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Made in us
Dakka Veteran




Orlando, Florida

HQ

Shas'o-Plasma rifle, missle pod, shield generator, hardwired multitracker- 135

Shas'o-Plasma rifle, missle pod, shield generator, hardwired multitracker- 135

Elite

5x stealth suits-150

3x crisis suits- plasma rifle, missle pod, multi tracker-195

Troops

12x firewarriors-bonding knife, shas'ui

devil fish- multi tracker, decoy launcher-235

[b]12x firewarriors-bonding knife, shas'ui

devil fish- multi tracker, decoy launcher-235

12x firewarriors-bonding knife, shas'ui

devil fish- multi tracker, decoy launcher-235

[/b]

Heavy support

hammerhead-railgun, burst cannons, multi tracker, target lock, disruption pod, decoy launcher-175

hammerhead-railgun, burst cannons, multi tracker, target lock, disruption pod, decoy launcher-175

hammerhead-railgun, burst cannons, multi tracker, target lock, disruption pod, decoy launcher-175

This is for a tournament at the end of March

   
Made in us
Rampaging Carnifex





Cut down the toys and you can have a whole extra devilfish. Which is a good idea. Or a buncha kroot, or more suits.

Shas'os should not have a shield generator. They are independent characters and will only ever be shot at if you screw up - so just don't screw up and save 40 pts.

The devilfish squads do not need a bonding knife or a shasui. That's like 20 pts per squad you don't need to be spending, since there're so few times you'll really need the ld8 or similar. Either the squad is utterly vaped or it's fine.

I'd drop the third crisis suit also, saving you another 65 pts, as crisis squads of 3 are very difficult to maneuver.

That gets you 165 pts to do something useful with, like buy a squad of kroot and some gun drones, or drop a couple more fire warriors and get another fish full of them.

Your list is fine though, it's not weak or anything. Just sub-optimal, which is not a huge problem. If you want to make it harder, get another devilfish. That is about all I'd do.
   
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Dakka Veteran




I propose that you drop the shield generators on the o's, as well.
I don't recomend another fish, you have 3 already.

I reccomend either another stealth squad, or 2 squads of 10 kroot.
If you look back a bit you will find a kroot tactica that is really informative. Kroot can add a lot to a mech list, especially as an advance element during escalations.

Otherwise, I reccomend the extra stealth.

Another alternative, as you have a lot of anti-troop, is to get another crisis, and split them into two units of 2.

Gun drones can be a nice cheap problem for people, especially when deep struck behind enemy lines.
   
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Land Raider Pilot on Cruise Control




Australia

By the end of march, you'd have the new tau codex, does the tournament allow you to use the new codex?

109/20/22 w/d/l
Tournament: 25/5/5 
   
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Dakka Veteran




Orlando, Florida

Oh yea, thats right. Yes, it not only allows, but requires the new codex to be used.

   So... I guess this list is kind of out dated. Well it will change some point wise, but model wise this is kind of my limit for right now. I also probably wont change too much any way. I might drop what the others suggested dropping to make room for some pathfinders.

   
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Dakka Veteran




Orlando, Florida

Sorry about the large bold font. Still getting used to this.
   
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Dakka Veteran




Well the list won't change much but I would advise you to do the following. . .

Remove the 3rd Crisis Suit: 85
Remove the Bonded and Shas Ui, from the fire warrior squads: 60
Remove the Shield Generators from the Shas O's: 40
Remove the Disruption Pods from the Hammer Heads: 15
Remember the Hammerheads get Target lock for free, it looks like your paying for them: 15 points
Add 12 fire warriors and a Devil Fish with Multi-Tracker and Decoy launcher: 215 points

I believe the Crisis Suit costs are supposed to drop and with those extra points, so with all of those extra points, you should be able to put marker lights on all the vehicles (a new addition to the codex), and you might be able to field another 2 fire knife crisis suits. . .
   
 
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