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I've been thinking of getting a few Tau to add an extra bit of flavour to my Necrons. As an allied detatchment I would need 1 unit of troops and a HQ then I'd either get and Elite or Heavy Support choice to make it worth while, but I don't know much about tau so any suggestion would be nice.

I was thinking about an XV8 Commander for the HQ and a basic unit of Firewarriors, then I'd probably go for either some XV8 Suits to support the commander or get a Riptide. As I don't have much experience with Tau I'm not sure which would be best used to support my necrons or if there are any better options.

Firebase Cadre is an extremely powerful competitive formation.

Since I believe they are Desperate Allies, you need to stay away from them to avoid One Eye Open. Long range weaponry for the tau would be best, as the Necrons excel at midrange/close range combat. Also, Necrons' anti infantry tends to be a bit inefficient.

nah I've looked at the chart as my main inspiration for allies they're allies of convenience didn't want to worry about having to keep them apart. the only other choice was chaos and I just prefer the tau.