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Hey Guys,

I've only just decided to return to 40k and haven't played since 5th edition so I'm very out of touch with the current meta and could use some help creating a decent force.

HQ

Commander 186
- 2x Shield Drones,
- Iridium Armor
- Neuroweb Jammer
- 2x Plasma Rifles
- EWO
- Stimulant Injector

Elites

XV104 Riptide 225
- EWO
- Ion Acc
- Stimulant Injector

XV8 Crisis (3) 156
- 6x Fusion Blasters

Troops

Strike Team (7) 110
- Shas'ui
- Markerlight/TL
- Marker Drone
- DS8 (MP)

Strike Team (7) 88
- Shas'ui

Strike Team (5) 45

Fast Attack

Pathfinder (4) 44

Pirahnah 66
- 2x Seeker Missile's
- Fusion Blaster

Heavy Support

Xv88 78
- HYMP
- SMS
- EWO
- Seeker Missile

Comes in at 998, This is just a start for me as I look to expand to 1850 but I'd like to get a solid idea of a list before moving on.

this is a well rounded list, first thing drop the Shas'ui from the strike teams, and the ML/TL from the top one add some more boys in (or more marker drones).

if you can get a copy (or have) find a copy of the Tetra rule and proxy your piranha for one its cheaper comes out at 50 pts with disruption pods and is a more reliable and mobile source of marker lights. Failing that try for a drone controller Commander with a marker drone squad.

Kroot are pretty good at this points limit if you have some, leave them off the table add 1 hound and you get rerollable outflank beautiful for sneaking behind or getting a side objective.

pathfinders are good but not very mobile (if you want to hit with the markerlights) and at 4 stationary your looking at 2 markerlights a turn.

other than that its a well rounded list could do with some more markerlights to support the Riptide and Missile side but as a return to game list its pretty nice.

Also neuroweb jammer is beautiful against mobs

I would drop the upgrades on all the Fire warrior squads and drop the 2 guns on your commander. Give him the Multi-Sensor Spectrum suite and the Command and Control node for your unit of crisis suits that you get twin linked on all there shooting and ignores cover also throw in the puretide chip for tank hunter/ monster hunter.

This leaves you with 48 points as you have mis-pointed some things to be more expensive.
Add a Shield to your commander giving him an invun.
Drop all the fast attack.
This leaves 133 points now pile that into kroot as 1000 points is a fantastic small army objective grabbing game so for kroot 15 guys and a shaper and 16 sniper rounds. which i Believe is 121 so you have 12 points for another drone as an ablative wound in your commanders unit.

This should help as you have lots of high power shooting and a lot of supportive things dont worry too much about flyers as they will be costly and cannot capture objectives unless they want shooting down.
Kroot are excellent obj grabbers tau can get the obj's near your table while firing at the enemy from afar leave the kroot to surprise the opponent on the flank while distracted by the Riptide and the commanders unit.

Hope this helps.
DH