2000 points - Drop Pod Wolves + Tau, yes we're doing that again

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**Continuity**

So I have 2 lists for you guys today, both of them involve pure drop-pod wolves and Tau, this is meant to be competitive

HQ

Rune Priest - Jaws, Living Lightning - 100

Elite
7 Wolf Guard - 7*Combi-Plasma, Drop-pod - 196
7 Wolf Guard - 7*Combi-Plasma, Drop-pod - 196
5 Wolf Guard - 5*Combi-Melta,Drop-pod - 150

Troop
10 Grey Hunter - Flamer*2 standard, Drop-pod 200
10 Grey Hunter - Melta*2 standard, Drop-pod 200
10 Grey Hunter - Melta*2, standard, Drop-pod 200

Aegis Defense Line - Quad gun - 100

Ally - Tau
HQ
Commander - Puretide Chip, Multi-spectrum suite, C&C Node, Iridium Suit, Onager Gauntlet- 165

Elite
Crisis Suits*3 - 2 Missile Pods*3 - 156

Troops
Fire Warrior*6 - 54

Heavy Support
Broadside*3 - High Yield Missile, Target Lock*3, Missile Drone*6 - 282

Total: 1999

This list has the missileside blob capable of nuking 2 targets each turn, Crisis Suits are mobile high strength fire that can be a general nuisance when the opponent has to deal with the wolves. Commander mans the quad gun

HQ

Rune Priest - Jaws, Living Lightning - 100

Elite
7 Wolf Guard - 7*Combi-Plasma, Drop-pod - 196
7 Wolf Guard - 7*Combi-Plasma, Drop-pod - 196
5 Wolf Guard - 5*Combi-Melta,Drop-pod - 150

Troop
10 Grey Hunter - Flamer*2 standard, Drop-pod 200
10 Grey Hunter - Melta*2 standard, Drop-pod 200
10 Grey Hunter - Melta*2, standard, Drop-pod 200
10 Grey Hunter - Plasma*2, Standard, Drop-pod 205

Ally - Tau
HQ
Commander - Puretide Chip, Multi-spectrum suite, C&C Node, Iridium Suit- 160

Elite
Riptide - Fusion Blaster, Ion Accelerator, Early Warning Override, Velocity Tracker - 210

Troops
6 Fire Warrior - 54

Heavy Support
Skyray - Smart Missile System, Blacksun Filter, Disruption Field - 131

Total: 1998

This list is much more aggressive, capable of dropping 40 grey hunters first turn, Commander joins Riptide for shenanigans, and Skyray can be a great anti-air if it survives (hence the disruption field).

Thoughts? Feedback? Possible bad matchups? Anything is welcome

**Continuity**

bump because nobody cares

apparently the lists are perfect

**Grugknuckle**

Heresy.

Suffer not the alien, the mutant, the heretic.

**tiber55**

If I had to choose i would go with list 2, more troops at 2k is worthwhile.

I will say though that your paying alot of points in list to for the riptide buff commander combo.

You might expirement with dropping one of the combi plasma wolf guard squads from list one as 5 pods are the same as 6 taking the riptide instead of the crisis suits, filling out the fire warrior squad and getting a 2nd runepriest.