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Ok, so like the title says im needing alot of help here. I have been away from the game for a long time and am coming back and am looking at playing my Tau again. So far for 2k this is what i have come up with


HQ

Ethereal - 50

Farsight - 165
- Bodyguard w/ Command & control node, Multi spectrum sensor suite, puretide engram neurochip - 82

-3x Bodyguard w/ plasma rifle, fusion blaster - 186 (62 each)


Elite

Riptide - ion accelerator (5), TL SMS, Interceptor (5) Sky fire (20) - 210

Riptide - ion accelerator (5), TL SMS, Interceptor (5) Sky fire (20) - 210

Troops

10x Fire warrior - 90

10x Fire warrior - 90

10x Fire warrior - 90

10x Fire warrior - 90

Fast

8x marker drones - 112

8x marker drones - 112

Heavy

3x broadsides - High yield missile pods, SMS, skyfire - 255 (85 each)

3x broadsides - High yield missile pods, SMS, skyfire - 255 (85 each)

For a total of 1997.


Any feedback is much appreciated!!!!!!

It is a solid start. A few things about the tau in 6th is that kroot are generally better than fire warriors(but warriors are ok with your ethereal). Marker drones are good, but without anybody leading them, they are pretty meh. Tau have a lot of good AA options, but skyfire on the riptides and broadsides is a bit overkill.

I would go for 3 squads of 12 warriors, then maybe get a cheap kroot squad with a hound. Drop one of the marker drone squads for a skyray, which is a strong mobile marker platform, AA unit and AT. Drop skyfire from one of the riptides, and keep the heavy burst cannon on the one you want to skyfire. I would also swap the other marker drones to pathfinders.

Missile drones are very good if you have points, and since your going to have the support bodyguard, always take the neuroweb system jammer if you have the points. For basically free, it can hand out "gets hot". If that kills a single model, it made its points back.

Don't run suits with split weapons. They're far more effective with double weapons. If you want fusion blasters in there as well, give one suit two fusion with target lock and the other suits take plasma. You shouldn't need more than 2 tank hunter fusion shots.