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Evidence tier: OFFICIAL AMENDMENT plus CROSS-CHECKED MIRROR. This detachment is not reprinted in full in the Adepta Sororitas Faction Pack version 1.2, but the pack amends it by name in its Rules Updates section, which is what confirms it is current and legal; the fuller rules text here is cross-checked against a community rules mirror. The pack was reissued on 26 August 2026, so the first-party half of this card is current-day. The mirror is CURRENT on the pack stamp, recording Faction Pack v1.2 to match the official v1.2, and ONE VERSION BEHIND on points, recording Munitorum Field Manual v1.2 against the official v1.3; the official document wins any disagreement and that lag is flagged here rather than hidden. Detachment Point cost, force disposition and enhancement points come from the official Munitorum Field Manual version 1.3, read on 27 August 2026. Enhancement points are dataslate-volatile. The Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word as points updates land.
Each ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army can perform up to two Acts of Faith per phase, instead of just one. This is the most direct multiplier on the army rule available anywhere in the faction, and it is the reason to take the detachment. It does not give you more Miracle dice, it gives you more chances to spend them, so it is worth most in a list that also generates dice well and worth least in one that ends phases with an empty pool.
Battle Tactic. Target that unit, or one friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS JUMP PACK unit within 3 inches of it. Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have Feel No Pain 5+ against mortal wounds. If you targeted a JUMP PACK unit, the same protection extends to friendly Adepta Sororitas units within 3 inches of it. The jump-pack clause is the detachment quietly rewarding a Seraphim or Zephyrim screen.
Battle Tactic. Target one ADEPTA SORORITAS unit. Until the end of the turn your unit is blessed, ignoring any or all modifiers to its models' profile characteristics, to the Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill of their weapons, and to any roll or test made for it, excluding modifiers to saving throws. If the unit has the JUMP PACK keyword, friendly Adepta Sororitas units within 3 inches are blessed too. The pack's Rules Updates changed this stratagem's cost to 2CP, so any guide quoting 1CP is out of date.
Target one ADEPTA SORORITAS INFANTRY unit selected as a target of an attack, or one friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS JUMP PACK unit within 3 inches of such a unit. Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the Hit roll; if you targeted a JUMP PACK unit, friendly Adepta Sororitas INFANTRY units within 3 inches get the same -1. The pack's Rules Updates rewrote both the Target and the Effect sections, and this is the rewritten wording.
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. Each time the bearer uses an Act of Faith to substitute a saving throw, that saving throw is successful irrespective of the value of the Miracle dice used. The single best pairing with the detachment rule in the faction: two Acts of Faith per phase, and the saving-throw ones cannot fail regardless of the dice you feed them. It also means low Miracle dice stop being dead weight.
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. Improve the Strength and Armour Penetration of the bearer's melee weapons by 1, and those weapons have [PRECISION]. Each time the bearer fights, if one or more enemy models are destroyed by those attacks, you gain 1 Miracle dice.
CANONESS or PALATINE model only. At the start of your Command phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield, take a Leadership test for the bearer; if it passes, you gain 1 Miracle dice. A dice-generation enhancement, which is what this detachment wants given it spends them twice as fast.
ADEPTA SORORITAS model only. In your Movement phase select one enemy unit within 12 inches of the bearer; that unit must take a Battle-shock test, and if it fails you gain 1 Miracle dice. The cheapest enhancement in the detachment at 5 points and a second reliable dice tap.
Sacred Rites applies to every Adepta Sororitas unit, so the detachment rewards having many units that want to substitute rolls rather than one elite block. A list built on multiple Battle Sisters squads extracts more from it than a list built on a single centrepiece.
See the box: price and offersLitany of Deeds re-rolls Miracle dice as you gain them, which raises the average value of a pool this detachment drains twice as fast. Dice quality matters more here than in any other detachment.
See the box: price and offersThe rewritten Solemn Procession gives a gained Miracle dice a flat value of 6 rather than rolling it while the model is on the battlefield. Guaranteed high dice in a detachment that spends two per unit per phase is a direct multiplier.
See the box: price and offersThe pack's Rules Updates rewrote Healing Tears so that while the unit contains a Celestine model you can return 1 destroyed Geminae Superia model in your Command phase. A resilient character who keeps performing Acts of Faith is worth more when each unit gets two per phase.
See the box: price and offersHer Pulpit of Saint Holline's Basilica ability was rewritten in the pack's Rules Updates to grant Stealth and impose -1 to hit on melee attacks targeting the unit. A durable faith character who survives to keep spending dice.
See the box: price and offersTwo Acts of Faith per phase makes a detachment built on landing specific shooting sequences far more reliable. Chorus of Condemnation's stratagem chain wants particular rolls to connect in a particular order, and this is what buys that certainty.
A Sacresant block that can substitute both a wound roll and a save roll in the same combat is a different unit from one that can substitute only one. On a plan that depends on a single brick surviving and continuing to hit, doubling the substitutions is worth more than a broad buff would be.
The sharpest character-forward pairing available. Army of Faith carries four enhancements, three of which generate Miracle dice off character actions, and Sanctified Orators makes its Hagiomnifex exempt from your army's enhancement allowance. You field more enhancement value than the allowance should permit, and the extra dice feed a rule that spends them twice as fast.
2 DP, TAKE AND HOLD. Two Acts of Faith per unit per phase instead of one. The most direct multiplier on the army rule anywhere in the faction.
BySprue Sentry
ReviewedAug 28, 2026
SourceFaction Pack: Adepta Sororitas v1.2 (official GW PDF, legal for matched play from 26 August 2026)
Sprue Sentry strategy commentary for 11th edition, not official rules. Games Workshop updates points and rules regularly; always confirm against the current official rules and latest update before a game.
Army of Faith costs 2 Detachment Points, sits in the TAKE AND HOLD force disposition, and carries no Unique Tag.
It is a codex detachment rather than one printed in the pack, but it is current and legal on first-party evidence: the Faction Pack version 1.2's Rules Updates section amends it by name twice, changing the Light of the Emperor stratagem's CP cost and rewriting the Blinding Radiance stratagem's Target and Effect sections.
If you want the thing that makes the Sisters distinctive to simply happen twice as often, this is the detachment.
Each ADEPTA SORORITAS unit from your army can perform up to two Acts of Faith per phase, instead of just one.
That is it, and it is the largest single amplifier of the army rule available in the faction.
Understand precisely what it does and does not give you. It does not give you more Miracle dice. It gives you more opportunities to spend them. Those are different things, and the difference decides whether the detachment is excellent or mediocre in your list:
So the honest advice is to pair it with dice generation rather than assuming it stands alone. Fortunately three of its own four enhancements do exactly that.
Worth remembering alongside it: you gain a Miracle dice at the start of each turn and each time a Sororitas unit is destroyed, so the pool refills faster than many players assume.
Shield of Faith (any phase, just after an Adepta Sororitas unit suffers a mortal wound, 1CP). Target that unit, or one friendly ADEPTA SORORITAS JUMP PACK unit within 3 inches of it. Feel No Pain 5+ against mortal wounds until end of phase. If you targeted the jump-pack unit, the protection extends to friendly Sororitas units within 3 inches of it. The jump-pack clause is the detachment quietly rewarding a Seraphim or Zephyrim screen.
Light of the Emperor (Command phase, 2CP). Target one Adepta Sororitas unit; until end of turn it is blessed, ignoring any or all modifiers to its models' profile characteristics, to their weapons' BS or WS, and to any roll or test made for it, excluding modifiers to saving throws. If the unit has JUMP PACK, friendly Sororitas units within 3 inches are blessed too. The pack changed this stratagem's cost to 2CP in version 1.2, so any guide quoting 1CP is out of date.
Blinding Radiance (1CP). Target one Adepta Sororitas INFANTRY unit that was selected as the target of an attack, or a friendly JUMP PACK unit within 3 inches of such a unit. Until end of phase, subtract 1 from Hit rolls against your unit; if you targeted the jump-pack unit, friendly Sororitas INFANTRY units within 3 inches get the same -1. The pack rewrote both the Target and Effect sections, and this is the rewritten wording.
Notice the pattern: two of the three stratagems have a JUMP PACK clause that turns a single-unit effect into an area effect. This detachment likes a Seraphim or Zephyrim squad sitting in the middle of your infantry more than its name suggests.
Triptych of the Macharian Crusade (20 pts). Each time the bearer uses an Act of Faith to substitute a saving throw, that saving throw is successful, irrespective of the value of the Miracle dice used.
Read that against Sacred Rites and you will see why it is the standout in the faction. Two Acts of Faith per phase, and the save-substituting ones cannot fail no matter what dice you feed them. It also solves the pool's structural weakness: half your Miracle dice are low, and this makes your 1s and 2s into guaranteed saves. Dead dice become your best dice.
Litanies of Faith (10 pts). CANONESS or PALATINE only. At the start of your Command phase, take a Leadership test for the bearer; if it passes you gain 1 Miracle dice.
Divine Aspect (5 pts). In your Movement phase select one enemy unit within 12 inches; it must take a Battle-shock test, and if it fails you gain 1 Miracle dice. The cheapest enhancement in the detachment and a second reliable tap.
Blade of Saint Ellynor (15 pts). Improve the Strength and AP of the bearer's melee weapons by 1 and give them [PRECISION]; each time the bearer fights, if enemy models are destroyed, gain 1 Miracle dice.
Three of the four generate Miracle dice. That is the detachment answering its own weakness, and it is why the enhancement package here should be read as part of the detachment rule rather than separately.
Enhancement points are dataslate-volatile; confirm in the app.
Sacred Rites applies to every Adepta Sororitas unit, so this detachment rewards many units that want to substitute rolls rather than one elite centrepiece. Several Battle Sisters Squads extract more from it than a single big block would.
Dice quality matters more here than anywhere else, because you are spending twice as fast. An Imagifier re-rolls dice as you gain them. The Triumph of Saint Katherine, whose Solemn Procession the pack rewrote, gives a gained dice a flat value of 6 rather than rolling it while the model is on the battlefield. Saint Celestine and Junith Eruita both had abilities rewritten by the pack and are durable characters who survive to keep spending.
At 2 DP this is a core detachment, so spend your last point on a specialist: [Sanctified Orators](/40k/armies/adepta-sororitas/detachments/sanctified-orators) is the sharpest fit, because this detachment has four enhancements worth wanting and a fixed allowance to fit them in. [Chorus of Condemnation](/40k/armies/adepta-sororitas/detachments/chorus-of-condemnation) benefits from the extra certainty on its stratagem chain, and [Sacred Champions](/40k/armies/adepta-sororitas/detachments/sacred-champions) gets a Sacresant block that can substitute a wound roll and a save roll in the same combat. All three are unambiguously legal, since Army of Faith carries no tag.
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. Written against the official Adepta Sororitas Faction Pack version 1.2, legal for matched play from 26 August 2026, with Detachment Point costs, force dispositions, Unique Tags and enhancement points from the official Munitorum Field Manual version 1.3, read on 27 August 2026. Adepta Sororitas were part of the 26 August reissue, so the pack was current on the day this was written. Enhancement points are dataslate-volatile; the Warhammer 40,000 app is the final word.
2 Detachment Points, per the official Munitorum Field Manual version 1.3, read on 27 August 2026, in the TAKE AND HOLD force disposition. It carries no Unique Tag, so it pairs with every other detachment in the faction.
Each Adepta Sororitas unit from your army can perform up to two Acts of Faith per phase instead of just one. It does not give you extra Miracle dice, only extra chances to spend them, so it is worth most in a list that generates dice well and worth nothing in one that already empties its pool every phase.
Yes. It is a codex detachment rather than one printed in the Faction Pack, but the pack's version 1.2 Rules Updates section amends it by name twice, changing the Light of the Emperor stratagem's CP cost to 2CP and rewriting the Blinding Radiance stratagem's Target and Effect sections. The Munitorum Field Manual version 1.3 lists it with a 2 DP cost.
The Triptych of the Macharian Crusade at 20 points, because of how it reads against the detachment rule. Any Act of Faith the bearer uses to substitute a saving throw succeeds regardless of the value of the Miracle dice spent, so your low dice become guaranteed saves, and Sacred Rites lets the bearer do it twice a phase. Three of the detachment's other enhancements generate Miracle dice, which is the other half of the package.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.