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I have a campaign coming up- and I know exactly who I will be facing, as all of my potential opponents are marines. So, here is my list, and I am combining with imperial guard, so keep that in mind. (Meatsheilds)

HQ

Shas’el, plasma rifle, missile pod, targeting array, hardwired multi tracker.

50+20+12+10+5 = 97 points.

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TROOPS

9 fire warriors, Shas’ui, markerlight, bonding knife.

90+10+10+5= 115 points

9 fire warriors, Shas’ui, markerlight, bonding knife.

100+10+10+5= 115 points

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Fast attack

Pathfinders (8), Rail Rifles(3), Shas’ui, Bonding knife, Devilfish (decoy launchers, targeting array, disruption pod)

96+30+10+100+5= 241 points

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Heavy Support

Sniper Drone Teams (3)

240 points

Broadside Battlesuits (3), Targeting arrays, Plasma Rifles (twin linked).

210+30+30=270 points

Broadside Battlesuits (3), Targeting arrays, Plasma Rifles (twin linked).

210+30+30=270 points

Please critize this, and I will tell you how it works tommorrow.

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Ok- I versued 2 detachments of Khorne- and I lost. The demons that were summoned scattered 6 inches away from our lines, and the bloodthirster (thank god they only had one) was brought out early, and died after blowing up a demolisher.

Darn, no one likes me. I swear, virtual tumbleweeds are rolling on this post.

Sometimes we get grouped against the worst possible opponents. I remember one tourny my speed freeks had to face 1 khorne player (foot slogging) and 1 mech Tau. Dead before turn 4 against the khorne (orks have issues when they only have a few more men than the marine player) and the tau got first turn...

Intersting list though. I like the idea of static tau. I would (abit after the fact though I guess) have dropped after broadsides to put afew more bodies on the table.

I agree with Mef...drop a squad of broadsides and add more bodies to the blende....i mean, army list. you wouldnt go amiss with a unit of kroot. i would keep them as a semi-mobile reserve, mainly as a counter attacking unit. but more bodies, definitely, if you're going for a static tau army.

DISCLAIMER: any "tactics" i ramble on about are due because i suffer from the "i played against them before, i know how they work" school of thoght

while dropping a unit of broadsides does limit how many tanks you can kill, there is a simple solution. kit your commander out with a fusion blaster (i might be wrong on the name...am an eldar player), paint a kamikaze headband on him, and send him jumping around the sides/rears of tanks. now, im not exactly sure on the points on this, but it should be cheaper. any free points after kroot and the kamikaze shas'o should be spent on more firewarriors. pulse rifles are great for taking out infantry and light vehicles, and you dont have enough. you have 18 (so:18 shoot, 9 hit, 4-5 wound, 2-3 make saves, not a good return on the shooting). get more!

those are my thoughts!

Thanks for the comments. I will take that advice unto full consideration.

what does the guard player have to bring to the table? that might help. i don't want to sound mean but your list seams stationary & most guard is ( i'm working on putting an IG army together myself hopefully one thats not so static), so maybe you need to be more mobile to offset & augment his strenghts , crisis, hammerheads & stealth. I know it sounds like i'm changing your whole list , but if your partner is just going to just sit there & shoot, someone has to take the realestate. also just a quick question how have those sniper teams worked for you? i haven't gotten them & was curios how effective they are to me they seam like sitting ducks.

That was my list before, and I still got eaten up as the bloodthirster consolidated into my hammerheads, then assalted my broadsides and crisis suits. Anyways, sniper drones rock. I eliminated an entire squad with them, and that's how the bloodthirster in this game popped out early. No one really wants to assult them, and the stealth field generator rules out shooting quite niceley. Sniper drones are worth the points, and are the last thing I will drop.

Maybe fusion piranhas in place of a broadside team?