<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Fish of Fury in 5th edition"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Fish of Fury in 5th edition JSJ? Can it be?) but I notice that it is barely mentioned now in the days of 5th edition, after considering it I can see problems it can face in 5th edition such as:

-Shooting under the Devilfish would count as shooting through a unit hence give the enemy a 4+ cover save, while this is of little consequence against MEQ players if I was trying to shoot down a ork horde it would be quite tedious.
-The general metagame of transports for your troops. To help alleviate the problem more Crisis suits would need to be added to the list to pop the transports before the devilfish close in.
-Widespread use of Melta, these can easily pop the devilfish, while they wouldn't be able to assault the fire warriors if they had already disembarked the tau would be quite helpless the next turn. This is especially dangerous with MEQ armies who generally have the most melta.

So do you think it's possible to keep the Fish of Fury viable in 5th edition? Is there anything I've missed in my analysis of the problems?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670157.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670157.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition TLOS) in 5th edition and the removal of the 4th edition rule which said that skimmers do not block LOS killed fish of fury. You can't do it because the Firewarriors cannot draw LOS on the target. You can't shoot what you can't see in 5th edition.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670582.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670582.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition LOS to the enemy unit. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670636.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670636.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition LOS explicitly doesn't have much to do with it if the FireWarriors can still see the target, no?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670828.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670828.page GMT Re:Fish of Fury in 5th edition http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670850.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670850.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition
Do you mean to say your not using the flying stand that came with it?

I have had a tau player using the standard stands try to shoot under 3 devil fish in a tight group to hit some of my marines before.... his feet could see mine.... (there wer squads on the opposite side of each devil fish and the closest squadsknees could see my squads knees)

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670969.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670969.page GMT Re:Fish of Fury in 5th edition http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670991.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670991.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition FWs to see to me, but barely, and by barely I mean about 1-2mm lower and it'd cover his eyes (well, the lens he uses to see). Only the crouching FW has unquestionable sight beneath the Devilfish.

Do you mean to say your not using the flying stand that came with it?


Skimmers usually come with a mini-sprue of two stands, one short and one long, both of them can be classed as 'standard'.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670997.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3670997.page GMT Re:Fish of Fury in 5th edition MEQs. Against others, it still works great. 12 rapid fire rounds (24 shots) will do wonders against anything softer than a MEQ. The big deal in 5th edition is that fire warriors are troops. Troops are the only thing that can take objectives so the fire warriors are not as expendable as they used to be. They are better used by staying inside the devilfish and babysitting an objective.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3671695.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3671695.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition IIRC.

But then you're into the whole modelling for advantage issue.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3671733.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3671733.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition
Jefffar wrote:Drones and Crisis Suits also come with a longer set of stands than the tanks do, IIRC.

But then you're into the whole modelling for advantage issue.

If you use a GW height flying stand, you're good.
I had bought my tau in army bundles.
I open the box, and I've got a devil fish, some crisis suits, and drones, and loose in the box is a bunch of flying stands.

Are you going to say it's cheating to use one stand of the other?
Really people, we're talking about tau here, throw them the bone.

-Matt]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3671849.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3671849.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition
Jefffar wrote:Drones and Crisis Suits also come with a longer set of stands than the tanks do, IIRC.

But then you're into the whole modelling for advantage issue.


Nope, crisis suit and drone stands are same set that the vehicles get, and for further comparison, also the same that eldar skimmers get.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3671871.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3671871.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672014.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672014.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition
I'd argue that using that stand might be iffy (since it came with a different kit) but firing under a devilfish only requires the taller vehicle stand anyway, so I don't see why anyone would want to risk credibility for an extra mm or two of raised height they don't need.

EDIT: Photobucket is being annoying and won't load the sign-in page, so i'm going to temporarily host this picture here (it is wargaming related I guess, but it's shaky, in any case i'll find another hosting site tomorrow and take it down in favour of IMG tags when I do).

Attached is a rushed picture showing the 3 sizes of stand I have. The first two are the ones that come with the vehicle kits, the third is what i've found on a few drones and crisis suits. The middle stand is sufficient for firing underneath a devilfish (but only just) and comes with the kit.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672060.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672060.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition btw) just the have a more realistic appearance of gundrones and vehicles hovering at differentiated heights.

Due to the fragile nature of the flying bases, I sometimes left them off. Even with the varying sizes, since my opponants could see that official GW bases allowed for tlos, no one has ever quibbled about varying base sizes, preferring the Rule of Cool to model to model precision.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672368.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672368.page GMT Re:Fish of Fury in 5th edition http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672374.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672374.page GMT Re:Fish of Fury in 5th edition
It is also good for shooting at Vehicles with Fire Dragons, giving the Exarch a Fire Pike and Tank Hunter and Crack Shot and not allowing the Vehicle he's shooting a cover save. All he has to do is see the tracks of your tank. Easy enough with medium bases. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672422.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3672422.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/User:Flavius%20Infernus]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3673476.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3673476.page GMT Re:Fish of Fury in 5th edition FW. In 5th its as simple as bringing a meltabomb or PF Pk etc and smaking the devilfish a couple times. The rule on AV in HtH combat is you use the rear AV to reflect the chance of hitting a critical area on the tank, so AV 10 Devilfish dont fare well against Meltabombs and the lot.

One more thing, i havent read the codex in awhile. Some one on a simlar thread said that the Landing Gear rule was automatic, that the Devilfish had to land if unmoved for a whole turn. this would obviously block LOS for the FW. anyone know if this is true?i had thought it was an optional thing.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3673890.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3673890.page GMT Fish of Fury in 5th edition
Nagashek wrote:Due to the fragile nature of the flying bases, I sometimes left them off. Even with the varying sizes, since my opponants could see that official GW bases allowed for tlos, no one has ever quibbled about varying base sizes, preferring the Rule of Cool to model to model precision.


Note that the smallest base does not allow for LoS beneath a skimmer unless using the crouching FWs. The middle base on my photo (since I don't own a 4th size) only just allows for it with Tau FWs (i've got a few varying poses of FW next to a few Dire Avengers here, and the Avengers' eyes are significantly higher up than the FWs, so i'd go as far to say that they'd need the even longer size, which does not come with the skimmer and thus can be seen as MfA) and their eyes would be blocked by the hull on the smallest base.

Some one on a simlar thread said that the Landing Gear rule was automatic, that the Devilfish had to land if unmoved for a whole turn. this would obviously block LOS for the FW. anyone know if this is true?i had thought it was an optional thing.


Page 30 of the Tau Codex under 'Landing Gear' confirms that its use is indeed a choice and completely optional.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3674159.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/416350/3674159.page GMT