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Speaking of Tau. You may be interested in how they did at our Tournament last night.

http://www.foxelvensword.com/tournaments.html

TBH i think its only fair that Tau get a unit that is too cheap considering our base troop choice is an outrage lol. I was playing tau the other day and got hit by a few seeker missles. Anyone else find them a risk or annoying? Any tau players reading this use them? or are they over priced?

ATO

Tetra's aren't crap, on paper they are amazing, 4 markerlight shots allows you to kill all sorts of things, from a deathstar to that really annoying Wave Serpent that you need to kill because they make ur weapons S8 and they could have a flat out save, I've never used them before but I would say that they are good in game? They are a fast attack choice right? That means i wouldn't take anything else as a fast attack choice as all the others are not worth taking and tetras would draw firepower away from ur suits because they're such a nuisance helping you army hit on 2's etc.

They definately arent crap you reckon seeker missles are a good partner?

ATO

I don't like seeker missles myself. Too expensive for a one shot that you could miss with. Tau need to really work hard on their points anyway, and aren't like DE who can make a super optimized list and STILL have pts left over. those ten points could be better used instead to increase survivability for something else or increase your hitting power.

However, I might rethink that stance in light of how cheap the Tetras are, but likely I'd rather take the points saved on Tetras and put them into more bodies...

GoDz BuZzSaW wrote:Tetra's aren't crap, on paper they are amazing, 4 markerlight shots allows you to kill all sorts of things, from a deathstar to that really annoying Wave Serpent that you need to kill because they make ur weapons S8 and they could have a flat out save, I've never used them before but I would say that they are good in game? They are a fast attack choice right? That means i wouldn't take anything else as a fast attack choice as all the others are not worth taking and tetras would draw firepower away from ur suits because they're such a nuisance helping you army hit on 2's etc.

Tetra's are notoriously flimsy, like their Piranha counter part. But they are far more streamlined for Fast Attack; being able to fire Marker Lights while moving AND Multiple Markerlights for multiple units is how Marker Lights should work...

yer i think that seeker missles are rather expensive but i may experiment with a few of them.

I agree that Tetras could be flimsy but you can hold them back and inmy experience they are often ignored.

ATO

Tetras are flismy, but so are a lot of units in the Tau codex when you think about it.

Seeker missiles aren't worth it, the Skyray in particular is a shocking choice lol,

I'd like to try the Melta Cannon and the Plasma Cannon on the hammerhead tho, to see what they're like!

The skyray isn't a BAD choice, its just that it competes for a slot with other units that are better.

Randomonioum wrote:The skyray isn't a BAD choice, its just that it competes for a slot with other units that are better.

6 Krak Missile shots isn't a good choice for a heavy slot, leave it at home.

I just wondered if it was worth just sticking a few seeker missles on devilfish and hammer head just for some additional shots but i guess there are better things to spend points on.

ATO

Alltheones wrote:I just wondered if it was worth just sticking a few seeker missles on devilfish and hammer head just for some additional shots but i guess there are better things to spend points on.

ATO

Like MORE Tetra's

Tetras are just sexy.

It could be 10 PPM more and still be worth it. I don't know why they Didn't just give Piranhas a Markerlight Option back when they made the Codex. No Better Platform for Markerlights than a Small Skimmer zipping around the field.