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As a player of both Admech and Tau i'm genuinely curious as to why the Agripinaa Dogma is considered trash while the Tau sept' tenet is considered beyond good.

I run a 2000pt army of Mechanicus (usually pure mars) and was wanting to mix it up a little.

If anyone could alleviate this conundrum for me that would great.
Thank you!

Hello, I don't believe Agripinaa is considered trash, recently it has even gained popularity due to its Servitor recycling stratagem due to Kataphrons being relevant now that CA19 and Vigilus are out. That said, the T'au Sept tenet is probably popular because T'au overwatch is already really really good because of the rule that allows other units to fire overwatch nearby. It doubles the damage output in overwatch for not only the charged unit, but all other within 6" as well, while Agripinaa covers only the regular overwatch.

1.) Tau overwatch with multiple units at once, so they get so many more shots in overwatch with STR5+ guns
2.) Cadre Fireblades can give nearby units extra shots (so you're often getting shot at by several units of FW with 3 shots each)
3.) Assault Admech > Shooty Admech, at least by some people's estimation.
4.) Tau don't get -1 to be hit strat (Stygies VIII) - great for shooty lists, or double army-wide buffs (Mars) that favor assault units over shooty units.

The agripinaa dogma is solid but it its impact is variable based on your opponents list. You wil have a fair few games where it does nothing and then one where its broken.

Admech in general have a lot of units that benefit from particular strats and untill CA19 the agripinaa ones wern't playable

Most players who say the dogma is trash arnt particularly good and are usually the same ones playing cawl despite 2 years of evidence that it doesnt work