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With the death of taudar (which was needed) and buffmander, I was hoping this would not happen :( I had to change my army list (I was just starting to get used to it too). Basically this army configuration is to shoot anything down before they get close. Also it should be able to handle anything in some degree.

Farsight Enclave:

HQ
-Ethereal

Troop
-3 x Crisis Suits with dual flamers and Bonding Ritual (BR)
-3 x Crisis Suits with dual flamers and BR

Elite
- 2 x Iontide with TL FB, EWO, and Stim

FA
-6 x PF with BR
-6 x PF with BR

HS
-Full Sniper Drone Team

Formation
-Burstide with TL FB, EWO, VT, and ECPA
-3 x Broadside: 2 x Missileside with EWO and a railside with TL. Both with TL SMS
-3 x Broadside: 2 x Missileside with EWO and a railside with TL. Both with TL SMS

Fortification
-Skyshield

Total: 1746pts

So basically the Formation will handle AA and tanks since they have Tank Hunters, PE SM is basically extra. Then the 2 Iontides will handle any heavy infantry with the supports of PF and the sniper drones will handle MC and anything that gets close. Lastly the 2 squads of crisis suits will DS to any troops camping an objective or objective secure mine. Comments and critique will be much appreciated! Thanks!

Apparently in the new rules if you have skyfire you snap shoot at ground targets, interceptor doesn't affect. Is this correct? I wonder how that effects your list...


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I'd say you will struggle to secure objectives with your minimal troops btw. Your opponent only has to kill a few crisis suits and keep one unit of their own troops alive and on an objective...

Kholzerino wrote:
Apparently in the new rules if you have skyfire you snap shoot at ground targets, interceptor doesn't affect. Is this correct? I wonder how that effects your list...


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I'd say you will struggle to secure objectives with your minimal troops btw. Your opponent only has to kill a few crisis suits and keep one unit of their own troops alive and on an objective...

It won't affect his list at all as the Tau codex states " A model with a velocity tracker can choose whether or not to have skyfire special rule each time he makes a shooting attack".

I agree that you do lack scoring units though.


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Tautastic wrote:
With the death of taudar (which was needed) and buffmander, I was hoping this would not happen :( I had to change my army list (I was just starting to get used to it too).

Tau never needed Eldar to be successful and is still easily top 3 armies right now. Buffmander is still viable, just not with a riptide, which still can use markerlights just fine.

Ya if you both have skyfre and intercept you will be snap shooting ground targets but VT you can turn on/off skyfire every shooting attack.

As for objectives, since broadsides/riptides are scoring they can baby sit the ones in my deployment zone. If my opponents gets close enough to contest them then I deserve to lose hahaha. The crisis suits main job is to cause havoc for his troops camping in his deployment zone

But ya the lack of troops was one of my concerns. Will have to play test this and see how it goes.

I guess I should have clarified it with regards to Taudar. What I meant was that nerf was needed. That combo was just too nasty. I basically tabled all the games I played taudar in 6e.

Ya I basically replaced the buffmander with markerlights and the formation to get tank hunter. To accomodate the lost of Monster Hunter I put in a squad of SDT.

I want to play test this list but I am afraid I won't be using this list on pick-up games.