tau 51 points over, what to cut or readjust

[LizardTau]

here is an idea for a tau army one of two i have formulating in my head anyway. id just need shadow sun an to fix some of my crisis suits

Hq:

shadow sun with 2 shield drones

Fireblades

Elite:

3 crisis suits bonding knife, 3 tl fusion blasters and 3 flamers

6 stealth suits with burst cannons and counterfire defence systems

Troops:

12 fire warriors

5 x 8 man fire warrior squads

2 d fish with smart missiles and d pods

Fast:

3 x 8 man pathfinders

Heavy:

2 broadsides with sky fire

Hammer head with ion cannon and smart missiles

hammer head with ion cannon and smart missiles

Fordification

aegis line with quad gun

so comes to 2051 points

fire blades on the quad gun in the defence line with the large unit of fire warriors. Shadowsun and is with the crisis suits to make up a super mobile hard to kill melta unit. The large unit of stealth suits can get 24 burst cannon shots and can over watch at bs 2. they will move around but stay close to the defence line as to help the fire warriors stay alive. Two warriors squads will start in their fish for moving forward durning objectives missions but other then that they will hide and shoot, but keep mobile. pathfinders will pretty much stay put and marker light stuff. and broad sides and quad gun are there for anti transports and anti flyers. ion cannons for marines

but what to cut for the 51 points, could take the quad gun and anything else, or one pathfinder from each of the units and 23 more points, sujestions?

also what do you think of the idea? does a stealth and shrouding 3d6 move in the assault phase melta unit seem like a good idea?

[Jack Shrapnel]

I'd honestly drop the quad gun... you have skyfire from other sources... looks solid for sure....

[Hizack]

Well, for starts, you can save a few points on the Crisis suits by removing the BKR. Since it's only for regrouping, and since they can never be at below 25% you're worry free there.

Also not convinced you need the SMS on the Devil-fish. After all, the gun-drones have the same number of shots and you've got plenty of Str-5 shots elsewhere.

Lastly, don't really need more Str-7 as your Ionheads got that covered. So quad gun can go too.

[LizardTau]

True. But tl bs 3 ignores cover is so much nicer then tl bs 2

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[Hizack]

Well, you need to lose the points somewhere, and I suggest losing toys before losing boys in all honesty.

[LizardTau]

yep. but i have enought points if i drop the quad gun and the bonding knifes

[voodoo]

I agree, drop the quad gun, keep the aegis. I'm not sure how other people feel about going over, but if its 1 point, I can't see anyone caring about it.

[Frosty the Pirate]

Yeah, the Quad and the Knives are the things to drop for sure. Looks like a very strong list.

Only thing I'm wondering is if the FWs should be combined a into slightly larger units (4x10 instead of 5x8), since then it requires your opponent to kill 3 to force a ld check instead of just 2.

Looking forward to playing against this, I'd like to see what the new Tau can do!

[LizardTau]

Yeah im going to drop the quad gun and knives. Yes originally i had units of 10 but thou more units were better but maybe ill try both ways. Also want to try it out before i stay with shadow sun. As i have to buy her if i stick with her

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