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Okay I have a 2000pt tourney on saterday and this is what I am thinking about taking. I am contemplating a few changes, but would appreciate any and all feedback.

Possible changes are;

1) Drop the Stormtalon for a Terminator Librarian to buff the Centurions.
2) Drop the Stormtalon for 2 more Attack Bikes with MM.
3) Drop the Attack Bikes for 2 Crisis Suits with 4 MG.
4) Whether to use White Scars or Iron Hands chapter tactics

1998

HQ
Chapter Master w/AA, SE, TH, Bike - 250

TROOPS
5 Bikes w/2 Grav Guns - 135
5 Bikes w/2 Grav Guns - 135
5 Bikes w/2 Grav Guns - 135
5 Bikes w/2 Melta Guns, Melta Bombs - 130

FAST ATTACK
2 Attack Bikes w/MM - 110
Stormtalon w/Sky hammer - 125

HEAVY SUPPORT
Thunderfire Cannon - 100
Thunderfire Cannon - 100
3 Centurions w/Gravs, Grav-Amps, Typhoons, Omni-scope - 290

TAU ALLIES

HQ
Commander w/MSS, PEC, CCN, IB, SG - 185

TROOPS
10 Kroot w/1 Hound - 65

HEAVY SUPPORT
3 XV88 Suites w/SMS, HYMP, 3 EWS, 4 Missile Drones - 258

I’d keep the talon. It’s a good all-arounder, and you can never have too much AA fire.

I think you’d get more milage out of the White Scars CT.

If you have bikes as troops, I think I’d prefer to see another 5 man squad with melta then a pair of attack bikes. More scoring units is always good.

I’m no expert on Tau, so take the following with a grain of salt.

One of my last games was vs. an ork player with tau allies. I think he was using the farsight enclave to get crisis suits at troops. He had a riptide, commander, markerlight drone squad, and a pair of melta suits. I’m not sure if you’d have to give up options, but it might be a way to get those suits you were talking about in your options, and get rid of the kroot “tax”

 Nevelon wrote:
I’d keep the talon. It’s a good all-arounder, and you can never have too much AA fire.

I think you’d get more milage out of the White Scars CT.

If you have bikes as troops, I think I’d prefer to see another 5 man squad with melta then a pair of attack bikes. More scoring units is always good.

I’m no expert on Tau, so take the following with a grain of salt.

One of my last games was vs. an ork player with tau allies. I think he was using the farsight enclave to get crisis suits at troops. He had a riptide, commander, markerlight drone squad, and a pair of melta suits. I’m not sure if you’d have to give up options, but it might be a way to get those suits you were talking about in your options, and get rid of the kroot “tax”

I would take regular bikes instead of the Attack Bikes but unfortunately I don't have anymore regular bikes at the moment.

And I can't take the Tau commander with the warhead that I want out of the Farsight Supplement so I have to use the Tau Codex.

And I have decided to use the White Scars CT.

Anymore suggestions? The tourney is tomorrow...

I would drop the attack bikes for the deepstriking crisis suits myself.

I'm confused by your abbr. on the commander...

Puretide Engram Chip = Pec, which makes sense most are calling it PEN Chip. Mult spectrem sensor suite, and command and control node other two...

Sheild generator and.. What is IB? Maybe my brain is just not working but no idea what that is.

and those last two points... neroweb jammer dude! 2 whole pts for some extra awesomesauce.

IB is for the Iridium Battle suit