1750 vs tau

[Sohail187]

Hey guys, hope you are all well.

So i got a game on thursday 1750 vs tau. Now i have never ever played tau before and i have been reading through the codex this week.

Those big suits xv104 rip tides is going to be something i will be up against. Now i do not want to use to much of my fire power on this unit as it has 5 :cussing wounds! and a possible 3+ save. I noticed the initiate 2 unit, would jaws take this out instantly? if he failed the roll.

I also know he commonly uses 2 units or 2 XV88's from what i hear these are the ball breakers. I was thinking WGTDA with combi plasma x5 + drop pod should be able to one of those squads down.

I know i cannot beat him at a long range shooting, however getting into combat can be tough. Any tools of tips i can make use of to get close enough to charge!

[sigvals redfist]

Coming from personal experience a fun way to deal with tau is exploit their low initiative, jaws of the war wolf is a godsend, especially for the riptide. So like you said a large drop army is great and if you want to use long fangs try and get rid of pathfinders as quick as possible and the best way I see that is it you have a gh squad with 1 or 2 flamers drop near them

[Fenric]

How does Jaws actually work now since I got a Tau player I play against alot and he brought up the fact that it doesn't say jaws can hit jetpack infantry or jump troops just infantry, monsterous creatures and jetbikes. How can I get proof that it woreks against the riptide since it's a jetpack MC?

[Sohail187]

u draw a line from the priest, any models which are touch by that line must take a initiative test. So for example if you are tau and you ave initiative 2 you will suck. So roll a dice, you need to roll equal to or under your initiative or you get removed from the table! JUST LOL! riptide, ripwho?

[dswanick]

How does Jaws actually work now since I got a Tau player I play against alot and he brought up the fact that it doesn't say jaws can hit jetpack infantry or jump troops just infantry, monsterous creatures and jetbikes. How can I get proof that it woreks against the riptide since it's a jetpack MC?

Refer to the BRB rules for Jump and Jet units. They are no longer separate types, so anything which affects Infantry or MCs will also affect Jump- and Jet- Infantry and MCs.