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So I've been playing around with the basis of Gundam Tau and trying to find an Allies fit which I think works best at 1750 points (the commonly played points level in Australia currently at tournaments). The problem was, even cutting back a bit on the suits there weren't that many points to play with for getting 2x10x MEQs + goodies to support the Tau in midfield and provide mobile scoring options. You could do it but it always felt stretched at 1750 and worked much better at 2000. Orks didn't have this issue however and thanks to Fearless changes, are a lot scarier in combat now since they don't fold like a wet paper bag.
So here's what I've come up with. We have the core of the Gundam Tau template and then we'ved added in two large Ork Boyz squads for midfield supporting & scoring, a Big Mek for utility on said Boyz and a small Loota + Kannon squads for even more firepower on the cheap which can be spread around. The end result:
Shas'el w/Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod, Multi-tracker, HW-BSF, Drone Controller, 2x Gun Drones
3x Crisis Suits w/Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod, Multi-tracker, Team Leader w/HW-BSF, Drone Controller, 2x Gun Drones
2x Crisis Suits w/Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod, Multi-tracker
3x Crisis Suits w/TL-Missile Pod, flamer, Team Leader w/HW-BSF, Drone Controller, 2x Gun Drones
8x Fire Warriors
8x Fire Warriors
8x Fire Warriors
1x Broadside w/BSF, Team Leader w/2x Shield Drones
1x Broadside w/BSF, Team Leader w/2x Shield Drones
1x Broadside w/BSF, Team Leader w/2x Shield Drones
Big Mek w/KFF
5x Lootas
20x Ork Boyz, Nob w/PKlaw, Bosspole
20x Ork Boyz, Nob w/PKlaw, Bosspole
3x Kannonz w/3x Ammo Runts, 6x Extra Crew
Totals: 1748 points
Lots of shooting and there's the two large Ork squads in midfield any opponent has to battle through to get to the main lines of guns. Only five Troops at 1750 is my major worry here, though I could take the 24 Fire Warriors and split them into groups of six and get six scoring options. Stil have 10 Crisis Suits though which gives the army a lot of firepower backed up by Kannonz, Lootas, Fire Warriors & Broadsides - though with only three Broadsides we also have to consider if that's enough? Potentially dropping the Lootas to get an extra Broadside in might be useful.
Anyway, discuss away.
