Tau vs Death Guard: Warhammer 40K Battle Report!

Uncategorized Aug 08, 2022

In this battle report Chris will be commanding the Tau Empire and Jake will be running the Death Guard.

For this Warhammer 40K Battle Report the VT team will be using the new Warzone Nephilim Mission Pack along with the recent point changes and balance update.

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For this Warhammer 40k 9th edition battle report we will be using 2000 point strike force armies along with the Games Workshop Warzone Nephilim: Grand Tournament mission pack.

In this Warhammer 40,000 battle report, we talk through the Tau Empire and Death Guard army lists and the secondary objectives that work well for them.

We show you the armies, the mission, the deployment, turn by turn analysis, and the end of the turn and game coaching round-up.

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Chris' Tau List

++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (T'au Empire) [113 PL, 2CP, 1,998pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Battle Size [6CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)

Detachment Command Cost

Gametype: 4. Chapter Approved: War Zone Nephilim

Sept Choice: T'au Sept

+ HQ +

Commander in Crisis Battlesuit [8 PL, -2CP, 155pts]: 6. Exemplar of the Mont'ka, Advanced EM Scrambler, Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Rifle, Stratagem: Emergency Dispensation, Stratagem: Warlord Trait, Target Lock, Warlord
. 2x Marker Drone: 2x Markerlight

Ethereal [5 PL, -2CP, 105pts]: 2. Sense of Stone, 5. Exemplar of the Kauyon, 6. Wisdom of the Guides, Hover Drone, Stratagem: Promising Pupil, Stratagem: Relic, The Humble Stave
. 2x Marker Drone: 2x Markerlight

Longstrike [9 PL, 160pts]: Railgun
. 2x Gun Drones
. . 2x Gun Drone: 4x Pulse Carbine

+ Troops +

Breacher Team [5 PL, 85pts]
. 9x Breacher Fire Warrior: 9x Pulse Blaster, 9x Pulse Pistol

Breacher Team [5 PL, 85pts]
. 9x Breacher Fire Warrior: 9x Pulse Blaster, 9x Pulse Pistol

Kroot Carnivores [3 PL, 60pts]
. 10x Kroot: 10x Kroot Rifle, 10x Quill Grenades

+ Elites +

Crisis Battlesuits [21 PL, 355pts]
. Crisis Shas'ui: Cyclic Ion Blaster, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Rifle, Target Lock
. Crisis Shas'ui: Cyclic Ion Blaster, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Rifle, Target Lock
. Crisis Shas'ui: Cyclic Ion Blaster, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Rifle, Target Lock
. Crisis Shas'vre: Cyclic Ion Blaster, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Rifle, Stimm Injectors, Target Lock
. 3x Marker Drone: 3x Markerlight
. Shield Drone

Stealth Battlesuits [9 PL, 120pts]
. 2x Marker Drone: 2x Markerlight
. 3x Stealth Shas'ui w/ Burst Cannon: 3x Burst Cannon
. Stealth Shas'vre: Burst Cannon

+ Fast Attack +

Kroot Hounds [1 PL, 24pts]
. 4x Kroot Hound: 4x Ripping Fangs

Kroot Hounds [1 PL, 24pts]
. 4x Kroot Hound: 4x Ripping Fangs

+ Heavy Support +

Hammerhead Gunship [8 PL, 145pts]: Railgun
. 2x Gun Drones
. . 2x Gun Drone: 4x Pulse Carbine

Riptide Battlesuit [13 PL, 250pts]: 2x Plasma Rifle, Ion Accelerator, Multi-tracker, Target Lock, Early Warning Override

Riptide Battlesuit [13 PL, 240pts]: 2x Plasma Rifle, Heavy Burst Cannon, Multi-tracker, Target Lock, Early Warning Override

+ Dedicated Transport +

Devilfish [6 PL, 95pts]
. 2x Gun Drones
. . 2x Gun Drone: 4x Pulse Carbine

Devilfish [6 PL, 95pts]
. 2x Gun Drones
. . 2x Gun Drone: 4x Pulse Carbine

++ Total: [113 PL, 2CP, 1,998pts] ++

Jake's Death Guard List

++ Supreme Command Detachment +3CP (Chaos - Death Guard) [25 PL, 2CP, 450pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Detachment Command Cost [3CP]

Plague Company

+ Primarch | Daemon Primarch | Supreme Commander +

Mortarion [25 PL, -1CP, 450pts]: 1. Miasma of Pestilence, 1. Revoltingly Resilient, 2. Living Plague, 3. Plague Wind, 4. Arch-Contaminator, 5. Curse of the Leper, Gloaming Bloat, Stratagem: Warlord Trait, Warlord

++ Battalion Detachment -3CP (Chaos - Death Guard) [87 PL, 1CP, 1,548pts] ++

+ Configuration +

Battle Size [6CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)

Detachment Command Cost [-3CP]

Gametype: 4. Chapter Approved: War Zone Nephilim

Plague Company: The Inexorable

+ Stratagems +

Gifts of Decay [-1CP]: Additional Relics

+ HQ +

Death Guard Daemon Prince [10 PL, -1CP, 185pts]: 3. Plague Wind, Ferric Blight, Foetid Wings, Hellforged sword, Plague Skull of Glothila, Plaguechosen

Malignant Plaguecaster [5 PL, 90pts]: 1. Miasma of Pestilence, 4. Putrescent Vitality

+ Troops +

Plague Marines [6 PL, 105pts]