Tau Codex Break Down: Heavy Support

April 19, 2013 by anateus

It's the final day of Tau Week and Gav and Jack sit down for their last look at the Tau codex; the heavy support section.

Well that's all folks, the Codex is all out. What are your thoughts on how the Tau have turned out?

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admiralbiatch1991

I don’t regret ordering the new Tau’dex now 😀 Still having Broadsides though because they’re lovely models.

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dooldeen

I HIGHLY disagree with the review on the Sniper drones. A few things which weren’t considered at all. -Their weapons are pulse based, which means they benefit from the Etheral’s Storm of Fire, giving them 3 SHOTS!!! at 24”. -They can jump shoot jump, pivoting around the controller, or the controller staying out of line of sight, since they still benefit from the increased BS. -They have the longest range out of ALL snipers in the game. -Drone Controller is a good candidate for Aegis defense line’s quad gun Some math-> 3 full units of SNiper Drone teams, with an… Read more »

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dooldeen

OH, and the Drones also have T4 instead of the magic-tau-number.

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jetmorph

I was gonna bring up the same points once i got home from work but dooldeen beat me to it

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gu1ll1man

I see snipers as headhunters now. The drone controller gives the drones BS5, sniper gives them wound on 4+, rending, and precision shots which helps take out characters in units(taking out sergeants and ICs is nothing to scoff at when your army can’t fight in a challenge), up to three extra markerlights to spend on a potentially characterless unit(lower leadership without him), and they also pinning.

I don’t see anything in the rules to say Longstrike can’t shoot every weapon in overwatch.

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nazghallion

so after all those reviews my verdict is great job guys 😀 don’t necessarily agree on all points (see above on sniper drones) but largely good advice and i now have a shopping list for 2-3 months from now 🙂 (too many projects)

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happyhowler

Very interesting week, guys. Congratulations.

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admiralbiatch1991

Thanks @dooldeen You’ve gave me a great reason to use Sniper Drones now, lol 😀

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anateus

And this is what its all about ! your feedback shows me the errors of my ways there, and I’m glad someone did some number crunching to find the real value of this unit ! Its been a good week, and I really enjoyed covering this dex, can’t wait to see all the new armies hitting the tables and the Tau empire making its march onto glory ! If you’ve got a tau force painted up, get some pictures on the painting threads or minirama. time to shift all those boring astartes out and show something decent for a change!… Read more »