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i've writtten up a tourny list for the tourny i'm doing.

1500pts tau

HQ 379pts

shas'el, twin linked missilepods, plasma gun, gundrone 98pts
shas'vre, twin-linked missile pods, bonding knife, plasma gun, gundrone x2 166pts

6 twin-linked strength seven shots, where can i go wrong . the gundrones are for extra wounds
ethereal, 12 honour guard, bonding knife, markerlight 209pts

Because they get plus one bs + markerlight
elites 436pts

6 stealth suits, bonding knife, markerlight, x 2 398pts

1 crisis suit, twin-linked missile pods, plasma gun 53pts

these will strike in

troops 500pts

10 firewarriors,team leader, bonding knife, markerlight x 4 500pts

they're going to gunline or take objectives whichever nessacary.

Heavy support 170pts

hammerhead, railgun, disruption pods, flechette dischargers, smart missile system 170pts

flechettes saved me once against a nid shrike
1500pts

what do you guy's think

Biggest gripe? Ethereal. Drop him and his guard. Maybe drop the stealthsuits too. Need some more anti tank

the stealth suits have two fusion blasters per squad by the way i just forgot to write them out. oops

i thought bs4 was a decent tradeoff for the ethereal?

The HQ's need multi-trackers to make use of twin-linked (they count as two weapon systems). Keep in mind, even with that, you can only fire two wep systems per model, so if you fire the plasma rifle, you'll only be able to fire a single missile pod (Not twin-linked).

Can't say I know too much else about Tau.

And if you wonder where I pulled the twin-linked=two wep systems is from, it's in the same paragraph where it describes that the second point value is for twin-linked.

Your crisis suit also needs a multi-tracker.

Edit: Also, the ethereal is a liability, and costs as much as 4 pathfinders. Drop him, get pathfinders, and with 50% chance to hit with 'lights, you're upping that same unit of fire warriors to BS5, for 2 less points.

Edit 2: Forgot pathfinders need devilfish too. However, by dropping one fire warrior from each squad, and bringing the troop from the ethereal down to 10, you can fit it in. And then you get the bonus of having a transport available for your fire warriors after dropping the pathfinders off.

Blah, Edit 3: I also forgot the devilfish that comes with pathfinders lets you re-roll the scatter die for deep striking, which will help with the stealth suits/crisis suit.