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Right had a game last week, was brilliant no traffic getting there found a space to park thats pretty much all the high points out of the way!

Had a 1650 game against 3 knights (unsure of names) but he was running 1 Hq with battle cannon, one more with melta cannon and the 3rd is the CC one from Forge world (think lancer) along with that he had celestine and some jumpy girls and 2 squads of normal girls (there not a problem)

Thought i would go melta heavy so went farsite bomb with a extra commander (all but utility belt and Farsite had 2 fusion so 14 fusion shots total) 2 riptides with IA and fusion 2 Bogo FW squads (as we have shop rule of battle forged only) and a hammerhead

on the deepstrike managed to drop in and nearly kill one then jump to cover only for all 3 to pop round the corner (12" move is hard to hide from) and drop 3 pie plates on me had about 10 drones and Farsite left so had to concede.

What is there I could have done better? Or what is it that i could do next time im stumped!

Thanks in advance guys (and gals)

Could you provide a photo or sketch of the battlefield/setup?

Basically I'd make sure during terrain setup that you have at least one LOS-breaker and then split my force so he has to turn and doesn't get his save for all shots. With long range you should always to be able to use the other group to shoot on the non-protected facing.

Another option might be a null deployment, deploying only 2 long range high threat decoys in the very corners of your deployment zone. This way he would have to split up and/or turn, too.

it was pretty even, had some los blocking terrain but couldnt stay that much around it so that his 12" move was enouph to drop a pie on the one or 2 he could just see.

i tried that with the riptides spaceing them out but he just deployed central with all 3 (and would not split them haha). sisters held the back field and once deepstiked split fired drones at fleshy targets (they didnt last) and then all fusion at back of HQ knight (as was only one in 9" melta range) after that he just ignored my tides and my railhead.

was thinking of flyer heavy (as he cant target with blasts) but unsure realy.

Flier heavy would do it. Just make sure not to get tabled before they come on the board

The question is: with flyers, how many turns of shots will you get at the Knights? With limited maneuverability I would doubt you will get more than 2 turns of shots, have one on the board without shots, then reenter reserve.

I would say if the board is set up so he can deploy and stay in the center you are rather fighting the terrain set up than the enemy list. Next time maybe deny the center by placing a big terrain piece there. It really comes down to forcing him to turn to one side and expose the other with at least one Knight.

I'm not too familiar with Tau, so I can't say which units of your army will help you, only what usually worked for me in general.

With Necron I used Doomsday Barges in the very corners to lure the opponent to one side or to split up, with Eldar Fire Prisms, with Chaos I use Obliterators. Those units also do their job against lists without Knights.

Ethereal shepherding 2 Burst Riptides may have done it, especially if you used FE and CAD so they both can take ECPAs.

otherwise, do you have any stealth suits? or a problem with using the hunter cadre?

That sounds like a good idea! (both haha) will try that next time ther is one massive peice of terrain i could wack in the middle then go for the rend on the bursts, never even thorght of that.

thanks all hopfully wont get trounced next game haha

I fielded a tigershark, 2 barracudas,w hammerhead, pathfinders and riptides plus some Minor fw
Squads against a very similiar list very sucessfull...