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Hello everyone, as I have begun construction of my Tau army I am definitely leaning towards a Battlesuit heavy theme (going for a total of x24 Crisis Suits) and potentially I want to be able to run the "Farsight Bomb" out of the list. Now I am just curious but is Shadowsun a requirement for this to be effective? Or is she just a character that helps the unit out and the Bomb can still be effective without her? Thanks for your insight!

Certainly not a requirement but the durability is worth the points, especially if you're investing in drones to tank shots.

I'd say more people use farsight bombs without shadowsun though and its usually fairly successful if you deepstrike conservatively and you sport a comms relay to ensure he comes out when you want him.

If you don't like deepstriking him you can also try just putting him on the board with 7 missile crisis and a give em a buffmander or put a PEN chip on one of em.

Not running shadowsun can make the bomb more offensive eg put a DC on a commander instead for bS5 gun drones.

Personally I think she is worth the resilience that she provides. It does make for an interesting game against opponents who strip or ignore cover though as you really need to prioritise those targets which do so.