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1000 pts Farsight Enclave

Rapid Insertion Cadre (Farsight enclave)
HQ - 152
Commander (152)
missile pod; missile pod; target lock; drone controller; marker drone; marker drone.

Elites - 240
XV104 Riptide (240)
early warning override; velocity tracker; Earth caste pilot array; ion accelerator; twin-linked fusion blaster.

Troops - 400
XV8 Crisis Team (200)
twin-linked fusion blaster; vectored retro-thrusters; shield drone; target lock; plasma rifle; plasma rifle; shield drone; target lock; plasma rifle; plasma rifle; shield drone; Bonding Knife Ritual.

XV8 Crisis Team (200)
twin-linked fusion blaster; vectored retro-thrusters; shield drone; target lock; plasma rifle; plasma rifle; shield drone; target lock; plasma rifle; plasma rifle; shield drone; Bonding Knife Ritual.

Fast Attack - 56
4 Drones (56)
4× Marker Drone. Join by commander

Heavy Support - 151
Hammerhead Gunship (151)
disruption pod; sensor spines; blacksun filter; railgun (submunition rounds); twin-linked smart missile system.


1500 Human auxiliaries cadre

Hunter Cadre 1500 (Tau_Empire)
HQ - 413
Commander (261)
missile pod; fusion blaster; shield generator; stimulant injector; XV8-02 Crisis 'Iridium' Battlesuit; Onager Gauntlet; Puretide Engram Neurochip; Multi-spectrum Sensor Suite; Command and Control Node; Neuroweb System Jammer; shield drone; shield drone.

Commander (152)
missile pod; missile pod; target lock; drone controller; marker drone; marker drone.

Elites - 420
XV104 Riptide (210)
velocity tracker; early warning override; ion accelerator; twin-linked fusion blaster.

XV104 Riptide (210)
velocity tracker; early warning override; ion accelerator; twin-linked fusion blaster.

Troops - 180
10 Fire Warriors (90)

10 Fire Warriors (90)

Fast Attack - 84
6 Drones (84)
6× Marker Drone.

Heavy Support - 403
1 XV88 Broadside Team (287)
Broadside Shas'ui (twin-linked high-yield missile pod; twin-linked plasma rifles); Broadside Shas'ui; Broadside Shas'ui; early warning override; target lock; target lock; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone.

Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship (116)
blacksun filter; twin-linked smart missile system.


1750

Hunter Cadre 1750 (copy) 2 (Tau_Empire)
HQ - 413
Commander (261)
missile pod; fusion blaster; shield generator; stimulant injector; XV8-02 Crisis 'Iridium' Battlesuit; Onager Gauntlet; Puretide Engram Neurochip; Multi-spectrum Sensor Suite; Neuroweb System Jammer; Command and Control Node; shield drone; shield drone.

Commander (152)
drone controller; target lock; missile pod; missile pod; marker drone; marker drone.

Elites - 420
XV104 Riptide (210)
velocity tracker; early warning override; ion accelerator; twin-linked fusion blaster.

XV104 Riptide (210)
velocity tracker; early warning override; ion accelerator; twin-linked fusion blaster.

Troops - 182
9 Fire Warriors (91)
Fire Warrior Shas'ui.

9 Fire Warriors (91)
Fire Warrior Shas'ui.

Fast Attack - 216
6 Drones (84)
6× Marker Drone.

6 Pathfinders (66)

6 Pathfinders (66)

Heavy Support - 519
1 XV88 Broadside Team (287)
Broadside Shas'ui (twin-linked high-yield missile pod; twin-linked plasma rifles); Broadside Shas'ui; Broadside Shas'ui; early warning override; target lock; target lock; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone.

Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship (116)
blacksun filter; twin-linked smart missile system.

Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship (116)
blacksun filter; twin-linked smart missile system.


Taudar 2000
Tau+Eldar (Tau_Empire)
HQ - 244
Commander (244)
missile pod; fusion blaster; shield generator; stimulant injector; XV8-02 Crisis 'Iridium' Battlesuit; Onager Gauntlet; Puretide Engram Neurochip; Multi-spectrum Sensor Suite; shield drone; shield drone.

Elites - 640
XV104 Riptide (210)
velocity tracker; early warning override; ion accelerator; twin-linked fusion blaster.

XV104 Riptide (210)
velocity tracker; early warning override; ion accelerator; twin-linked fusion blaster.

XV104 Riptide (220)
Riptide stimulant injector; ion accelerator.

Troops - 180
10 Fire Warriors (90)

10 Fire Warriors (90)

Fast Attack - 165
5 Pathfinders (55)

5 Pathfinders (55)

5 Pathfinders (55)

Heavy Support - 529
1 XV88 Broadside Team (287)
Broadside Shas'ui (twin-linked high-yield missile pod; twin-linked plasma rifles); Broadside Shas'ui; Broadside Shas'ui; early warning override; target lock; target lock; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone; missile drone.

Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship (121)
blacksun filter; sensor spines; twin-linked smart missile system.

Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship (121)
blacksun filter; sensor spines; twin-linked smart missile system.

Detachment: Eldar (old)
HQ - 120
Farseer (120)
The Spirit Stone of Anath'lan; singing spear.

Troops - 122
3 Windrider Guardians (61)
shuriken cannon.

3 Windrider Guardians (61)
shuriken cannon.

2,000 points


These are some of my first tau lists, any CNN would be welcome

I don't play tau but I know some about them. Never short yourself on markerlights-they are a great way to buff your army when everything has a BS 3. Also, since you are using crisis suits as your troop choices you are using the supplement book and so you have all the other rules that follow it.
gain access to a unique Bodyguard Team if he has Farsight in his army as his Warlord.
gain Preferred Enemy Orks.
have to give anyone who will have it the Bonding Knife Ritual.
can ally normal Tau Empire as Battle Brothers.
Aun'Va and Shadowsun cannot be present in his army.
lose access to the Tau Empire Signature Systems unless he allies Tau or takes some of his Special Bodyguard Team(Horribly inefficient).
must have one squad of three suits for a legal army.
Also when you connect your drones to a person with drone controller, if that person dies, so do all of the drones connected to that model- be weary and feel free to spread out drones or get devilfish which are inexpensive for those troops

These aren't bad lists. A few thoughts though:

Commanders: If you're going to give a commander the MSSS, CCN, and PEN, its best to give him only one weapon. This is because you're investing a bunch of points into a strategy that revolves around him not shooting (CCN+MSSS), so points spent on weapons are going to be wasted in turns when you're doing what you intended him to do. If you do end up shooting, then the points you put into the support gear are wasted. So, its better to just pick a strategy and go with it.

Ethereals: they're good. You might want to think about taking one.

Fire Warriors: they're fine, but consider kroot. They're cheaper, can take sniper weapons, and can outflank. Not too shabby.

Farseer: should be on a jetbike. Not a lot of other gear necessary, but those add-ons are nice.




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also, your broadside probably wont have much use for a lone set of TLPRs, I'd switch to SMS

Most of these lists are woefully short on troops. 2 units of 10/9 firewarriors will not survive at 1500/1750 points against a moderately competent opponent. Obviously you have tons of firepower and for the most part the rest of the lists are fine. The 261 point commander is overboard. Pick a strategy and streamline his gear to that strategy so you can get some more troops. The hammerhead in the 1k point list is a little heavy on gear, don't really need sensor spines imo. In the 1.5k list I would try to diversify your marker lights a bit. With only 1 unit you only get to mark 1 unit. Then if you wipe out the lit unit, nobody else gets marker lights.

 Invasive Rhamnus wrote:
These aren't bad lists. A few thoughts though:

Commanders: If you're going to give a commander the MSSS, CCN, and PEN, its best to give him only one weapon. This is because you're investing a bunch of points into a strategy that revolves around him not shooting (CCN+MSSS), so points spent on weapons are going to be wasted in turns when you're doing what you intended him to do. If you do end up shooting, then the points you put into the support gear are wasted. So, its better to just pick a strategy and go with it.

Ethereals: they're good. You might want to think about taking one.

Fire Warriors: they're fine, but consider kroot. They're cheaper, can take sniper weapons, and can outflank. Not too shabby.

Farseer: should be on a jetbike. Not a lot of other gear necessary, but those add-ons are nice.




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also, your broadside probably wont have much use for a lone set of TLPRs, I'd switch to SMS

hmm, I fit two weapons on the commander to just have the "emergency case" in mind, like for example, something just DS in front of the broadsides so I`m forced to throw my commander out to engage, perhaps that`s bit too overcautious?

as for the lone TLPR on the lone missileside, I fit two target locks on the other two railsides so they can shoot separate target, while the missileside can shoot his missiles alone with drones. on the close target.

j.d.hart wrote:
Most of these lists are woefully short on troops. 2 units of 10/9 firewarriors will not survive at 1500/1750 points against a moderately competent opponent. Obviously you have tons of firepower and for the most part the rest of the lists are fine. The 261 point commander is overboard. Pick a strategy and streamline his gear to that strategy so you can get some more troops. The hammerhead in the 1k point list is a little heavy on gear, don't really need sensor spines imo. In the 1.5k list I would try to diversify your marker lights a bit. With only 1 unit you only get to mark 1 unit. Then if you wipe out the lit unit, nobody else gets marker lights.

thx, guess i`ll have to cut the commander`s equipment a bit. Also.. if I`m not mistaken, firewarriors lack mobility a lot in term of scoring, with devilfishs expensive as hell, is there any other means for tau to deal with scoring missions?

stargazer093 wrote:
perhaps that`s bit too overcautious?

Considering the benefit you gain for the points you pay, I'd say yes.