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Haven't played in a tournament in a long time and looking to get back into it with a solid placing in a local tournament, competitive meta.

List I'm thinking of playing:

17 Drops
10 CP
2000 / 2000

Battalion Detachment
1 Commander, 4 Fusion, 2 Gun Drones
1 Commander, 4 Fusion, 2 Gun Drones
1 Commander, 4 Fusion, 2 Gun Drones
5 Strike Team, 1 Shas'ui, Marker Light
5 Strike Team, 1 Shas'ui, Marker Light
5 Strike Team, 1 Shas'ui, Marker Light

Battalion Detachment
1 Coldstar Commander, ATS, Shield Generator (Warlord)
1 Coldstar Commander, ATS, Drone Controller
1 Coldstar Commander, ATS, Drone Controller
5 Strike Team, 1 Shas'ui, Marker Light
5 Strike Team, 1 Shas'ui, Marker Light
5 Strike Team, 1 Shas'ui, Marker Light

Supreme Command Detachment
1 Commander, 3 Cyclic Ion Blaster, ATS, 2 Gun Drones
1 Commander, 3 Cyclic Ion Blaster, ATS, 2 Gun Drones
1 Commander, 3 Cyclic Ion Blaster, ATS, 2 Gun Drones
1 Commander, 3 Cyclic Ion Blaster, ATS, 2 Gun Drones
1 Commander, 3 Cyclic Ion Blaster, ATS, 2 Gun Drones

First turn
Manta Strike all commanders (8 drops) - first 8 unit deploys
Deploy 6 Strike Teams + Coldstar Commanders on table (9 drops)
Bubble Wrap the Coldstar Commanders with the 6 strike teams
Kau'yon from warlord, move all 3 cold stars to where I will be deep striking the commanders for drone controller and move the firewarriors into positions (marker lights will still be hitting 4+ due to Kau'yon)
Deep strike all the commanders and attempt to cripple the opponent

It does not matter if I go first or second as nothing of value can be targeted unless you get through all the firewarriors

I know it's just another spam list, but until we get our codex...

I tried 2 Y'vharas in the beginning of 8th but with a smart enough opponent they're too easy to kill and effectively only have 9 wounds each due to nova charging

I like this list, i play something similar but with drones instead of fire warriors (no max 3 detachments for tournaments around here).

Few suggestions are add some marker drones to your deepstriking commanders, gives you reliable markerlight sources with protection from 1st turn alpha strike because any good list will make a dent/wipe out those fire warrior squads and all your lights will be gone. I suggest 4-6 and the rest shield drones.

I tried out gun drones to start with but quickly found out they were shooting at no good targets due to the closest rule and with all big hitters chasing key units the str 5 firepower was wasted. With how your list is built there is no juicy targets on the field for lascannons, overcharged plasma etc. and i found all these shots were wasted on drones, even if one shield drone is left, all shots can be wasted due to character rules and declaring all shooting attacks at the same time. Shield drones even help against smite with fnp.