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new to tau made a 1000 point list to try out.

shas'el
airbursting fragmentation launcher
cyclic ion blaster
fusion blaster 112 points
hwmt
SI(feel no pain)

crisis suits x3
fusion blaster x3
missile pod x3 162 points
multi tracker x3

stealth suits x3
shas'vre
HW drone controller
marker drones x2
hwmt
markerlight 202 points
fusion blaster
burst cannons x2
bonding knife
targetting array
target lockx2

hammerhead
multi tracker
DP 170 points
target lock
burst cannons

firewarriors x6
devilfish 175 points
DP,MT

firewarriors x6
devilfish 175 points
DP,MT



996 points


so i know most of this list is crazily abnormal but i find it to be effective, perhaps the players i am playing against are not very talented or perhaps the unconventionalism is hard to play against. thats right i just made up a word i think..

what do you guys think ????

PS stealth suits can move shoot move markerlights with drones.

and the reason i have MP/FB on my crisis suits is to fill the roll of anti tank if the hammerhead goes down or to help out against heavy armor lists and to make everyone stay away from them.


anyways flame away

cewball wrote:stealth suits x3 shas'vre
HW drone controller
marker drones x2
hwmt
markerlight 202 points
fusion blaster
burst cannons x2
bonding knife
targetting array
target lockx2

All honked up.
a. Demote vre to "team Leader" as it saves points and Vre does nothing in h2h.
b. The vre has a Target Lock and MT, but how is the MArkerLight and Fusion Blaster supposed to work at the same time on the same target, while ...
c. the other two stealths shoot 6 measily anti-I shots
d. OR is the whole unit intended to be a MarkerDrone unit? *If* so, then just have the MarkerDs, and skip all else; No Target Arrays, FB or Target Locks.
e. The whole unit is overloaded, trying to do too many jobs.

cewball wrote:firewarriors x6
devilfish 175 points
DP,MT

The MT's points aren't really worth having the GunDrones shoot, given their 2 shots and crappy BS.

cewball wrote:PS stealth suits can move shoot move markerlights with drones.

and the reason i have MP/FB on my crisis suits is to fill the roll of anti tank if the hammerhead goes down or to help out against heavy armor lists and to make everyone stay away from them.

I understand both of these. How do you use the Stealth suits, given their SwissArmyKnife status?

so 5 points from the shasvre to do what ?

and the MT on DF is for being able to shoot after moving up to 12" with the burst cannon i mean what else could i spend the 10 points on ? having that is better than a single fire warrior anyday imo

and the 2 suits without the ML have target lock not the vre. so they can shoot freely while the rest of the squad marks. the fusion blaster costing all of 2 points is well worth its weight if you get an oppurtunity to use it.

the primary purpose of the stealth team is being a mobile marker light and not having to stand still like pathfinders. i find it is easy to dodge pathfinders or maybe even force them to move where as the stealth team wont, so basically i take a regular stealth team and combine it with a pathfinder team minus 1 light . thats how i justify the points. and if played well you wont lose them unlike pathfinders that you have to babysit.

that is my reasoning for the points you brought up. since i am by no means a seasoned veteren i would appreciate any correction in my way of thinking, seeing as how most of the people on this site have much more competitive experience than myself.

i am trying to think of a way to put SMS on both devilfish.





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And both devilfish have 2 seekers

SMS would be good thing becouse you propably have the FW just to make devilfish scoring( and it works )
i like the idea how you're using your stealth suits( going to try that) but i think you should have 3 more suits and i know this is only 1000p list. SO WHAT!
i dont see anything wrong with the list (maybe all that stuff on stealthsuits) and I wish you good luvk

This list is not doing well against power gamers aka 90% of the population that play ba and sw . I made a new list going to try it out Thursday and see how it fairs