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Hi all. Having had a long time fascination with the Kroot part of the Tau codex I thought it would be good fun to try to see if I can put together an army list that not only can be viable on the table but also fun to play. So, try this on for size.....

Kroot Merc List 1000pts

HQ
Master Shape, Fearless, Psyker, CC attks count as WitchBlade Hits.

TROOPS
15 Kroot Carnivore Kindred, Kroot Rifles
Shaper, conferring + 1 Armour Save to the unit, Pulse Rifle


20 Kroot Carnivore Kindred , Kroot Rifles
Shaper, Conferring +1 Armour Save to the unit, Pulse Rifle

15 Vulture Kindred, Counts as jump infantry,Hit and Run, Kroot Rifles
Vulture Shaper, Pulse Rifle


10 Stalker Kindred, Kroot Rifles. Infiltrate, Move Throu Cover, Night Vision and Stealth.


Heavy Support
3 Krootox, Kroot Guns
3 Krootox, Kroot Guns

Obviously this is made up of units from the Tau Codex and other bits of errata and rules that I found on the GW website. Im aware that the lack of Heavy weapons could be a problem, but more than that im worried that it might not be a legal list....The Master Shaper in particular caused me some problems. Please help me refine this list if you could. All c&c welcome. Cheers folks!!

In one of the old Chapter Approved books there were rules for all-Kroot armies.

Some of the rules may need to be slightly adapted to suit 5th ed. but I'm sure, assuming you are just playing with friends, they would be more than happy to play against you.

It's certainly not a legal list, it looks like you took rules from the Apocalypse datasheet and tweaked them. I've had to come up with different ways to play an all-Kroot army ever since the chapter approved white dwarf list was released. I gave up on using that list about a year ago, it simply doesn't work with fifth edition. Since I like to take my army to tournaments, it has to be legal. I currently use them as Dark Eldar, and have found them to be quite competitive and a great fit for the Kroot playstyle. If you're interested, the link in my signature is to the codex I wrote. All the names of units and wargear have been changed to match the Kroot mercenary army list, but I have painstakingly gone over it multiple times to make sure that the rules are exactly the same as the Dark Eldar codex, thereby making it a legal list.

It looks like a great list for a match against friends, but I will agree it's not tourney legal.

I might have to sneak some ideas from you though for my own Kroot-only list

Run em as either Orks or maybe DE? Knarloc as Raiders anybody?

How does a Knarloc explode? haha Every other vehicle result kinda could make sense.

Thanks guys! Especially you Oaka....Ill have a read of that and see if I can make something viable with all the rules and fluff that I have and post it later...Thanks again guys!