Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has announced its newest class, the Sister Novitiate, is arriving on December 7, finally bringing the much anticipated Adepta Sororitas faction to Atoma. Alongside the Skitarii, which was the last class added, the Sisters of Battle have been long–requested by players.
Also similar to the Skitarii, this class has a slightly different design to the other rejects. The Sisters Novitiate can choose from six Acts of Faith instead of blitz and combat abilities, drawing on a new "Faith" resource to use an offensive Neural Whip, or more support based abilities like the Icon of Purity and protective prayers.
Essentially, sisters build their faith through combat via Doctrines and Pledges within the talent tree, which change how it's accrued, allowing them to then unleash up to two chosen Acts of Faith. It sounds fairly similar to the Skitarii's somewhat looser skill and ability tree.
In terms of weapons, we can look forward to:
- Condemnor Stake Thrower
- Ministorum Hand Flamer
- Mace of the Righteous
- Penitent Eviscerator
- Novitiate Sword and Shield
There's also a meltagun (the first in Darktide), which will be added as a free update alongside for the Veteran class to also use. I'm personally pretty excited for the Condemnor Stake Thrower, a crossbow which pins enemies in place, and as a Zealot main, a new chainsword in the form of the Penitent Eviscerator. There'll likely be a fair bit of crossover between the Zealot and Sister Novitiate.
Overall, this new class is a clever way of including the Adepta Sororitas in Darktide. Lore wise, it would make little sense for a full Sister of Battle to be running around with convicts and rejects, but a sister-in-training, sure, why not?
You can find the new class on Steam where it's set to cost €12 (so I assume £10/$12, the same as the Skitarii was) when it launches on December 7.
