Need help against Tau

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So a friend of mine just finished his new Tau Army and his main design was to put every possible Crises Suit he can in it: Two command units with every possible shield drone in it and plasma, 3 squads of broadsides with rail-guns, missiles, and shield drones, two units of 6 fire warriors and rest are suits with plasma and more drones, I've lost 3 times now and cant beat him any suggestions?

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My freind who happens to be my main opponent also plays tau. In my experiences it seems that the suits in general are hard to deal with becuse of thier mobility, and thier +3 armor save. T4 isn't too bad. What makes it even worse are thier drones which if i remember right, can offer the broadsides an invul save. Anyways, back on subject... In my experience it seems that there are a few different approaches to killing them...

If shooting
-Devilgaunts can usually force an unsaved wound and will eventually kill them.
-Hive Guard can insta kill them, provided they fail thier save. Not needing line of sight is also good ;]
-DOOM of AWESOMENESS can deepstike in and really mess with them. His psychic ablility can insta kill, His/Her/Its aura and if u opt for taking telikenes from the rulebook you can lay the hurtin' on em through 3d6 leadership tests... I once killed a whole squad within 1 turn of forcing them to take the leadership tests. Best part, he regains the wounds he causes and gets to hide behind a 3+ invul save... TAKE HIM

If assaulting
-Horamgaunts of course will own them, toxin sacs and/or adrenal glands are even better. One prob w/ toxin sacs is your Strength does not match a battle suits toughness so you cannot re-roll misses, but hitting on 4s is still nice. H-gaunts are also good as they can catch up to the suits better than most other units due to the BOunding leap special rule.
-Trygon is excellent for his attacks, strength, hammer of wrath, ect. He cannot hide behind his 3+ save due to the plasma tho =[
-Hive tyrant with wings is also very good for matching thier mobility, you could also opt for twin linked devourers on him to try and force some wounds. Deffenitly give him wings though! If you chose to walk him, make sure he has some tyrant guard (at least 2) and dont try purchasing Armor shell. It would be a waste because of thier plasma.
- Tervigons are simular. They of course could spew out cannon fodder (termagants) and possibly tie down some units of suits. However the suits could focus fire down the tervigon with thier plasma. THen again the tervigon could grant Feel No Pain on his fellow tyranids. It's a trade off tha only you can decide.

One thing to always remember is cover is your best freind...

GOODLUCK SIR,

-Zack