1850 tournament list

[Blasterdude3]

Here we go:

Tau Empire- 1850 Tournament List
HQ:
Shas’O commander- Airbursting Fragmentation Launcher, plasma rifle, sheild generator, bonding knife, Stim. Injector, hard-wired- target lock, and multi-tracker.
Shas’vre bodyguards- 2x missile pods, 2x plasma rifle, 2x shield generators, hard-wired multi-trackers, target locks, and targeting arrays
Elites:
2xCrisis suits- flamer and missile pod hard-wired multi-trackers.
Team leader with twin-linked flamer no missile pod.
3xStealth suits- gun drone, bonding knife
Troops:
12xFire Warriors- photon grenades and shas’ui with bonding knife.
12xFire Warriors- photon grenades and shas’ui with bonding knife.
12xFire Warriors- photon grenades and shas’ui with bonding knife.
12xFire Warriors- photon grenades and shas’ui with bonding knife.
Devilfish- burst cannon, smart missile system, disruption pod.(this is the required devilfish for the pathfinders)
Fast Attack:
7xPathfinders- no special equipment
Heavy Support:
Hammerhead- Railgun, disruption pod, smart missile system, target lock, and multi-tracker.
Hammerhead- Ion Cannon, burst cannons, disruption pod, target lock, multi-tracker
2xBroadsides- hard-wired multi-trackers, targeting arrays
Team leader with bonding knife and Advanced Stabilization System.
Total: 1847pts.

Tactics: Basically what i lack in mobility i make up for in fire power. the fire warriors focus fire on a large number unit, or a heavy infantry unit of the biggest threat. the railguns will pound on their vehicles like a drum (or a shiny blue spear) and the suits will support with anti infantry fire. the pathfinders will put markerlights on watever they want, lending what assistance they can. Often wat i do in objective games; i take one squad, put it in the d-fish and push forward, blowing away any enemy willing to glance at it, with covering fire.
critisise freely, and i just know im gonna get heck for my "lack of mobility."

[counterwavecounter]

HQ:

Shas’O Commander: Air-Bursting Fragmentation Launcher, Plasma Rifle, Shield Generator, Bonding Knife, Stim-Injector, Hard-Wired- Target lock, and Multi-Tracker.

Shas’vre Bodyguards: 2x Missile Pods, 2x Plasma Rifles, 2x Shield Generators, Hard-Wired Multi-Trackers, Target Locks, and Targeting Arrays

Wow! Expensive and confused.

Air-Bursting Fragmentation Launchers are anti-cover save weapons and should be combined with other anti-cover save weapons (a.ka. Flamers). Furthermore, I would never even consider giving a Shas'O template weapons, it has BS5, use it. No to the Stimulant Injectors because Tau commander units are the same as regular XV-8s with a better BS and should be treated as such, don't bling them up.

I would strip it down to the following:
Shas'el: Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod, Targeting Array, Hard-Wired Multi-Tracker
Shas'vre Bodyguards: Plasma Rifles, Missile Pods, Targeting Arrays, Hard-Wired Multi-Trackers

That's it!


Elites:

2xCrisis Suits- Flamers, Missile Pods, Multi-trackers.
Team Leader with Twin-Linked Flamers, no Missile Pod.

I would twin-link all the Flamers and lose the Multi-Trackers, fire the Flamers or the Missile Pods, not both.

3xStealth Suits- Gun Drone, Bonding Knife

Not a fan of Stealth Suits. They're too expensive. Plus you didn't include the mandatory hard-point that has to be given to all the suits in the squad if one of them has that Drone-Controller. However, if you are going to take them max out the squad with 6 and forget hard-points all together.

Troops:

12xFire Warriors- Photon Grenades and Shas’ui with Bonding Knife.
12xFire Warriors- Photon Grenades and Shas’ui with Bonding Knife.
12xFire Warriors- Photon Grenades and Shas’ui with Bonding Knife.
12xFire Warriors- Photon Grenades and Shas’ui with Bonding Knife.

No Photon Grenades. If you get assaulted your toast, eliminating the charge attack does nothing.

Fast Attack:
7xPathfinders- no special equipment
Devil-Fish- Burst Cannon, Smart Missile System, Disruption Pod. (This is the required Devilfish for the Pathfinders)

Good! Try to find room for one more to max the squad out.

Heavy Support:

Hammerhead- Railgun, disruption pod, smart missile system, target lock, and multi-tracker.

Good!

Hammerhead- Ion Cannon, burst cannons, disruption pod, target lock, multi-tracker

Replace this one with another Rail-head.

2xBroadsides- hard-wired multi-trackers, targeting arrays
Team leader with bonding knife and Advanced Stabilization System.

No Multi-Trackers: Rail-Guns and Smart Missile Sytems serve two very different purposes, therefore, you're always wasting one or the other when you pick a target.
No Targeting Arrays: The Rail-Guns are twin-linked and you can use Makerlights.

A common set-up is: 2 Broadsides: Advance Stabilization Systems, Team-Leader with Hard-Wired Drone Controller, 2 Shield Drones.

I'm not going to slam you on lack of mobility because that's clearly not what you're going for. Good luck!

[Blasterdude3]

just a few things i have to correct ur critisism

stealth suits are not required to have a support sytsem. its optional.
since a twin-linked system counts a 2 weapons i need the multi-trackers to fire it as twin-linked
the photon grenades have helped me (and this is just me here) countless times.
the ion cannon was a typo from one of my past lists.
to be honest i think i should just drop the stealths completely. apreciate the critique.

[Swamp_slug]

A few replies to your post

1. Reread the stealthsuit section again. It says if one model takes a support system then all the suits in the unit must. The only way to get around this is to upgrade one to a team leader and take a hard-wired drone controller.
2. A twin-linked weapon takes up 2 hard-points but it fires as a single weapon, therefore you do not need the multi-trackers.

Besides which there are a few illegal elements to your list.
1. The bodyguard have a shield generator and a targeting array in addition to their 2 weapons. You need to drop one of these support systems as neither can be hard-wired so you currently have 4 hardpoint systems.
2.If you give the XV88 team leader the A.S.S then all the models in the unit must have it, again it is an all or nothing choice.

[Blasterdude3]

i preciate the update (and have learned that i need to learn to read in detail)
here is my revised list:
HQ:
Shas’O commander- Airbursting Fragmentation Launcher, plasma rifle, sheild generator, bonding knife, Stim. Injector, hard-wired- target lock, and multi-tracker.
Shas’vre bodyguards- 2x missile pods, 2x plasma rifle, 2x shield generators, hard-wired multi-trackers, target locks
Elites:
2xCrisis suits- flamer and missile pod, target lock
Team leader with twin-linked flamer no missile pod, target lock
Troops:
12xFire Warriors- photon grenades and shas’ui with bonding knife.
12xFire Warriors- photon grenades and shas’ui with bonding knife.
12xFire Warriors- photon grenades and shas’ui with bonding knife.
12xFire Warriors- photon grenades and shas’ui with bonding knife.
12xKroot Carnivores and 6xKroot Hounds
Devilfish- burst cannon, smart missile system, disruption pod.(this is the required devilfish for the pathfinders)
Fast Attack:
7xPathfinders- Team leader with bonding knife
Heavy Support:
Hammerhead- Railgun, disruption pod, smart missile system, target lock, and multi-tracker.
Hammerhead- Railgun, burst cannons, disruption pod, target lock, multi-tracker
2xBroadsides- Advanced Stabilization System
Team leader with bonding knife

Total: 1850pts.

The kroot are an addition that i hope will "assist" in my lack of mobility. springing for objectives and disrupting nemy lines and what not. once again critique freely.