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Destroyer Lord
MSS, Semp Weave, War Scythe

5 x Warriors
Night Scythe

5 x Warriors
Night Scythe

5 x Warriors
Night Scythe

6 x Wraiths (4 with coils)

6 x Wraiths (bare)

3 x Annihilation Barge

TAU ALLIES:

Commander
2 x Flamer
Command and Control Node
Multi-spectrum Sensor Suite
Drone Controller
Shield Generator
XV8-02 Iridium Battlesuit
2 x Marker Drone

XV104 - Riptide
Ion Accelerator
Twin Linked Smart Missile System
Early Warning Override

7 x Fire Warrior
Pulse Rifle

Is it just a stupid amount of points to put into one big gun? I mean its like a giant red herring, obviously. Is the load out right? Its a LOT of choices, huh?

Drone Controller is kinda wasted on 2 marker drones.

Generally, it's a solid list, but could use some tightening.

Buff Commanders are fantastic, there's a reason they're nearly ubiquitous. However, you're dumping a hilarious amount of points into making a single Ion Accelerator better. People bring a stacked guy like yours to buff the O'Vesastar, or 6 grav centurions, or at least 4 plasma cannon devs or something. This guy, by my count, is 212 points. That's almost enough to bring an ethereal in his place and bring a 4th scythe with warriors in it. I dunno, it's too much for me.

It's certainly enough to swap him for a cadre fireblade and aegis with quad gun and put the fire warriors up to 12 men. Would that be better? Fire warriors going to ground behind a home objective? I'm just seeing that ion accelerator scattering everywhere...

The riptide cannot use the markerlights of the commander if he's in the unit with his drones. Any unit you put him in he either drags down or gets dragged down by the majority toughness. If he joins the riptide they become majority t4 and if he joins the firewarriors he becomes majority t3. Drop the DC, drones, and flamers, and give him stims, the puretide chip, and vectored retro thrusters. That will allow your riptide to hit and run on a 3- (not as good, but still okay).