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3 fire warrior squads of 12, 2 devilfish

2 Crisis bodygaurds, and HQ

Pathfinder team of 8 with Devilfish

Broadside team of 3 with 2 shield drones

Stealth team of 4


Fire warriors .................535pts
11- Shas’la pulse rifle
1-Shas’ui pulse rifle
Bonding knife

Devilfish
Disruption pod
210pts

11- Shas’la pulse rifle
1-Shas’ui pulse rifle
Bonding knife

Devilfish
Disruption pod
210pts

11- Shas’la pulse rifle
1-Shas’ui pulse rifle
Bonding knife
125pts


Crisis bodyguard team ........157pts
Shas’vre
Airbursting fragmentation projector
Missile pod
Targeting array
Multi-tracker
Target lock

Shas’vre
Missile pod
Burst cannon
Targeting array
Multi-tracker


HQ ............................102pts
Shas’el
Cyclic ion blaster
Missile pod
targeting array
Multi-tracker
Stimulant injector


Pathfinder team ................................216pts
4-Shas’la pulse carbine, Markerlight
3-Shas’la rail rifle, target lock
1-Shas’ui pulse carbine, Markerlight
Bonding knife

Devilfish
Targeting array
Target lock
Disruption pod
Seeker missile


Broadside team ..........................285pts
Shas’ui TL Railgun, smart missile system
Advanced stabilization system
Shield drone x2

Shas’ui TL Railgun, TL Plasma rifle
Advanced stabilization system

Shas’ui TL Railgun, smart missile system
Advanced stabilization system


Stealth team .....................192pts
3-Shas’ui burst cannon
3-Targeting array

1-Shas’vre fusion blaster
Targeting array
Markerlight
Target lock

New Total = 1497

Here's some tips:

Firstly dump ALL the carbines on your FW teams and the multitraker and the markerlights, none o fthem will do anything for you.

They then all neede Devilfish rides without exception, however feel free to us eth Pathfinder devilfish as a ride for one squad,

Farsight isn't great if you're taking him you need to max out his body guard or he is pointless. A normal Shas'El is by far the best HQ choice available to Tau.

Stealth teams have to number 3; 2 is not a valid chopice and they are not a great choice anyway (great models though).

You need more Railguns. The absolute minimum is 1 per 500 points (personally I take 1 plus 1 per 500 points so at 1500 that is 4 at 500 it is 2 etc).

Tanks need to come in pairs or not at all thisnever more true than with eth hammerhead. Seeker missiles are a poot choice.

You can make a battle suite a team leader for 5 points less than the Shas'vre with all the same advantagesm if you're not taking special issue wargear there's no point taking the 'vre.

Single suit teams don't do well should be at least 2 suits per team preferably 3. Broadsides likewise need to be in at least a 2. No point in taking bonding on unit with 2 or fewer models as you can never be under half strength the binding knife will never do anything.

You're final suit has 1 gun and a multittraker why?

Basically you've wasted a lot of points on unecessary wargear and options ('vres the Shas'o etc etc as listed above). You really need to start again you need to go all mech and you need far more firepower.

Proper text format, please...without point costs and force org chart, your list is very very hard to read...

Farsight...he is more for fun than for efficiency. But at 1500, not very bad.

Drop unnecessary upgrades for more battlesuits. For XV8s, Missile pod, Plasma rifle and Multi-tracker are necessary. For XV88s, ASS and shield drones are must.

HQ could take more shield drones.

Big FW units are fail. And they need devilfishes.

If you need markerlights, take more pathfinder. Every other way is waste of points (unless under a very low points range, where you cannot purchase pathfinders and there are few units could receive buff).

Thanks for the tips, I will make a new list.

needz more rail gunz