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Expecting to see multiple imperial knight list, sm bike list, eldar scatbike +wk list

List 1: 1750 points Hunter Contingent

Commander: puretide, C&C node, Multispectrum, iridium, drone controller

Stormsurge: pulse drive, ewo, tl burst cannon

Broadside: HYMP, tl smart missile, 2x target lock

Riptide: IA, tl smart missile, ewo

Riptide: IA tl smart missile, ewo

Riptide: HBC, tl plasma, ewo

Strike team x5: pulse rifle

Strike team x5: pulse rifle

Strike team x5: pulse rifle

Fireblade

Sniper drone team: 2x marksman, 6x sniper drone

Drone: 4x marker light

Drone: 4x marker light

The idea is to put the comander with target lock broadside to spread special rules and keep riptide forward to take objectives


List 2: 1750 points Hunter contingent


Commander: puretide, C&C node, Multispectrum, iridium

Stormsurge: pulse drive, ewo, tl burst cannon, advanced targeting

Stormsurge: pulse drive, ewo, tl burst cannon, advanced targeting

Riptide: IA, tl smart missile, ewo

Crisis team x3: dual missile pods, 2x target lock

Strike team x5: pulse rifle, ds 8 drone with missile pod

Strike team x5: pulse rifle

Strike team x5: pulse rifle

Fireblade

Sniper drone team: 2x marksman, 6x sniper drone

Pathfinder x4: Shas ui, marker drone x2, pulse accelerator drone

Drone: 4x marker light

The idea is to extent the range of strike team and sniper drone with pulse accelerator drone and increase shot with fire blade. Stormsurge for anti teq and heavy units, riptide move forward to take objective.

Not as mobile as first list but with more anti monster firepower.

Which list is better?

I'd say the first list. More large threats to deal with in total. One Surge should already be enugh to fill the roll it in particular wants to achieve.

Probably best to move this to the list discussion forum mate.

Also, drop the fireblade, an extra source of run then shoot isn't worth 60 points.

regarding fire blade, he is there not for the run and shoot. He is there to provide lead for the sniper team and split fire his marker light so that two squad of marker drones can shoot at different target at bs 5. He also provide extra wound to the sniper drone team which i suspect would be what my opponent wants to shoot first. The fireblade also makes the strike team shoot extra shot when they are not moving. although they can still run and shoot extra shot since under the rule book it is perfectly legal. 30 shot of s5 at 30 inch and 45 shot at 15 inch is going to hurt something.

The first list is more flexible, but its going to suffer when it sees a 3 IK list of 3wk list. Those list is what i am expecting in my local tournament. My worry is that my list does not have enough D weapon to down GMC and IK threat.

I highly recommend finding 100 points to give those Stormsurges Shield Generators and running them up the field. They provide a very unique opportunity for Tau, a VERY effective combat unit (with Stomp).

Drop the Sniper Team, (not worth the points for 2 BS 5 Markerlights, and give the Missilesuit Squad 6 Marker Drones and the Commander Drone Controller. Now you have 6-8 Markerlights that can JSJ and are a hell of a lot more mobile. Now you can effectively annihilate anything you don't want on the table turn one with high BS markerlights and Str D missiles from your two Stormsurges.

i put shield gen on my surge in the first few game and i realize no one is shooting at it. I won't use my surge to stomp as i feel i am paying too much just to stomp. I will stomp only if i feel that they are charging my surge the next turn so it is more worth it for me to take the initiative first. I don't think it change how tau list will be played.

As for the sniper drones, they are there not for their bs5 marker. Its for their drone controller which allows other drone in HC formation to shoot at BS5. I need the markerlight unit to be separate from my buffmander unit. Getting buffmander to babysit a drone is not worth it. I use my buffmander to spread no cover save, re roll to hit and monster/tank hunter to the primary shooting units.