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Hey guys and gals,

I've been around DAKKA for a few months now, working mainly on painting and assembling my Tau army. But now time has come to actually start working on my army lists and start gaming more actively. I'm a novice player (did start with Dark Vengeance and got into the rules a bit, but this is my first real army), but I'll try to do my best.
So while being idle at work, I went down on it and made my own list. Being a novice, I went for a 1000pts list, thinking it will give me enough place for units, tactics and errors.


I play for fun. I have a lot of FW models. I have few third party models, that I made rules for copying appropriate GW models. I'm more about the fluff and gaming experience, that sheer powerplay and winning. It would be nice if I come victorious thou.

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Without further a due, here is the list:

+++ HQ +++
- CadreFireblade - 60pts.

+++ TROOPS +++
- FireWarriors x6 w/ DevilFish (TWSMS|SEEKER1) - 152pts.
- FireWarriors x6 w/ DevilFish (TWSMS|SEEKER1) - 152pts.

+++ ELITES +++
-Stealth Team - Shas'Vre (FUSION|MARKERLIGHT|TL) w/MARKERdrones x2 - 145pts.
-------------------- Shas'Ui x2 (ATS)

-Stealth Team - Shas'Vre (FUSION|MARKERLIGHT|TL) w/MARKERdrones x2 - 145pts.
-------------------- Shas'Ui x2 (ATS)

+++ FAST +++
- Piranha x1 (FUSION|SEEKER2|ATS|DP) - 80pts.
- Piranha x1 (FUSION|SEEKER2|ATS|DP) - 80pts.

+++ HEAVY +++
- XV88 Broadside - Shas'Ui (HYMS|TWSMS|EWS) - 179pts.
------------------------ Shas'Ui (HYMS|TWSMS|VTR)
------------------------ MISSILEdrones x2

__________________________ 993 / 1000 pts (I believe I did math correct.)____________________________________________________

I know that deployment is one of the most important moments of the game, but the idea behind the list is to have simmilar units on both flanks that can boost each other with MarkerLights and create a HammerAndAnvil for units that try to deep strike me or engage me in CC.

Would this work? Do I stand chances of defending myself, at least until WaterCaste members retreat to safety.


Thanks for any and all comments.

Stealth suits are not really viable in this meta,in this list you should get some crisis suits with plasma/fusion or both .Piranhas die way to easy to do their job as well swap them out for hammerhead/sky ray .Did you get dispersion pods?They are a must on Tau vehicles like your devilfishs as it stops you from jinking as much(and is so cheap). maybe pathfinders for cheap markerlights instead of marker star as well because you really don't have enough of them.

I think for just fun games your list is just fine. An ethereal instead of the cadre would be the only swap I could think of. Then using storm of fire you could affect both units of FW's.

TrenchCoatCreep wrote:
Stealth suits are not really viable in this meta,in this list you should get some crisis suits with plasma/fusion or both .Piranhas die way to easy to do their job as well swap them out for hammerhead/sky ray .Did you get dispersion pods?They are a must on Tau vehicles like your devilfishs as it stops you from jinking as much(and is so cheap). maybe pathfinders for cheap markerlights instead of marker star as well because you really don't have enough of them.

I see what you are saying. Thanks for the input.

I did put Disruption Pods on Piranhas, but I forgot about DevilFishes. I'll put them there as well.
As far as the Stealth Suits go, I was thinking into infiltrating and JSJ to mark the targets. I did think about pairing them up with set of XV-8, but as they occupy the same FOC slot, I left it down. However, if I make a Farsight list, then XV-8's become troops and I can make that 'two team cover each other' idea work out.

 Hawkeye888 wrote:
I think for just fun games your list is just fine. An ethereal instead of the cadre would be the only swap I could think of. Then using storm of fire you could affect both units of FW's.

I do not have the model, but I can proxy. Thanks guys. I'll flash a report once I get the list on the tabletop. See how it goes.

Missile Drones are great until they start causing unwanted (and unneeded) Leadership tests. I'd ditch them, personally.

 the_kraken wrote:
Missile Drones are great until they start causing unwanted (and unneeded) Leadership tests. I'd ditch them, personally.

To swap them maybe for Shield drones, to try keep those Broadsides alive for a bit longer?

 StarDrop wrote:

 the_kraken wrote:
Missile Drones are great until they start causing unwanted (and unneeded) Leadership tests. I'd ditch them, personally.

To swap them maybe for Shield drones, to try keep those Broadsides alive for a bit longer?

I just wouldn't put any drones on the Broadsides. If you're having a group of FW's sit back, I'd take an ADL and stick the FW's behind it, and the Broadsides behind that.

 Hawkeye888 wrote:
I think for just fun games your list is just fine. An ethereal instead of the cadre would be the only swap I could think of. Then using storm of fire you could affect both units of FW's.

At half the range so it could equal the same amount of shots all game with only two units


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TrenchCoatCreep wrote:
Stealth suits are not really viable in this meta,in this list you should get some crisis suits with plasma/fusion or both .Piranhas die way to easy to do their job as well swap them out for hammerhead/sky ray .Did you get dispersion pods?They are a must on Tau vehicles like your devilfishs as it stops you from jinking as much(and is so cheap). maybe pathfinders for cheap markerlights instead of marker star as well because you really don't have enough of them.

Disruption pods almost never STOP you from jinking. A 6+ save is awful and if you aren't junking and using the 3+ instead of the 6 it's usually a mistake. 15 pts to +1 there k=jink is relatively cheap but you're absolutely almost never fitting them in to a very competitive list because the Tau need a lot of points to stay competitive at the moment.

Disruption pods almost never STOP you from jinking. A 6+ save is awful and if you aren't junking and using the 3+ instead of the 6 it's usually a mistake. 15 pts to +1 there k=jink is relatively cheap but you're absolutely almost never fitting them in to a very competitive list because the Tau need a lot of points to stay competitive at the moment.

Dude disruption pods rule! in ruins you get a sweet 3+ without needing to jink which can become a 2+! it is really good.

And any way back on topic. First of all Ethereals are sweet 50 point buff unit that can really help boost troop morale and if you stick broadsides near him you won't need a shas'vre (and you might need them as bodyguards ) just don't make warlord he already gives +1 victory point and if he's your warlord it'll be really temping for your opponent to attack your firewarrior gunline.
If you want a tough HQ get a commander with iridium armour and put different upgrades to suit your style of play .Most make him a good buff HQ and put him in crisis teams/broadsides.I generally put him with a crisis team with plasma rifles and fusion blasters for MC's and give him CIB and plasma rifle with iridium armour to wreck face against any one .
Though here's a problem with your list.Most people I know either bring min FW in devilfishs or max squads with fireblade/ethereal .You got an inbetween thing going on with devilfishs and fireblade .Heres a good thing to do, get your firewarriors in a gunline with your buffers at the back use your abilities to kill them hard(especially when they get close with SOF!).When I had a 1000 point army I had a FW squad one day supported with 10 pathfinders and they wiped a WHOLE UNIT OF TERMAGAUNTS out of existence (truly it was a glorious day) .So really 2 squads with ethereal have a lot of potential with 72 str 5 ap5 shots at half range 15" for 266 points with maybe markerlights.
And here's the problem with stealth suits.They are expensive, die easy, have bad weapons and take away an elite slot which has some of our best units in it .So basically an unit that has no synergy ,does nothing because it was made to do nothing and maybe can JSJ.
Now to drones .I really love them ,they make great damage tankers have a good armour save and are pretty cheap (especially missile drones).to make the broadside unit better bump it to 4 drones with a drone controller commander with iridium armour ,stimulant injector and CIB to really help that unit and those around some target locks .In my games that one unit made its points back turn 1.
Still you'll learn quick here and become a great Shas'o of the fire caste! Gl on future lists will come back here in a bit. GLORY TO THE TAU'VA!!