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Hey Dakka, I've decided to reboot my Mech Tau Army for 7th Edition to use in my local gaming group. We tend to stick to a CAD as opposed to Formations and the like. And I've got round to making myself a 1500pt list which suits (no pun intended) a mechanized theme. Any feedback would be appreciated, and potential pointers as to how to complete it. (I love the Pathfinder models and that's why I have them over Marker Drones)

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HQ:

XV22 Commander 155 (Shadowsun)
MV62 Command Link Drone

Troops:

Strike Team 180
10x Fire Warriors, Shas'ui, TY7 Devilfish

Strike Team 180
10x Fire Warriors, Shas'ui, TY7 Devilfish

Elites:

XV25 Stealth Team 105
3x Stealth Suits W/Target Locks

XV8 Crisis Battlesuit Team 156
3x Crisis Battlesuits W/2x Plasma Rifles

Fast Attack:

Pathfinder Team 65
5x Pathfinders, Shas'ui

Pathfinder Team 65
5x Pathfinders, Shas'ui

Heavy Support:

TX7 Hammerhead Gunship 126
Ion Cannon, TL SMS, Blacksun Filter

TX7 Hammerhead Gunship 126
Ion Cannon, TL SMS, Blacksun Filter

TX78 Sky Ray Gunship 116
TL SMS, Blacksun Filter

1274/1500

Really was stuck what to add to the list, was thinking a Dual Fusion Monat and some Piranhas, but would appreciate some advice on what you think I'm lacking (For me Anti AV14 is glaring).

Cheers

maybe a pair of 2 Fusion blasters Crisis Suit will do better.

Or consider take a squadron of Rail Hammerhead instead of Ion Hammerhead, you already have great AP2/3 platform in name of Crisis Suits and Skyray.

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Why not breachers in the fish?

If you are set on pulse rifles and not super concerned about how competitive you're being I recommend an ethereal to go with the firewarriors. You can move 12", disembark, pop storm of fire and hit anything within 15" with 3x your normal pulse shots in addition to the fire from the fish and their drones. I don't fancy shadowsun but if you like her I suppose it's up to you.

I'd then drop the hammerheads, add another crisis team with double fusions.

Drop the pathfinders for tetras.

Thanks for the comments.

I did originally have Railgun Hammerheads, but eventually switched to Ion as I found the Railgun to be quite underwhelming against Vehicles, but I've always loved Railguns in the past so will take your advice in switching to them.

With regards to the Fusion Suits, I like them but a Squad of more than 1 seems too much Melta to me, I get with target locks you can split fire but I don't usually see a large amount of vehicles in my meta (besides Guard) However I do need something to deal with the odd Land Raider or some chance against a Knight should it come along. Do you think 1 Suicide Suit can manage? Along with Shadowsun and 2 Railheads?

I was planning on keeping the Sky Ray for more durable Markerlights as much as the flyer capability, so I'd like to keep it in there, plus I love the Model.

Breachers was a bit of a toss up, I thought I had enough AP3 as it is in my list and could benefit more from Fire Warriors.

Thanks for the help once again!

IMO - You should take the armored incursion force + long strike if you are going to run tau armor. It practically doubles their effectiveness.

3x railhead, disruption pods, Submissions, Smart Missiles, and long strike.
1x skyray.

From the looks of it you wouldn't need to change anything else in your list as you have the points available. Personally I would drop the stealth suits and take more crisis with your shadow sun and possibly ad a few marker drones and a drone controller to help out your rail-heads to remove cover saves or boost fire warrior damage.