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So I was thinking of getting some allies for Tau but I dont know who to pick.. There is Grey Knights (Giving me a reason to make a Grey Knight force..) I do like the Grey Knight models but never made a army with them as everyone said they where realy over powerd and boring to play with and against... And then we have the armies I already own other then Tau, Space Wolves and Necrons.. Is there any other army that offers the Tau more? I hear Orks are realy popular.

Eldar work quite nicely. Makes a nice combined xeno force. It also gives the tau some pyschic defence.
ps.You may be grumbled at, as taking a farseer with runes of warding is seen as cheese in some quarters. However, with tau you have no psykers anyway...

Orks are good meatshields. As Firewarriors can be mutilated by a newborn infant, a wall of boyz out front can be a much needed buffer to anyone that would get close enough to pose a threat.
I've also found that Chaos can be a good ally. CSM are hardy enough to survive nearly anything that will be thrown at you, the Heldrake gives a much needed air superiority that the tau lack, and a Forgefiend is an awesome tool of destruction.

Just about any army with a strong troop base can really help Tau out. Orks have good troops, IG, GK, Necrons... You get the idea.

Personally I started CSM recently thanks to DV having a good price on a tiny cheap rule book. And really, I think this works well for me. What I get out of CSM is a sorceror in terminator armor with deepstriking combi-plasma terminators, cultist or CSM blob to hold objectives, Heldrake, and a Maulerfiend.

Maulerfiend has to be my personal favorite right now. Rushes down field, creates a large target that can't be ignored, takes a lot of firepower, and then can be a giant obstruction if it does go down.

I'd say it depends on your list, but Tau really only have one. So I guess it depends on what you want for your army. I already have lots of mobility and firepower with Tau. What I really needed was a way to clear backfield objectives (Heldrake), an interferance unit (Maulerfiend), A few good troops (Cultists and CheapSpaceMarines), and a strong deepstriking unit to draw a lot of attention to an advancing army or take out a unit I can't reach (Sorc. and Termies).

PredaKhaine wrote:
Eldar work quite nicely. Makes a nice combined xeno force. It also gives the tau some pyschic defence.
ps.You may be grumbled at, as taking a farseer with runes of warding is seen as cheese in some quarters. However, with tau you have no psykers anyway...

I'll have to remember that for my Tau.

As for other ally advice... As a Dark Angels player I actually suggest getting some of the new Ravenwing Black Knights. take the grenade launcher with Rad Charges to make those toughness six multi-wound models Toughness 5 so you can instant death them with Railguns.

Orks are a popular choice, simply because they do the same thing Kroot do, but are much better at it.

Orks make great tarpits, or so everyone says, also for non tourney, people use their kroot models, i like bringing in my vanilla marines because they have good assault and survivability, and a flyer. IG, you can bring in three (amazing) flyers, and three leman russes as a allied force (for about 1000 with the HQ and Troops). They are also fluffyi-ish as they could be "gue'la" and they make good tarpits as well. i have heard that eldar aren't great for much more than their pyskers, because their other style, menuverablily, we already do ourselves. not to mention that their codex is almost as old as ours.

Imperial Guard as Gue'vela. I approve. From a fluff PoV, Eldar would probably be the next best thing.

Hmm.. Chaos Space Marines might be intresting for allies.. What do they have to offer Tau? I'm thinking a Sorcerer for HQ, Maybe a 20 group of Marines for troops (Unless they are too expensive) And maybe a Heldrake.. Do they have any other units that would be good for Tau?

I would also say orks which are great meatshields and do well in cc. Check the Jy2 battle reports. He has one of Tau with ork allies

My one buddy has had some success with his BA allies for his Tau force

Hmm... So hard to pick.. I'm thinking Grey Knights or Chaos Space Marines.. Not overly fond of Orks..

Journey to chaos, become a dark brother, he of the Xenos race who call themselves Tau.

Space marines or Orks aren't bad or any other group who is good at assault as Tau are really lacking in that area.

I use DE, the flier gives me some AA. and they are pretty good at CC. and they are also speedy/mobile so that's helpful to.

I find that eldar allies synergise really well with Tau. If I take marines, they are too slow and their transports are paper thin. Pretty much all of the other armies out there can add a powerful force to your army, but they do not help or work well with your primary detachment.

For my allies, I start with a jetbike farseer to go with my battlesuits for the HQ choice and 1-2 guardian jetbike squads for some excellent last minute objective. Then you can garnish with scatterlaser war walkers, warp spiders, a warp hunter, a wraithlord for some lovely T8 or a nightwing for some air support.

Eldar.
I saw once how Eldrad gave re-rolls to both FW and Railguns.
Pretty nasty.

I would take vanilla Marines for some libby in TH/SS terminator action. or if bashing heavy armor is already taken care of, i'd give them LCs. Assault Terminators are very tough with SS and even though they hit a I1, they will splat a bunch of things

Vanilla marines because they can pretty much offer all that Grey knights and Chaos can offer, but they are battle brothers. Also, they can be the same plot wise as Imperial Guard

Another good option is Eldar, Fluff wise good, Table Top synergy good.

 Brother Captain Alexander wrote:
Eldar.
I saw once how Eldrad gave re-rolls to both FW and Railguns.
Pretty nasty.

That doesn't work, the farseer/Eldrad abilities only work on Eldar(not even Dark Eldar allies count).

Saw a guy using a suit heavy list at a tournament. He had a vanilla marine captain on bike with marine biker troops.

The bikers did a good job keeping the 12 inch area infront of the suits clear.

 TheAvengingKnee wrote:

 Brother Captain Alexander wrote:
Eldar.
I saw once how Eldrad gave re-rolls to both FW and Railguns.
Pretty nasty.

That doesn't work, the farseer/Eldrad abilities only work on Eldar(not even Dark Eldar allies count).

primarch divination power just says friendly within 12"

 TheAvengingKnee wrote:


That doesn't work, the farseer/Eldrad abilities only work on Eldar(not even Dark Eldar allies count).

In the eldar codex doom works for everyone. Every army will get re-rolls to wound from doom - in's on the squad not the firer.

Well, I want melee capability for my allies and Eldar are kind of squishy too, thats why i'm leaning towards Grey Knights or Chaos Space Marines. Maybe Space Wolves.. Cus then I got survivability, Melee and psychic powers.

melee is over rated...

The pie is greater than the sword.

Just ask guard