Tau giving me a hard time, any suggestions?

[Friz 80]

Are the sagas spoke of listed there dear ?

[dswanick]

Are the sagas spoke of listed there dear ?

Yes.

[Blacksad]

I'd suggest waiting with those books though, next month the new apocalypse should be getting to the shops

[Friz 80]

Are the forge world and GW books different ?

[SamaNagol]

Double Rune Priests.

 

TDA WGPL

 

Long Fangs

 

GGs

[Roma]

Beat them at their own game, deploy 3 max squads of LF, and as many predators as you can fit onto a skyshield landing pad.

[Friz 80]

I found the Dred and drop pod, but cold not locate the sagas?

[dswanick]

I found the Dred and drop pod, but cold not locate the sagas?

The Contemptor's Night Sagas(Black Cull, Iron God, Forsaken One) are in the rules for the Contemptor.

[Lord Ragnarok]

friz and dswanick, please use PM for further Q&A on off topic items.

[Friz 80]

Sorry :(  Dimicatio

[Lord Ragnarok]

^{No worries. It's a good topic and I don't want it to go astray.}

[Khine]

Has anyone tried a dreadnought with Heavy flamer (right arm) Dread close combat weapon and heavy flamer in a pod behind the tau lines to clear the light infantry out?
At 125pts (with a wolf tooth necklace for any annoying riptides) it is a bit of an investment but sure to clean out at least one source of marker lights. It can still go toe to toe with the riptide/destroy vehicles and would hopefully pose enough of a threat to take a round of shooting.

[Grimtooth]

Has anyone tried a dreadnought with Heavy flamer (right arm) Dread close combat weapon and heavy flamer in a pod behind the tau lines to clear the light infantry out?

At 125pts (with a wolf tooth necklace for any annoying riptides) it is a bit of an investment but sure to clean out at least one source of marker lights. It can still go toe to toe with the riptide/destroy vehicles and would hopefully pose enough of a threat to take a round of shooting.

You would have to be lucky with scatter so as to allow you to position the dread to avoid any interceptor fire that wastes it when he comes in from Reserves. Plenty of stuff in a Tau army that could deal with av 12 with interceptor fire.

[Khine]

 

Has anyone tried a dreadnought with Heavy flamer (right arm) Dread close combat weapon and heavy flamer in a pod behind the tau lines to clear the light infantry out?

At 125pts (with a wolf tooth necklace for any annoying riptides) it is a bit of an investment but sure to clean out at least one source of marker lights. It can still go toe to toe with the riptide/destroy vehicles and would hopefully pose enough of a threat to take a round of shooting.

You would have to be lucky with scatter so as to allow you to position the dread to avoid any interceptor fire that wastes it when he comes in from Reserves. Plenty of stuff in a Tau army that could deal with av 12 with interceptor fire.

 

True. You could use terrain and the 6" (correct me if i'm wrong) disembark from the drop pod to make sure you are out of sight or at least in cover. Plus the true purpose of the dread is to take out pathfinders/marker light drone squads and draw fire from the enemy. Could always make it a venerable to get rid of any destroyed/immobilised results.

 

If they waste their interceptor fire trying to take it out, that's still going to cost them markerlights to make the guns firing effective.

[hendrik]

i wouldn't take the fheavy flamer arm, but rather a ranged weapon such as an AC. should you get immobilised or whatever you'll still be a threat beyond the flamer templates

[bystrom]

 

Sorry I meant swift claws it suggest attaching a rune priest on foot to swift claws and after the come on detach him and go to support the drop pod but would the saga be shared amongst swift claws

the saga gives the model a special rule (pg 32-43 in the main rulebook). While some special rules only affect the model with the special rule, these also affect the squad the model is with. This is noted in the description for each special rule in the rulebook.

 

While the swift claws with an attached rune priest with saga of the hunter can outflank, remember that the rune priest cannot split off on the turn the unit arrives (pg. 124 in the main rulebook), so the unit isn't as fast as suggested, as the unit will be slowed down by the on-foot rune priest. Still, outflanking with a squad, isn't a bad idea, there is just no need to limit it to a squad of swift claws, who can use their mobility to get them where they want anyways without outflank.

[Ghostwolfalpha]

Plus you can't use SotH with a bike or jump pack, but as long as the Priest is on foot, he can join the squad, then detach the turn after they come on.