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<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "500pts Ork v Tau"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net 500pts Ork v Tau
HQ - Big mekk with KFF
Troops - 21 Boys 1 Nob with PK BP
Troops - 21 Boys Nob with PK BP
Fast Attack - 2 Rockit buggies

Need some advice as how to handle the Tau empire!

Cheers in advance

ATO]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3868611.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3868611.page GMT 500pts Ork v Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3868673.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3868673.page GMT Re:500pts Ork v Tau CC.

So I guess you should skip the footslogging army ( they will simply shoot you at distance) and try to put your 2 mobs in trukks, or any other way you can think of that will allow your boys to get in contact as soon as possible.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3868733.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3868733.page GMT 500pts Ork v Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3869765.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3869765.page GMT 500pts Ork v Tau

Jidmah wrote:I wouldn't recommend trukks at that level, if your opponent gets first turn you can bet your choppa that your boyz will be walking anyways - just with half as many boyz.

But if he deploys first then the orks will be able to deploy around ruins and therefore out of sight which means a turn of shooting is wasted for the tau, it's not too hard to at least get a cover save from terrain and every little helps!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3869868.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3869868.page GMT Re:500pts Ork v Tau KFF? MADNESS!). The battlewagon takes point just ramming as far forward as possible while the trukk takes cover behind it. Against tau that aren't specifically built to take out AV14 at this level it is pretty damn effective. Plasma on suits can't hurt it unless they attempt for side shots, which should be negated by deployment and Missle Pods can only glance if I remember correctly. Fusion blasters would hurt your day, but at that point you are hopefully in and around 12" which is the perfect time for a waaagh. I even had points left for two Kannons, which can really put the hurt on some stuff if they hit with their astonishing BS3.

If your opponent brings a hammer head he has a 50/50 shot of hitting, a 50/50 shot at penning, and a 2/6 chance of taking out your ride. Its all down to luck at that point.

500 point games are pretty crazy in my opinion. Its either complete destruction for one side or the other or its mutually assured destruction and both of you have around 1 - 2 depleted units at the end.

So my opinion would be to stuff a battlewagon in at that level, though its a bit cheesy. If you don't want to cheese it up, I suggest going with a small kan wall or just straight green tide. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3869882.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3869882.page GMT 500pts Ork v Tau FW 10 kroot and a commander. I could get LOS on the hammerhead for first turn and either hit side armour or take on the crisis suits. With the KFF i will get a large number of boys into cc and then they will be running. I like the idea of a battlewagon but my list comprises all i have for now. I am just going to have to get lucky on the buggies rolls and hug cover.

ATO]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3870171.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3870171.page GMT Re:500pts Ork v Tau HQ, target it because when he dies, all fire cast members (fw, stealth suits, pathfinders, broadsides, and crisis suits) that are not in vehicles must take a moral check. You should not have to worry about hammerheads because they are 135 pts base cost. Keep kroot out of woods so they don't get their 3+ cover save and rush the heck out of them.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3875066.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3875066.page GMT Re:500pts Ork v Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3882432.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3882432.page GMT Re:500pts Ork v Tau

samus5678 wrote:If (and this is a big if) the tau is using an etherial as the HQ,.

Really, what moron is going to run an ethereal at 500 points?

Not even an " and this is a big if ". Dude.

Du--ude.

OP, Alltheones:
Are you certain that you can't get ahold of three Deffkoptas? With scout Moves, the Alpha Strike could be a near guarantee. And a few Clawed DKs would tie him up fatally.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3882688.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3882688.page GMT 500pts Ork v Tau

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GoDz BuZzSaW wrote:
Jidmah wrote:I wouldn't recommend trukks at that level, if your opponent gets first turn you can bet your choppa that your boyz will be walking anyways - just with half as many boyz.

But if he deploys first then the orks will be able to deploy around ruins and therefore out of sight which means a turn of shooting is wasted for the tau, it's not too hard to at least get a cover save from terrain and every little helps!

A cover save is not going to save a vehicle which can be glance to death by about every single weapon in the tau codex. Tau can even reduce the cover save if needed, and deploying out of sight is not as easy as it sounds, and you might also have to deploy far away from the enemy, so he gets to shoot you before you arrive anyways.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3883872.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/427411/3883872.page GMT