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2000/2000

--HQ--

1 Shas'el 87
-Plasma Rifle
-Missile Pod
-Multi-tracker

--Elite--

3 Crisis Suit 211
-Plasma Rifle x3
-Missile Pod x3
-Multi-tracker x3
--Team Leader
--HW Drone Controller
--Gun Drone
--Gun Drone

3 Crisis Suit 211
-Plasma Rifle x3
-Missile Pod x3
-Multi-tracker x3
--Team Leader
--HW Drone Controller
--Gun Drone
--Gun Drone

3 Crisis Suit 211
-Plasma Rifle x3
-Missile Pod x3
-Multi-tracker x3
--Team Leader
--HW Drone Controller
--Gun Drone
--Gun Drone

--Troops--

6 Fire Warriors 60

6 Fire Warriors 60

10 Kroot Carnivores 110
6 Kroot Hounds

10 Kroot Carnivores 117
7 Kroot Hounds

--Fast Attack--

7 Pathfinders 84
1 Devilfish 120
-Multi-tracker
-Targeting Array
-Disruption Pod
-Smart Missile System

7 Pathfinders 84
1 Devilfish 120
-Multi-tracker
-Targeting Array
-Disruption Pod
-Smart Missile System

--Heavy Support--

1 Hammerhead 165
-Railgun
-Burst Cannons
-Multi-Tracker
-Disruption Pod

1 Hammerhead 165
-Railgun
-Burst Cannons
-Multi-Tracker
-Disruption Pod

2 Broadside Battlesuit 195
-Advanced Stabilisation System x2
-Team Leader
--HW Drone Controller
--Shield Drone
--Shield Drone

1999/2000

--HQ--

1 Shas'el 107
-Plasma Rifle
-Missile Pod
-Multi-tracker
-HW Drone Controller
--Gun Drone
--Gun Drone

2 Bodyguards 144
-Plasma Rifle x2
-Missile Pod x2
-Multi-tracker x2

--Elite--

3 Crisis Suit 211
-Plasma Rifle x3
-Missile Pod x3
-Multi-tracker x3
--Team Leader
--HW Drone Controller
--Gun Drone
--Gun Drone

3 Crisis Suit 211
-Plasma Rifle x3
-Missile Pod x3
-Multi-tracker x3
--Team Leader
--HW Drone Controller
--Gun Drone
--Gun Drone

3 Crisis Suit 211
-Plasma Rifle x3
-Missile Pod x3
-Multi-tracker x3
--Team Leader
--HW Drone Controller
--Gun Drone
--Gun Drone

--Troops--

6 Fire Warriors 60

10 Kroot Carnivores 117
7 Kroot Hounds

10 Kroot Carnivores 117
7 Kroot Hounds

--Fast Attack--

8 Pathfinders 72
1 Devilfish 120
-Multi-tracker
-Targeting Array
-Disruption Pod
-Smart Missile System

--Heavy Support--

1 Hammerhead 165
-Railgun
-Burst Cannons
-Multi-Tracker
-Disruption Pod

1 Hammerhead 165
-Railgun
-Burst Cannons
-Multi-Tracker
-Disruption Pod

3 Broadside Battlesuit 275
-Advanced Stabilisation System x2
-Team Leader
--HW Drone Controller
--Shield Drone
--Shield Drone

My local meta is very heavily IG and space marine variants, though IG give me a harder time than marines. The first list is a revision of my standard list. I originally played piranha and found them totally ineffective. I'm sure I was playing them incorrectly, but I'd rather more crisis suits anyways. So the first list is pretty standard fair for tau. I like the second list better though. I think the addition of more suits will increase my odds against mech (and my local meta is heavily mechanized) and with more crisis suits I'm a bit freer to deep strike if I need to. The weaknesses: one less troop choice which really hurts at 2000 points and lack of bonding knives on my crisis suits means that if I flee I'm probably heading for the hills for good. I'd like to find 20 points for four sets of bonding knives for all my crisis suits but I don't think it's that big of a deal.

Thoughts/comments/concerns/critiques would be much appreciated.

Well, for my two cents, I think the first is a better list, mainly for the reason that you have more troops and pathfinders.

I think all around, the first list is gold. The second list is lacking in troops, and almost reaches the point of monotony with the suits. (12 of the same configuration)

The first list is just awesome. You are one of the few people that truly seems to appreciate Crisis Battlesuits. I think all your configurations are really good, and you have minimized the costs by keeping them relatively simple, especially on your commander. Your hammerheads are great, I field them the same way.

The only thing that I have a question is about the gun drones with your battlesuits. Why did you do this? Its always nice to have to extra models to take wounds, but beyond that, the configuration of the battlesuits wouldn't go well with the gun drones.


If you're fighting marines, this list is even better. The plasma missile pod suits just murder them...

the first list is probably something I'd take to tournament but the second is for local tournaments. my local metagame is skewed towards mechanized IG, MechDar, Mech Orks, Mech Marines, Mech Mech Mech...The players that consistently give me problems are the IG players and that's what the second list is for. With the extra suits I can pop Chimeras on side armor effectively as well as Leman Russes on front armor. I was just wondering if the first list looks like a good ACL and if the second one would do well against the kind of mech IG I'm seeing.