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Entering a tournament shortly with some unusual restrictions: any allies or dataslates detachment uses up slots in your original FoC. So allied HS counts towards your 3 HS choices etc. 2 HQs total etc etc. You can pick your own psychic powers rather than rolling, but (aside from Primaris powers) can only used each psychic power once in the whole tournament. I am deliberately going no vehicles, so please don't suggest Skyrays - I want lots of suits and stuff instead!

Tau Commander (Iridium, CCN, PEN, MSS)
Farseer (Jetbike)

Riptide (EWO, ion, SMS) - Firebase support cadre
Riptide (EWO, ion, SMS)
Riptide (EWO, HBC, SMS)

6 swooping hawks

10 Kroot (hound, sniper)
10 Kroot (hound, sniper)
3 jetbikes
3 jetbikes

3 Broadsides (HYMP, SMS, EWO) - Firebase support cadre
3 Broadsides (HYMP, SMS, EWO) - Firebase support cadre
Wraithknight (2 x Heavy Wraithcannon)

Stronghold is allowed, as are Knights, but no Lords Of War and no Forgeworld. I have considered swapping my hawks for a void shield generator, but I quite like the fun of popping on and off the table wreaking Havok and ultimately getting line breaker or attempting to contest late game... Also they are scoring in the scouring and tricky to kill if played right, I guess. Thoughts?

Absolutely filthy. I would not have fun playing you with that list so perfect for a tournament!

I like your idea of the hawks, I don't know much about their stats but sounds cool!

Riptide with HBC deserves a velocity tracker. it's absolutely the best AA unit ever - not even exaggerating!

I guess I have to be a careful vs grav gun spam and centurions with the grav amps and what not.

or space wolf rune priests in drop pods. that might ruin your day

I do have a LOT of interceptor and he has to place the Rune Priests where they will be quite exposed to it, so I figure I might be okay for that one.

The hawks will help you if someone brings a bunch of knights, 6 of them will half kill a knight before it gets to hit.

Though if you fight a gravstar just pack up and leave because 2 riptides will be deleted per turn, after that the missilesides, and ect.

That picking psychic powers is SICKNESS.

The HBC cannon will benefit the most from the tank hunter use from the fire base support cadre, the rend from nova charging the gun can yield more pen results than one ion accelerator blast.

But yeah, watch out for grav guns.

The FSC on the HBC tip is great - thanks for that.

There will be at least one white scars grav bike spam army there. And a Space wolves and drop pods list.

Lol have fun with that.

Absolutely disgusting, but in a good way. Great tournament list.

A bit light on AA, would be nice to have a velocity tracker on the HBC tide, but I figure with a farseer and buffmander, you will just rely on twin linking.

Hawks are great for anti Av-14 and horde control.

Since you are exactly short 2 points, take a neuroweb jammer on your buffmander. You literally can't take any other upgrade, and if it kills a single grot it makes its points back. Ideally, you never get close enough to use it, but in case something nasty shows up, it could do serious damage.

Yes! 1850 is a beautiful number. Thanks for that. Now to get painting.