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Hey all, this is one of the lists that I am working on for the NOVA Open Trios tournament coming up in September. The singles matchups are at 1850 points and don't have any restrictions really, but I am just following ITC for simplicity.

Farsight Enclaves CAD:
Commander (Marko) - 2x misslepods, drone controller, target lock
3x 3 Crisis Suits, (2) plasmaguns
Stormsurge, Pulse Cannon (D shotty), twin Airburst, Shield, EWO

Drone Net:
4x4 Markerlights

Riptide Wing:
3x 1 Riptide, Heavy Burst Cannon, SMS, Velocity Tracker


I am trying to figure out a balance between the Ion accelerator and the Burst cannon in this formation. In my experience plasma crisis are more consistent then Ion riptides for TEQ.. which is why i went this path to start. I can really put wounds down field, and the Surge should handle any GMCs or SHVs without much issue (luckily he can't be sniped himself with 8 wounds).

Curious what you guys think?

Thanks!

And this is more of a question as well, does the Storm Surge provide its points back, the D shot seems odd cause of the range. What are your tactics to use it? I have put skyfire on my Burst tide but with marklights I feel my Ion tides work much better usually. I would do one unit of suits as fusion... seems to be in these tourneys you need to attack another LOW of some sort...IMO

 Cult of My Boy Blue wrote:
And this is more of a question as well, does the Storm Surge provide its points back, the D shot seems odd cause of the range. What are your tactics to use it? I have put skyfire on my Burst tide but with marklights I feel my Ion tides work much better usually. I would do one unit of suits as fusion... seems to be in these tourneys you need to attack another LOW of some sort...IMO

Honestly not sure. I just built one. But math says that's Tau best solution to the WK problem. Being 8 wounds I can't get sniped and I have 4 possible long range D missiles coming back.

As for the D shotty, I'm not sure which is best honestly. I feel like I may want to move my surge which means I can't double shot. And I think.. the shotty is better in that situation. But again only play testing will truly show.