My God the Sniping! - 1800 Tau Idea

[Sonikgav]

Ok so its not optimized, but it has decent Anti Armor, can respond to Flyers, infiltrates ALOT and my GOD the Sniping!

Ethereal - 50
Ethereal - 50

Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds + Shaper - 155
Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds + Shaper - 155
Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds - 140
Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds - 140
Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds - 140

Riptide - Ion Accelerator, SmartMissiles, Skyfire, Interceptor - 210
Riptide - Ion Accelerator, SmartMissiles, Skyfire, Interceptor - 210

Sniper Drone Team - 2 Commanders, 8 Drones - 146
Sniper Drone Team - 2 Commanders, 8 Drones - 146
HammerHead - Longstrike, Disruption Pod, Submunition, Advanced Targetting System, Repair System - 198

Aegis Defence Line - 50

Total = 1800

2 Ethereals in the 2 'Shaperless' Kroot mobs hidden in Terrain/Behind the Aegis Line giving off a big LD10 Bubble + Overlapping fancy abilities. Other Kroot deply as normal or Infiltrate, hence the Shaper for slight LD buff if they need it but still hopefully benefitting from the Bubble most of the time, while Drones each cover a Flank. Hammerhead and Riptides go after... pretty much anything they feel like, mostly armor, and Riptides deal with incoming Flyers/Drop Pods/Deepstrikers.

There was like, 8 points spare hence the extra crap on the Hammerhead.

*Edited from Original*

[Tynskel]

Precision Shots for everyone!
I almost think you should replace Aun'Va with a Commander w/ Advanced Targeting System.

[Sonikgav]

I just realised....Advanced Targeting System for a Vehicle is 3 points *goes to edit*

[DrBored]

That is a lot of sniping... 100 kroot shots... That means 50 wounds, and about 15 or so of them precision shots just out of those squads...

The scary part? This army could become very viable.

[Sonikgav]

Like i said theres still options. Ideally idve preffered an Aegis line too. Doesnt really need the Quad Gun but an expanded wall of Cover to hide a few units may help. Theres only so much cover on a board and 100 Kroot is a big footprint, nevermind the Sniper Drones.

Infact.... *edits above*

So as it stands thats....

100 Kroot Shots
16 Drone shots at 48", 32 at 24", 48 at 24" if theyre within 12 of an Ethereal!!
3x Twin Linked Smart Missiles
2 Ion Accelerators
1 Heavy Railgun

Should be a laugh. Just a shame the Kroot dont have the 'Supporting Fire' Rule lol.

[kyfer]

It's not a shame if you're playing against it, looks like a cruel tournament list to me haha

Kroot = Cheapest Snipers in 40k

[DoomMouse]

Might run into trouble against mech lists, but other than that would be very annoying to fight...