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I just got the tau empire codex and i came across a serious problem: i didn't see anything about Aun'shi in there. i've got an Aun'shi model, and i really want to use him...u know, it'd be such a waste if you couldn't use him anymore...

Ethereal's blow anyway

Aun'Shi was removed, methinks.

Sucks, don't it?

so....i'm not big on ethereals either, but Aun'shi was nifty if you can avoid him being one-shotted ( it happened to me when i played with my tau last time). but my questioin is if he isn't in the current codex, than will i still be able to use him? and if not, then what should i do?

He could be used in place of a regular Ethereal but besides that there are not a lot of options.

Don't throw it away! You never know when the next codex will come out and you'll get to use it again....

Aun'Shi was removed from the 4e codex.

You can still use the model as an Ethereal, you just can't use the special Aun'Shi rules.

I was also miffed when this happened, Aun'Shi was a good charactor. I hope they bring him or an eqivilant back in the next codex. But otherwise, as others have said, he can be used as an Ethereal with blade for now.

Sucks ... doesn't it :(

hellsguardian316 wrote:I was also miffed when this happened, Aun'Shi was a good charactor. I hope they bring him or an eqivilant back in the next codex. But otherwise, as others have said, he can be used as an Ethereal with blade for now.

Sucks ... doesn't it :(

Yes, yes it does. He was a fun character to use.

What were his special rules?

For 105 points he had parry (could give up attacks to remove attacks from ICs) Rending, all Tau on the table had re-roll able leadership (pass or fail) and all Tau had +1A and +1 WS.

What Red_Lives said ... basically it made it worth while to have a Fire Warrior squad that "could" be used for close combat against certain foes. They stood no chance against CC specialists, but thats often the way with most non CC specialist choices

Uriels_Flame wrote:Don't throw it away! You never know when the next codex will come out and you'll get to use it again....

Agreed, the way they are making the 5th edition codices they seem to be going special character heavy once more. So Id be willing to bet he will come back

Last I read, wasn't he assassinated by the Emperium of Man?

If you mean T'ros campaign Ethereal in IA3, that was not Aun'shi.

Aun'shi was supposedly sent after Farsight and his current whereabouts are unknown.

Reason Aun'shi was removed was probably that old Tau codex had only two specials, both of whom were close combat oriented. This made little sense for a shooty army, so current Codex has one command oriented special character, one shooty character and one close combat character.

DarkHound wrote:Last I read, wasn't he assassinated by the Emperium of Man?

Damn that bloody Emperium, always sticking their oars in and wiping out the Imperium's foes for them :p

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Aun%27shi

No, wait, Backfire's right. He's fine. Sorry for that scare.

thanx all for the info...i hope and pray to my c'tan that i can use Aun'shi in the 5th edition....if any1 get the tau codex (or even a necron codex) b4 me, please give me the heads up...i'm really lookin forward to beatin up on captain killjoy's venurable dreadnought again....and this time, he isn't gonna get a chance to 1-shot Aun'shi.....i hope....(blasted multi-melta...)