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Like, am I missing something, or are people using these things wrong? I'd very much appreciate some help and guidance on how you all use piranha, because what I've been watching people do seems to fail and waste points. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8159682.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8159682.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8159810.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8159810.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8159824.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8159824.page GMT
I can kinda understand the need to hold onto drones for later in the game for scenarios that may require an extra MSU-style distraction unit or extra screening further up the field. I've had a few instances where an opponent knew the better idea was not to bother shooting them which has enabled them to do some whacky stuff (killing Vulkan was my favorite). Or the case where there is an infantry heavy army and having an extra 4 pulse shots a piranha is helpful

Ever since I started using ATT's Rinyon encirclements I kinda wish they had the ability to outflank again since being able to deploy them on the opponent's side of the field would be really scary]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160048.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160048.page GMT
So as we all know Burst Cannons aren't particularly great, but at the same time the Tau has plenty of shooting that is generally better than a Fusion Blaster on a Piranha. Not only that but a lot of the sustain of the Piranha comes from jinking, making the shooting worse, and the Fusion Blaster costs more than half of the base chassis. In other words, except for extreme cases the Fusion Blaster isn't a great upgrade, but the Seeker Missile can be ok, though usually you want at least one Skyray in your list, so it's not like you really need them to have seekers.

Where does that put Piranhas then? Well as you said a lot of people use them as speed bumps due to their mobility and ability to survive reasonably well by jinking. However, that's probably not the best way, as the drones they pack can easily be used for the purpose, especially since they can deploy them and speed off or move six inches and then deploy them but stay stationary. This means that the Piranha is amazing at creating it's own little speed bump, while itself staying alive to go off and grab objectives.

In my opinion that's the best use of a Piranha, a mobile objective grabber that creates speed bumps in the form of drones, and isn't all that expensive either. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160144.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160144.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160192.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160192.page GMT
Don't really expect them to kill much, but they can be annoying as all hell. A great distraction, especially with some good jinking.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160196.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160196.page GMT
Maybe if they had the ability to take Markerlights I could see using Fusion on them more... Oh man, that would probably make them amazing if they came or could upgrade to gain Markerlights in the new codex, sort of like a Tetra variant D:]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160199.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160199.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160236.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/665592/8160236.page GMT