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Codex: Tau
Commander - vrt, nsj, c and c node, pen, mss suit, xv8-02, tl flamer - warlord
riptide - ion, ewo, vt, fusion
riptide - ion, ewo, vt, fusion
10 kroot + hound
10 kroot + hound
20 kroot + hound
skyray
skyray
3 x xv88, all missles, all with 2 x missle drones

Ally : Codex Farsight Enclave
Commander - 2 x missles, drone controller, ewo, 2 x marker drones
3 suits, bkr, all 2 x missles
2 suits, bkr, both with fusion, tl fusion
4 marker drones

1849 Points. Buff commander goes with misslesides, Marker'o goes with marker drones, kroot reserve (and fusion suits if needed...)
Pewpewpew

I'd drop one of the Iontides and find a few points for an HBC/ECPA/VT Riptide from the enclaves allies. Best Riptide build in my humble opinion. I'll tell you my daemons dislike that one a lot more than an Iontide. They also perform better against fliers by virtue of TWELVE rending shots. Also do Tau really need any more help killing MEQ than one Iontide? They do it pretty well as is. I think the dakka the Bursttide brings is more valuable to your list.

hmmm - let me try to massage the points out for that.

-Skyrays need Blacksun filters, incase of nightlight turn 1.

-Drop the velocity trackers from the ion tides. They should be pie plating deep strikers. Your missile sides main job is anti aircraft / FMC.

- I'd split the 20 man kroon into 2 ten man squads. Give your opponent more targets to prioritize and will hurt less if they run off the board.

-run 2 flamers instead of 1 TW. ( this depends on whether you buy into suits being able fire 2 weapons for over watch...but this post isn't the place for that argument)

-Talisman of Arthas Moloch is a nice addition to any Farsighte Enclave Riptide.

*Consider snipers on your kroot blob
*An ethereal is a great addition to this type of gunline - but needs protecting
*target lock is needed on the commander so he doesnt need to shoot same unit as the markers
*personally I'd go with dual Ion tides for the range and alpha strike potential over the burst tide. Consider SMS on one though, along with ECPA and talisman.
*dont just keep your commander with the missilesides, move him where he needs to go e.g. to tl, ignore cover, tank hunting, nova charged iontide.