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Ill keep this short and sweet. The new Tau Codex is out and with all the changes to the amount of weapons a suit can take, war gear and changes in weapon stats the optimal suit load outs are inevitably going to change.

From your experience so far or just straight out math/theory hammering what does Dakka think will be the optimal, interesting or just useful suit configurations for this 6th edition codex?

If you can think of any awesome new names all the better!

So far, im thinking of running:

3x Crisis with TL Plasma Rifle, Fusion blaster for some crazy AP1/2 goodness. 1 TL shot from 24 inches, 2 from 18 (with 1 being TL), 3 shots from 12 (with 2 being TL) per suit. Mostly designed to take out TEQ/MEQ with the capabilities to melt a tank or 2. Will probably run with 2 shield drones as for optimal output the unit will have to get within 12 of the enemy. Thinking of calling it the Apollo or Icarus configuration (although they are open to debate)

What will you be running on your suits/commanders?

Dracoknight wrote:


Normal suit "bunch of stuff" : Fusion, Plasma and a Missile Pod, now thats a bunch of guns...one of them must hit sometime right?

Haha i like the name. Problem is i think the multi tracker only lets you fire 2 weapons, having 3 of a different type thats not twin linked would mean you waste a weapon per turn? But i might be wrong, Dont have to Codex in front of me (Think that might make my forum trolling too obvious at work )

Steelmage99 wrote:
No matter what names one makes up for suit-configurations I think one should respect the old "established" conventions;

- Non-personal names (don't use mythical names from Earths history)
- Two-word names (like Fireknife, Sunfury, Deathrain...and so on)


Combinations of Lance, Cloud, Sky, Shadow, Dark, Moon, Searing, Storm and other words leaves plenty of possibilities.

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Fair enough. For the configuration my my first post how about "Searingforge". Btw Swarmfire is awesome

What about the current Helios config, that doesn't match the naming rules?


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Dracoknight wrote:
A Twin-Flamer with Shield would prolly be called "Fire-Shield"

And if you are allowed to take 2x TL Missile pods on a commander ( doesnt say you cant take the same weapon for all the slots ) you could call it a "Swarm Fire"

How about this for a "Inferno-Shield" Commander: Flamer+TL Flamer+Shield for a Commander. His bodyguards can be "Fire-Shields". Would certainly be an answer to Ork and Nid hordes.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

Dracoknight wrote:
Commander with Dual FT-Flamers + That signature system fist that gives you str 10 ap 1 in melee.

Then you call him "Inferno-fist" or "The first of the inferno"

Too long.

Might as well call him Fist of the Sun

Hold on...Sunfist configuration.

I like Infernofist...but you cant argue with Sunfist....Its up there on the awesome scale with Deathrain and Fireknife

Anti-air suits: TL Missile pods, Sky-fire

...Skyrain? Heavensknife?