Taking on the Tau

[Ot Neba]

I have to say, as a long time tau player, a mech list makes me salivate. HHs and Broadsides, crisis with missile pods (autocannons), and deep striking drones all make armor way more vulnerable than it would be against other armies. And, of course, any points you spend on armor won't be sucker punching my poor fire warriors. A mech or hybrid Tau list excels against armor. What we have a hard time with is MEQ, so you can guess what the best tactics are. The newer codex gives us easier access to ap3, but we still struggle against power armor. Crisis suits with plasma are vulnerable for their cost, sniper drones compete for a HW slot, and ion cannon hammerheads are high cost for their shot output. Maybe most crippling, we have nothing that negates armor in close combat. Put feet on the ground, preferably by drop pod so we can't just dance around them.