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-HQ
Shas'el with cyclic ion blaster, airbursting fragmentation launcher, targeting array, Stimulant Injector,2x Shield Drone multi tracker.

Bodyguard
Shas'vre twin linked flamer, missile pod, multitracker

-Elites
none

-Troops
6 Fire warrior
6 Fire warrior

-Fast Attack
6 pathfinders with devilfish
3 Piranhas with targeting array and fusion blaster and target lock (for the fusion blaster one).



-Heavy Support

Hammerhead Gunship with Railgun, Burst Cannons, Disruption pod, Flechette Dischargers, Target Lock

Hammerhead Gunship with Railgun, Burst Cannons, Disruption pod, Flechette Dischargers, Target Lock

PeterReeves wrote:-HQ
Shas'el with cyclic ion blaster, airbursting fragmentation launcher, targeting array, Stimulant Injector,2x Shield Drone multi tracker.

Bodyguard
Shas'vre twin linked flamer, missile pod, multitracker

-Elites
none

-Troops
6 Fire warrior
6 Fire warrior

-Fast Attack
6 pathfinders with devilfish
3 Piranhas with targeting array and fusion blaster and target lock (for the fusion blaster one).



-Heavy Support

Hammerhead Gunship with Railgun, Burst Cannons, Disruption pod, Flechette Dischargers, Target Lock

Hammerhead Gunship with Railgun, Burst Cannons, Disruption pod, Flechette Dischargers, Target Lock

Note, body guard on the el

if you just make it a elite choice team leader, and then attach the hq its cheaperfor same result.

As a tau player I feel you should get larger fire warrior squads and maybe ditch the piranhas. With six fire warriors in a squad u'll have to take leadership tests after only 2 die. I know when I start playing with my tau competively again I'll make sure I have at least 12 in a squad. Pathfinders in devilfishes are key in any Tau army. So I could see if you got a few more pathfinders with a devilfish and larger fire warrior squads, U could have a very Competitive army.

I The Sandman wrote:



As a tau player I feel you should get larger fire warrior squads and maybe ditch the piranhas. With six fire warriors in a squad u'll have to take leadership tests after only 2 die. I know when I start playing with my tau competively again I'll make sure I have at least 12 in a squad. Pathfinders in devilfishes are key in any Tau army. So I could see if you got a few more pathfinders with a devilfish and larger fire warrior squads, U could have a very Competitive army.

6man squads hide in devilfish, and only ever come out when it is safe to do so.

How many points is this tournament? and tbh i agree with sandman about the firewarriors, even if you only bump them up by 2 men, it makes the difference with tau's poor leadership. About the piranha's, they are one of the worst units in the whole codex, they can be brought down by a bolter, so maybe drop the piranha's and invest in a squad of crisis suits or stealth suits??

Jakeface wrote:About the piranha's, they are one of the worst units in the whole codex, they can be brought down by a bolter, so maybe drop the piranha's and invest in a squad of crisis suits or stealth suits??

sorry but i dont agree! The pirinha is one of the most hard target´s to kill, with the shield that gives cover and the melta opcion is one of the best units in tau´s army!

But i agree in the fact that you dont have suficent number of FW.

And also how many points is that roster/tournemt?

whe cant help without that information.

well his army list equals 1029 pts, and i just noticed on the shas'vr bodyguard, he has twin linked flamer AND missile pod, which is actually illegal because that is 3 weapon systems, and also if your going to take piranha's, deffo take disruption pods because as hellboy rightly points out, their hard to kil with this, a 4+ cover save i think, but yer, i run a squadron f 12 with 6 fusion blasters in apocalypse, expensive but worth it. the reason i think their one of the worst things in the codex is that they arent as good in lower level games than they should be.

Jakeface wrote:well his army list equals 1029 pts, and i just noticed on the shas'vr bodyguard, he has twin linked flamer AND missile pod, which is actually illegal because that is 3 weapon systems, and also if your going to take piranha's, deffo take disruption pods because as hellboy rightly points out, their hard to kil with this, a 4+ cover save i think, but yer, i run a squadron f 12 with 6 fusion blasters in apocalypse, expensive but worth it. the reason i think their one of the worst things in the codex is that they arent as good in lower level games than they should be.

The battlesuits would be legal if the Multi-Trackers were Hardwired, even though it isn't stated in the actual list as being so.

I would never suggest piranhas in lower games, as they are really expensive for how effective they are. I would never suggest them, but they would do less harm in larger games.

You should never take take minimum troops... that's just a really bad idea. At least get 24 Fire Warriors, or some other troops with a unit of 12.

The commander and bodyguards are fairly decent as are the pathfinders.


I prefer not to take two hammerheads in 1000 pt. games, as they are expensive and it is likely at that point value you won't be facing a lot of armor.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/280367.page

in here you have the same discusion! enter here and you can see the others advices!

Good luck and great games dude!