Sheit27 wrote:
I'd advise getting a starter set or two for the crisis suits and essentially free fire warriors.

The commander model is very expensive and the budget way would be to model a crisis suit as a commander and give him a different paint scheme.

This would give you

Crisis commander

5 crisis suits

24 fire warriors

2 ethereal (don't use these)

play some small games with these and see how you like them,

your list would essentially be something like

commander -
iridium armor, shield gen, stim injector, pen chip, MSS, CC node.

crisis suit x 3 - double plasma

crisis suit - double fusion

crisis suit - double fusion

2x 12 fire warrior squads or
3x 8 fire warrior squads

ideally you just want to have an answer for anything that you will come across in a game.

as you build up drones I'd model them as marker drones (target lock + pulse carbine conversion = marker drone)

as your next purchase I'd pick up a riptide, broadside unit, or try out some ghost keels if you like them.

once you have enough marker drones you can run the drone network formation with them.

essentially don't waste your money by following the below

Competitive and relevant

commander
crisis suit
riptide
broadside
skyray
tetra
marker drone
ghostkeel
stormsurge
remora drones

have their uses

kroot
firewarrior
piranha (unless in formation i'd never consider these)

If you're playing for fun
(most things in this list have roles that can be done better/more efficiently by things in the competitive list - these are essentially legacy units now)

flying commander
hammerhead
vespid
fliers
stealth suits
pathfinders
devilfish
drone sniper team
pathfinders

Blitzbringer wrote:
Hey I just was wondering if there was any strong, cheap, (not exactly competitive) tau lists out there. Was wondering if you could please copy and paste them below please? (Strong means can hold its own against a lot of armies, doesn't have to be all of them.)