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Hi

Would like some opinions on this list.

Tried to build a list without riptides.
but with stormsurge and ghostkeel instead.

2 battallions and a aux. super heavy

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (T'au Empire) [51 PL, 905pts] ++

+ HQ +

Cadre Fireblade [2 PL, 42pts]: Markerlight

Commander in XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit [8 PL, 162pts]: 4x Fusion blaster, Warlord
. Vectored manoeuvring thrusters

+ Troops +

Strike Team [2 PL, 38pts]
. Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Markerlight, Pulse rifle
. 4x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle

Strike Team [2 PL, 38pts]
. Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Markerlight, Pulse rifle
. 4x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle

Strike Team [2 PL, 38pts]
. Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Markerlight, Pulse rifle
. 4x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle

+ Elites +

XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit [10 PL, 174pts]: 2x Fusion blaster, Advanced targeting system, Fusion collider, 2x MV5 Stealth Drone

+ Fast Attack +

Tactical Drones [4 PL, 50pts]
. 5x MV4 Shield Drone

+ Heavy Support +

XV88 Broadside Battlesuits [21 PL, 363pts]
. Broadside Shas'ui: 2x High-yield missile pod, 2x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system
. Broadside Shas'ui: 2x High-yield missile pod, 2x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system
. Broadside Shas'ui: 2x High-yield missile pod, 2x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system

++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (T'au Empire) [47 PL, 735pts] ++

+ HQ +

Cadre Fireblade [2 PL, 42pts]: Markerlight

Commander Shadowsun [10 PL, 116pts]: MV62 Command-link Drone

+ Troops +

Strike Team [2 PL, 38pts]
. Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Markerlight, Pulse rifle
. 4x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle

Strike Team [2 PL, 38pts]
. Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Markerlight, Pulse rifle
. 4x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle

Strike Team [2 PL, 38pts]
. Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Markerlight, Pulse rifle
. 4x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle

+ Fast Attack +

Tactical Drones [4 PL, 50pts]
. 5x MV4 Shield Drone

Tactical Drones [4 PL, 50pts]
. 5x MV7 Marker Drone

+ Heavy Support +

XV88 Broadside Battlesuits [21 PL, 363pts]
. Broadside Shas'ui: 2x High-yield missile pod, 2x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system
. Broadside Shas'ui: 2x High-yield missile pod, 2x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system
. Broadside Shas'ui: 2x High-yield missile pod, 2x Smart missile system, Advanced targeting system

++ Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment (T'au Empire) [20 PL, 359pts] ++

+ Lord of War +

KV128 Stormsurge [20 PL, 359pts]: 2x Airbursting fragmentation projector, Advanced targeting system, Cluster rocket system, 4x Destroyer missile, Pulse driver cannon, 2x Smart missile system

++ Total: [118 PL, 1,999pts] ++

by putting a stormsurge and a gostkeel you recon to do the same amount of damage of 2 riptides?

Or are you planning different things for them?

Because to me, all three models play different roles..

 Elian wrote:
by putting a stormsurge and a gostkeel you recon to do the same amount of damage of 2 riptides?

Or are you planning different things for them?

Because to me, all three models play different roles..

maybe not the same damage output.

But with ghostkeel a bit more board mobility.
Stormsurge bigger fire station.


And i just wanted to try a list without riptides

Hence many lists atm are with 2-3 riptides.

Something else should be viable.

I totally agree..

ATM i'm trying to make the eight work or at least an heavy crisis-ghostkeel - stealthsuit list.

Nothing worked great so far

Well you are running broadsides... I think you'd be hard pressed to make a bad list with two of those units. Riptides are 2nd to them, and then a stormsurge is the next logical unit down the list.