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I've been tweaking this list for a few weeks and this is where I'm at. This will be vs Eldar and Necrons, neither of which will use reserves (except a flyer which is why my Riptide has the EWO + Velocity Tracker). I chose to give each squad of Crisis x2 gun drones to take some wounds and possibly cause some pinning and because of the drone net rules + retaliation rules they have a BS4 the turn they arrive from deep strike. I went with x4 missile drones in the BS squad to have this unit really hit hard the turn it arrives. I also chose to give each crisis squad and stealth squad the hit and run rule to allow them to jump out of combat as both of these opponents have units that like to do that. OSC + drones will allow me to ignore cover (jink) which is huge vs both these guys tanks and jetbikes.




Tau Dawn Blade Contingent (1167pts)

Retaliation Cadre (943pts)

Commander
····2x Plasma Rifle, Shield Generator, Vectored Retro-Thrusters, Neuroweb System Jammer
XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual, 2x MV1 Gun Drone]
····Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
····Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]

XV104 Riptide Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
····Heavy Burst Cannon, Twin-linked Plasma Rifle, Velocity Tracker, Early Warning Override

XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual, 2x MV1 Gun Drone]
····Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle, Vectored Retro-Thrusters]
····Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]

XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual, 2x MV1 Gun Drone]
····Crisis Shas'ui [2x Fusion Blaster, Vectored Retro-Thrusters]
····Crisis Shas'ui [2x Fusion Blaster]

XV88 Broadside Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual, 4x MV8 Missile Drone]
····Broadside [Early Warning Override, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
····Broadside [Early Warning Override, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

Drone-Net VX1-0 (224pts)
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]



Formation (335pts)

Optimized Stealth Cadre (335pts)
XV25 Stealth Battlesuits
····Stealth Shas'ui with Burst Cannon
····Stealth Shas'ui with Burst Cannon
····Stealth Shas'ui with Burst Cannon [Vectored Retro-Thrusters]

XV25 Stealth Battlesuits
····Stealth Shas'ui with Burst Cannon
····Stealth Shas'ui with Burst Cannon
····Stealth Shas'ui with Burst Cannon [Vectored Retro-Thrusters]

XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuits
····Cyclic Ion Raker, Twin-linked Fusion Blaster, Counterfire Defence System