TAU HQ advice?

[Blackcloud6]

I have a TAU army I play off and on. I was able to buy the older Battleforce set at a great discount and someone's very small army. But the only HQ I have is the metal Ethereal figure and, IMO, he is pretty weak. of the other HQ's, which is a good one? A friend wants to play his Necrons against my Tau in a couple of weeks and I would like to make a new and more effective HQ. What is your advice.

My current army has a couple of Fire-Warrior Squads, a Devilfish (one more in the works), a stealth suit team, a XV8 battlesuit Team (old skool figures), XV88 team (again Old Skool figures), pathfinders and Hammerhead. I have kroots I can finish.

I think I have enough XV8s to do a Commander and his bodyguards but I have to check.

[energongoodie]

I'm a big fan of Farsight. I've deepstriking him down to take out an HQ and a squad or an objective holding devastator squad that sort of thing and he's been working out great. Sometimes the squad dies straight after :) but not usually they hang around to do some serious damage.

I've been using 600 odd points of tau as allies for my iron hands and even with scattering he and a unit of crisis suits he has joined has always done great.

[CoffeeGrunt]

The standard Tau Commander is also awesome, can be kitted out to do any job you need done.