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First off, thanks for looking at this list! Second thing is I dont play much with my Tau army, sadly my GK have seen more battles then these guys, and I have spent some good $$$ on em haha. Anyways on the list I wanted to go with some hard hitting crisis suit teams, mainly a commander and body guard. I have only played something like this once, and it was against mech eldar and I didnt do so well. But I have revised my list with the idea of having a static gun line as well as a mobile fire team moving around backing up the crisis teams. I want to provide the enemy with choices of which targets he going to have to focus on, and making him think twice. "Hmmm Hammerhead or Crisis teams? Ah crap the devil fish are getting close..." Something like that. So heres my list.

~~~~~~~~~1993 Points~~~~~~~~~

HQ-

Commander Shas'O~ 396 Points
PR, FB, HW DC, HW MT, Shield Gen.
x2 Shield Drones
Body Guard
PR, MP, HW DC, HW MT, Targeting Array.
x2 Shield Drones
Body Guard
PR, MP, HW DC, HW MT, Targeting Array, Stim Inject
x2 Shield Drones

Commander Shas'O~ 401 Points
PR, FB, HW DC, HW MT, Shield Gen.
x2 Shield Drones
Body Guard
PR, MP, HW DC, HW MT, Targeting Array.
x2 Shield Drones
Body Guard
PR, MP, HW DC, HW MT, Targeting Array, Fail Safe.
x2 Shield Drones

Elites-

Crisis Team~ 201 Points
Shas'Vre
PR, FB, HW MT, Target Lock
Crisis Suit
PR, MP, MT
Crisis Suit
PR, MP, MT

Troops-

Fire Warriors~ 215 Points
x12, x2 PC
Devil Fish
Disruption Pod, Sensor Spines

Fire Warriors~ 215 Points
x12, x2 PC
Devil Fish
Disruption Pod, Sensor Spines

Fire Warriors~ 120 Points
x12, x2 PC

Heavy Support-

Hammerhead Gunship~ 140 Points
Rail Gun, Smart Missile, Distruption Pod, Multi-tracker

Broadside Team~ 305 Points
Shas'Vre
Smart Missile, DC, HW TL
x2 Shield Drones
Broadside
Smart Missile, DC
x2 Shield Drones
Broadside
Shield Gen

EmperorsChampion wrote:and it was against mech eldar and I didnt do so well.

Does anybody fair well against MechDar?

EmperorsChampion wrote:
Commander Shas'O~ 396 Points
PR, FB, HW DC, HW MT, Shield Gen.
x2 Shield Drones
Body Guard
PR, MP, HW DC, HW MT, Targeting Array.
x2 Shield Drones
Body Guard
PR, MP, HW DC, HW MT, Targeting Array, Stim Inject
x2 Shield Drones

Throw in a BK for the HQ.

Now, I deleted the 2nd HQ unit, but I'm still making comment: Lose it. You're tying a ton of points up in these units, and they're going to get caught in h2h with their big foot prints. 3 Suits on 40 mm bases, and 6 SDs. There's little room for them to hide. I'd dump one.

EmperorsChampion wrote:
Crisis Team~ 201 Points
Shas'Vre
PR, FB, HW MT, Target Lock
Crisis Suit
PR, MP, MT
Crisis Suit
PR, MP, MT

'Vre upgrades are worthless. The increase in WS and Init does nothing vs MEqs. Check them against some marine models in h2h. Worthless. just go with Team Leader. Also, I'd Bond any Suit unit with 3 or more models. A few points to save one suit.

EmperorsChampion wrote:Fire Warriors~ 215 Points
x12, x2 PC

What is "x2PC"?

EmperorsChampion wrote:Devil Fish Disruption Pod, Sensor Spines

Spines are pretty much worthless, unless you play with tons of terrain. I never buy 'em.

EmperorsChampion wrote:Hammerhead Gunship~ 140 Points
Rail Gun, Smart Missile, Distruption Pod, Multi-tracker

I add Target Locks so the SMS can hit Infantry while the RG hits a tank.

EmperorsChampion wrote:Broadside Team~ 305 Points
Shas'Vre
Smart Missile, DC, HW TL
x2 Shield Drones
Broadside
Smart Missile, DC
x2 Shield Drones
Broadside
Shield Gen

Again, 'vre' is pointless. Just go with Team Leader and throw in the BK.

The deleted Crisis team? Just add back in as two pairs of FireKnife suits. Also, a big unit of B-sides, with 6 SDs, ought to have an ethereal to make 'em Fearless. It's a really tough unit to shoot up. I've used it quite a lot.

The other points you'd save? Add SMS, MT and TA to your D'fish. It adds firepower and gets rid of the Kill Points the GunDrones offer.