Battle report Tau vs Eldar

[orkblasta]

So just last weekend me and friend set up a battle, my tau vs his eldar, this a bit of a grudge match as my tau have yet to win a game against his eldar only for the reason that I don't have very many anti tank weapons and he always fields four tanks.

anyway these are the lists:

Tau:1248pts.
HQ-
Shas'o commander w/plasma rifle/cyclic ion blaster
XV8 body guard w/plasma rifle/burst cannon

Elites-
Stealth team x3 w/markerlight/fusion blaster

Troops-
Fire warriors x12 w/markerlight
Fire warriors x12 w/markerlight
Devilfish transport w/targeting array/disruption pod/x2 seeker missiles
Devilfish transport w/targeting array/disruption pod/x2 seeker missiles
Kroot Carnivore squad x15 w/shaper

Fast Attack-
Gun drones x4

Heavy Support-
Sniper Drone Team

(ya I know lacking in a few areas. but that will soon be fixed as I have a package enroute with 2 hammerheads, another sniper drone team, and another XV8 ;D ;D ;D)


Eldar:1247
HQ-
Avatar of Khain

Troops-
Guardians x10 w/missile pad
Dire Avengers x7 w/exarch/bladestorm/x2 catapults
Dire Avengers x8 w/exarch/bladestorm/x2 catapults
Wave Serpent w/spirit stones/brightlance
Wave Serpent w/spirit stones/brightlance
Wave Serpent w/spirit stones/brightlance

Elites-
Firedragons x8 w/exarch/fire pike

Heavy Support-
Fire Prism/spirit stones


And those are the lists.

This game was going to be a fun one, I'm playing with all the tau that I own, so there's know room for variety and he set up a list just to have.

Background:

we've been playing for years now, I win some, he wins some, all in all quite evenly matched. But then we got into our second armies my tau and his eldar. His eldar have greater numbers and more experience so I been playing a difficult battle. When I got my tau last summer out rivalry began, I've beaten his nids but I can't seem to beet his eldar now's my chance.


Orkblasta (me)

Reaper (him)


LOL on the computer we look creepy.

Game type- Annihilation
deployment-Spearhead

Fun

Here's the game board: we've designated the fences and edges of plateaus as difficult terrain, the large rock piece to the right as area terrain, and the buildings as impassible terrain.


Here's the deployment of both armies:


Eldar go first. Tau fail to seize the initiative.

Turn #1
Eldar move and shoot killing 2 firewarriors, tau move and shoot killing 8 guardians and wasting 2 seeker missiles, .


Turn #2
Eldar move and fire killing battlesuit squad and marker drone from stealth team, tau bring on drone team move and shoot killing 4 firedragons, 4 dire avengers, 1 guardian.


Turn #3
Eldar move and shoot and assault killing 9 fire warriors, exploding a devilfish, 1 stealth suit, and 2 kroot. Tau bring on kroot from their table edge, move and shoot and assault killing 1 firedragon and immobilizing and removing all the weapons on 1 waveserpent.


Turn #4
Eldar move and shoot and assault killing sniper drone team, 2 kroot, and 4 firewarriors, tau move and shoot and assault killing 9 direavengers.


Turn #5
Eldar move and shoot and assault killing 2 kroot, 5 firewarriors, the last of my stealth team, and 1 drone, tau move shoot and assault killing 1 direavenger, and 2 firedragons.


Roll to see if game continues. . . . . . . .Game ends

Victory goes to eldar with 7 killpoints opposed to my 3 killpoints. All in all a very exciting game, we never had a turn where one player killed a lot of units it was always fairly even through out the game. A good and fun game that's all that matters.

Anyways my tau have not managed to pull out a victory yet but eventually the greater good will rise above and take the planet.

thanks for reading and for your comments, hope you enjoyed it. C&C on our game are welcome, it's always appreciated when someone notices when we're doing something wrong.

oh and we're hoping to have another battle tomorrow so stay tuned for episode 2 showing up on the board.

cheers.

[vonshlacten]

Ditch the shaper- he is not worth the points in my opinion. Just use the kroot to infiltrate with the stealth suits or outflank/harass.

Also, you essentially give him a kill point with your gun drone squadron, and you spend extra points. Why not attach two to your command squad and count them as shield drones, or add them to your fire warrior teams for ablative wounds? Spread the wealth around, like the tau would.

If you can afford it, give your suits the helios or sunforge configuration (plasma/fusion & fusion/fusion) to deal with heavy infantry and tanks. Or even the deathrain (twin missile pod). They will wipe out any small squad and maybe a tank. Those wave serpents are tough with the shield negating melta and all, but you can deep strike your suits in from behind if need be. Also, outflanking stealth suits can get the drop on rear armor.


Besides that, I like your list. Very fluffy, and well painted. The eldar stuff looks nice as well. This was an enjoyable read, with good pictures, etc.

nice job!

[Major Chrispy]

Best BR here so far orky, neverr disapoint

[orkblasta]

thanks guys, and ya I know I could toss around a few more options with the different teams and such, as far as the gun drones go it was the only way I could play them, but ya I'd rather not have fielded them as a small squad.

anyway thanks for the advice and the comments,

we're probably having another battle tomorrow, not sure if we're doing a BR but it's quite possible you'll see another report up in a few days.

cheers.

[lv426]

Always love reading BR with Eldar ^^
Sorry to hear that you haven't won yet. but your time will come

How come he took a mechanised force but chose an Avatar as HQ?

[orkblasta]

he took the avatar because it's new to his army and he wanted to see how it would perform. It didn't do a whole lot of damage but I wasted a lot of fire on him and he still didn't die.

cheers.

[zephoid]

i play eldar a lot so you get to know its weaknesses by what kills my stuff the most.

In general: the infantry do 90% of the damage. the big stuff is flashy, but it it doesnt compare to the power of a bladestorm dire avenger squad that then assaults.

GET MISSLES. this is how you kill wave serpents. they are no more resilient to missles than dreds. The cost the same point value too. Knock these out, and hes in a pretty bad spot. most eldar have <18" range and need those transports to get there. they are also T3 4+ so they die fast.

Your list runs a LOT of anti-inf, but not all that much AT. drop the kroot, as this is a mechanized army and you wont find many targets to assault. Grab more XV8s, as that is where you will win.

deploy as far back as possible. You have insane range on your forces. use it.

[orkblasta]

ya I agree with all of that, but as I mentioned above I have a limited number of models and this game was everything I had vs his stuff to the same value.

I also mentioned that I have a package coming in with 2 hammerheads, 1 XV8, and sniper drones so I'll have more anti tank weapons, this should even up the playing field.

cheers.