1750 Tau / Eldar Tourney List

[apaosa]

After having played Nids successfully in an escalation tournament, I've decided to switch things up a bit. I wanted to post my list here to see what people think of it.

Shas'el Commander - TL-Missle Pod, DC w/ 2 Shield Drones, Iridium, HW-Black Sun

6 Firewarriors - Devilfish - Smart Missles, Array, Multi Tracker, D Pods
6 Firewarriors

6 Pathfinders - Devilfish - Smart Missles, Array, Multi Tracker, D Pods

Hammerhead - Ion, 2xBurst, Multi Tracker, D Pod, Black Sun Filter, Target Lock
Hammerhead - Ion, 2xBurst, Multi Tracker, D Pod, Black Sun Filter, Target Lock
3 Broadsides w/ Target Lock. Team Leader w/ HW-BSFilter, Controller w/ 2 Shield Drones

Farseer - RoWard, RoWitnessing, Spear, Stones, 3 Powers (Always Div)

5 Firedragons - Exarch w/ Pike, Tankhunters, Crackshot

3 Guardian Jetbikes

3 D-Cannons - Warlock w/ Embolden

Bastion w/ Quad-Gun

Forgeworld is allowed at this event, but I refuse to use it. I know... Tetras are amazing.

[Anggul]

I think you're a bit lacking in troops. I would at least double the size of those Firewarrior squads. Not only will it give you more staying power but you'll also get more out of your Markerlights. Also I don't think you need Target Locks on all of the Broadsides, firing one shot at 3 separate vehicles won't reliably do much, you're better off focussing the squad on one vehicle at a time. I would go for Advanced Stabilisation Systems instead to give them mobility. I would suggest replacing the D-cannon support platforms with a Warp Hunter, giving you a fair amount of points to spare as well as greater range and mobility. Oh, and it can't be tied up in assault. I understand not liking a lot of Forgeworld stuff, a lot of it is indeed silly, but the Warp Hunter is an old Eldar unit given a new model and rules which is balanced and nice.

[FTGTEvan]

If I was an opponent, at first glance the lack of troops and amount of heavy fire would scare me. And then I would realize that you lean a little heavily anti-armor and I probably have you outnumbered severely, no matter what army I run. My Orks or Nids in particular, at that many points, I will probably have enough cheap units to throw at you and tie up that fire power to protect my strong units until they pick off things piecemeal and generally hold you in place while I capture objectives. Your firepower is strong, but not too many shots.

In a general objective scenario, you only have 3 scoring units (I believe). Two are mobile, but small and could easily get isolated if you run them out to capture objectives.

Now, that said, if I ran Marines (or something else with low numbers) I might be pretty scared of going up against this.

[apaosa]

Competed yesterday and ended up 2-1 (44BP). Wins were Scouring in which I tabled CSM and a Purge the Alien + Relic combo 12 to 7 vs DE. I'm not thrilled with the Round 3 loss, and leaving specifics out of it, I'll never play this person again.

I have yet to play against a horde army. I'm curious if I could stop 90 orks, or even 60, from reaching me. Nids may give me some trouble, especially the hive guard. I think it'll come down to how many Endurances/Catalysts they have.

2K is up next with double force org allowed. Back to Nids!