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After digging out my old Tau army I decided to try beef them up a bit as I love how they look, but of course CSM is my main army. So after looking at an old list i posted I decided to create a new one which is as follows:

HQ

Shas'el - Drone Controller( 2 Shields), Missile Pod(Twin Linked), Plasma Rifle(Twin Linked), Stimulant Injector, Hard-wired multi-tracker - 153

Troops

Fire Warriors - 12, Shas'ui(Markerlight, Bonding Knife), Devilfish() - 225

Fire Warriors - 12, Shas'ui(Markerlight, Bonding Knife), Devilfish() - 225

Heavy Support

Hammerhead - Railgun, Burstcannons, Disruption Pod - 155

Broadsides - 3, 3x Targetting Lock, Leader(Bonding Knife) - 235

Total - 993

Note: I feel as if I have calculated the commander wrongly, so if somebody could check to make sure it correct I would be happy. If he is correct then how should I spend the last 7 points I have left over??

johnscott10 wrote:Shas'el - Drone Controller( 2 Shields), Missile Pod(Twin Linked), Plasma Rifle(Twin Linked), Stimulant Injector, Hard-wired multi-tracker - 153

You can't twin-link both sets of guns, only one set. And then check your points cost. I'd just go with the Target Array, PR/MP hwMT, and then Stims if you like.

johnscott10 wrote:Fire Warriors - 12, Shas'ui(Markerlight, Bonding Knife), Devilfish
Fire Warriors - 12, Shas'ui(Markerlight, Bonding Knife), Devilfish

Your'e behind the times. Tau players equip every vehicle with a DisPod for the "obscured vehicle" save, a built in 4+. Also, since the FWs will be moving in&out of the D'fish, the MLs might not sit still long enough to use.

johnscott10 wrote:Hammerhead - Railgun, Burstcannons, Disruption Pod - 155

No MT for Move&Shoot like a Fast Vehicle? Gotta have that, too!

johnscott10 wrote:Broadsides - 3, 3x Targetting Lock, Leader(Bonding Knife) -

The HQ's Shield Drones really ought to go here, as the single Shas'el can jsj to hide, but not XV88s.

Maybe lose an FW for the MT's cost for the Railhead.

First things first, your commander is illegal. Twin-linked weapons cost 2 hardpoints, sadly, and so your commander is using 4 currently.

Don't give your fire warrior units markerlights if you give them a devilfish... when you gunline them you can consider it then.

Your commander is actually 143 I believe.

Give your fire warrior d-fish disruption pods!

I would actually get rid of a broadside to get the necessary upgrades for warfish and for a fully-kitted out hammerhead as well. Then I would split the two broadsides to be there own unit so that they could split fire. The new list would look something like this:


HQ

Shas'el - Drone Controller( 2 Shields), Missile Pod(Twin Linked), Plasma Rifle, Stimulant Injector, Hard-wired multi-tracker - 133

Troops

Fire Warriors - 12, Shas'ui (Bonding Knife), Warfish - 255
Fire Warriors - 12, Shas'ui (Bonding Knife), Warfish - 255

Heavy Support

Hammerhead - Railgun, Burstcannons, Disruption Pod, MT, TL - 170

Broadside w/ A.S.S. (or TA...) - 80
Broadside w/ A.S.S. (or TA...) - 80

Total - 973

So you have 27 points to work with still.


EDIT - BE, you ninja >.<

The Bringer wrote:EDIT - BE, you ninja >.<

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The Bringer wrote:
The new list would look something like this:


HQ

Shas'el - Drone Controller( 2 Shields), Missile Pod(Twin Linked), Plasma Rifle, Stimulant Injector, Hard-wired multi-tracker - 133

Troops

Fire Warriors - 12, Shas'ui (Bonding Knife), Warfish - 255
Fire Warriors - 12, Shas'ui (Bonding Knife), Warfish - 255

Heavy Support

Hammerhead - Railgun, Burstcannons, Disruption Pod, MT, TL - 170

Broadside w/ A.S.S. (or TA...) - 80
Broadside w/ A.S.S. (or TA...) - 80

Total - 973

So you have 27 points to work with still.

Thanks for the updated list, there was a bit of theory with the markerlights however. I was actually just going to use a gunline and when the enemy got near I would get my Firewarrior squads into the Devilfish and speed off lol. As I expected I knew i screwed up the commander lol.

One thing I have no idea of is the Warfish, what gear and such does this have??

The A.S.S on the broadsides are questionable, I dont tend to use the Slow and Purposeful rule very often but i can see why people use it as it allows you to fire both the Railgun and the SMS.

I think I will keep the marker lights on the Firewarriors purely to help out the Broadsides hit tanks and whatnot coz to me hitting on 4+ isnt that reliable, so using 1 markerlight for each would allow them to hit on 3+ or 1 on a 2+ does seem good, plus iv got the points to spare really.

The A.S.S. is so that you can actually move and still fire the railguns... not to fire 2 weapons.

A warfish is a devilfish with:

Smart Missile System
Targeting Array
Multi-Tracker
Disruption Pods

And it comes out to 120 points.

The Bringer wrote:The A.S.S. is so that you can actually move and still fire the railguns... not to fire 2 weapons.

A warfish is a devilfish with:

Smart Missile System
Targeting Array
Multi-Tracker
Disruption Pods

And it comes out to 120 points.

Ah ok, makes sence now

Your list actually isn't bad for 1000 points. Probably too few bodies on the table, but it's a good start. I would start by trimming the everything just to fit more bodies. Here's something that's like what you have:

--HQ-- 999/1000

1 Shas'el 87
-Plasma Rifle
-Missile Pod
-Multi-tracker
2 Bodyguard 164
-Plasma Rifle x2
-Missile Pod x2
-Targeting Array x2
--HW Multi-tracker x2

--Elites--

3 Crisis Suit 159
-TL Missile Pod x3
-Targeting Array x3

3 Crisis Suit 159
-TL Missile Pod x3
-Targeting Array x3

--Troops--

6 Fire warriors 60

10 Kroot Carnivores 100
5 Kroot Hounds

10 Kroot Carnivores 100
5 Kroot Hounds

--Heavy Support--

2 Broadside Battlesuits 170
-A.S.S. x2
-Team Leader
-Target Lock

You still have that core of suits but you support it with three scoring units and more suits.

Hope that helps.

Knute