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first things first, i am having an apocalypse game soon against some ultramarines. total game points are 7500pts and i have to share my points with an imperial guard player who will be bringing a shadowsword and 3 imperial knights along with his guardsmen.

i for one have no idea what to bring on my side so ill just dump my entire army in here and any tips on what to bring would be much appreciated.

HQ
Farsight
Shas'o Ralai
Cadre fireblade

Elites
2: xv104 riptides
1: 5 man stealth battlesuit team
1: 9 man crisis bodyguard team (each man fitted with cyclic ion and a burst cannon)
1: 4 man crisis team (can have any configuration of gear)
1: Ghostkeel

Troops
1: 12 man kroot carnivores
4: 12 man strike teams

Fast attack
1: sunshark bomber
2: 6 man pathfinder teams
1: Y'vahra riptide
1: 3 man Hazard suit team (all with fusion cascades)

Heavy support
1: Hammerhead
1: sky ray
(both of which can be interchanged with devilfish)

Lords of war
1: KV128 stormsurge (DOESNT have the pulse blastcannon)
1: Ta'unar supremacy suit

Fortification
1: tidewall shieldline




any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated thank you :-)

This will (mostly) all be useful in an Apoc game:

HQ
Farsight
Shas'o Ralai
Cadre fireblade

Elites
2: xv104 riptides
1: 5 man stealth battlesuit team
1: 9 man crisis bodyguard team (each man fitted with cyclic ion and a burst cannon)
1: 4 man crisis team (can have any configuration of gear)
1: Ghostkeel

Troops
4: 12 man strike teams (you need SOMETHING to hold objectives/kill normal marines)

Fast attack
1: sunshark bomber
2: 6 man pathfinder teams
1: Y'vahra riptide
1: 3 man Hazard suit team (all with fusion cascades)

Heavy support
1: Hammerhead (useful-ish)

Lords of war
1: KV128 stormsurge (DOESNT have the pulse blastcannon)
1: Ta'unar supremacy suit


Big stuff that can cause damage is a thing that tau does well, AND you have the faux-warhound that is the Tau'nar.

The skyray can be useful. Not amazingly so, but it'll delete something in the sky.