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Hello Guys,

an friend of me wants to try out a strong chaos/deamons list. I don't know what I'm facing, because I absolutely have no idea what he will bring on the table. Our last match against his chaos force went terrible for him.

So we agreed in a strong list and I would field something like this.

+ Formation (1129pts) +

Drone-Net VX1-0 (224pts)
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]

Piranha Firestream Wing (240pts)
····TX4 Piranha [Burst Cannon]
····TX4 Piranhas
········TX4 Piranha [Burst Cannon]
····TX4 Piranhas
········TX4 Piranha [Burst Cannon]
········TX4 Piranha [Burst Cannon]
····TX4 Piranhas
········TX4 Piranha [Burst Cannon]
········TX4 Piranha [Burst Cannon]

Riptide Wing (665pts)
····XV104 Riptide Battlesuits
········Riptide Shas'vre [Early Warning Override, Ion Accelerator, Stimulant Injector, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
····XV104 Riptide Battlesuits
········Riptide Shas'vre [Early Warning Override, Heavy Burst Cannon, Stimulant Injector, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
····XV104 Riptide Battlesuits
········Riptide Shas'vre [Early Warning Override, Heavy Burst Cannon, Stimulant Injector, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

++ Tau Empire: Codex (2015) (Combined Arms Detachment) (866pts) ++

Farsight Enclaves

+ HQ (224pts) +

Commander (224pts) [2x MV4 Shield Drone]
····XV8 Commander Crisis Suit [2x Plasma Rifle, Puretide Engram Neurochip, Stimulant Injector, Talisman of Arthas Moloch, Vectored Retro-Thrusters, XV8-02 Crisis 'Iridium' Battlesuit]

+ Troops (222pts) +

XV8 Crisis Battlesuits (116pts) [Bonding Knife Ritual]
····Crisis Shas'ui [Counterfire Defence System, 2x Plasma Rifle]
····Crisis Shas'ui [Counterfire Defence System, 2x Plasma Rifle]

XV8 Crisis Battlesuits (106pts) [Bonding Knife Ritual]
····Crisis Shas'ui [2x Missile Pod]
····Crisis Shas'ui [2x Missile Pod]

+ Lord of War (420pts) +

KV128 Stormsurges (420pts)
····KV128 Stormsurge [Early Warning Override, Pulse Blastcannon, Shield Generator, Twin-linked Airbursting Fragmentation Projector]

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So what am I trying? Those 3 formations are all very good. The Dronenetwork gives me a good amount of markerlights to support the Riptide wing and the Stormsurge. The Piranhas are here to bring some body's on the table and to grab some objectives. The Commander with the Plasma Crisis should make a drop and destroy anything.

The Stormsurge and the Riptide wing must bring the pain. They are all very hard to bring down and fast, too. The can lay down an great amount of firepower. Is this list an donkey-cave and I'm a little bit over the top? I would like to play against him in the future, too.

Some c&c is appreciated.

Best regards
Chris