Beginner's Tau Army

[Ragged Warrior]

Okay Hive,
Here's what I have:

2 crisis suits (plasma/fusion/multi-tracker)
1 broadside
3 stealth suits
35 fire warriors
12 kroot
1 devilfish
1 piranha
and
Plenty of drones.

How would you suggest putting this together? I'm looking for 1k and 1.5k lists.

Looking forward to your advice!
Regards,

[Ragged Warrior]

No advice?

[snowdaman]

ahhh sorry didnt notice this thread. i also play tau so i can give you a little advice.

one you dont have an hq unless you use one of your suits as an hq.

If you take your two crissis suits and make them your hq and a body guard, and give them 2 shield drones each they will be hard to get rid off. good number of fire warriors for 1000 or 1500 point lists. I like fire warriors better then kroot but kroot can have their uses.

an interesting thing you can do with stealth suits is give them all drone controllers and 2 gun drones so they all have a 4+ cover save in the open and a 2+ cover save in any cover making them hard to get ride of with out flamers and the like.

you want to use a usually 2 or more devil fish but you one have one so thats ok, give it disuption pods makes them one of the hardest to get ride of vehicles in the game. 5+ cover if you move for being a skimmer, and then the disruption pods five you shrouding if the enemy is 8" or more away so thats +2 to the cover save being a 3+ so a vehicle with space marine armour.

what id sujest to try out and then you can adjust from there is

Hq

shas'o with fusion blaster and plasma, shield generator(if someone will let you proxy it) multi tracker, iriduim armour, stimulant injector, bonding knife, target lock and drone controller with 2 shield drones

his body guard with fusion blaster and plasma, targetting array, multi tracker, drone controller with 2 shield drones

Elite

3 man stealth unit, one a leader with bonding knife, all three have drone controllers and 2 gun drones each (6 all together)

Troops

3 x 9 fire warriors, one unit has devil fish with smart missiles, disruption pods and multi traker

Heavy

broad side leader with targetting array, black sun filters and drone controller with 2 shield drones

total points 990

give that a try and then you can adjust things to fit your play style

[Ragged Warrior]

Thanks, Snowdaman! This is incredibly helpful. I'll give this a whirl and get back to you.

Regards,