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Tau: 1999

HQ: shadowsun: 155 C&C drone (this is the main HQ)
bodyguard: iridium armor, 2 fusion blasters, Target lock 92
Mark’O: drone controller PEN chip, C&C node, neuro web jammer, MSS, 2 marker drones: 169: goes with the crisis team.

troops
9 FW, SMS devilfish and bonding ,sensor spines
9 FW, SMS devilfish and bonding, sensor spines
9 FW, SMS devilfish
total:525



elite: crisis suit, x3 243, 2 missile pods each, and 6 marker light drones, target lock.

riptide: ion Acc, with EWO and VT, 210 ( anti MEQ and air threat and defense.)
riptide: ion Acc, with EWO and VT, 210 (same)

heavy support: 2 missile sides: 140 : HYMP SMS EWO ( clearing out anything deep striking and clearing blobs)
2 missile sides: 140 : HYMP SMS EWO
skyray: SMS 115 ( my anti flier and marker light aux)


I really like shadowsun, I personally love her lore and the rules she brings. I want to try and make her a semi competitive list or at least a list that in playable. C&C welcome and all Feedback is welcome.

I presume Shadowsun will ride with the marker/crisis blob?

I like the list overall; I'd like to see Disruption Pods on your fish though.

I could drop a fire warrior or 2 and get some d pods. My plan with shadow Sun was to either deep strike her in with the body guard but putting her in with the Marko squad is another good idea


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Also if I put her in the blob I will drop the command drone and shave off 20 pts

I'm curious: SMS and Disruption Pods (any upgrades at all, really) were seen as making an over-costed vehicle (Fish) even more costly for only a nominal gain. What's changed in the overall meta or conventional wisdom that's made these more popular choices lately?

From what I have read it's mostly because in 7th vehicles have become far more resilient with the change to the damage chart so they have become better at holding their points


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I'll probably drop the sensor spines for pods the move through cover is nice but stealth is way better.



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Also question. If I have a body guard for shadowsun can I put them both into the crisis unit

Vehicles have become more resilient yes; but actually it's that now they are Objective Secured scoring units. Making them more resilient is now worth the investment.

@The shrike I am going to have to keep shadow sun out of the unit because of her personal guard. But my plan is to have hom and her drop a tank or 2 then when he is dead run her to the marker unit.


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Without shadowsun abd her body guard I have no real awneser to av 13 and up. I know the unit is small but it is also resilient and extremely mobile and it can shoot at 3 targets


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Looking at my list I am missing some things. I believe I forgot to put fusion blaster on my riptides and still charged the points. And I learned I can have a bodyguard in another unit.so when I get back to my book I'm gonna move some points around and sed where I need improvements.


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Tau: 1999

HQ: shadowsun and 2 shield drones: 175 (this is the main HQ)

Mark’O: drone controller PEN chip, C&C node, neuro web jammer, MSS, 2 marker drones: 169: goes with the crisis team.

troops
9 FW, SMS devilfish and bonding ,BSF sensor spines, Dpods
9 FW, SMS devilfish and bonding,BSF sensor spines, Dpods
9 FW, SMS devilfish and bonding BSF , sensor spines Dpods
total:576



elite: crisis suit, x3 , 2 plasma rifles each, and 6 marker light drones, target lock. bonding :243

riptide: ion Acc, with EWO and VT, TL fusion blaster, 210 ( anti MEQ and air threat and defense.)
riptide: ion Acc, with EWO and VT, TL fusion blaster , 210 (same)

heavy support: 2 missile sides: 140 : HYMP SMS EWO ( clearing out anything deep striking and clearing blobs)
2 missile sides: 140 : HYMP SMS EWO
skyray: SMS Dpod, sensor spines:135 ( my anti flier and marker light aux)

updated and filled in some of the info that was missing, the main change is that I dropped the Bodyguard and moved shadowsun into the blod and picked up 2 of her shields.