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I used to play Tau way back in the day 4th edition and moved to IG. I quit playing for a long time until I was cleaning out the closet and noticed all my Tau models and it made me want to play again. I have almost all my models painted now including massive amounts of Eldar so I figured I should at least get a list going so I can play if I ever get a chance.

Total Roster Cost: 1850
HQ: Commander Shadowsun
1 Commander Shadowsun , 175 pts = Command-link Drone + Shield Drone

Elite: XV104 Riptide
1 XV104 Riptide , 260 pts = Stimulant Injector + Velocity Tracker + Fusion
1 Shielded Missile Drone

Elite: XV104 Riptide
1 XV104 Riptide , 190 pts = Ion Accelerator + Early Warning Override + SMS

Troops: Kroot Carnivore Squad
20 Kroot , 145 pts + Sniper Rounds
1 Kroot Hound

Troops: Fire Warrior Team
8 Fire Warriors , 167 pts
1 Devilfish , Disruption Pod

Heavy Support: Sniper Drone Team
3 Firesight Marksman , 84 pts
3 Sniper Drones

Heavy Support: Sniper Drone Team
3 Firesight Marksman , 84pts
3 Sniper Drones

Heavy Support: XV88 Broadside Team 210
1 Broadside Shas'ui Early Warning Override
1 Broadside Shas'ui Early Warning Override
1 Broadside Shas'ui Early Warning Override

Allied Eldar:
HQ: Farseer
1 Farseer, Eldar Jetbike 115


5 Dire Avengers (Troops) 210
1 Wave Serpent, Holo-Fields + TL Scatter Lasers + Shuriken Cannon

5 Dire Avengers (Troops) 210
1 Wave Serpent, Holo-Fields + TL Scatter Lasers + Shuriken Cannon


My thoughts are the Sniper Drone Marksmen putting out some BS5 marker lights while their rapid fire sniper buddies put a hurting on special weapons and MCs. Shadowsun will roll around with the HBC Riptide and give reroll 1s, 2+ cover, 3+invul, infiltrate, and a total of 3 fusion blasters (had to add a shielded missile drone to keep Toughness 6.) Broadsides are a fire base but super immobile. Kroot will infiltrate or outflank based on objectives on the board. Wave Serpents because f you that's why.

Shadowsun and a riptide is pretty beastly, but If your going that route, the upgrades on the riptide may be overkill. With that much protection, the stims are a bit expensive as a boost. Skyfire is okay, I guess if you plan on nova charging the HBC. If you drop the shield drone it makes it easier to maintain T6 as the shield drone will be your 1st wound anyways... Then you can put your farseer here for even more fun!

The devilfish is okay, but you might just want 6 warriors here to save points. It will be an easyish target for most enemies, but if it dies no big deal I suppose.

The firesight marksmen are decent to boost your sides and all, but the drones don't do all that much. WIth all your gunline elements, I would be tempted to take an ethereal for the broadside squad and maybe an ADL for your backfield. If you keep the kroot here as well it gets pretty awesome. Consider trimming points from the riptide, shield drone, and maybe some kroot/a sniper team for ethereal and/or an ADL with a quad.

The eldar part looks good. Farseer can grab a singing spear if you have points, not required. Instead of hanging with a riptide(he can hang with the ion tide as well) consider the mantle of the laughing god for extra trolling.