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Post by druchi on Jun 1, 2009 10:15:27 GMT -5
Hi there I may not have mentioned it but my little brother is also into 40k and plays a Tau army.
Anyway he reccently bought the Tau battlesuit commander and is wondering which of the weapon loadouts would allow him to cull infantry, we do not have the codex just now but are getting it this weekend.
Any help much appreciated.
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Jun 1, 2009 12:20:16 GMT -5
>.>
There are many combinations that would allow that.
This is assuming he takes a Shas'O with one support system or a Shas'El with Targetting Array (Both hit on 2+) and a Hard Wired Multi-Tracker
Cyclic Ion Blaster/Burst Cannon
Burst Cannon/Plasma Rifle
Burst Cannon/Missile Pod
Burst Cannon/Flamer
Cyclic Ion Blaster/Flamer
My personal favorite, Cyclic Ion Blaster/Plasma Rifle
It really all depends on what he wants his Commander to do. I personally run my Shas'O with Cyclic Ion Blaster/Plasma Rifle/Shield Generator with HW Multi-Tracker and give him two Bodyguards with Plasma Rifle/Burst Cannon and Targetting Array, HW Multi-Tracker. This squad will shred just about any type of infantry that gets thrown at it.
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Post by Julian Sharps on Jun 1, 2009 13:02:19 GMT -5
I've found twin-linked missile pods to be very effective against medium infantry. Other than that, I would probably go with twin-linked burst cannons for chopping up Orks or Guard.
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Jun 1, 2009 13:11:23 GMT -5
Twin-Linking Burst Cannons on a Commander never appealed to me, as he is already hitting on two's (depending on his support systems.) But I do like Deathrains (twin-linked Missile Pods for those playing the home game), just prefer to run them as a two man unit with Flamers in the third hardpoint with a Team Leader with HW Target Lock.
And that config I posted, Has slaughtered a Nob unit, their Trukk, and put 2 wounds on the Warboss accompanying them. But again, it comes down to how gutsy do you want to be with your Commander, as well as what you plan on doing with the rest of your force.
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Post by Hetfiltrator on Jun 1, 2009 13:33:54 GMT -5
Flamer and burst cannon with ....... hard-wired multi-tracker and targeting arrays just imagine a farsight unit of those guy's diving in, screw your combined squads i have 7 flame templates and 21 bs 4 burst cannon shots
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Jun 1, 2009 13:44:43 GMT -5
You don't even need 7 flame templates to do that...2-3 work just as well...
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Post by druchi on Jun 1, 2009 15:25:56 GMT -5
Mary mother of mercy I had no idea Tau could lawy down that many templates! Although it seem's the burst/cycilic ion blaster won out. Cheers guys for the help.
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Jun 1, 2009 15:49:40 GMT -5
When assembling the model however I would not recommend gluing any of the weapons or support systems in place.
Play around with different combo's and see what he likes best. The only time I would advocate gluing is if you absolutely positively sure that's the configuration you want (like my Bodyguards are in the Blinding Spear configuration (Plasma Rifle/Burst Cannon) and they will always use that.)
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Post by druchi on Jun 1, 2009 16:00:21 GMT -5
Smeg.
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Post by Ogryn Crazy! on Jun 1, 2009 16:03:09 GMT -5
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Post by druchi on Jun 1, 2009 17:59:24 GMT -5
"To Ganymede and Titan, yes sir, I've been around... "
Good to see that the dw0rf is loved everywhere.
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Post by wutangsouljah on Dec 8, 2009 22:39:49 GMT -5
Twin linked flamers!!!! Cheapest/best infantry cutting weapon in the 40k universe!
6 points!!!!
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Post by Laughing Man on Dec 9, 2009 6:03:47 GMT -5
I used to go with
Cyclic ion/plasma rifle for my commander
missile pod/plasma rifle for his body guards
1 team with flamer/burst cannon
1 team with fusion gun/ missile pod
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Post by wutangsouljah on Dec 10, 2009 19:01:29 GMT -5
I only use 4 load out types:
twin linked flamers
plasma rifle/fusion blaster
twin linked fusion blasters
twin linked missile pods
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Post by ssgtdude (M.I.A) on Dec 11, 2009 15:20:57 GMT -5
Yeat a squad of 50 Conscripts will tear through them like melted butter.
Got to love the little girlscouts. Can't tell you how many cookies they sold to the tau.
And Yeah Red Dwarf for the win.
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Post by wutangsouljah on Dec 11, 2009 21:39:57 GMT -5
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Post by ssgtdude (M.I.A) on Dec 11, 2009 22:07:01 GMT -5
Dude twin linked or not you are only able to effect the number of models under the template.
There are plenty more of them where they came from too.
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Post by wutangsouljah on Dec 30, 2009 1:16:31 GMT -5
twin linked flamers tend to be able to cover about 15 models!!! re-rolls to wound and AP5!!!!
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Post by alex4ajm3 on Dec 30, 2009 8:55:41 GMT -5
with 1 template??
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Post by ssgtdude (M.I.A) on Dec 30, 2009 10:42:38 GMT -5
How do you get 15 wounds on one template? You hitting scarabs?
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Post by wutangsouljah on Dec 30, 2009 23:59:13 GMT -5
3 twinlinked flamer team!
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