500 vs tau

[patsfan32]

soooo im playin a buddy of mine's Tau and I kinda want to have fun going against his real shooty list with a real CC army so I came up with this

== HQ ==
Swarmlord (1) = 280 pts.

== Troops ==
Broodlord Brood (118 pts.)
Broodlord (1) - Scything Talons = 62 pts.
Genestealer (4) = 56 pts.
Hormagaunt Brood (17) = 102 pts.

== Total ==
500 pts.

I figure if i even get a couple guys in to CC he should be done lol but getting there will be the fun part. Any suggestions in particular that can keep with the flavor of this list are welcome. Also any tactics advice would also be appreciated

[GuardDog78]

Well...I'd recommend swapping Swarmy for a flyrant...even a CC one just cause it can get into assault quickly...
But if you're intent on SL...i would think about trying for Endurance, Invisibility or Telekine Dome to improve his survivability at range...IA won't help against railguns....Gate might be good if you end up with hammer and anvil if he gunlines at the back of deployment area.

[patsfan32]

hmmmm a cc flyrant may not be a bad idea ill consider it. I mainly liked swarmy since he can cast 2 abilities per turn. This list is gonna be completely luck based it seems since if i roll (please do not swear) powers from the rule book im pretty boned lol How would ravagers or cc kitted warriors fare you think? maybe aim towards a faster cc based list? Hell even a deathleaper may prove useful but im not sure...

[snowdaman]

I also play tau. As a tau player i hate fast things. So i hate playing against raveners. they are so fast and can kill this easy in close combat.

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[patsfan32]

Awesome good to know. Ill have to get me sone raveners they are cool as hell looking anyway I need to add them to my growing horde

[apaosa]

I have to second the Raveners. Keep them cheap and numerous. At 500 Pts he shouldnt have much in the way of S8+. 120 for minimum troops. 120 for a mediocre Crisis Commander. 240 for whatever else, that might net him 2 Broadsides. I think the bigger threat to you would be if he went with torrent of fire with S5. However, with a CC Flyrant and two units of Ravs, he won't have enough shots at that point level.

[patsfan32]

I love it thats exactly what I want. I want to just be a highly mobile paper shreddet and get in to cc as fast as possible. Should I drop the broodlord and company altogether to make room for raveners? Or just drop hormagaunts?