Next weekend I'm helping a friend of mine play test is Tau list in preparation for an upcoming tournament. Now being a Blood Angel player with the occasional smattering of IG (do not have the new Codex yet) I find myself somewhat lacking when it comes to running against his Tournament lists. That’s not to say I can’t sneak a victory but it’s very hard work and not a typical battle or opponent he’d expect to meet at a tournament. As such another friend of mine is lending me his Eldar Army in order to really test this Tau list.
Now the problem is that I know what works against marines using Eldar. I am beaten to a bloody pulp by them at least once a month! But I have no experience playing them against any one let alone Tau.
So if anyone can offer any brilliant advice on lists or tactics for playing Eldar against Tau that would be very warmly received. I under stand there is some shenagins you can do with Dark Eldar allies and a seer council on jetbikes but I’m not sure how it works…
I was thinking of a 2 Farseers, 2 Wraith knights with those big scary guns and the rest of the points on Dire Avengers and serpents. Maybe some wraith guard in one of the transports with those high power low range guns they have.
I know what list he is taking…. Which I understand sounds a bit like cheating but he has specifically asked for me to make it as difficult as possible for him and to help provided me with his list.
HQ
Cadre Fire Blade,
Cadre Fire Blade,
Elites
XV104 Riptide with all the toys! Ion accelerator, Early warning over ride, twin linked fusion blasters etc etc. X 3
Troops
Fire warrior team. 6X fire warriors with photon grenades in Devilfish transports with smart missile systems. X 3
Heavy Support
XV88 Broadsides with twin linked rail rifles, twin linked smart missile system X2
Fortifications
Fortress of Redemption. Frag and Kruk storm missiles and twin linked Icarus Lascannon.
The weakness that jumps out at me is he has fallen in to the trap of too many toys and not enough boys! Kill those troops and he’s struggling!
Many thanks in advance… and oh I forgot to mention it’s 1500pts.