NEW Adepta Sororitas vs Genestealer Cult Pariah Nexus battle.

In our first Pariah Nexus battle the Adepta Sororitas look to stop a Genestealer Cult uprising. Nick plays the Outlander Claw detachment and brings a load of bikes and explosives! Tak is playing Adepta Sororitas for the very first time and is putting the Army of Faith detachment to the test. How will our generals fare having to play new detachments and datasheets for the first time? Lists are in this description below!
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Special thanks to Matthew Beavis for lending us his beautiful Adepta Sororitas army. Special thanks to Games Workshop for providing us early access to Pariah Nexus and the Adepta Sororitas and Genestealer Cult codices.
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ADEPTA SORORITAS Army of Faith Detachment
Canoness w/ Litanies of Faith
Canoness with Jump Pack w/ Blade of Saint Ellynor
Imagifier w/ Divine Aspect
Dialogus
Morvenn Vahl
Triumph of Saint Katherine
Battle Sisters Squad
Immolator
Sororitas Rhino
Arco-Flagellants
Arco-Flagellants
Castigator
Dominion Squad
Exorcist
Paragon Warsuits
Penitent Engine
Penitent Engine
Penitent Engine
Repentia Squad
Repentia Squad
Retributor Squad
Seraphim Squad
Zephrym Squad
GENESTEALER CULT Outlander Claw Detachment
Abominant
Acolyte Iconward
Jackal Alphus
Benefictus
Reductus Saboteur
Sanctus
Acolyte Hybrids
Acolyte Hybrids
Neophyte Hybrids
Neophyte Hybrids
Goliath Truck
Aberrants
Achilles Ridgerunner
Achilles Ridgerunner
Achilles Ridgerunner
Atalan Jackals
Atalan Jackals
Atalan Jackals
Goliath Rockgrinder
Hybrid Metamorphs
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[@Beavy]

So glad to see my models wielded with such confidence, long may they perform miracles in the eyes of the world and with the Emperor in their hearts!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you so much for lending them to us. They are so beautiful.

[@damienmartin9579]

These are super well painted wow

[@jwalk0094]

​@@PlayOnTabletop You guys keep playing attacker / defender wrong. When rolling off for attacker / defender, whoever rolls highest is automatically the attacker. It's in the core rules.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Hi @jwalk0094 there are subtle differences between the Chapter Approved missions and the Core Rule book and this is one of them. In this case if you are using the Pariah Nexus or Leviathan Chapter Approved missions the winner of the roll chooses to be Attacker or Defender.

[@damienmartin9579]

@@jwalk0094 Leviathan mission rules allow the winner to choose attacker and defender, the defender deploys the first unit.

[@Maximumoverbite]

Nick is such a great spokesperson for the game. His enthusiasm for every single game is so contagious! Always love a 40k player who just loves getting to play a game with someone.

[@mikek6298]

GW should absolutely be paying the man for how well he sells their game

[@fftraveler7719]

I think Tak found a new favorite army maybe cause man from seeing him play defensive and ractionionary to being full on aggressive was cool to see loved it

[@PlayOnTabletop]

It was certainly different but at the same time a bit familiar having played Stormlance and White Scars a lot recently. I was surprised at how effective the aggression could be. It is only one game and not sure all games will call for that level of aggression and I am keen to play more and try it against other factions.

[@fftraveler7719]

@@PlayOnTabletop that’s one of the things I liked about the sisters are battle when I used to play they were very adaptable. You can make them melee heavy or shooting heavy. But I will say watching the games you guys do has made me slowly come back into the hobby

[@Engitainment]

That was one heck of a showing from Tak, especially playing an unfamiliar army against Nick's well-established Genestealer menace. Good game to both players!

[@Luciusthestorms]

kinda shows how much better the sisters are and more forgiving to new players

[@asianlator]

@@Luciusthestorms I thought people said sisters was one of the more difficult armies before the codex. I do think basically all their datasheets getting buffed and playing with the same points costs makes them very OP though.

[@jbagger331]

Nick: I thought this plan was generations in the making, I think this plan was half-cocked at best. Brilliant.

[@Delphineas]

A bit surprised Steve wasn't playing the NEW Salamanders detachment this game...Argent Shroud is back baby!

[@theblackantonio]

I think Army of Faith might be strongest detachment if fielding MV and Triumph

[@get2burning]

Love Nicks enthusiasm even though he got a lot of 1s there. What a good opponent!

[@stotgunvsface5092]

The dice be like that sometimes. My first game had a ridiculous moment in it that had me and the store owner laughing. I rolled a six on a repulsors deadly demise. I proceeded to roll poorly for the blade guards inside, losing 4 of the six. I then lost a good chunk of a nearby aggressor squad and took 6 wounds to a balistus dreadnought. The store owner apologized profusely as this was my first time playing 40K and it was trial by fire.I lost badly, but I had fun learning how to play. Sometime the number of 1s rolled makes you wonder what god you pissed off or if tzeentch is having a laugh with you.

[@williamshepard9795]

I'm so excited to see the Sisters on 40k40m. Hoping for more in the future!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

There definitely will be more

[@xxalsinusxx2038]

This was a rough one haha. Congrats to Sisters for the amazing codex. GSC, see you in 11th, you will be missed. RIP.

[@eo8240]

Nah i don't think GSC are down and out yet. There are probably big points changes for both Sisters and GSC, these pre codex/MFM games are the best indicator. GSC have also been playing around an index focusing on about 3 units for the last year, it'll take time to adjust. Sisters have a much more pick up and play friendly codex atm, especially at current points values.

[@xxalsinusxx2038]

@@eo8240 Sisters have a ton of power in their codex, so even with points adjustments, they're going to be a strong army that does well the rest of the edition save for insane points hikes. GSC on the other hand has been reduced to a non- interactive army. They have no ability to meaningfully kill anything your opponent has outside of a single Alpha Strike costing hundreds of points and multiple CP. GSC is going to have to get so cheap to field enough bodies to squeeze out a win they're going to be by far the most expensive army in the game by a landslide and that is a massive failure on GWs part, even if they end up with a decent win rate. Points can never fix bad rules. Just look at how AdMec and Tyranids have been since their codex releases. No amount of points drops have helped those armies because their rules are that unusable and bad. GSC will be "okay" eventually, but at a cost that isn't worth it for an already super unpopular faction. That's just reality. I feel bad for anyone that's going to play them in the next year and especially for any new players.

[@Natizkewl]

Loved the Babymetal references. Makes me want to convert 3 of my sisters to followers of the fox emperor.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

That would be amazing to see!

[@GeorgioSubs]

Super impressed with Tak's play here especially considering its his first time with the sisters. GG to both players. I'm liking the pariah missions so far too.

[@ovan2190]

This was awsome, I could feel the pressure each time nick couldn't get that causal roll. I think Tak needs to play sisters more, he did awesome with them

[@z3aicogaming]

Someone a Babymetal fan naming them Suu Moa and Momo....heck didn't even notice the t-shirt Tak was wearing till after the reference XD

[@kringshot]

JT with the PA PA YA in the commentary as well lol

[@BenrSuri]

lol I’ve been trying to figure out the band name of his shirt thanks.

[@keldor8302]

I feel like GW did GSC dirty overall with this codex. What they got vs what was nerfed or taken away. It just doesn't feel like enough, imo. It seems like the balance team is seeing how the Index army is playing. And deciding whether to nerf it based solely on that. And then being scared to be good elsewhere due to little or no testing.

[@ZiggyGWDev]

I think it's just not a good matchup. Like all of SOB's strengths just play into GSC so well.

[@JakeBuilds]

GSC was written by the team that put out: Admech Custodies Tyranids.

[@keldor8302]

@@ZiggyGWDev from what I read. They played this with index points. As none of these channels got the points changes. As they didn't get the actual codex for gsc. Just a pdf file for the datasets and major rule/detachment changes. But SoB had their points changes.

[@Turai12]

​@@keldor8302 wait, sisters haven't gotten their point changes yet?

[@keldor8302]

@Turai12 most of the KZbin channels got the sisters codex for their games. Which included points changes. But the GSC codex didn't make it out to the channels. That was sent as a pdf file with rules and datasheets. So you have sisters being played at release points. While gsc being played with release rules but index points. Gsc needs massive points decrease to be viable with these severely nerfed rules and datasheets.

[@bvshmaster6990]

Castigate means to be scolded basically. As usual the soundtrack is on point.

[@ryangale3757]

I have a feeling they were confusing 'castigate' with 'castrate' there lol

[@nathanwtc742]

Tac is a genius. The way he gets to grips with a brand new army and just slaughters Nick's army is awesome, and let's not forget Nick is no slouch. Great fun. Nick, as always, is great fun, even in defeat. The consumate good sport. Deciding where to put your reinforcement blips is really tough. It can be an absolute nightmare vs fast armies. Aldari / Drukari Jetbikes would be terrifying!

[@kevinmanzano7209]

Finally! So glad to see Sisters of Battle in here, I hope we get to see them more often!

[@MantaGT]

More sisters on PlayOn, please!

[@laughingman4570]

Great vid as always. I liked the mini breakdown of the secondaries 👍

[@paulgardner9998]

Completely new to 40k and the format, people and production of your show is amazing. It has completely ignited my interest in playing the game. Just bought my first codex after 3 months of watching! Go sisters of battle!

[@benjaminott915]

Love the episode! Great job both players. Props to nick for staying positive throughout a brutal battle!

[@lassemelson5668]

props to all the shoutouts to babymetal :P

[@boolean6532]

Tabled in 3 turns. I can't believe I've been buying and painting up a GSC army for 6 months and this is the codex we are being given.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

This is one game, and also Nick's first game with a brand new detachment. We feel the book is still fun and you will see Nick come back with more Genestealer Cult games in the future.

[@90jwing]

LOTS of impactful nerfs, but if we catch some point cost reductions you could end up with a horde of cultists and multiple interesting detachments to play them! ...If our points stay the same we're in trouble 😂

[@boolean6532]

@@PlayOnTabletop I'm trying my best not to over react over one battle report, it just seemed to confirm my suspicions after reading the codex that we just don't do enough damage now. I have no doubt the army is still fun, but fun only gets you so far when you're losing almost every match (see custodes). Its also entirely possible that with point reductions the army becomes viable again, but that makes this already expensive to collect army even worse. I fell in love with the armies style of jumping out from anywhere and doing damage before slinking away, now we just seem like a glass cannon horde without the cannon :(

[@petec9467]

@@PlayOnTabletop 5 reports were released that I can see from yesterday, 4 were GsC vs SoB and 1 GsC vs Drukhari, GsC lost all 5. There are a combination of factors in play; we don't have the points, the SoB codex is being suggested to be one of the strongest codexes released so far in 10th whereas GsC is definitely on the lower end of the scale. GsC are also one of the least pick-up-and-play armies in 40K.

[@fendelphi]

With the nerfs to battleline units coming back(no more bonus to the roll), I really think GSC should get to deploy those "returning" units in their own reserves phase, rather than having to do so at the end of the opponent's movement phase. They do not need to be able to shoot or charge on that turn. Just having a bit more control of them coming back would be nice. There are just too many factors that can result in no units returning(It is overall more difficult to get units to return, and the opponent can move units to deny the markers). And even if they do return, they will probably be shot or charged before they get to act anyway. And overall, they got a nerf to dealing damage as well. Just seems like there is little point in using them now. You rely heavily on luck to get your army mechanic to work in your favour, and you are paying for it with very vulnerable units with sub-par damage output. The only way they could be balanced, would be massive point cost reduction, but that just makes the army that much harder to collect, and you still rely on luck a lot(you just add more units to make up for bad rolls).

[@PolymerPerson]

Always love hearing tak's commentary, mechanicus or sororitas he always goes so in depth with his commentary and gameplay

[@jonathanellis5811]

Really love the new Pariah Nexus-themed UI. You guys are awesome, as always.

[@5fenris570]

Paintscheme from Battles sisters looks amazing

[@jennyenjensmuller7186]

Really great play by SororiTak. Very impressive ❤💪🔥

[@wipleywopley]

Double 1s on a demo charge roll. A GSC -classic-.

[@Cry4Tanelorn]

OOF! Very good game by Tak. Great sportsmanship from Nick

[@AncientIrishCelt]

You missed out on calling them Sisters of Tackle.

[@AmberQuen]

This new codex and rules have literally stopped me from switching to a different army. I was not having fun playing Sisters my last couple of games, but this has truly reinvigorated my want to play them. Can't wait for the codex to come out!

[@eo8240]

The sisters codex looks like a lot of fun. I've had the same feeling GSC one too, looking forward to my mad max convoy. Had put them away for a bit but now im keen to start playing them again.

[@Happy_Free_Time]

Nice to see some new interesting armies. It was a real good watch. Thanks for the awesome content!

[@waldmeister0815]

Sisters are a very strong counter to Genestealers. A lot of S4 weapons against T3 plus good flamers on overwatch plus several 12" movement units who can hunt those respawn markers. This is a very deadly combination.

[@vikkiwax4992]

Awesome new format and I love the new rules! Was a super fun watch!

[@DiabeticOgre]

I love watching these games, especially this one since I just started sisters

[@savethezombies]

You're not the only one Tak. I'm even kitbashing some Arco Flatulents from some plaguemonks and other bits.

[@docpearson117]

Those Paragon warsuits look so cool! Really good battle also, always love seeing Nick and Tak!

[@BrokenKrayon]

That dominions/palanite/immolator/rhino scout and leapfrog tactic has very much been noted and will be implementing immediately

[@d_ruggs]

i love nicks ridge runners. the cotton smoke looks soo good.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you!

[@ikebowers]

add a 3 frame audio crossfade between all your audio cuts in the timeline and that will clean up all these audio pops! Great video!!

[@shadeling6717]

really happy to see the girls being played. Hopefully we'll see more as they do the other detachments.

[@SamusSelf-Destruct]

Been so excited for this Sisters codex, and I am absolutely loving what I saw in this game.

[@chaozboy9482]

your new sound for phases made me think my computer has microfreezes for a moment

[@Astartesparty]

Tak has to play more games , always a hoot to see him having fun 🎉

[@Luzo14]

loved the video, though i am extremely surprised that nick didn't use his Alphus more, or that he only had one of them. They are extremely good in vehicle heavy armies, since they are, more or less, the only way for vehicles to get any sort of consistent rerolls. Also didn't hear much about the additional ap that comes from ridgrunners hitting a target, aside from once(?) but that might have been taken to account off camera. Still, great show from both, hope to see more of both of these armies exploring the new detachments!

[@consiglieridopchie]

As a sisters player, not auto--blowing up the immolator hurt me just a tiny bit inside. Absolutely loved everything about this video. These beautiful Sisters deserve all the screentime they can get!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Would have been fun to do but that stratagem is in a different detachment

[@rolhnschmidt8780]

That is one of the main weaknesses for GSC, their reinforcement blips, if you can get within range and remove them you pretty much killed them off for good.

[@squashiejoshie200000]

Love it! Just sad Tac wasn't "SororiTac" for this battle.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Hahaha. SororiTak - might have to borrow that for the future

[@Black_Blow_Fly]

Tak is back again (Nick missing his fish) 😁😁😁

[@stevolam182]

I just ordered 10 of those wound trackers Tak uses. They look seriously helpful and really cool.

[@sixko3573]

Where did you find them? they look very useful indeed!

[@Krasiph]

Love seeing the new missions, deployments, and updates to secondary objectives.

[@whynotusepaper468]

Amazing game! Amazing editing! A joy to watch!

[@facelift.]

Am I crazy or are the names of the Paragon Warsuits a Babymetal reference? Su, Moa, and Momo

[@damienmartin9579]

Bevy named them like that for the reference, I think they are part of the Sisters of Rock army

[@shadeling6717]

@@damienmartin9579 RA TA TA TA TA from the intro is also a new song from Baby Metal and Electric Callboy.

[@Viperess77]

God the Sororitas are so insanely badass AND kick ass on the tabletop

[@codywinig9894]

!Frontline gaming! You forgot secondhand minies. I have build my space marine Air Force through them then need the love 💟

[@cruzrazo9045]

great seeing tak dominate hope he love playing sisters and he plays them more.

[@dragonblood7575]

I don't know about everyone else, but I would love to see some Alpha legion! There aren't very many battle reports, let alone the energy Play On style!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

If we could we would play all the factions! Alas, we have a smaller collection of armies to access than many think we do. One day hopefully we will get Alpha Legion on!

[@sebastianeraso108]

Tak is definately a top player in youtube community

[@Anubarak313]

25:23 ha Babymetal paragons. picking up many references throughout now that i listen closer

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Papaya!

[@kirbyball97]

Sadly I think sisters are going to end up being the new problem army. Cheapish units with insane datasheets, abilities, good army rule, excellent detachments. This was an awesome game, but it kind of confirmed a little bit of my concern. Codex creep is gonna be hell this edition.

[@baldingatheist7555]

That couldn't have been harder to watch if Tak gave Nick a pants down spanking in the supermarket and I'm here for it

[@davidaward82]

Castigate: To issue a severe reprimand. basically, you get TOLD.

[@SuperFearlessleader]

Great battle. Love seeing Sisters on the table. Not a huge fan of the new glitch sound effects though.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Noted! We are experimenting with what Season: Nexus will look, and sound, like and it is good to get this kind of feedback

[@brotherhoodofsteel4751]

Always love seeing the sisters take the field.

[@archonofcommorragh1221]

Damn. These sisters decimated the genestealers. They looked gorgeous too.

[@dennisbatye1932]

Lore accurate.

[@dennisbatye1932]

The sisters specialize in crushing rebellions and killing T’au successions, chaos cults, and gean stealer uprisings. So lore wise thier best matchups are. Gaurd, GSC, cultist heavy CSM, and none farsighted enclaves T’au. And occasionally they kill heretical Groups of admech but the martians like to take care of thier own dirty laundry.

[@dennisbatye1932]

It’s why I’m lore they don’t use a lot of lasecannons and other anti tank weapons besides melta’s. Because their doctrine is built around crushing armed populations in open rebellion. So they don’t plan for haveing to deal with heavy armor. It doesn’t help that lore wise if the sisters most of the time are deployed along side contingents of either Astra militarum or will take control of the local PDF who are supposed to provide those anti heavy armorments.

[@archonofcommorragh1221]

@@dennisbatye1932 I mean yeah. If I was the local PDF Commander and an angry Canoness glowing in holy light with a double heavy flamethrower demanded I hand over control, I would.

[@MackJigger-vc9og]

I‘m not a fan of the new rules& GW‘s new policies… but your games are always awesome🔥 keep on playing guys. For the emporer & Russ🐺

[@stevefelten1197]

I really like the new dexes.

[@SoulCrusherEx]

Amazing game. Wow can't wait to see more of the new Codizes!

[@Nhouyengah]

Sisters were pretty good before codex now they seem so much more coherent :o, kinda nuts the board presence that was gained on first turn

[@gregoryshinn9805]

Thanks for the video

[@dororo101]

I like how tac is painting in like 1/2 the videos I’ve seen with him lol.

[@mikoajkosowski1750]

Not gonna lie, loved all of the Babymetal references in the video.

[@TheJase8566]

Nick got served!

[@stevebarnett-f5o]

New Sisters patrol ordered, hope I can get near the painting shown on the models here.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Have fun with them!

[@joshuasmith5472]

What a game!!! The new sisters book is looking awesome!!! Would be a fun army to play!

[@BluhdRaven0nS]

Welcome Sister Tak.

[@TsarLuna]

Hell yeah Tac is back, TacBack!

[@_AJH_]

Fantastic game and beautifully painted

[@VikingGrazers]

Man I'd love an insurgent Guard army that could feature the Atalan Jackal bikes, quads and ridge runners

[@robertzeni5225]

Let's go Tak! Sisters for the win. Burn those Xenos!

[@rawrsince718]

So many Play On Tabletop videos in a week!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Yes! We had a schedule. Then we found out about Pariah Nexus and had to throw our schedule out the window and expedite all our plans.

[@VatisInsania]

"40k in 40min: nexus" is a great name for the season!

[@strategygame40k179]

Need more sisters battle on tabletop!!

[@ericsmith9212]

Second game I have seen today with these two armies. Not impressed with the GSC , but Sisters look really good!

[@jeandemezerville1469]

Matthew Beavis is the best!

[@TheBepis]

Appreciate the Babymetal references, would be dope background music too

[@laurencepenfold]

Wow! Lucky Nick didn't get frostbite from those cold dice

[@Reaper62109]

I love the paint job on those sisters

[@Dee068]

"its not over" sisters exterminartousing the world after for mutation

[@SunriseMidnight]

Tak finally found an army that helps his horrible rolls!!! Is he unstoppable now?!

[@ThisIsYourGodNow]

you guys always pick such good music

[@mowaiken2002101]

this game is just sweet for sisters players

[@jasontucker4833]

Tak, i was worried for u for a min. Was going to yell (someone call bricky)

[@m31-p9s]

New here, really prefer this format to 3-4 hour breps 👍 But man! New sisters are brutal

[@emmanueldimacali6625]

Hope to see new combat patrol matches since GW has released updated combat patrols for some factions like dark angels, chaos space marines, etc. It's been a while since you did a video of a combat patrol match.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We are not sure we are going to continue with Combat Patrol unfortunately. We started a series called "King of the Colosseum" for KZbin and Patreon members where we play smaller 500 point games with the ability to make our own list and use the dataslates we are used to in standard 40k games. We are having a lot of fun with it! We might come back to Combat Patrol in the future, but at this time it is not in our schedule.

[@unaiestanconapelaez2526]

The emperor protects and it most certainly did this game

[@xXGamerGirl47Xx]

I like that it seems that you can still use arco flagellants and penitent engines in 3s and 1s

[@Dudibob]

Good match, but with this demolition, it proves that (hopefully) GSC go towards a hoard army and Sisters go towards a semi elite army

[@yu95mjk]

i kinda wanna see them being pitch against each other with their list fully crafted, but then be informed they have to switch list with each other at the day then it will be hilarious to see them telling each other to use stratagems etc 😂😂😂 AND A PLAN OF A "TAK" LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

[@RevanR]

Was hoping for Mubin manning the -Waifu- Sisters of -Brood- Battle but Tak show Nick who's the boss around here (figuratively and literally)