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Alright, I've got a little bit of a question.

Right now, given that I've only been fighting Eldar, I'm running a Shas'O with Cyclic Ion Blaster, Missile Pod, Hardwired Multi Trackers and Target Lock, Shield Generator, and Stimulant Injector. Any suggestions on a better kit for him? To make him a bit more survivable, I think I'm going to add Irridium Armor and a Shield Drone, but I'm not really sure.

I'm still in my first week of playing Tau and could really use some help.

The Stim Injector has proven far too useful thus far for me to ever want to cut it.

That said, I'm going to drop the Multi Tracker (or is it Target Lock?) because I just haven't had any need to shoot at multiple targets thus far. The Shield Generator wasn't really needed either, given that I kept out of the line of power weapons and big guns (that and he didn't have any of either).

I'm not a fan of the CIB. I suppose it's okay given you're playing mostly against Eldar, but I dislike the S3 on it. Target lock is an odd choice as well. Does he have a bodyguard or do you always join him to a unit? If he hasn't got a unit, then the Target Lock is a waste of points.

Iridium Armor is less than impressive in my eyes. 2+ armor is nice, but it won't save you from a lascannon, and the reduction of your assault move to d6" can be ultimately fatal when trying to escape from an assault.

Here's my suggestions. If you run him by himself, buy him Vectored Thrusters so he can hit and run. If you want him to stick around longer, join him to a unit or give him a unit of bodyguards, and give him a Plasma Rifle instead of the CIB, since that gives him 6 more inches of range, the same AP vs. infantry, and better strength to punch Eldar vehicles with, plus the ability to hurt a Wraithlord.

Caleidah... Broadsides don't have submunition...
They can only fire solid rounds. :-/

As for markerlights, they don't always hit. It's your rolls that determine if they hit or not, so you just had a bad day with those. I LOVE pathfinders. They make my life SO much easier.
But yeah, broadsides don't have submunitions, unless something changed and I wasn't told about this. -_-

As for the commander, I never let him out of his body-guard. He always has two with him. They provide more firepower and they can take hits for him when they get shot at. He can't hit and run, but they pack a punch.

To be honest, I never used SI. Never thought it was useful. Guess I didn't know the rules so well on that item.

Mine has Command and control node, since he has the highest leadership and all surrounding units can benefit from it when leadership is made.

He's outfitted with hw multitracker, failsafe detonator, plasma rifle, CIB, and Hw blacksun filter. I believe targetting array is external, otherwise I'd be using that as well.

I'd say keep the CIB. He has the highest BS and puts all 5 shots to their best use. Yeah, they're weak, but guess what? They have more potential if you get good rolls. I hit with all 5 on an avatar and wounded with like 3. He had two wounds left and failed all the rolls.
The weakest gun in the tau army took out an avatar. One of the original wounds was from that same gun, btw.

It's not the gun, it's rolls. Make them good and that gun is your best friend.

I personally hate Pathfinders. They have never fit well into my army, and I can't justify their extravagant cost. If they could be fielded without their Devilfish, I'd consider them. And yes, Broadsides don't fire Submunitions.


The C&C node only applies to Target Priority checks, which as of 5th ed, no longer exist.




That's like saying that because you saw grots kill Terminators once, that thy must be an awesome anti-terminator unit, since all you have to do is roll good! Dice rolling is out of your control, barring cheating on your part.


Except for you know, the ability to wound T7+ or the ability to hurt any AV at all.

Oh, you played him?
Gotcha. Hammerhead makes a lot more sense.

As for the C&C node, I swear it was for leadership rolls of any type! I'm losing my mind over here. I wouldn't bother with this if I just had my codex! crying
Stupid college... One week left....

Also, in terms of the CIB, I've done heavy damage with it before, believe it or not. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, much like strength comes from those who trust in their's.
Now, I know neither of those may apply to you or in this sense completely, but it's still useful if you can get good enough rolls.
So, in conclusion, if you have a Baneblade with enough weaponry to take down a titan and a half and then roll all ones (Which has happened to me and also to an employee at my GW and I'm sure to some of us), then it must be an overly-expensive heap of scrap metal.
The same theory applies in an opposite sense as well. Assuming you get good rolls, then it's worth while for only five less than a plasma, especially if that rending rule or whatever applies. I've never heard of that, so could someone kindly explain why that changed and where it was changed?

Alright, so I'm looking it over to construct a 1.5k list. So here's what I'm thinking on Shas'O kit.

Shas'O
Plasma Rifle, TL Missile Pod, Multi-Tracker, Stimulant Injector, Shield Drone.

2x Crisis Bodyguard. Both with Multi-Trackers and Shield Drones, one with Burst Cannon and TL Missile Pod, other with Fusion Blaster and TL Missile Pod

It's called "Making sure they're dead."

That said, I had a hell of a lot of fun building up my new list. I really like the look and it should provide a lot of fun.

Sadly, I shan't be putting it up. At least not yet. DE might be spying.