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ethereal-hounor blade- 60
3 crisis suits- 3 flamers 3 burst cannons sheild generator target lock multi tracker-141
2 crisis suits- 2 fusion blasters 2 plasma rifles target lock multi tracker-124
10 fire warrors in devel fish with markerlight-200
10 fire warriors in develfish with markerlight-200
20 kroot with shaper and 2 krootox-231
8 pathfinders in develfish-176
hammerhead-railgun burstcannons targetlock-155

Ok, I have a lot to say.

First of all, your army is 1287 points, not 2000.

Beyond that, etherials are a pretty pitiful unit. They are just bad choice in any occasion.

It is necessary to field a Crisis Battlesuit Commander, as they are a 1+ Unit, and you don't have one in this list.


Your Crisis Suit units need some revising.

Your units would be much more effective if you took flamer/burst/multi for all three, and for the other unit it would be better to do fusion/plasma/multi as well. Multi Trackers are a must have, except for very rare occasions.

Also, at these points, you need more railgun. Either go with another hammerhead, or go with some broadsides.



What do you mean by devilfish w/ markerlight? Do you mean that the unit has a guy with a markerlight? If you do, only the Shas'la can get them, and they weren't listed. And a markerlight isn't the best choice for fire warrior units, pathfinders are for markelights, fire warriors are for shooting.

colonel jacob wrote:ethereal-hounor blade-

For the most part, Es = FAIL.

Possibly, field him with 3 B-sides and 6 SDs. And the H-blade is pointless. Better to give him a DroneControler and make the unit a 8 ShieldDrone, Fearless nightmare to shoot up ... in Cover.

colonel jacob wrote:3 crisis suits- 3 flamers 3 burst cannons sheild generator target lock multi tracker
2 crisis suits- 2 fusion blasters 2 plasma rifles target lock multi tracker-124

Neither unit is a legal set up. And Target Locks on small units of suits splits a very little amount of fire power. Try just the weps, FB/PR/MT or whichever other combos tickle your fancy ... BTW: flamer/BC will suck as your suits will be in h2h in the next round, and XV8s blow in h2h ... even versus IG.

PR/MP/MT is considered best, followed by TwinLinked MP/flamer or the BC/MP/MT. FB/PR/MT is called a 'Helios' and is okay, but risky.

colonel jacob wrote:10 fire warrors in devel fish with markerlight-
10 fire warriors in develfish with markerlight

Dismebarking from the 'fish counts as movement, and you can't fire the MarkerLight. Save points and get the D'fish a Dispod and call it good.

colonel jacob wrote:20 kroot with shaper and 2 krootox-
8 pathfinders in develfish-176
hammerhead-railgun burstcannons targetlock-

MTs and DisPods for both tanks, every time. MTs allow you to move Combat Speed and shoot all guns, and the Dispod gives a Save.

I wanna ask, RU a nooB to tau?

The suits are legal, it was one system per a suit, so it was one target lock, one multi tracker, and one shield generator.

I run this as an ideal hammerhead:

Railgun
Burst Cannons
Multi Tracker - Must have
Target Lock - Pretty Useful
Disruption Pods - Must have

The Bringer wrote:The suits are legal, it was one system per a suit, so it was one target lock, one multi tracker, and one shield generator.

Oh. Oooohh.

colonel jacob wrote:3 crisis suits- 3 flamers 3 burst cannons sheild generator target lock multi tracker
2 crisis suits- 2 fusion blasters 2 plasma rifles target lock multi tracker-124

Yup, you're right, Bringer, quite legal.

Just really awful.

BUSTA!