Tau Recon List

[Tawnis]

So, I've been thinking of making a Tau Recon style list to thematically go with my Kroot Army. I've dabbled in Tau proper here and there, but I'm far from an expert, so I wanted to know from those more experienced if this seems like something that would work. It doesn't have to be super competitive or anything, but if you see any obvious gaps/flaws in the list, that would be great to know. 

 

T'au Mont'Ka (2000 Points)

 

Darkstrider: 60pts

 

Pathfinders with Ion Rifles 2x10: 180pts
Pathfinders with Rail Rifles x10: 90pts

 

Stealth Battlesuits with Fusion Blasters 3x6: 360pts

 

Ghostkeel with Cyclic Ion Raker 2x1: 320pts
Ghostkeel with Fusion Collider x1: 160pts

 

Pirahnas with Burst Cannons 2x3: 310pts
Pirahnas with Fusion Blasters 1x3: 155pts

 

Vespid with GL and Rail Rifle 2x10: 260pts
Vespid with Neutron Blasters 1x5: 65pts

 

Kroot Hounds x5: 40pts

 

Aside from the thematic recon / sabotage force feel, the idea is very much in the Mont'Ka style of hitting very hard and fast. Everything in the list either infiltrates and/or scouts, or compensates with a very fast move profile to get into the opponents face quickly and remove key targets. The Stealthsuits guide the massive volume of Pirahna missiles, giving them re-roll hits and wounds, to take any hard targets off the table, then moving on to mow down infantry. Meanwhile the Ghostkeels focus on the elite infantry with support from the Vepsid and Pathfinders. The extra Vespid unit gets to be an action monkey and the Kroot hounds just run around being annoying since I had an extra 40 points in the list. 

 

I kinda wanted to include a Firesight Marksman for thematic reasons, but he just seems... real bad right now. 

 

Thoughts? 
 

[INKS]

those are more or less my fav tau units so it's hard for me to say no. lol

[Indy Techwisp]

Couple of things:

1) Even tho they're not amazing currently, the Firesight Marksman is still a decent Sniper and thematically fits with a Recon Cadre list.

 

2) You could thematically argue Shadowsun into the list as she is a Stealth Suit character.

 

3) You want at least one Battleline unit to Cover the Secret Missions and to benefit from some of the Pariah Nexus stuff.

[INKS]

Shadow sun yes 

 

which battle line units? 
 

can you explain what they do and why important?

[Tawnis]

On 10/25/2024 at 9:26 PM, Indy Techwisp said:

Couple of things:

1) Even tho they're not amazing currently, the Firesight Marksman is still a decent Sniper and thematically fits with a Recon Cadre list.

 

2) You could thematically argue Shadowsun into the list as she is a Stealth Suit character.

 

3) You want at least one Battleline unit to Cover the Secret Missions and to benefit from some of the Pariah Nexus stuff.

Oh, yeah I forgot about Shadowsun, I could cut Darkstrider and the hounds for her I suppose... 

Yeah, I did think that zero battleline was the weakness here. I haven't had a chance to really get into Pariah Nexus yet, so I wasn't sure just how impactful that would be.