Ovion wrote:What I want to do is create a Tau Gunline army. Lots of S5 shots at things.
Unless the meta of
40k is shifting away from transport heavy, you're thinking like a 4e player. And this won't work too well as Tau Gun-line is pretty easily taken apart by most other armies in 5e.
However, I'll still offer tweaks will help make it as strong as possible. So, along those lines:
a. just 3 units of
FWs is a weak gunline. A 4th would help.
b. why have so many fish if your boyz are going to be on the ground? I know the d'fish sprues will come in the BattleF boxes, but that doesn't mean you have to use 'em.
Try to see if
GW has the Railgun sprue still available and then you don't have to buy a SkyRay/Railhead box for a lot more money. Once upon a time, 6 years ago it was $11.
Ovion wrote:Commander Shadowsun
I suggest just a regular Shas'
el FireKnife or
Deathrain.
Your suits are inefficiently distributed:
Ovion wrote:3 XV8 Crisis Suit
+ Twin Linked Missile Pods
+ Drone Controller
+ 2 Shield Drones
If you stayed with this, I think a BK is worth rallying 2 suits should morale fail, but then again ...
Ovion wrote:Stealth Team
3 Shas'ui
3 Shas'ui
You're using up two elite slots for Stealths, when splitting
deathrains up is better. Bring the Stealth teams into one 6-pak and split one
deathrain off of your trio. This gives you:
1. Better anti-tank. It splits your
deathrains' fire, meaning killing two tanks a turn instead of one with the 3 suits.
2. Better anti-infantry. Two trios of stealths won't have the impact of 18 collective shots, which will cause Wound Allocation to actually get around to entire 10 man squad (given some luck and
ML support).
Ovion wrote: Devilfish
+ Disruption Pod
+ Targetting Array
+ Multi-Tracker
+ 2 Seeker Missiles
Toss the seekers for
SMS, otherwise, upgrading a fish to
TA and
MT is a lot of points for boosting Gun Drone shooting.
Yes, refocus it as anti-I. Two seekers is pricy, one shot, anti-T.
Ovion wrote:Pathfinder Team 4 Shas'la
Only 4? 6 to 8 has far better impact. Better yet, go with two teams of 6. Use
FW models, only equip with carbines. Cut some pulse rifle barrels down, and glue on top of the carbines and you've got models that are pretty much
PFs. Way cheaper than buying
PF models in blister packs.
Ovion wrote:Hammerhead
+ Railgun
+ Burst Cannon
+ Disruption Pods
Add the
MT to Move&Shoot like a Fast Vehicle.
When prudent, use the kroot to protect your flanks from Outflanking units, especially
SW scouts.
The tide is coming
