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Hey!
I'm just looking to get some feed back on the list I'm planning to take into a competitive doubles competition. I'm running from the NEW Tau book.

Some slight notes.
- I know only that my ally is 750pts of Eldar
- Army is required to be battleforged
- Army cannot include gargantuan creatures or super heavies.
- Army can only contain 40K Approved Forge world

Personal note: I attempted multiple times to make use of the formations with the new book to gain some additional benifets, though for 750pts I found
myself using points I couldn't really afford on units that weren't really going to pull their weight.


So with the above in mind, the list.
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+++ Tau comp (750pts) +++

++ Tau Empire: Codex (2015) (Combined Arms Detachment) (750pts) ++

+ HQ (60pts) +

Cadre Fireblade (60pts)

+ Elites (190pts) +

XV104 Riptide Battlesuits (190pts)
Riptide Shas'vre [Early Warning Override, Ion Accelerator, Twin-linked Plasma Rifle]

+ Troops (210pts) +

Breacher Team (55pts) [5x Fire Warrior with Pulse Blaster]
DS8 Tactical Support Turret [Smart Missile System]

Breacher Team (55pts) [5x Fire Warrior with Pulse Blaster]
DS8 Tactical Support Turret [Smart Missile System]

Strike Team (100pts) [10x Fire Warrior with Pulse Rifle]
DS8 Tactical Support Turret [Smart Missile System]

+ Fast Attack (44pts) +

Pathfinder Team (44pts) [4x Pathfinder]

+ Heavy Support (246pts) +

TX78 Sky Ray Gunships (116pts)
TX78 Sky Ray Gunship [Blacksun Filter, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

XV88 Broadside Battlesuits (130pts)
Broadside [Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
Broadside [Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

The plan

My general idea is that I'm going to focus on bombarding the opponent with sheer missile fire generally, using the seekers to destroy enemy
armor as well as the riptide, which will generally be on intercept watch. Try and avoid high armor such as land raiders altogether if it can be
helped and use the smaller units to try and snag objectives wherever possible.

I'm only running a limited amount of markerlight but I find it difficult to include more without losing an actual unit for it.

The cadre is with the strike team in order to double my 30" fire power.

Total fire power per turn adds up to around:
20x Pulse rifle shots
20x Pulse blaster shots
15x Smart missile shots
12x Twin-linked smart missile shots
6x Seeker Missiles (one use)
8x Twin linked high-yield missile pod shots
5x Markerlight
2x Networked markerlight
Varied Ion accelerator shots
1x (rapid fire) twin-linked plasma rifle shots