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Hi, everyone. I'm ready to ask for feedback. The stars have aligned and I'm actually able to go to Adepticon for the first time! I plan on playing in one tournament, probably the "Gentleman's" tournament or something low-key like that.

So what do you think? Is this 2,000 point Tau list viable for an ITC tournament?


++++Garam’s Adepticon Tau 2000 List

++Battalion Detachment +5CP (T'au Empire) [1014pts]
T'au Sept

--HQ
Cadre Fireblade w/ Markerlight

Longstrike: 2x Smart missile system, Railgun

--Troops
4x Strike Team FW w/ Pulse Rifle and 1x Shas'ui w/ Markerlight & Pulse pistol
4x Strike Team FW w/ Pulse Rifle and 1x Shas'ui w/ Markerlight & Pulse pistol
4x Strike Team FW w/ Pulse Rifle and 1x Shas'ui w/ Markerlight & Pulse pistol

--Elites
XV104 Riptide Battlesuit: 2x SMS, ATS, TL, Swiftstrike burst cannon

--Heavy Support
TX7 Hammerhead Gunship, 2x SMS, Ion cannon, 2x Seeker
TX7 Hammerhead Gunship, 2x SMS, Ion cannon, 2x Seeker


++Outrider Detachment +1CP (T'au Empire) [56 PL, 986pts]

--HQ
Commander in XV85 Enforcer Battlesuit: ATS, TL, Burst cannon, Missile pod

Darkstrider

--Troops
5x Breacher Team Fire Warrior
5x Breacher Team Fire Warrior

--Fast Attack
Pathfinder Team: MB3 Recon Drone, MV31 Pulse Accelerator Drone
4x Pathfinder w/ Markerlights and 1x Pathfinder Shas'ui w/ Markerlight & Pulse pistol

Pathfinder Team: MB3 Recon Drone, MV31 Pulse Accelerator Drone
4x Pathfinder w/ Markerlights and 1x Pathfinder Shas'ui w/ Markerlight & Pulse pistol

7x MV4 Shield Drones

XV109 Y'vahra Battlesuit: ATS, TL, and 2x MV52 Shield Drones

--Dedicated Transport
TY7 Devilfish: 2x MV1 Gun Drone, Burst cannon



NOTES: I own several other Tau units, including a Coldstar Commander, another Commander, 6 Stealth suits, 2 Ghostkeels, 2 Broadsides, a Marksman with 3 stealth drones, an ethereal, Farsight, Shadowsun, and 6 Crisis suits. I also have a Tiger Shark AX-1-0 (an impulse purchase!) and 4 Remora Stealth Drones. I love my other models, but I don't really see them being useful. I thought about a Coldstar Commander zipping around the board with 2-4 Remora drones, but the points were just too high. Still, if you think I should swap units in this list for something else, just let me know what you think! There's always room to buy more models, right?

Thanks, everyone!

I feel like its just way to far our to even be thinking about adepticon lists, but yeah something like this may work...

Yeah, who knows what will change via FAQ or Chapter Approved before then! Still, I appreciate the feedback.

Ok, keeping that in mind have you looked at an detachment of Sa’cae, soemthing like farsighted marksmen X3 and and cadre fireblade. You seem to be lacking in arcucrate markelights. Or maybe even a sa’cae battalion of two cadres, and 3x5 firewarriiors with markerlights

Seeing as you already have 2 troops in the outrider, it may be beneficial to shuffle things around for a triple battalion for more CP. The enforcer commander loadout doesn't seem very efficient. Missile pods aren't worth it IMO, especially if you plan on using CnC node every turn. Maybe keep him cheap with 3 burst cannons and a shield gen for survivability. If you plan to DS it in to shoot something the CIB is a better bet.