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I play my brother alot who uses tau. I've been having trouble coming up with a list at both point levels (1000 and 1500) that are able to be effective. He uses alot of fire warriors, an ethereal, pathfinders, kroot, a riptide, and crisis suits with a crisis commander. There hasn't been a game where I have done serious damage yet. The only unit that seems to do anything is my rune priest with jaws because of the low initiative of tau. I'm just looking for some army list ideas that could be effective. Thanks!

i use that list in 1500 pts

1500 tournament list

HQ

100 runepriest (bolt pistol) (MH/Jaws)

100 runepriest (bolter) (divination)

ELITES

225 5 x WG (4 x TDA + 1 Power armored) (3 x combi plasma/ 2 power-axe + 1 Thunder-hammer, 2 x combi-melta/1 power sword) (the power armored WG has no power weapon), Pod

TROOPS

195 10 GH, 2 plasma, Pod

190 10 GH, 2 melta, Pod

203 8 GH, 1 flamer,Wolf-standard, [1 WG TDA/Heavy-Flamer/power axe], Pod

208 8 GH, 1 melta, Wolf-standard, [1 WG TDA/Combi-melta/power axe], Pod

HEAVY SUPPORT

140 6 LF, 5ML

140 6 LF, 5ML

Drop 3 pods turn one, one from the ten man, one from the 8 man + WG and the WG one. The other two arrive where needed the following turns

The runepriest with divination stays with LF for ignore cover hopefully and prescience. The codex powered one goes with WG terminators pod for jaws or MH (wich may cause a lot of damage with that 3 d6 hits).

So your tau opponent has to face 5 terminators and 20 powered armored marines first turn along with 10 missiles coming from 48" either frag or krak. The flamers and the rapid fire will ruin the tau infantry and the combi plasma- melta the suits and the riptide. I use thunder hammer cause i fight lots of MCs in my local meta. If you use this list right you will beat him. Good luck. Let me know how it went.

Thanks for the input! Ill have to give that a try when we play 1500. Ill be sure to let you know how it goes. Thanks!