“Hi Kirby,
I recently played in a tournament with my tau tournament list (I emailed in ages back, and took your recommendations) and placed first in the Junior/U21 category. Before you raise your eyebrows in surprise, there were only 20 of us in the category, and it was a swiss-style format. Long, pointless, story short, here I am asking for more advice on how to build a 2k tau list. Here goes:
Shas'el w/ TL MP, target lock - 73
Shas'el w/ TL MP, target lock - 73
3 Shas'ui w/ MP, PR, multitracker - 186
3 Shas'ui w/ MP, PR, multitracker - 186
3 Shas'ui w/ MP, PR, multitracker - 186
6 Firewarriors - 60
6 Firewarriors - 60
10 Kroot - 70
8 Pathfinders w/ warfish - 216
8 Pathfinders w/ warfish - 216
3 Broadsides w/ TA, team leader, HW-TL, HW-DC, 2 gun drones - 270
Hammerhead w/ railgun, burstcannons, multitracker, disruption pod - 165
Hammerhead w/ railgun, burstcannons, multitracker, disruption pod - 165
Total: 1926
Basically the two commanders will babysit the pathfinder squads to increase number of casualties taken before leadership is forced and to increase 7 to 9. I think there are some similarities with your Centurion list, but I've sacrificed some blocking power in favor of some more firepower. One note on the broadsides is that they are most likely going to be deployed in cover, or behind a kroot screen. Therefore the drones will be taking 4+ cover saves anyway (equal to the shield drone 4++) but saving me 10 points and adding a tiny tiny tiny chance of pinning something.
Thoughts?
Regards,
Anand”
What centurion list :P? lol Congrats on the first place and well done. There are a couple of options here to use those extra points. The most obvious is simply adding in another Kroot squad which improves your defences. The other is dropping a Broadside for 2 Piranhas w/Fusion, targeting and a target lock. Whilst you lost a minor bit of firepower you’ve still got the extra 8 marker lights to make that firepower a lot more powerful and have some vehicle blocking in place. I’d probably go with double Kroot and the Shas’el’s can hide in those squads too.
I’d also trade out targeting array on the Broadsides for ASS. It gives you a little more mobility and allows the chance to hit something in Dawn of War (there’s 4 extra points leftover so give the team leader a HW-BSF).
Do you have any pics of your army, would love to post them if you do!
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You could also swap out one squad of fire warriors to get some points (although having two fish means it could be nice to use). Piranhas for blocking are a good idea, but you'll probably need the extra Kroot screen. Seems like not enough defense, but the extra squad of Pathfinders should max out your firepower.
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