EP 8 | Tau Tactics & Psychic Awakening
Mar 11, 2020
On this week's show of the Competitive Warhammer 40K podcast brought to you by Vanguard Tactics,
Jack, Mark and I (Stephen Box) go through some of the new Tau combos and tactics from then new Greater Good Psychic Awakening book.
We cover:
The new Septs
The new relic weapon systems
The new Stratagems
The Farsight Enclave
We then also quick fire all of the questions that you sent us on instagram.
To get your hands on my new beta tau list, head down to the bottom of this page.
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My new Tau list
(Warlord traits, relics are you for to decide as right now I still need to playtest this list)
++ Outrider Detachment +1CP (T'au Empire) [14 PL, 330pts, 3CP] ++
+ No Force Org Slot [3CP] +
Battle-forged CP [3CP]
T'au Empire Sept Choice: Farsight Enclaves
+ HQ [8 PL, 120pts] +
Commander in XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit [8 PL, 120pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 3x Airbursting fragmentation projector [24pts]
+ Fast Attack [6 PL, 210pts] +
Tactical Drones [2 PL, 70pts]
. 7x MV4 Shield Drone [70pts]
Tactical Drones [2 PL, 70pts]
. 7x MV4 Shield Drone [70pts]
Tactical Drones [2 PL, 70pts]
. 7x MV4 Shield Drone [70pts]
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (T'au Empire) [75 PL, 1,127pts] ++
+ No Force Org Slot +
T'au Empire Sept Choice: Farsight Enclaves
+ HQ [7 PL, 136pts] +
Commander in XV85 Enforcer Battlesuit [7 PL, 136pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 3x Cyclic ion blaster [54pts]
+ Elites [68 PL, 991pts] +
XV104 Riptide Battlesuit [14 PL, 278pts]: 2x Smart missile system [30pts], Advanced targeting system [18pts], Heavy burst cannon [35pts], Velocity tracker [10pts]
XV104 Riptide Battlesuit [14 PL, 275pts]: 2x Smart missile system [30pts], Ion accelerator [50pts], Velocity tracker [10pts]
XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [40 PL, 438pts]
. Crisis Shas'ui [46pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 2x Burst cannon [16pts]
. Crisis Shas'ui [46pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 2x Burst cannon [16pts]
. Crisis Shas'ui [46pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 2x Burst cannon [16pts]
. Crisis Shas'ui [46pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 2x Burst cannon [16pts]
. Crisis Shas'ui [46pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 2x Burst cannon [16pts]
. Crisis Shas'ui [46pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 2x Burst cannon [16pts]
. Crisis Shas'ui [46pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 2x Burst cannon [16pts]
. Crisis Shas'vre [46pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 2x Burst cannon [16pts]
. 7x MV4 Shield Drone [70pts]
++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (T'au Empire) [39 PL, 543pts] ++
+ No Force Org Slot +
T'au Empire Sept Choice: Farsight Enclaves
+ HQ [15 PL, 246pts] +
Commander Farsight [8 PL, 110pts]
Commander in XV85 Enforcer Battlesuit [7 PL, 136pts]: Advanced targeting system [6pts], 3x Cyclic ion blaster [54pts]
+ Elites [24 PL, 297pts] +
Dahyak Grekh [2 PL, 20pts]
XV25 Stealth Battlesuits [12 PL, 150pts]: Homing beacon [20pts]
. 2x MV4 Shield Drone [20pts]
. Stealth Shas'ui w/ Burst Cannon [22pts]: Burst cannon [8pts]
. Stealth Shas'ui w/ Burst Cannon [22pts]: Burst cannon [8pts]
. Stealth Shas'ui w/ Burst Cannon [22pts]: Burst cannon [8pts]
. Stealth Shas'ui w/ Burst Cannon [22pts]: Burst cannon [8pts]
. Stealth Shas'vre [22pts]: Burst cannon [8pts]
XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit [10 PL, 127pts]: 2x Flamer [12pts], Fusion collider [25pts], 2x MV5 Stealth Drone [12pts], Shield generator [8pts]
++ Total: [128 PL, 3CP, 2,000pts] ++