Tau 1500pts

[RGilbert26]

Morning all, been trying to write a Tau list for a while and I've come up with this.

Cadre Fireblade

Fire Warrior Team (10)
- Shas'ui
- Markerlight and Target Lock

Fire Warrior Team (10)
- Shas'ui
- Markerlight and Target Lock

Fire Warrior Team (10)
- Shas'ui
- Markerlight and Target Lock

Fire Warrior Team (10)
- Shas'ui
- Markerlight and Target Lock

Riptide
- Ion Accelerator
- Shielded Missile Drones x2

Riptide
- Ion Accelerator
- Shielded Missile Drones x2

Riptide
- Ion Accelerator
- Shielded Missile Drones x2

Razorshark Strike Fighter
- Missile Pod
- Disruption Pod

Pathfinder Team (5)

Pathfinder Team (5)


C&C welcome.

[Bleak]

For what i´ve seen, that many fire cast is dumping too many points into them and they will not do that much. They reall punch in tau armies comes from Riptides and Broadsides. Also Razorshark has a nice model but istoo weak and rarely cost efective.
I will not coment on Cadre because even though im not fond of his rules i have yet to see him played so i don´t know his true impact on a game.

So, lets go in order:
- Dump at least 1 cast squad (perhaps also reduce the others but that comes down to taste)
- Dump Razorshark
- Dump the shielded missile drones, Riptides are Bulky enough as they are and you are wasting 150 points on 6 drones.
- Take missile Brodsides with nterceptor, try to fit 2 squads of 3 (these guys are extreely cost efective)

On a side note, Pathfinders are really squishy and tend to give out first blood speacially in 5´s. What people usually do for good markerlights is a Commander with drone control node joint to a squad of as many drones as you can fit.

Hope it helps :3
GL

[RGilbert26]

Revised the list:

HQ
Cadre Fireblade
- Shield Drone (or Marker Drone)

Troops
Fire Warrior Team (10)
- Shas'ui
- Markerlight and Target Lock

Fire Warrior Team (10)
- Shas'ui
- Markerlight and Target Lock

Fire Warrior Team (10)
- Shas'ui
- Markerlight and Target Lock

Elites
XV8 Crisis Team (3)
- Plasma Rifle x3
- Missile Pod x3

XV104 Riptide
- Ion Accelerator

XV104 Riptide
- Ion Accelerator

Fast Attack
Pathfinder Team (5)

Pathfinder Team (5)

Razorshark Strike Fighter
- Missile Pod
- Disruption Pod

Heavy Support
XV88 Broadside Team (3)
- Missile Drone x6