If there was another reason to take an ethereal, then no, you shouldnt do this. unfortunately, this is the only thing they do well, besides giving a slightly better fire warrior squad that isnt scoring.

Genius!! I want a tau army just to have a kamikazie ethereal

One of you said models in a building did not have to take a leadership test and then pointed to your fire warriors in the parapets on the top of the building. Parapets actually do not count as part of the building but instead as barricades. Thus they would have to take a leadership based on the way they were deployed. One must put his fire warriors INSIDE the building to benifit from the leadership amnesty. I know people that kill their Etherials for the prefered enemy. However jumping off a building to kill him is pure genius. Other than… Read more »

I field Lone Wolves and I want them to die (after killing sth).

If it wasn’t for the fact that otherwise Etherials are otherwise utterly useless…

I cant take an Ethereal with Farsight.

There may be a way around this. It says that the ethereal has to be killed, there’s a few rules that remove models from play that don’t state that they have been killed. Doesn’t jaws of the world wolf do this?

He’s a sacrificial citizen that grants his people victory. Like throwing yourself into a volcano to save the village kind of thing. But his suicide leap seems it would not grant it because it wasn’t valiant. Not sure how the rules put it.

You can really manipulate enemy movement tactics going against an army who knows this trick. I’d try to block you with some vehicles avoiding challenges at all cost. I could see armies and their combat monster HQs yelling in slow motion saying NOOOOOOO as his uncontrollable blood lust kills the ethereal and dooming his own army.

Funniest daily tip ever. Bravo.

You guys are always great but this must be the funniest video I’ve seen this far! And I must say, it almost seems justified to go out and get a Tau force for this tactic alone, it’s just hilarious!

Remember that the benefit from the preferred ennemi rule you need to make the leadership test.

So units:
– in a vehicule
– that are vehicles
– in reserves
– under the fearless rule (due to allies)
– in a building (Fortress of Redemption)
will not get benefit from the rule.

Means this is a funny trick but you need to test with your whole “on foot” army which result could be less funny…

Accept the greater good, no matter the odds

Even our Ethereals are losing their faith that a new codex is on the horizon. The Greater Good will not be brought to ruin at the mercy of the Tyranids or the sky lighting aflame with Drop Pods invasions of Space Marines, but by the thunderous ploppings of Ethereals raining from the heavens in a desperate attempt to bolster Tau gunlines everywhere.

Before you jump, first make sure ethereal is standing on the sabotaged objective point. He might get some extra greater good afterlife virgins after that. Greater Good Akbar!!! Splat!

I play Tau and never used an Etherial although worked out one for a list I might think to do.
I’ve seen plenty of suiside Etherials but it’s just a beardy way to play.
The times I’ve seen it happen most of the units they didn’t want legging it do and usually get fround upon in clubs and tournies.
It’s up to you how to use em. If there wasn’t a pts increase for the unit thats there body guard then they’d be worth it.
Will see what happens when they do a revamp.

OK now I have to repaint my Ethereal – never used him before but I might now … of course now he needs a red shirt!

another big booster are that all tau vehicles are skimmers, this makes tau devilfish and hammerheads very good at tank shocks as they can go faster than regular tanks which increases the damage they do when tallying up damage inflicted. Also the new rules allow skimmer to move farther upto 18 inches and shoot 2 weapons at full BS this makes piranha and hammerheads able to get abit closer and still shoot. This change effects the pirahna the most allowing them to get their fusion blasters melta off easier best in a group of 3+ allows for a gurantee of… Read more »