I would change the ork boys to shoota boys as they become very good once somebody charges them.

Blackadder reference there ? Guys, Tau is indeed not a great codex, but you there’s some better stuff here&there: 1. Get a standard HQ… It can get better upgrades, and at least has WS4 (and you’re saving like a 100pts) 2. I would throw the pathfinders away, and exchange them for some army wide upgrades: get transports for the troops (you can use these as movable terrain to stick your broadsides behind, get some shield drones to the broadsides, markerlights on the troops,… 3. I don’t think Orks are the best allies… What orks can do, tau can do reasonable… Read more »

I played 40K since 1996, so bored of it now

I’m just putting down some corrections here.
4+ Cover save for Stealthsuits guys, they have Shroud (+2) AND Stealth (+1), which accumilate together.
Pulse Rifles have a 15″ range RF rather than 12″ Rapid fire is half range.
Skimmers get the Jink special rule so Disruption pods are frankly useless now.

And there is slight portental for incredably silly Tau cheese here, like EMP grenades that glance on a 4 or a 5 and penning on 6s, as with the new rules enough 4s with assaulting Firewarriors/Pathfinders could kill any tank, even a Monolith.

Also, Aun’Va? no guys, just no.

You guys are idiots. Where is Shadowsun and sniper teams with 4+ cover in the open and 2+ in terrain? What about gun drones firing overwatch with twin-linked S5? What about Shas’Vre all being characters and using Precision Strike? 7 of them with Farsight? Hammerheads with TL and MT firing everything every turn? Markerlights not being affected by Night Fighting and being able to allow a unit to ignore Night Fighting? Rapid firing S5 at 30″, twice at 15″? This video seems designed simply to take the piss out of a codex which you guys don’t understand. If it isn’t… Read more »

Christ you guys don’t know how to build a Tau army list even if it hit’s you square in the face. It’s like this, HQ 1 crisis suit fire knife elite x3 crisis suits either fire knife, or twin-linked plasma (if your not running markerlight support) 3 more crisis suits another 3 more crisis suits troops 6 fire warriors 6 more heavy support 1-2 broadsides (with shield drones) another 1-2 and another 1-2 (or if you feel mixing it up throw in a railhead) and if GW is letting forgeworld models to be standard 2-4 tetra for markerlights support I… Read more »

Perhaps a bit expensive but another option instead of the Pathfinder is to give the Stealth Suits drone controllers and two Marker Drones each. It means your 6 marker shots are costing 180 points but the marker drones are jet pack troops so are mobile with the marker lights and they also have the stealth rules so 4+ cover save in the open, 2+ behind cover. It does mean with the extra points you’re losing the fish but it’s another option for getting your marker shots and you can keep them mobile.

Tau’s problem is fast, mobile, fighty combat units… like those that turn up in nearly any reputable tournament list… (Jump Pack) Assault Marines… Thunderwolf Cavalry… etc. Big blobs of Ork Boyz are the perfect tar pit unit to soak up a charge. Of course anyone sensible will try to avoid the tar pit and eat the squishy Tau, but it’s hard to avoid a unit as big as 30 Ork Boyz. OK… we may have had a bit of fun with Aun’Va and his super-Tau-bodyguard (with their pointy sticks)… and the exploding Tau Stealth Suits. However, the Tau gained very… Read more »

to make the list legal you will need:
1 + Commander in Crisis suit. (Aun’Va doesn’t count towards this – Shas’El + Twin linked flamer + Black sun filter = 59pts minimum)
The Broad sides MUST take 1 battle suit support system (Black sun Filter at 3pts is cheapest : +9 pts minimum)

At 2000 points you unlock a second FOC so you can take 3 more broadsides minimum.
For the vehicles take sensor spines – 10 pts to never take a terrain test on your vehicles.

tau are swish by themselves. my tau have just won 2 battles against salamanders and dark eldar. and during last week i have one all 6 of my games. the rules in general have really helped them not only that an ally makes them more balanced/versatile. i used necrons and tau together and it was just a horrible alliance (tau 1000pts, necrons 500pts)

Good call. I entered a doubled tournie with my orks and a tau teamate, we had pretty much identical lists too you (except crisis HQ, no pathfinders, and shootas instead of slugs) and we did very well. I was concerned (being an ork player) about the two armys moving at different speeds per say, but we made up for this by covering each others weaknesses. In 6th edition i would think about taking black sun filters, eavy armour on nobz and a warboss instead of a BMek although i havent tested it out. Ignore the tau fanboys, i reckon eldar… Read more »

What about Playing an eldar list with guide farseers. Tau allies with lost of Fire warriors getting to re roll railed hits in shooting. That scares the crap out of me. Or two tau detachments with two small eldar attachments again farseers with guide.
With the improvements to shooting tau could be the closest thing to untouchable.

Plus getting killed easy in cc is not always a bad thing. if something gets into cc with tau it will kill them on the turn they assault not the tau’s allowing the tau to shoot whatever assaulted the next turn.

what about all tau having acces to night vision rules and using Imohtek, the stormlord from the necrons, so he forces night fighting all game long and the tau can shoot all day no penalties XD??

When I started watching this Video I just thought that you guys were wasting time and slopping together a joke list I was half expecting to hear you guys start talking about the Ion cannon hammerheads you put in the list. I was surprised to watch through and see that it was a semi-honest attempt. If you guys didn’t think this army was even worth the look at because they are so weak why did you even bother with the video I wonder? Was it just to draw more attention to the what I would presume is a reasonably well… Read more »

The problem with Tau is. Whatever they can do, everyone else can do better, lol.
Great vid guys! Got a good laugh out of it, lol.
Though in your experience is Aun’Va the most useless character ever? If it had access to some physic powers then yeah maybe.

Well… being this my first post I would’ve expected it to be different… but I have to say as a not so experienced Tau player that I was in fact expecting for a more “solid” video… as noted before, you guys overlooked a LOT of stuff…. seriously… TONS!!! accepting Meta-Gaming is a big part of the game but on the other hand making a video-joke of it is a bit contradictory… and since the rest of the videos I’ve seen here are great, to me also a delusion. On to technical details I know after three years of deep reading… Read more »

Personally I’m running Space Marines, specifically Iron Hands, with my Tau. The reason being that the local shop I play at uses ALOT of ruins, so a Master of the Forge with Conversion Beamer can use the Bolster Defenses special rule for my Pathfinders, as well as a Sniper Rifle equipped unit of Scouts. Also there is the access to Servitors which are essentially another Heavy/Elite choice given their weapons loadouts. Another factor is that Blessing of the Omnissiah will allow the HQ to repair Tau Vehicle hullpoints (It will, check the errata), which is fantastic for Hammerheads. You also… Read more »

Dear Gue’vesa Andy and Darrell, the regional Ethereal council has noticed your continuous mocking of our master of the undying spirit Aun’Va. While being under the protection of the Tau empire brings you freedom of speech, unknown in the Imperium of man. The regional council has to notify while the our dear leader was amused by the video, not the same can be said of our Kroot allies. Freedom in the Tau empire is one of our corner stones and we are not stopping the horde of Kroot rampaging (please see the video demonstrating Kroot behavior among fellow Gue’vesa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zinnk0Yhg5k&feature=related)… Read more »