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Hello, let me make few things clear at first, I started collecting Tau because I Pre-ordered Shadow War of Armageddon and plan for the start is to collect Tau warband for that. Well, I got little excited about them, having never played with them before, so I bought newest Codex book for them and after a quick look, I got some sort of a vision, how they work in-game. Last year I battled against them in a tournament for a couple of rounds and my Imperial Guard took the beating. After that, Tau seemed to fulfill the shooty role that Imperial Guard used to be. So I started with a box of Pathfinders, codex and a plan to collect a Apocalypse sized Tau Force. As my style is to collect some sort of a collection, instead of min-max-spam, the list has plenty of variety. Some of the units/options may seem a little bit off, but I tried to consider them into semi-competitive level. Now, those with experience about Tau can comment/advise. So here's the list..

COMBINED ARMS DETACHMENT TAU EMPIRE

Commander Farsight (warlord) 165
Retinue 465
- XV8 Crisis Bodyguard (fusion blaster, plasmarifle, targetlock, gundrone)
- XV8 Crisis Bodyguard (fusion blaster, plasmarifle, targetlock, gundrone)
- XV8 Crisis Bodyguard (fusion blaster, plasmarifle, targetlock, gundrone)
- XV8 Crisis Bodyguard (fusion blaster, flamer, shield drone, markerdrone)
- XV8 Crisis Bodyguard (fusion blaster, flamer, shield drone, markerdrone)
- XV8 Crisis Bodyguard (fusion blaster, flamer, shield drone, markerdrone)

Aun'Va (ethereal guards) 100

Breacher Team (10, pulseblaster, photon grenades, EMP grenades, field amplifier, shas'ui/guardian drone) 132
+ Devilfish (burst cannon, twin smart missile, point defence targeting relay) 100

Breacher Team (10, pulseblaster, photon grenades, EMP grenades, field amplifier, shas'ui/guardian drone) 132
+ Devilfish (burst cannon, twin smart missile, point defence targeting relay) 100

Kroot Carnivores (16, 4x hounds, 1x krootox) 141
Kroot Carnivores (16, 4x hounds, 1x krootox) 141

Drones (3x marker, 1x shield) 56
Drones (3x marker, 1x shield) 56
Drones (3x marker, 1x shield) 56

Skyray (6x seeker missile, twin smart missile, blacksun filter, point defence targeting relay) 126
Skyray (6x seeker missile, twin smart missile, blacksun filter, point defence targeting relay) 126

Stormsurge (pulse driver cannon, twin smart missile, velocity tracker, twin flamer, 4x destroyer missile, cluster rockets) 395

Skyshield Landing Pad 75

HUNTER CONTINGENT DETACHMENT
HUNTER CADRE
Commander (twin flamer, 2x gundrone, vectored retro thrusters, command and control node, multispectral sensor suite) 159
Cadre Fireblade 60
Strike Team (12, pulserifles, photon grenades, EMP grenades, tactical support turret/smart missile) 142
Strike Team (12, pulserifles, photon grenades, EMP grenades, tactical support turret/smart missile) 142
Strike Team (12, pulserifles, photon grenades, EMP grenades, tactical support turret/smart missile) 142
XV95 Ghostkeel (twin flamer, cyclic ion raker) 130
Vespid Stingwings (10, neutron blaster) 180
Stormsurge (pulse driver cannon, twin smart missile, velocity tracker, twin flamer, 4x destroyer missile, cluster rockets) 395
TX7 Hammerhead (railgun/submunition rounds, blacksun filter, twin smart missile, point defence targeting relay, adv-targeting) 151
TX7 Hammerhead (railgun/submunition rounds, blacksun filter, twin smart missile, point defence targeting relay, adv-targeting) 151

AIR CASTE SUPPORT CADRE
AX39 Sunshark (blacksun filter) 161
AX3 Razorshark (blacksun filter) 146
AX3 Razorshark (blacksun filter) 146

RETALIATION CADRE
Commander (coldstar suite, vectored retro thrusters, drone controller, 2x gundrone) 182
XV8 Crisis team 205
- Shas'Vre (twin fusion blaster, missilepod, 2x shield drone)
- Shas'Ui (twin plasmarifle, missilepod)
- Shas'Ui (twin plasmarifle, missilepod)
XV8 Crisis team 195
- Shas'Vre (twin fusion blaster, missilepod, 2x shield drone)
- Shas'Ui (twin burstcannon, missilepod)
- Shas'Ui (twin burstcannon, missilepod)
XV8 Crisis team 185
- Shas'Vre (twin fusion blaster, missilepod, 2x shield drone)
- Shas'Ui (twin flamer, missilepod)
- Shas'Ui (twin flamer, missilepod)
XV88 Broadside team 194
- Shas'ui (twin smart missile, twin high yield missile, velocity tracker, shield drone)
- Shas'ui (twin smart missile, twin high yield missile, velocity tracker, shield drone)
XV104 Riptide (heavy burstcannon, twin smart missile) 180

RETALIATION CADRE
Commander (coldstar suite, vectored retro thrusters, drone controller, 2x gundrone) 182
XV8 Crisis team 205
- Shas'Vre (twin fusion blaster, missilepod, 2x shield drone)
- Shas'Ui (twin plasmarifle, missilepod)
- Shas'Ui (twin plasmarifle, missilepod)
XV8 Crisis team 195
- Shas'Vre (twin fusion blaster, missilepod, 2x shield drone)
- Shas'Ui (twin burstcannon, missilepod)
- Shas'Ui (twin burstcannon, missilepod)
XV8 Crisis team 185
- Shas'Vre (twin fusion blaster, missilepod, 2x shield drone)
- Shas'Ui (twin flamer, missilepod)
- Shas'Ui (twin flamer, missilepod)
XV88 Broadside team 194
- Shas'ui (twin smart missile, twin high yield missile, velocity tracker, shield drone)
- Shas'ui (twin smart missile, twin high yield missile, velocity tracker, shield drone)
XV104 Riptide (heavy burstcannon, twin smart missile) 180

INFILTRATION CADRE
Pathfinder team (10, pulsecarbine, markerlight, photon grenades, EMP grenades, 2x rail rifle, recon drone, pulse accelerator drone) 203
Pathfinder team (10, pulsecarbine, markerlight, photon grenades, EMP grenades, 2x rail rifle, recon drone, pulse accelerator drone) 203
Pathfinder team (10, pulsecarbine, markerlight, photon grenades, EMP grenades, 2x rail rifle, recon drone, pulse accelerator drone) 203
Stealth team 130
- Shas'Vre (fusion blaster, photon grenades, homing beacon, vectored retro thrusters)
- Shas'Ui (burstcannon, photon grenades, positional relay)
- Shas'Ui (burstcannon, photon grenades, positional relay)
Stealth team 130
- Shas'Vre (fusion blaster, photon grenades, homing beacon, vectored retro thrusters)
- Shas'Ui (burstcannon, photon grenades, positional relay)
- Shas'Ui (burstcannon, photon grenades, positional relay)
TX4 Piranhas 100
- Piranha (fusion blaster)
- Piranha (fusion blaster)

FIREBASE SUPPORT CADRE
XV88 Broadside Shas'Vre (twin heavy rail rifle, adv-targeting, twin smart missile, 2x missiledrone) 89
XV88 Broadside Shas'Vre (twin heavy rail rifle, adv-targeting, twin smart missile, 2x missiledrone) 89
XV104 Riptide (ion accelerator, twin smart missile) 185

FIREBASE SUPPORT CADRE
XV88 Broadside Shas'Vre (twin heavy rail rifle, adv-targeting, twin smart missile, 2x missiledrone) 89
XV88 Broadside Shas'Vre (twin heavy rail rifle, adv-targeting, twin smart missile, 2x missiledrone) 89
XV104 Riptide (ion accelerator, twin smart missile) 185

TOTAL: 8500

I'm still working on the colourscheme for Tau, perhaps black/purple/gold. Also, they need some story and a name. But, in the list, there should be enough firepower as for gunline, skyshield cover for Ethereal, scouts and infiltrators working with deep striking/ outflanking units, battlesuits for combined attack with commanders fighting against enemy deathstar-units, anti-air + anti-armour, large blasts and so on..