As my luck would have it, I found myself listening to the latest Independent Characters podcast show of force show talking about everybody's favorite blue aliens, the Tau. The show was great as the guys dove into the background, sample lists, and themes of the army. After listening to the show, I was inspired to pick up my Tau once again and have a go at finally completing the paint job that I started over 2 years ago. My Tau army was my 3rd army that I started. Back in 4th edition, I had completed about 1500 points worth of models but have since recently bought many of the new models and some more crisis suits as I wanted to build a far sight enclave army. Listening to the show gave me some ideas that with little effort I would be able to run a list that is different than what you typically see out there. The list would put a focus on spamming strength 5 shooting, namely firewarriors, 4 maxed out squads complete with EMP grenades to deal with any vehicles, 2 6 man stealth suit squads all with burst cannons, etc. Rounding out these 6 squads would be 3 missile sides, skyway, marker drone squadron, and since I own them, 2 Remora stealth drones. The complete list is below.
+++ New Tau Firewarrior spam list (1849pts) +++
Selections:
Tau Empire: Codex (2013) v19 (Primary Detachment) Selections:
+ HQ + (225pts)
* Commander (170pts)
(Independent Character, Supporting Fire, Very Bulky)
Crisis battlesuit, Drone controller, 2x Missile pod, Neuroweb System Jammer, Onager Gauntlet, Stimulant injector, XV8-02 Crisis 'Iridium' Battlesuit
* Ethereal (55pts)
(Failure is Not An Option, Independent Character, Invocation of the Elements, Stubborn)
Blacksun filter
+ Elites + (396pts)
* Stealth Team (198pts)
(Infiltrate, Supporting Fire)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Team (198pts)
(Infiltrate, Supporting Fire)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
* Stealth Shas'ui
Advanced targeting system, Burst cannon, Stealth battlesuit (Shrouded, Stealth)
+ Troops + (528pts)
* Fire Warrior Team (132pts)
(Supporting Fire)
EMP grenades, 12x Fire Warrior Shas'la with pulse rifle, Photon grenades
* Fire Warrior Team (132pts)
(Supporting Fire)
EMP grenades, 12x Fire Warrior Shas'la with pulse rifle, Photon grenades
* Fire Warrior Team (132pts)
(Supporting Fire)
EMP grenades, 12x Fire Warrior Shas'la with pulse rifle, Photon grenades
* Fire Warrior Team (132pts)
(Supporting Fire)
EMP grenades, 12x Fire Warrior Shas'la with pulse rifle, Photon grenades
+ Fast Attack + (264pts)
* Drone Squadron (84pts)
(Supporting Fire)
* 6x Marker Drone
6x Markerlight
* DX-6 'Remora' Drone Fighter Squadron [FW] (90pts)
* DX-6 'Remora'
(Deep Strike, Shrouded)
Blacksun filter (Night Vision), Networked markerlight, 2x Seeker Missile, Twin-linked long-barelled burst cannon
* DX-6 'Remora' Drone Fighter Squadron [FW] (90pts)
* DX-6 'Remora'
(Deep Strike, Shrouded)
Blacksun filter (Night Vision), Networked markerlight, 2x Seeker Missile, Twin-linked long-barelled burst cannon
+ Heavy Support + (436pts)
* Sky Ray Missile Defense Gunship (130pts)
Disruption pod, 2x Networked markerlight, 6x Seeker missile, Twin-linked smart missile system, Velocity tracker
* XV88 Broadside Team (204pts)
(Extremely Bulky, Supporting Fire)
* Broadside Shas'ui
Broadside battlesuit, Early warning override, Seeker missile, Twin-linked high-yield missile pod, Twin-linked smart missile system
* Broadside Shas'ui
Broadside battlesuit, Early warning override, Seeker missile, Twin-linked high-yield missile pod, Twin-linked smart missile system
* 4x Missile Drone
4x Missile pod
* XV88 Broadside Team (102pts)
(Extremely Bulky, Supporting Fire)
* Broadside Shas'ui
Broadside battlesuit, Early warning override, Seeker missile, Twin-linked high-yield missile pod, Twin-linked smart missile system
* 2x Missile Drone
2x Missile pod
Yup, no crisis suits other than the commander and no riptides. It's a purely built list to maximize strength 5 shooting. Pics are of my almost completed Riptide. And yes, wont be using it with this list... lol. Let me know what you guys think.
