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Seeing as I had the models, I figured I'd try a farsight/shadowsun bomb for my local league. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated. Flamer suit and Crisis Bomb go in reserves.




+++ New Roster (Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition) [1999pts] +++

++ Combined Arms Detachment (Tau Empire: Codex (2015)) [1115pts] ++

+ Uncategorised +

Farsight Enclaves

+ HQ +

Commander [177pts]: 2x MV7 Marker Drone
XV8 Commander Crisis Suit: Drone Controller, 2x Missile Pod, Target Lock, XV8-02 Crisis 'Iridium' Battlesuit

+ Elites +

XV104 Riptide Battlesuits [432pts]: Bonding Knife Ritual
Riptide Shas'vre: Early Warning Override, Ion Accelerator, Target Lock, Twin-linked Smart Missile System
Riptide Shas'vre: Early Warning Override, Earth Caste Pilot Array, Heavy Burst Cannon, Twin-linked Smart Missile System, Velocity Tracker

+ Troops +

XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [53pts]: Bonding Knife Ritual
Crisis Shas'ui: 2x Cyclic Ion Blaster

XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [53pts]: Bonding Knife Ritual
Crisis Shas'ui: 2x Cyclic Ion Blaster

+ Fast Attack +

Drones [56pts]: 4x MV7 Marker Drone

+ Heavy Support +

TX78 Sky Ray Gunships [121pts]
TX78 Sky Ray Gunship: Blacksun Filter, Sensor Spines, Twin-linked Smart Missile System

XV88 Broadside Battlesuits [223pts]: Bonding Knife Ritual
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
Broadside Shas'vre: Early Warning Override, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System

++ Combined Arms Detachment (Tau Empire: Codex (2015)) [744pts] ++

+ Uncategorised +

Farsight Enclaves

+ HQ +

Commander Farsight [165pts]

Commander Shadowsun [175pts]: 2x MV52 Shield Drone

+ Troops +

XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [315pts]: Bonding Knife Ritual
Crisis Shas'ui: 2x Plasma Rifle, Vectored Retro-Thrusters
Crisis Shas'ui: 2x Plasma Rifle, Vectored Retro-Thrusters
Crisis Shas'ui: 2x Fusion Blaster, Target Lock
Crisis Shas'ui: 2x Fusion Blaster, Target Lock
Crisis Shas'vre: Command and Control Node, Multi-spectrum Sensor Suite, Puretide Engram Neurochip

XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [33pts]: Bonding Knife Ritual
Crisis Shas'ui: 2x Flamer

+ Fast Attack +

Tetra Scout Speeder Team [FW] [56pts]
Tetra: Blacksun Filter, Disruption Pod, Sensor Spines

++ Officio Assassinorum Detachment (Assassins - Codex) [140pts] ++

+ Elites +

Culexus Assassin [140pts]

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I'd go big or go home. Either max out the bomb or play Tau differently. You invest so many points in the requisite HQs to provide resilience and Hit and Run on I5 that you need to max it out to have a chance at earning back your down payment.

Other than that, I'd deploy the bomb against anything that wasn't a mean alpha strike list. Again, to earn your keep with a bomb you have to be on the table from the jump. Just make Shadowsun your warlord for the 3D6 assault jump.

So you figure drop Farsight and take his points in suits in the unit?

If I ran a bomb, which I haven't in many years, I would run it this way:

Enclaves CAD

Shadowsun
Commander: MSS, CCN, PENchip, Drone Controller

9 Crisis: 10 CIB, 8 Fusion Blasters, 9 Target Locks-
14 Marker Drones
1 Crisis

Stormsurge: PBC, AFP, Shields, ATS, EWO

Canoptek Harvest

6 Wraiths, 4 Coils
3 Scarabs
Spyder

Null Zone Taskforce

5 Sisters of Silence, Rhino

Total: 1850

The bomb is very flawed for competitive play so to have a shot you need to mitigate its considerable vulnerabilities. Since you don't have Farsight (because he sucks now), and therefore you don't have hit and run, you need a reliable tarpit/speedbump that can stay ahead of the bomb and keep scary things tied up long enough for the rest of your list to table the rest of your opponent's. Enter the harvest.

The Sisters are cheaper than the Cullexus and do the job about as well. And if 8th brings back assault out of rhinos, they'll get even better.

The Surge is there because you need a second damage dealer, and because there are certain targets that only D will stop. He adds a second combat threat as well.