In this post I'll talk about how I recommend to build the Kill Team: Novitiate box.
DISCLAIMER: This is a work in progress, it was written after 10 games of the new edition and will be re written once I have 50 (but I don't think it will change a ton. )
Novitiate Kill Team Build Guide
This Kill Team can be very complex and offers multiple ways to build a team for both the game of Kill Team and 40k. I’ll layout the current thinking of how to build for each game and how to use the parts you get in the Kill Team : Novitiate kit to do so. This is posted at the time for edition 3 of Kill Team and 40k (10th edition.)
This build guide is coming out one week after release, so I’ll do my best to set y'all up for success with 10 games with the team this is my current assessment, I will also be we writing this guide after 50 games with the team.
Kill Team roster
The current go to roster for the game is in a bit of contention as technically one would like to build 13 different models to fill out all popular ways to run the team. Each roster has its own niche and if you want the ins and outs of when to pick what and why, take a look at the Sisters of Battle Discord Kill Team channel.
With that out of the way, let me list the roster. This list is very competitive and a great place for a new player to start for any kind of Kill Team game. The list below is in order of importance for how the team will function on the tabletop.
1- Sister Superior with plasma pistol and power weapon
2- Novitiate with a flamer (Purgatus)
3- Novitiate with a flamer (Purgatus)
4- Novitiate with scepter and auto pistol (Dialogus)
5- Novitiate with a banner and auto pistol (Reliquarius)
6- Novitiate with a rod and bold thrower (Condemnor)
7- Novitiate with two whips (Exactor)
8- Novitiate with an eviscerator (Penitent)
9- Novitiate with twohanded mace (Preceptor)
10- Novitiate with a cup and bolt pistol (Pronatus)
The first 8 entries in this list are broadly considered auto takes, the last two are situational picks, but incredibly common and the best general roster for Kill Team if you had to pick just 10 units to build.
The next unit to build is the Duelist, the Duelist, Preceptor and Pronatus are all situational picks and will constantly be changed out
Duelist is great into elites and some melee teams
Preceptor can provide crits and faith points
Pronatus is great to get mission actions do and generate faithpoints
Any of these three can be the correct way to run the team, so consider finding an 11th body and getting them all done.
Learn more about optional choices on the Sisters of Battle discord here
Kill Team Build guide
First: PROXY PROXY PROXY, look at the list above, if you have 2,000 points of sisters just match the load outs best you can, and you too can be playing with Novitiates without ever having to paint a new model. Battle Sisters, Canoness, Repenta, superiors all get run in events held by games workshop as proxies for this Kill Team. What a great way to try a new game! Maybe you’ll love it.
Alright let’s look at the Novitiate box. The Kill Team : Novitiate box comes with 9 regular Novitiate bodies and so many weapon options you can quickly lose count. Also, the team depicted in the box’s build instructions is not competitive and missed out on some of the coolest things the team can do.
Let’s start building: I’ll be using the assembly document as reference, you can find a digital version here ( “Kill Team Chalnath Adepta Sororitas Novitiates.pdf”). The list below is ordered by how the instructions are printed, so just follow it step by step and you should get a great Kill Team ready to burn some heretics.
1 Sister superior, ensure we do 1.b and pair it with the A10 plasma pistol option. Then choose the best hat…. I’ll let you decide.
2 Penitent 2.d no changes to build instructions
3 Condemnor we will use 3.a as our base for our condemner, this is a very simple build option that takes no greenstuff. Build 3.a then take sprew parts B20, B21, B22 and place them on for an easy arm swap
4 Reliquarius 4.c no changes to build instructions (also consider using the flag bit A71+70 I think it looks better and is more fun to paint)
5 Exactor 5.d no changes to build instructions
6 Preceptor 6.d no changes to build instructions
7 Dialogus 7.d no changes to build instructions
8 Pronatus a simple arm swap will get you where you need to go, build 23.a then take sprew parts C68,D28, D27, D26 and use them as arms for you model, be sure to assemble D28-26 before gluing them to the model.
9 our first Purgatis 9 .d no changes to build instructions
10 10.e our second Purgatis no changes to build instructions
40k unit roster
Currently Novitiates squads in 40k are fielded as a 10-person unit and
It is also worth noting that at the time of writing most players consider this unit to be one of the weakest
So the roster looks something like this
1 leader with power weapon and plasma
2 Novitiate with a banner (flag)
3 Novitiate with a simulacrum (tiny box on a stick)
4 Novitiate with a ministorum flamer
5 Novitiate with a ministorum flamer
6 Novitiate with a auto pistol and melee weapon
7 Novitiate with a auto pistol and melee weapon
8 Novitiate with a auto pistol and melee weapon
9 Novitiate with a auto pistol and melee weapon
10 Novitiate with a auto pistol and melee weapon