Tau 1500 - Standard All Comers List

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DiabloCableGuy
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This will be (mostly) final 1500 all comers list for mu Tau at least until the new codex finally shows up. Any comments and or critque?

Shas'El Commander
Shas'El 75
Missile Pod 12
Plasma Rifle 20
Multi-Tracker 5
HW Target Lock 5 117

XV8 Crisis Battlesuit Team
Shas'ui 3 25
Missile Pod 12
Plasma Rifle 20
Multi-Tracker 5 186

XV8 Crisis Battlesuit Team
Shas'ui 2 25
Missile Pod 12
Plasma Rifle 20
Multi-Tracker 5 124

XV8 Crisis Battlesuit Team
Shas'ui 2 25
Missile Pod 12
Plasma Rifle 20
Multi-Tracker 5 124

Firewarrior Squad
Shas'la 6 10 60

Kroot Carnivore Squad
Kroot 10 7
Kroot Hounds 3 6 88

Kroot Carnivore Squad
Kroot 10 7
Kroot Hounds 3 6 88

Pathfinder Team
Shas'la 6 12
Devilfish 80
Multi-Tracker 10
Targeting Array 5
Disruption Pod 5
Smart Missile System 20 192

Piranha Skimmer Team
Piranha 60
Fusion Blaster 5
Targeting Array 5
Disruption Pod 5
Piranha 60
Fusion Blaster 5
Targeting Array 5 145

Hammerhead Gunship
Hammerhead 90
Railgun 50
Smart Missile System 20
Disruption Pod 5
Multi-Tracker 10
Target Lock 5 180

XV88 Broadside Battlesuit Team
Shas'ui Team Leader 75
Advanced Stabilisation System 10
Hard Wired Drone Controller 0
Shield Drone 15
Shield Drone 15
Shas'ui 70
Advanced Stabilisation System 10 195

Total Points Cost: 1499

Posted 2 years ago # |
Dark Sage ZTO
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Looks good but i question the use of Kroot? I always think they look like just filling up points in a list.

Posted 2 years ago # |
Nemphtis
Final Boss

Kroot are just as useful as Fire Warriors, they basically do all the things that the Fire Warriors are not good at doing. Having at least one squad infiltrating on the map is rarely going to be a bad thing.

Posted 2 years ago # |
DiabloCableGuy
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In this list the Kroot are used as "bubblewrap", they surrond my army, layerd to stop the enemy from getting into assult/melta range of my important stuff. They also make it difficult to DS into my army. The Pirhans are blockers, they zip out at full speed to get a 4+ save, and sit infront of thing like Land Raiders, stopping them from moving up to threaten me. If they survive the enemy turn then the have meltaguns to slag whatever is sitting infront of them.

Posted 2 years ago # |
Dark Sage ZTO
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Be aware of tank shock when using that tactic. Pretty sure a Land Raider can run over a Pirahna.

And yeah man i forgot about all of that complicated pro faggotry. I suppose you really could put your kroot all out within 2" of eachother in a straightline to prevent the first unit from assaulting. Although remember that during the end of the assault phase you would have to bring all your units in to surround the enemy.

Posted 2 years ago # |
DiabloCableGuy
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The intention is that the Kroot fold on the charge, meaning that the enemy assult unit is now in rapid fire range of everything else, plasma rifles, kroot rifels, and in range of all vehicale weapon systems. The list is built to dis-mount the enemy fast, and then easily kill off enemy troops before they can do much. Also Skimmers get a save against ramming, and theres two of them. Plus they will be on the 1" "no go zone" so the ram would do no damage. They would have to kill them, with the 4+ save they have from flat out. Basiclly it means I can block a raider or two or similar first turn to free up my railguns to kill more important targets like rhinos/predators ect. And ofcourse if the enemy dosen't want to dedicate the fairly large number of weapons to get though the 4+ cover save to kill the pirhannas, they'll happily melta those raiders next turn ^^.

Posted 2 years ago # |
DiabloCableGuy
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I played a game with this list on Thursday against an Eldar army, a first for me. Pitched Battle Anihlation. He had 2 Fire Prisims, Eldrad, two squads of pathfinders, one 3 strong another around 10-ish, and two unit of shining spears I think? One of which had an Auturach. He also had a squadron of 3 War Walkers with scatter lasers.

First turn he used his infiltrated 3 man squad of pathfinders to attack my Broadsides. They shot and killed the drones with their pistols then charged the battlesuits. They caused one wound wich was saved and then proceded to get face stomped, and then rand down by the bad ass suits. The other squad of pathfinders took up position pre-game in a central pocket of woods and opened up on one of the Kroot squads, causing the bird men to run off the board. The Prisims also managed to stun my HH. My first turn I sent my Pirhannhas out towards the eldar tanks and then fired everything else at the Pathfinders. I killed one. 2+ Cover save is a bitch.

The Prisims moved up to get a shot on the pirhanas but wiffed, scattering into a kroot squad and only killing one. The pathfinders tried to find a gap in the armour of my Devilfish but failed. The Walkers also came on this turn, and killed two battlesuits, and stood over my pathfinders. In my turn the pirhanas melta gunned one prisim hich exlpoded and put a wound on Eldrad, I killed no pathfinders and the railguns on my XV88s found the other prisims' side armour lacking. I also killed one warwalker and shook another. Last eldar turn the spears came on and turbo-boosted, eldrad killed a pirhanna, the walkers rofl-stomped my pathfinders and the pathfinders put a wound on a crisis suit. In my final turn I vaporised one of the spears squad and killed off another walker. We had to leave it there as the store owner wanted to go home. I won with 4 Kill Points to his two, and I would have been able to take two more without much trouble.

I learnt a lot from the game and I enjoyed playing the tricksy space elves.

Posted 2 years ago # |

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