So I had to run out of state for business this week somewhat unexpectedly so I obviously didn't post, but I also didn't get to spend much time thinking about the 1500pt tournament that was scheduled today. I figured it would be a light showing since it was the holiday and figured I would bring out Tau as I haven't played them for a year.
It turns out we had 15 and I think the breakdown was something like this: 3 IG, 2 Marines, 2 BA, 2 SW, 2 Nids, 2 Tau (no kidding), 1 DE and 1 Nurgle Daemon.
I decided to try a bit of new stuff but still required nothing in the way of heavy construction/paint.
Shas'El, Twin Missile Pods, HW Blacksun Filter, Target Lock, Target Array
2x Crisis, Plasma/Missile Pod, HWMT
2x Crisis, Plasma/Missile Pod, HWMT
2x Crisis, Plasma/Missile Pod, HWMT
20 Kroot
6 Firewarriors
6 Firewarriors, Devilfish, SMS, DP, MT, TA
6 Pathfinders, Devilfish, SMS, DP, MT, TA
Broadside, A.S.S., Gun Drone, Shield Drone
Hammerhead, Railgun, SMS, DP, MT, TL
Hammerhead, Railgun, SMS, DP, MT, TL
I put the HQ with the Kroot to make a big squad with a decent LD and that actually worked out pretty well (didn't have hounds painted otherwise I would have taken some of them). I took more Plasma than I used to and cut one Broadside which I had never done.
I'm a bit exhausted, and really none of the games went well. I'll just give a quick run down.
Game 1 was with a mech IG, 2 shots of the army below. It was basically corner deployment with 5 objectives.
Basically we traded shots all game and jockeyed around for position. In the end we each had an objective, and he contested my kroot that spread for two objectives. Big fat tie.
Game 2 was with Andy's Blood Angels. I didn't really get a good shot of his army, but it was basically Dante with 3 Priests, 2 jump pack troops, and assault troops in a LR. This was basically VP game where we each had an objective for some more VP.
I set up poorly, he Deepstriked his two jump packs in perfect position, and I could never kill his LR. I think that pretty much sums it up. FNP and cover made my life just horrible and with my crap deployment I could just not get anything going. Basically tabled.
Game 3 was IG again, this time a KP game where you had to kill the whole FOC slot to get the KP. Of course he has two huge squads with platoons, so I get the IG army that has less KP than I do. Oh and HQ is 3 kp, Elite, Fast, Heavy are 2 kp, Troops are 1 kp.
This game was all about fail at shooting, and for the first 3 turns it was pretty even. I think he managed to kill a Crisis team and I killed a Valk. We both had so many 1s on the Vehicle Damage chart (both on pens and modified by glances) it was ridiculous. Alas by turn 4 he turned it around and killed a few more units to pull out the win. So another loss, but a game that was odd and could have gone either way but just didn't.
So this will be my once a year tournament for Tau. It was enough to remind me I don't enjoy them as much as the other armies I have. I think there's a few things I would change which I'll note down to basically remind myself for next year when I bring them out again.
-FWs suck, and if you think taking 2 at 1500 (or perhaps even higher) is helpful it isn't. Those SMS aren't killing enough and you can't hold objectives with them for jack and shit. If you want more troops take more kroot squads.
-More firepower. That's what really matters with Tau.
-I'm unsure about A.S.S. on the single Broadside. Maybe with two it is more important, but I couldn't hit crap, and I really missed the TA for BS 4.
-Deployment matters I think more with Tau then any other army I have. They are not very forgiving if you find yourself making a few errors early.
Given that I would make the few changes to 1500.
Shas'El, Twin Missile Pods, HW Blacksun Filter, Target Lock, Target Array
2x Crisis, Plasma/Missile Pod, HWMT
2x Crisis, Plasma/Missile Pod, HWMT
2x Crisis, Plasma/Missile Pod, HWMT
10 Kroot, 7 Hounds
10 Kroot, 7 Hounds
6 Firewarriors
6 Pathfinders, Devilfish, SMS, DP, MT, TA
2x Broadside, Team Leader, TL, 2x Shield Drone, with TA for both
Hammerhead, Railgun, SMS, DP, MT, TL
Hammerhead, Railgun, SMS, DP, MT, TL
Who knows when I'll pull them out again, but I'm guessing 2011. Maybe by then I'll paint those hounds!
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