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The idea here is to win friends but still have fun. Played this against Grey Knights last nite that had 2 dreadknights. Fun game! Tau did win turn 2. The Ethereal is placed with the sniper drones to get stealth and provided storm of fire boost. AV penetration power is lacking, but you have 2 squads of 3 double plasma suits, 3 HHRs and 8 Rail rifles. So AV 12 still needs to worry. Any way it's fluffy, not cheesey, 1 average formation, no MCs/GCs. Try it! Opponents will love you.

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

+ HQ +
Ethereal [Blacksun Filter, Recon Armour]

+ Elites +
XV8 Crisis Battlesuits
··Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
··Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
··Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]

XV8 Crisis Battlesuits
··Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
··Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
··Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]

+ Troops +
Breacher Team [Fire Warrior Shas'ui with Pulse Blaster, 4x Fire Warrior with Pulse Blaster, MV36 Guardian Drone]
··TY7 Devilfish [Blacksun Filter, Disruption Pod, Sensor Spines, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

Breacher Team [Fire Warrior Shas'ui with Pulse Blaster, 4x Fire Warrior with Pulse Blaster, MV36 Guardian Drone]
··TY7 Devilfish [Blacksun Filter, Disruption Pod, Sensor Spines, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

Strike Team [6x Fire Warrior with Pulse Rifle]

Strike Team [6x Fire Warrior with Pulse Rifle]

+ Fast Attack +
Pathfinder Team
··Pathfinder Shas'ui [Blacksun Filter, Rail Rifle]
··3x Pathfinder with Rail Rifle [3x Rail Rifle]

Pathfinder Team
··Pathfinder Shas'ui [Blacksun Filter, Rail Rifle]
··3x Pathfinder with Rail Rifle [3x Rail Rifle]

+ Heavy Support +
Sniper Drone Team [2x Firesight Marksman, 6x MV71 Sniper Drone]

TX78 Sky Ray Gunships
··TX78 Sky Ray Gunship [Blacksun Filter, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

++ Tau Empire: Codex (2015) (Formation Detachment) ++
Ranged Support Cadre
··Pathfinder Team [4x Pathfinder]
··Pathfinder Team [4x Pathfinder]
··Pathfinder Team [4x Pathfinder]
··XV88 Broadside Battlesuits
····Broadside [Target Lock, Twin-linked Heavy Rail Rifle, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
····Broadside [Early Warning Override, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
··XV88 Broadside Battlesuits
····Broadside [Target Lock, Twin-linked Heavy Rail Rifle, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
····Broadside [Early Warning Override, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
··XV88 Broadside Battlesuits
····Broadside [Target Lock, Twin-linked Heavy Rail Rifle, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
····Broadside [Early Warning Override, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

Well I think you should drop the car pathfinders and combine the squad of fire warriors. And for some added fun take a sheild wall or two. You can sit the ethereal, sniper drones and maybe a unit of pathfinders on them. On a cover save of 6 you wound the unit who wounded you, a fun little gimmick.