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I have been playing with some players with Knight ally, and this thing is wrecking havoc to my army if it is left alone for more than one turn,
Which led me to think about ways to one turn kill this target. (I know using Stormsurge or Ghostkeel is the best way, but I am currently out of any cash... :0)

First thing that came to my mind was to use Retaliation Cadre with Farsight.
This Formation guarantees turn 2 arrival, and this lead me to come up with this.

Commander w/ 2 FB+Farsight + 2 Crisis w/ 2 FB dropping at the rear of IK

3 Crisis w/ 2 FB each drop at the left side

1 HYMP Broadside Drops at the right side with 2 Missile drones + HBC Riptide

Marker Drones from Drone net all shoots at the IK, which will then be used to boost BS of Units + Launch SM from Skyray

This seemed as a good solution, since I realized this is so cost inefficient

Since I just couldn't come up with a better idea, I would greatly appreciate to learn any other ways to achieve this.

Doesn't seem very reliable. I don't know the new Tau very well but do you have any deep strike scatter protection? I'm not saying it's a bad plan, but hardly close to consistent? It also lets your opponent have a whole turn to run rampant against whatever is on the board turn 1.

That could work, but it's a hell of a points investment.

Multiple suicide xv8 fusion teams with marker light support (no twinlink, double fusion), dropped on different sides so he doesn't get his shield.

Two sky rays on different sides of the table unloading their full wads, so one side doesn't get a shield. Bonus for ML support.

Full team of railheads? Spendy as hell, but might do it.

In seriousness, that three railgun fort could do pretty good.

Assault it with a full team of FW with EMP grenades.

Also, Tiger Shark with the big railgun.

with farsight you don't scatter from deepstrike

Crazy Jay wrote:
Doesn't seem very reliable. I don't know the new Tau very well but do you have any deep strike scatter protection? I'm not saying it's a bad plan, but hardly close to consistent? It also lets your opponent have a whole turn to run rampant against whatever is on the board turn 1.

General suggestion is put a Hammerhead in front of the IK, and deep strike a squad of FB crisis suits behind it.

Assault it with EMP grenades

Drop melta ruins knights. 3 suits 2x FB and hit with some marker lights. Put at least 3 hp on him and then finish it off with HYMP

Y'vahra, maybe? 3+D3 str8 haywire shots, 66% of the time anyway!

Riptide Wing, spread out to hit both sides and front with Ion. That should more than punch out a Knight.

SJ

Supremacy suit for the D!

But in all serious, like any other army, you need to get multiple facings at the same time with weapons that can hurt it. With Tau, you can deepstrike Melta Crisis have S7 with Broadsides, Riptide Wing with HBC and that's just the Codex.

If you just want to strip HP, massed CiBs and Missile Pods will take out a Knight, too.

SJ

Hunter contingent. Have every broadside and missile armed crisis suit fire with the leader who does not shoot and grants tank hunter. 36ish str 7 tank hunting missles should do it after saves.