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Old 10 Jul 2008, 13:14   #1 (permalink)
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Default 1850 Tau for 5th edition

Here are two attempts at lists. Should be good but I don't know. Let me know if either are good. They are designed to be competitive in 5th edition. I plan on owning the models for both as they are not that different. Thanks to all who reply.

List 1

HQ:

(Crisis Suit)
Shas'el, plasma rifle, fusion blaster, TA, HWMT
= 97

Troops:

(Fire warriors)
Shas'ui
9x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, DP
= 205

(Fire warriors)
Shas'ui
9x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, DP
= 205

(Fire warriors)
Shas'ui
9x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, DP
= 205

(Fire warriors)
Shas'ui
9x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, DP
= 205

FA:

(Pathfinders)
Shas'ui
7x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, DP
= 201

(Pathfinders)
Shas'ui
7x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, DP
= 201

HS:

Hammerhead, Gun Drones, MT, DP
= 175

Hammerhead, Gun Drones, MT, DP
= 175

Hammerhead, Gun Drones, MT, DP
= 175

Total: 1844

List 2

HQ:

(Crisis Suit)
Shas'el, plasma rifle, fusion blaster,HWMT
= 87

Troops:

(Fire warriors)
Shas'ui
9x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, 2x Seeker missiles
= 220

(Fire warriors)
Shas'ui
9x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, 2x Seeker missiles
= 220

(Fire warriors)
Shas'ui
9x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, 2x Seeker missiles
= 220

(Fire warriors)
Shas'ui
9x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, 2x Seeker missiles
= 220

FA:

(Pathfinders)
Shas'ui
7x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, 2x Seeker missiles
= 216

(Pathfinders)
Shas'ui
7x Shas'la
Devil Fish, MT, 2x Seeker missiles
= 216

HS:

Skyray, burst cannons, MT, DP
= 150

Skyray, burst cannons, MT, DP
= 150

Skyray, burst cannons, MT, DP
= 150

Total: 1849
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Old 14 Jul 2008, 14:23   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: 1850 Tau for 5th edition

That second list made me grin & giggle in an evil way. Well done.

I personally would feel a small need to drop one squad of Fire Warrior and one HW option, just to add some drones/suits/piranhas, which are kinda close to my heard. But that's just my personal oppinion, the list looks solid enough.
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Old 14 Jul 2008, 14:40   #3 (permalink)
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No sniper teams to keep you warm in the night?

I like them more than Sky Ray's personally.
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Old 14 Jul 2008, 15:50   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: 1850 Tau for 5th edition

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Originally Posted by enderwiggin
No sniper teams to keep you warm in the night?

I like them more than Sky Ray's personally.
I have to agree with Enderwiggin on that one, however you could go 1 sky ray and add a few seekers to all the fish you have out there...

Another thought to free up some room is to drop 2 fish from your firewarrior units and just use the fish from the pathfinders to pick up the FW units not in a transport. This would free up about 180 points.
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Old 14 Jul 2008, 17:18   #5 (permalink)
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This army is mobile. The sniper drones seem too slow. I do agree that they are good but at the same time I want them to be mobile. I am thinking that I might drop the two FW devilfish for another devilfish and a FW squad. This keeps me at the same points in the second list. I dont know about the first one.
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Old 14 Jul 2008, 17:51   #6 (permalink)
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Prolly could drop a pathfinder team considering you already have something like 13 marker light shots with one pathfinder team and the 3 skyrays
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