on the move.

Heavy Bolter

Exchange a Sister's Bolter for a Tiers 2 Heavy Bolter, greatly increasing her range and damages, but forcing her to stand still in order to use it. Squad can only have 3 special weapons, including whatever combination of Heavy Bolter AND Flamers. Limit can be increased to 5 with Heavy Weapons Upgrade research.

	Heavy Bolter				Hotkey: H
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 30.9 30.9 30.9 27.8 24.8 12.4 6.2 3.8 3.8 6.2 12.4 6.2 3.8 24.8 3.8 9.4 10 31 35 2 With Leadership: 40.2 40.2 40.2 36.1 32.2 16.1 8.1 3.8 3.8 8.1 16.1 8.1 3.8 32.2 3.8 9.4 10 40.3 45.5 2 With Wargear: Psyocculum: 41.7 41.7 41.7 37.5 33.5 16.7 8.4 3.8 3.8 8.4 16.7 8.4 3.8 33.5 3.8 9.4 10 41.9 47.3 2 With Leadership + Wargear: Psyocculum: 54.2 54.2 54.2 48.8 43.5 21.8 10.9 3.8 3.8 10.9 21.8 10.9 3.8 43.5 3.8 9.4 10 54.4 61.4 2
Cost	35 / 10	Range	35	Setup Time	2 s
Build Time	12 s	Accuracy	75%	Refire Rate	0.4 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Pristine Sanctuary and Ecclesiarchal Cathedral

Researches

Once these upgrades have been purchased from research buildings, they are definitively acquired and applies to all units who can benefit from it.

Heavy Weapon Increase

	Heavy Weapon Increase			Hotkey: D
	Cost	75 / 75	Research Time	20 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary
	Requires	Ecclesiarchal Cathedral
Effects	Increases the maximum number of weapon upgrades from 3 to 5 for Battle Sisters.

Wargear: Blessed Ammunition

	Wargear: Blessed Ammunition			Hotkey: B
	Cost	100 / 75	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Reduces the damage reduction from cover enemy units receive by 50% when attacking with the Bolt Pistols, Bolters, and Heavy Bolters used by the Missionary, Battle Sister Squad, Veteran Superior4, Seraphim Squad, Seraphim Veteran Superior, Celestian Squad, Celestian Veteran Superior, Canoness, Confessor, and Rhino Transport.

Wargear: Blessed Armor

	Wargear: Blessed Armor			Hotkey: C
	Cost	100 / 50	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary
	Requires	Ecclesiarchal Cathedral
Effects	Provides a 25% health bonus to Battle Sisters (363 HP), Seraphim (438 HP), Celestians (538 HP), and Sisters Repentia (875 HP). Provides a 25% health bonus to Veteran Superiors (625 HP), Seraphim Veteran Superiors (688 HP), Imagifers (875 HP), and Mistresses (1063 HP). Doubles the hitpoints of the Missionary to 1400.

Wargear: Chaplet Ecclesiasticus

	Wargear: Chaplet Ecclesiasticus			Hotkey: H
	Cost	125 / 50	Research Time	35 s
	Researched From	Holy Reliquary
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Increases the maximum morale of the Missionary, Battle Sister Squad, Celestian Squad, Seraphim Squad, and Sister Repentia Squad by 100. Increases the global Faith production rate by 15%.

Heart of Worship Research

(Evolution of the previous upgrade)

	Heart of Worship Research			Hotkey: H
	Cost	165 / 75	Research Time	35 s
	Researched From	Holy Reliquary
	Requires	Shrine of the Living Saint, Wargear: Chaplet Ecclesiasticus
Effects	Increases the maximum morale of the Missionary, Battle Sister Squad, Celestian Squad, Seraphim Squad, and Sister Repentia Squad by a further 100 (200 total). Increases the global Faith production rate by a further 20% (38% total).

Wargear: Inferno Pistol

(Only for Superior Veteran)

	Wargear: Inferno Pistol			Hotkey: I
	Cost	50 / 30	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Replaces the Bolt Pistol of the Canoness, Confessor, Veteran Superior, Seraphim Veteran Superior, and Celestian Veteran Superior with an Inferno Pistol.

Wargear: Phosphor Grenades

	Wargear: Phosphor Grenades			Hotkey: G
	Cost	25 / 75	Research Time	35 s
	Researched From	Adepta Sororitas Convent
	Requires	Pristine Sanctuary
Effects	Allows Battle Sister Squads to use Phosphor Grenades.

Wargear: Power Weapons

(Only for Superior Veteran)

	Wargear: Power Weapons			Hotkey: P
	Cost	50 / 20	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Replaces the Chainsword of the Veteran Superior, Seraphim Veteran Superior, and Celestian Veteran Superior and with a Power Sword. Replaces the Canoness's Power Sword with the Brazier of Holy Fire.

Wargear: Master-Crafted Weapons

(Evolution of the previous upgrade, only for Superior Veteran)

	Wargear: Master-Crafted Weapons			Hotkey: P
[1]	Cost	50 / 20	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary,
	Requires	Ecclesiarchal Cathedral, Wargear: Power Weapons
Effects	Doubles the damage of the Veteran Superior's, Seraphim Veteran Superior's, and Celestian Veteran Superior's Power Sword. Increases the damage of the Canoness's Brazier of Holy Fire and Confessor's Mace of Dimmamar by 20%.

Wargear: Psyocculum

	Wargear: Psyocculum			Hotkey: Y
	Cost	150 / 50	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary
	Requires	Ecclesiarchal Citadel
Effects	Increases the damage of Battle Sister's Bolters and Flamers by 35%. Increases the range of the Battle Sister Squad's Bolters by 20%. Increases the range of the Celestian Squad's Bolters by 20%. Increases the damage of Battle Sister's Heavy Bolters by 20%. Increases the damage of Seraphim Dual Bolt Pistols by 50%. Doubles the damage of the Missionary's Bolt Pistol. Increases the range of the Missionary's Bolt Pistol by 20%.

Abilities

Phosphor Grenades

	Phosphor Grenades			Hotkey: G
[2]	Requires	Wargear: Phosphor Grenades
	Target Types	Any enemy Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Commanders, and Daemons
	Range	25
	Area of effect	6	Cooldown time	75 s
Effects	Does mild knockback (15-20 force). Units hit by the grenade are set ablaze and suffer 9 points of physical damage and 5 points of morale damage every second for 7 seconds.
Damage Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High Morale Min Max Min.D 18-22.5 18-22.5 18-22.5 18-22.5 20-25 20-25 - - - - - - - 20-25 20-25 25 20 25 1

Attachment

Battle Sisters Squads can be joined by a Missonary, the Canonness or the Confessor.

Missionary

Missionary provides stealth detection and a moderate melee fighter to Battle Sister Squad. His main interests are his abilities, which all applies on the entire squad he's rattached to : he can heal the squad with Lay Hands on Tiers 1, greatly boost entire squad firepower with Emperor's Touch Bolter on Tiers 2, and making squad immune to damage and even retaliate damages on Tiers 3 ; assuming the player has enough Faith and Holy Icons to do so.

Lay Hands

	Act of Faith: Lay Hands			Hotkey: H
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Self
	Range	None
	Area of effect	Entire squad	Cooldown time	90 s
	Cost	15 Faith Points
Effects	Increases the health regeneration of the squad by 20 for 20 s.

Emperor's Touch

	Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch			Hotkey: P
	Requires	Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch Research
	Target Types	Self
	Range	None
	Area of effect	Entire squad	Cooldown time	180 s
	Cost	50 Faith Points
Effects	Grants the Emperor's Touch Bolter to the Missionary and his attached squad for 20 s. When active it is the only ranged weapon that fires and temporarily overrides the other ranged weapons of the Missionary and the attached squad.

	Emperor's Touch Bolter
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 21.9 21.9 21.9 21.9 17.5 17.5 21.9 19.7 15.3 21.9 17.5 13.1 8.9 21.9 17.5 5.0 8.0 30 40 2 With Leadership: 28.4 28.4 28.4 28.4 22.8 22.8 28.4 25.6 19.9 28.4 22.8 17.1 11.4 28.4 22.8 5.0 8.0 39 52 2
Cost	See Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch	Range	40	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	See Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	0.8 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Activated Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch
Notes	This weapon has 50% accuracy when firing while moving

Divine Retribution

	Divine Retribution			Hotkey: D
[3]	Requires	Act of Faith: Divine Retribution Research
	Target Types	Self
	Range	None
	Area of effect	Entire squad	Cooldown time	180 s
	Cost	70 Faith Points
Effects	Causes 25 retaliation damage in the form of brimstone raining down on any unit that damages the Missionary or his attached squad. Lasts for 15 s.

Canonness

Canonnes adds a great melee fighter, a Morale boost and a Morale regeneration boost to the squad. Her two Acts of Faith (Purifying Light and Ascension) does not appply to the squad, unlike the Missionary ones.

Confessor

Confessor gives a very powerful melee fighter, a stealth detection and a slight 15% speed boost (not limited to the squad, but in a radius 15 from Confessor) to the squad. His two Acts of Faith (Emperor's Wrath and Holy Edict) are direct attacks against ennemies, thus don't apply to the squad, unlike the Missionary ones.

Additional links

Source : http://web.archive.org/web/20100810083900/http://wiki.reliccommunity.com/index.php?title=Battle_Sister_Squad