Hard but fun 1850 Points Tau with a couple of BAs

[dkonedarkside]

Hi, im new here, but not to the game, the last games i did, where with Eldar support, but i have to try sth new, so i grabed my BAs and put them into DPs^^

+++ Tau/BA 1850 (1850pts) +++

++ Blood Angels: Codex (2014) (Allied Detachment) (615pts) ++

+ HQ (75pts) +

Sanguinary Priest (75pts) [Auspex, Combi-Plasma]
Hes joining the Assaultsquad, 8 shots plasma, with -1 cover should be good, i guess^^
+ Elites (165pts) +

Command Squad (165pts)
Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
Veteran
Veteran
Veteran [Bolt Pistol, Meltagun]

[B]This squad is suppossed to kill and distract big stuff, e.g. tanks and mcs

+ Troops (250pts) +

Tactical Squad (125pts) [Meltagun, 4x Tactical Marine]
Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
Tactical Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Combi-Melta]

Tactical Squad (125pts) [Meltagun, 4x Tactical Marine]
Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
Tactical Sergeant [Bolt Pistol, Combi-Melta]

[B]These are my objektive graber, im thinking about hflamer in one of the squads. Whats ur opinion?

+ Fast Attack (125pts) +

Assault Squad (125pts) [4x Assault Marines, 2x Plasmagun]
Assault Sergeant
Drop Pod [Storm Bolter]
[B]
speaks for it self, i guess :D

+ (No Category) +

Relics and Detachment-rules [Codex: Blood Angels]

++ Tau Empire: Codex (2013) (Combined Arms Detachment) (1235pts) ++

+ HQ (223pts) +

Commander (173pts) [Command and Control Node, Drone controller, Multi-spectrum Sensor Suite, Puretide Engram Neurochip, Vectored retro-thrusters, XV8-02 Crisis 'Iridium' Battlesuit]

Ethereal (50pts)

+ Elites (185pts) +

XV104 Riptide (185pts) [Ion accelerator, Twin-linked fusion blaster]

+ Troops (456pts) +

Fire Warrior Team (152pts) [8x Fire Warrior Shas'la with pulse rifle]
Devilfish [Two Gun Drones]

Fire Warrior Team (152pts) [8x Fire Warrior Shas'la with pulse rifle]
Devilfish [Two Gun Drones]

Fire Warrior Team (152pts) [8x Fire Warrior Shas'la with pulse rifle]
Devilfish [Two Gun Drones]

+ Heavy Support (371pts) +

Sniper Drone Team (118pts) [Firesight Marksman, 7x Sniper Drone]

XV88 Broadside Team (253pts) [4x Missile Drone]
Broadside Shas'ui [Twin-linked high-yield missile pod, Twin-linked smart missile system]
Broadside Shas'ui [Target lock, Twin-linked high-yield missile pod, Twin-linked smart missile system]
Broadside Shas'ui [Target lock, Twin-linked high-yield missile pod, Twin-linked smart missile system]

I would say, the Tau part is easy to understand, the Shaso joins the drones or the broadside, different enemies, different combos ;)
The FoF tactic works pretty good, so i decided to take 3 of the fishtanks...i would take one more, but then i have to cancel one dp with squad.
So, thanks for ur opinions and ideas, maybe u tried sth like this before.
Greetings from Berlin and sry for my bad english :D

[lantzkev]

I'd say drop the devil fishes and just add more troops or something else, they are over costed imo.

Kroot are troops that infiltrate (so they meet the needs you're trying to reach with the mobility of transports) and a squad of 10 is easily placed for 80pts.

Also I think for what you're trying to accomplish, I'd take the points gained from a devil fish drop and put missile drones on your riptides and then toss your commander in there (and make all broadsides have target locks, so you can effectively target four units... the commander and the missile drones target one unit with his bs, and the broadsides all can target their own things, unless you plan on tossing him with sniper drones, in which case that's a waste of his bs but gives nice perks to the gun drones.)

[Dave Mcturk]

I'd say drop the devil fishes and just add more troops or something else, they are over costed imo.

Kroot are troops that infiltrate (so they meet the needs you're trying to reach with the mobility of transports) and a squad of 10 is easily placed for 80pts.

Also I think for what you're trying to accomplish, I'd take the points gained from a devil fish drop and put missile drones on your riptides and then toss your commander in there (and make all broadsides have target locks, so you can effectively target four units... the commander and the missile drones target one unit with his bs, and the broadsides all can target their own things, unless you plan on tossing him with sniper drones, in which case that's a waste of his bs but gives nice perks to the gun drones.)

im with ian. devilfish are over pointed - but they do have survivability !
kroot are a fair price but have no survivability !

im coming around to the large stealth teams as they can 'jump' out of harms way, have better firepower and some utility and they can take buffs from tau hq choices

after all youve got the angels for close combat work

[lantzkev]

im with ian. devilfish are over pointed - but they do have survivability !
kroot are a fair price but have no survivability !

im coming around to the large stealth teams as they can 'jump' out of harms way, have better firepower and some utility and they can take buffs from tau hq choices

after all youve got the angels for close combat work

Stealth teams are over costed as well =D

[Dave Mcturk]

Stealth teams are over costed as well =D

yes. they are. but at least they can get 2+ cover saves !:cool:

[lantzkev]

yes. they are. but at least they can get 2+ cover saves !:cool:

yeah for the price of a terminator, you can get less toughness, less BS, more shots and mobility, and sometimes the same save.... unless the attack ignores cover.