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Hey, playing the Crons against the Tau tommorow. I have never played the Tau before, dont know their army, just know they have amazing firepower.
Put together a 1250 list, betting on night fighting to prevent some of their baddy damage. please give me some pointers

HQ
Imotekh Stormlord - 225

Necron Overlord - 180
- Warscythe
- Res. Orb
- Tach. Arrow
- Pharaoh

2x Cryptek 110
- Harbingers of Destruction with Solar Pulse

5 Lychguard 225
- Hyperphase swords and Disp. Shields

10 Warriors - 130

5 Warriors - 65

5 Warriors - 65

5 Immortals - 85
- Tesla carbines

Annihilation Barge - 90

5 Scarabs - 75
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1250

My plan is to have the Imotekh join the 10 warriors and try to have the Night Fighting rules for as long as possible.
The Overlord will try to advance with the Lychguard forward and do some havoc.
The 2 crypteks will join the 2 units of 5 warriors and should Imotekhs night fighting rule fail, they will provide it for 2 extra rounds.
The scarabs are just a cannon fodder (dont have more basis)

Another alternative is to take out 1 or 2 crypteks and add Lords with res orbs and rely on my res protocols and also to swap the ann. barge with command barge and try to tie up some melee with it (no clue on the melee capabilties of the Tau)
Also have a Stalker, but not sure if I should deploy it....

Please gemme some feedback Cheers !

Tau are terrible at melee. Try to close as fast as possible. Does your opponent know he's fighting Necrons? If he does, he'll probably put Blacksun Filters on any important shooting unit, which let him double the distance rolled for night fighting, so it will not hurt him as much.

Go for an anti tank tbh. Smart Tau players tend to max out Rail Guns via Broadsides or Hammerheads, as well as maxing out Crisis Suits, and then filling in the remaining points with HQ and Fire Warriors. Someone like Anrakyr is your best friend.

thanks...anyone else ? so should I remove the crypteks ?

I think you need the crypteks. I'd drop the immortals and get a despairtek with Vod for the lychguard. otherwise they'll be too slow.

Then drop the arrow and put weave on the overlord instead.

Hope you have a plan for countering the deep striking crisis suits, they will make a mess of those small warrior squads.

Maybe drop one small warrior squad and add another unit of scarabs?

I'm a tau player and I've played against necrons my last 3 battles. If he brings crisis suits and broadsides, take them out first. Gauss his skimmers and tanks. And if he has any markerlights get rid of them, they make the tau successful. They up BS , remove night fight, and can take away your cover. If it's objectives, maybe reserve a warrior squad cause they go down pretty easy to tau fire. Best of luck.

Once all of the lights start flashing, Tau are terrifying.