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Hi all,

I have now built a Battle-forged version of my original list - obviously its not quite Identical and is also 250pts bigger, but feedback would be appreciated.

Combined Arms Detachment

Farseer with SS on Jetbike
Farseer with WB on Jetbike
Warlock with WB on Jetbike x4
435pts

Windrider Jetbikes x3
Windrider Jetbikes x3
102pts

Fire Dragons x5
110pts

Allied Detachment

Archon
60pts

Kalabite Warriors x5
Venom with SC + SC

Kalabite Trueborn with Blaster x4
Kalabite Trueborn with Dark Lance x1
Venom with SC + SC
200pts

Venom with SC + SC
65pts

Formation: Tau Fire-base Support Cadre

XV104 Riptide with HBC, TLPR, Early Warning Override and Velocity Tracker.
205pts

XV88 Broadside Team with Bonding Knives
TLHYMP, TLSMS and Velocity Tracker x3 (Shas'vre x1)
268pts

XV88 Broadside Team with Bonding Knives
TLHYMP, TLSMS x3
198pts

Total 1748pts

The Fire Dragons start in the empty Venom and the Psykers all take powers from Malefic path - the idea being to throw Khorne Skullcrushers and Bloodletters at the enemy with a Riptide and Broadside Team to deal with air traffic and the other Broadside Team to work with the Venoms mopping up infantry - while two of them carry armour poppers.

Drop the empty venom and give the archon a webway portal. You can drop the fire dragons with him without scatter and bring the weapons to bare.

Thanks for that, it sounds good !

Your doing the Jetseer Council wrong in model count, not having the sprit stone of pwnage, and rolling the wrong psychic powers. Witnessing is probably something else you should have.

I dont see how this list has any synergy at all. Your Dark Eldar Detachment is a waste of points. If you dropped the Dark Eldar detachment and just brought wave serpents it would be better. Why use the Dark Eldar Codex for something the Eldar codex does better?

I like the basic idea, but am not sure about the Tau addition.

Drop the VTs from the Broadsides. Even snap shooting you should put 7-8 tank hunter hits on a flyer with them which should down it. So you have a choice spend 60points to massively overkill a flyer after it has alphastruck or spend 15 on EWOs and kill it before it gets to do anything. Get EWOs on both Broadside teams. It also bones drop pod armies and any reserve reliant armies.

I don't see the point in the Archon at all. If you want a cheap HQ just take a Lhamean instead. In fact I don't see what the DE are bringing to the party at all. Spend those points on beefing up the Seerstar. Get the Shard on a Farseer for example. Infact a 2nd CAD of Eldar would be a better fit as you could add another Farseer and a combat Autarch to the star. Get the Fragons a Serpent and a bunch more jetbikes.